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Prof Rausch
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Passionate about open science, mechanics, teaching, and outreach. Faculty @UTAustin. Mostly silly content, some science, and a little bit of disc golf.
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Aug 1
Check out our August Newsletter! Enjoy ❤️

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Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab - August Newsletter
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jul 14
🚨🎉 Exciting news! I’ve taken on a new role as Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at UT Austin 🎉 🚨

This is my first formal administrative position. Wish me luck 😂.
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jul 12
🚨 We have 2-3 post-doc openings and an opening for a lab manager, all in soft material/tissue mechanics. 🚨

Check out www.manuelrausch.com and submit an application here: lnkd.in/e7W27XwZ. Please share with interested parties and your network. Many thanks ❤️!
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jul 7
🎉 Our July Newsletter is out 🎉
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Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab - July Newsletter
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Apr 1
Our first newsletter is out 🎉. Check it out and subscribe 😍

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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Mar 30
If you'd like to receive regular updates on my lab's activities (academic and outreach), please sign up for our newsletter: manuelrausch.substack.com.

In our April issue, you'll hear from an alumni; I'll introduce a new lab member and spotlight one of our outstanding undergraduates.

Enjoy 🥰 !
The Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab Substack | Manuel K. Rausch, PhD | Substack
News and Updates from the Lab, its friends, alumni, and colleagues. Click to read The Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab Substack, by Manuel K. Rausch, PhD, a Substack publication. Launched 11 days ago.
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Mar 26
I have done this twice before, in 2021 and 2022. The recordings of those sessions are here (lnkd.in/e75j9tRz) and here (lnkd.in/edF6scuR).
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Mar 26
In 2023 and 2024, I was on the steering committee of the ASEE NSF CAREER workshop. Unfortunately, this program is not offered this year. Therefore, four recent NSF CAREER Winners and I have decided to put together an informal Q&A to support future CAREER winners!

Sign up here: lnkd.in/evq4bYnv
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Feb 13
Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on

The Staggering Success of Vaccines

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See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world
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PROFS @profsuwmadison.bsky.social · Feb 9
UW-Madison on proposed NIH indirect cost cap: “This proposed change to NIH funding–UW–Madison’s largest source of federal support–will significantly disrupt vital research activity and delay lifesaving discoveries and cures related to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and much more.” 1/x
UW–Madison responds to NIH announcement about indirect cost cap
The following statement is in response to the federal directive issued on February 7, 2025 to change the Facilities and Administration (F&A) rate for all existing and ongoing new National Institutes o...
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Feb 8
I needed that…
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Alex Karner @alexkarner.bsky.social · Feb 1
Have you been a victim of cancel culture??

DM/email me if you’ve had a transportation research project canceled in the past week. Affected work seems mostly to be XCRP but we’re interested in all funders.

Goal is to quantify the collective impact on the field and chronicle the undone science.
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 31
I am sorry to hear that, dude. 💔
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · Jan 22
If you are directly affected by a cancellation of a meeting you were scheduled to participate in or at which your grant may have been discussed, consider reaching out.
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jan 22
ProPublica is interested in covering these developments and will keep communications private and secure. You can reach out to www.propublica.org/people/annie...
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 22
My phone literally dies three times a day.
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 22
Where?
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 22
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 22
Rumor has it NIH study sections are being cancelled in response to executive orders? Anyone have any specifics?
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 22
Coming home after a full day of meetings:
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 21
I see the pressure of raising funds leading many junior faculty to prioritize "money" over seemingly less urgent tasks, e.g., building a lab with well-trained students and a positive culture. Be careful: Like a house, your lab needs a strong foundation! Happy to chat with anyone seeking advice!
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 13
We conclude our work by stating: "It is not without a sense of irony and awe that we make this recommendation, as 70 years of numerical method development and advancements in imaging technology have apparently not improved our ability to estimate fracture toughness from pure shear experiments." 🧵5/5
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 13
We then compared them by three metrics: intra- and inter-approach variability, computational cost, and implementation complexity. The WINNER was what we called the Griffith A approach based on the work by Rivlin and Thomas (1953). 🧵4/5
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 13
We next compared three broadly different approaches of extracting fracture toughness from these experiments. Some of the methods had multiple manifestation. In total we came up with six different ways (see our paper for all the details). 🧵3/5
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 13
We first conducted (notched and untouched) pure shear experiments on blood clots. Of the notched samples, we varied the notch length. All data are openly available! 🧵2/5
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Prof Rausch @profrausch.bsky.social · Jan 13
With support of friends, colleagues, and lab mates, we compared (six) different ways to compute #fracture toughness of soft materials. We did so using #bloodclot as a model material. We appreciate the support of the reviewers and the Int J Fracture Mechanics: 🧵1/5 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How to measure fracture toughness of soft materials: a comparison of six different approaches using blood clot as a model material - International Journal of Fracture
Soft materials are an important class of materials. They play critical roles both in nature, in the form of soft tissues, and in industrial applications. Quantifying their mechanical properties is an ...
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