Orthopaedic Bioengineering Seminars
| November 29, 2012 | Brian Cosgrove, "Improving Tissue Engineering Outcomes by Reducing MSC Heterogeneity" and Wei-Ju (Louis) Tseng, "The Application and Usage of Micro Computed Tomography" |
| August 30, 2012 | Tristan Driscoll, "Cytoskeletal Tension is Required for Load Induced Changes in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Shape and Nuclear Connectivity" and Andrew Dunkman, "Highlights from SLRP Projects" |
| July 19, 2012 | Joseph Chiaro, "Pathogenesis of vertebral bone disease in the cervical spines of mucopolysaccharidosis I dogs" and Bri Connizzo, "Changes in Re-Alignment with Altered Tendon Structure" |
| May 24, 2012 | Su Chin Heo, "Dynamic Tensile Loading Activates TGF and BMP Signaling Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Aligned Nanofibrous Scaffolds" and Minwook Kim, "Influence of Chondrocyte Zone on Co-cultures with MSCs in Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering" |
| March 15, 2012 | Mark Buckley, "Isolating the Developmental Effects of SLRPs on Tendon Mechanics" and Matt Fisher, "Organized Nanofibrous Scaffolds to Mimic the Macroscopic Curvature of the Meniscus" |
| January 26, 2012 | ORS practice talks: David Beason, Mark Buckley, Mike Dishowitz, Tristan Driscoll, Su-Jin Heo, Sarah Ilkhani-Pour, and John Martin |
| December 8, 2011 | John Martin, "Mechanical characterization of a needle puncture injury in the mouse caudal intervertebral disc" and Steve Thomas, "The Effect of Return to Overuse Activity After Rotator Cuff Tears on Joint Function and Biceps Mechanical Properties in a Rat Model" |
| December 21, 2010 | Jon Kluge and Steve Thomas |
| November 30, 2010 | Woojin Han and Katie Reuther |
| November 2, 2010 | Tristan Driscoll "Shear Mechanics of Electrospun Scaffolds" and Brent Showalter, "Ovine DVRT, Pastern Arthrodesis, and Disc Torsion Comparison Study" |
| August 17, 2010 | Nathan Jacobs and Kristin Miller |
| July 20, 2010 | Megan Farrell and Spence Szczesny |
| June 28, 2010 | Jenni Buckley, "In situ biomechanical testing for orthopaedic implant development and evaluation: Best practices & future research directions" |
| June 9, 2010 | ASME practice talks: Brendon Baker, Daniel Cortes, and Isaac Erickson |
| June 8, 2010 | ASME practice talks: Lara Ionescu and Nandan Nerurkar |
| June 4, 2010 | ASME practice talks: Alice Huang and Cathy Peltz |
| May 25, 2010 | Jason Hsu, "Force Couple Restoration Improves Shoulder Function in a Rat Chronic Rotator Cuff Model" and Roshan Shah, "Toward Developing a Tissue Engineered Meniscal Implant" |
| April 27, 2010 | Lara Ionescu, "Maturation State Dependent Alterations in Meniscus Integration: Implications for Scaffold Design and Tissue Engineering" and Jon Yoder, "Intervertebral Disc Strain Measurements Non-invasively in 3-Dimensions" |
| March 16, 2010 | LeAnn Dourte, "Relationships Between Decorin and Biglycan, Structure and Tendon Mechanics Using Transgenic Mouse Models" and Isaac Erickson, "Optimization of Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel for MSC-based Cartilage Tissue Engineering" |
| February 25, 2010 | ORS practice talks: Brendon Baker, Cathy Peltz, and Lachlan Smith |
| February 16, 2010 | ORS practice talks: Daniel Cortes, Alice Huang, and Nandan Nerurkar |
| February 15, 2010 | ORS practice talks: Heather Ansorge, Brendon Baker, and Nandan Nerurkar |
| December 17, 2009 | Daniel Cortes, "Modeling of the Structure-Functions Relationships of the Supraspinatus Tendon" and J Sarver, "DEVELOPING non-invasive measures of tendon to bone healing" |
| August 6, 2009 | Kristin Miller, "Rat Cross-Polarizer" and Lachlan Smith, TBA |
| July 21, 2009 | Megan Farrell, "Analysis of MSC Deformation and Local Matrix Properties in 3D Culture" and Spencer Szczesny, "Biaxial Mechanical Testing of Supraspinatus Tendon" |
| June 11, 2009 | ASME practice talks: Brendon Baker, "Removal of Sacrificial Fibers Enhances Long-term Cell and Matrix Distribution in Aligned Nanofibrous Scaffolds" and Lachlan Smith, "Mucopolysaccharidosis VII and the Developing Lumbar Spine: Consequences for Annulus Fibrosus and Vertebral End Plate Mechanical Properties" |
| June 10, 2009 | ASME practice talks: Alice Huang, "Repeated dynamic loading modulates cartilage gene expression but does not improve mechanical properties of MSC-laden hydrogels" and Jon Yoder, TBA |
