Catedrático (Professor)
Bioengineering Division. Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A) 
CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN)
Campus Rio Ebro – Edificio Agustin de Betancourt
Maria de Luna, s/n
50018-Zaragoza (Spain)
Tel:: +34 876 55 51 09
Fax: +34 976 76 25 78
e-mail: bcalvo (at) unizar.es
Education
- Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering (December – 1994) Universidad de Zaragoza
- M. Sc. Mechanical Engineering (December – 1989) Universidad de Zaragoza
C.V.
- Associate Professor, University of Zaragoza, 1996-2009
- Assistant Professor, University of Zaragoza, 1990-1996
- Lecturer Professor, University of Zaragoza, 1989-1990
Research Topics
- Computational Mechanics
- Finite Elements Methods
- Computational Biomechanics
- Modeling Inelastic Behaviour of Biological Soft Tissues: Ligaments, Muscles, Cornea, ….
Publications
- A list of my publications can be obtained here
Funded Research Projects
- Diseño personalizado de tratamientos quirúrgicos e implantes basados en modelos biomecánicos del globo ocular. IP: B. Calvo. FIS2005-05020-C03-03. 2005-08
- Biomecánica del tejido corneal y de la cirugía refractiva. IP: B. Calvo. DPI2008-02335. 2008-11
- Modelado biomecánico del tejido musculo-esquelético abdominal. IP: B. Calvo. DPI2011-27939-C02-01. 2011-14
- POPCORN / Development of corneal biomechanical model. Dynamic topographical characterization based on 3D plenoptic imaging. UE-H2020
- Corneal tissue response to cross-linking treatment. Application to keratoconus treatment. DPI2014-54981R. Queratocono. 2015-2017
Advised students
- Belén Hernández Gascón. Mechanical modelling of the abdominal wall and biomaterials for hernia surgery. Awarded Ph. D. 2013-03-01. (with E. Peña)
- Angélica Mª Ramírez Martínez. Modelado y simulación del tejido muscoesquelético. Validación experimental con el músculo tibial anterior de rata. Awarded Ph. D. 2011-07-08. (with J. Grasa)
- Orestis Tziovaras. Knee Implant Positioning Optimization. Awarded Ph. D. 2011-02-24. (with P. Martí Montrull )
- Elena Lanchares Sancho. Modelado biomecánico de los componentes refractivos del ojo humano y tratamientos refractivos asociados. Awarded Ph. D. 2010-11-19. (with M. Doblaré)
- Leticia Aránzazu Gracia Grijota. Consideración de efectos inelásticos en la simulación por elementos finitos de materiales elastómeros. Awarded Ph. D. 2006-12-01. (with J. L. Pelegay)
- Estefanía Peña Baquedano. Estudio biomecánico de la articulación de la rodilla: Aplicación al análisis de lesiones meniscales y ligamentosas y de la cirugía asociada. Awarded Ph. D. 2004-05-17. (with M. Doblaré)
- Antonio Agudo Martínez. Bayesian Sequential Non-Rigid Structure From Motion. Co-advisor: José María Martínez Montiel. May, 2015.
- Raquel Simón Allué. Towards the in vivo mechanical characterization of abdominal wall in an animal model. Application to the mesh hernia repair. Co-advisor: José María Martínez Montiel, December, 2016.
- Marta Sierra. Skeletal muscle fatigue, a mechanical characterization approach. Development of animal and computational models. Co-advisors: Javier Miana Mena y Jorge Grasa. 31/03/2017.
- Ángel L. Ortillés Gonzalo. Corneal Collagen Crosslinking: Development of New In Vivo Methods for the Mechanical Characterization and Assessment as Treatment of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Co- Advisor: José Ángel Cristóbal Bescós. 23/05/2017.