Yun Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in developing multi-scale, multi-modal imaging tools to study how mechanics integrates with other biophysical and biochemical factors to sustain normal physiology or to cause pathology.
Seungman Park is a postdoctoral associate at Johns Hopkins University. Park Received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 2014. His research areas are tissue engineering, cell mechanics and mechanobiology. He is a member of the American Heart Association, American Physical Society, American Society of Cell Biology and the Biophysical Society. He is also a recipient of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund.

Chapter 1: force, stress, and mechanical properties in biological systems Chapter 2: Mechanics Primers and the Theoretical Models for Biomaterial Characterization Chapter 3: Important Forces at the Molecular Level and How to Measure Them Chapter 4: Important Forces at the Cellular Level and How to Measure Them Chapter 5: Important Forces at the Tissue Level and How to Measure Them