About Marianne Wilhelm, Ph.D.

Dr. Wilhelm received her BS in Chemical Engineering and her MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering, from Wayne State University.  She has previous industry experience in the automotive industry in research and development, project management, and manufacturing.  She also worked as a Research Associate at Wayne State University’s Bioengineering Center following graduation.  She has been involved in several ballistics and sports impact biomechanics projects, including blunt ballistic trauma related to female body armor, the assessment of leg surrogates for anti-vehicular land mines, skin penetration due to less-lethal munitions, and mild traumatic brain injury in female amateur boxing.  Dr. Wilhelm also serves as an alumnae volunteer for Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority and is currently the advisor of the LTU Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) student chapter.