| June 8, 2009 | ASME practice talks: Spence Lake, "Inhomogeneous and nonlinear transverse tensile properties and fiber alignment of human supraspinatus tendon" and Nandan Nerurkar, "Mesenchymal Stem Cell Seeded Nanofibrous Laminates Mimic the Multi-scale Form and Function of the Annulus Fibrosus" |
| May 18, 2009 | Nathan Jacobs, "Creep and Passive Recovery of the Human Intervertebral Disc" and Cathy Peltz, "The Role of Altered Loading in Pathological Changes in the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon Following Rotator Cuff Tears in a Rat Model" |
| February 12, 2009 | ORS practice talks: Heather Ansorge and Grace O'Connell |
| February 10, 2009 | ORS practice talks: David Beason, Alice Huang, and Nandan Nerurkar |
| February 9, 2009 | ORS practice talks: Brendon Baker, LeAnn Dourte, and Grace O'Connell |
| December 11, 2008 | TBA |
| October 23, 2008 | Mike Dishowitz, "Strength retention of scaffold implants for tendon augmentation" and LeAnn Dourte, "Tendon Properties Remain Altered in a Chronic Rat Rotator Cuff Model" |
| September 25, 2008 | Isaac Erickson, "Optimizing Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for MSC-Based Cartilage Tissue Engineering" and Nandan Nerurkar, "Tissue Engineering of the Intervertebral Diss: Oh Snap!" |
| June 17, 2008 | ASME Practice Talks: Brendon Baker, Alice Huang, and Grace O'Connell |
| June 16, 2008 | ASME Practice Talks: John Boxberger, Alice Huang, and Sounok Sen |
| May 30, 2008 | Nathan Jacobs, "Contribution of Nucleus Pulposus to the Viscoelastic Properties of Intervertebral Disc" and Kristin Miller, "Structure-Function Update: Why are Spence and Kris still staring at that sheep?" |
| April 18, 2008 | Alice Huang, "Mesenchymal Stem Cell: Why can't you be more like your sister, Chondrocyte?" and Andy Kuntz, "Effects of a Low Protein Diet on Tendon Healing in a Mouse Patellar Tendon Injury Model" |
| February 15, 2008 | ORS practice talks: Brendon Baker and Nandan Nerurkar |
| February 8, 2008 | ORS practice talks: Heather Ansorge and Cathy Peltz |
| December 11, 2007 | Heather Ansorge, "The Temporal Expression of Collagen XIV Alters the Mechanics of Developing Mouse Flexor Digitorum Longus Tendons" and Albert Gee, "Sheep and their use in meniscus tissue engineering" |
| November 20, 2007 | Mike Dishowitz, "Shoulder Function During Ambulation Recovers Following Rotator Cuff Repair in a Rat Model" and Amy Orlansky, "Understanding Disc Degeneration: 1) Annulus Structure and Failure and 2)The Role of Interleukin-1beta" |
| October 31, 2007 | Nelly Andarawis, "Interaction Between Infraspinatus and Supraspinatus Tendons" and Grace O'Connell, "Structural and Tissue Mechanics of the Intervertebral Disc" |
| June 25, 2007 | Isaac Erickson, TBA, Amy Orlansky, TBA |
| May 15, 2007 | John Boxberger, "Rats... I need to model nucleus pulposus glycosaminoglycan content" and Jon Yoder, "Augmentation with Cortoss Improves Vertebral Body Compression Biomechanics for Lumbar Total Disc Replacement" |
| April 10, 2007 | LeAnn Dourte, "Temporal Expression of Eight Growth Factors in Tendon to Bone Healing in a Rat Supraspinatus Model" and Spence Lake, "Anisotropic, inhomogeneous and nonlinear structure-function of normal and degenerate human supraspinatus tendon" |
| January 24, 2007 | ORS practice talks: Nelly Andarawis, Alice Huang, and Grace O'Connell |
| January 17, 2007 | ORS practice talks: Heather Ansorge, Nandan Nerurkar, and Cathy Peltz |
| December 12, 2006 | Brendon Baker, "Meniscus, I hardly know thee...," Alice Huang, "Articular Cartilage, I ? U," and Meira Yeger-McKeever, TBA |
| October 31, 2006 | Jesse Beckstein, "Comparison of Axial and Torsion Disc Mechanics for Several Animals to the Human Disc" and Cathy Peltz, "The Effect of Post-operative Immobilization and Exercise in a Rat Rotator Cuff Injury and Repair Model" |
| September 26, 2006 | Jennifer Kadlowec, "About me & my sabbatical" and Nandan Nerurkar, "Mechanics of electrospun nanofibrous polymer scaffolds for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering" |
| June 12, 2006 | ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference practice talks: Brendon Baker, John Boxberger, and J Sarver |
| May 16, 2006 | Brendon Baker, "Meniscus Tissue Engineering" and Alice Huang, "Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering" |
| April 24, 2006 | Darren Brey, "Development of crosslinked polymers for bone tissue engineering" and Cindy Chung, "Photopolymerizable hydrogels for cartilage regeneration" |
| March 13, 2006 | ORS practice talks: Wade Johannessen, Grace O'Connell, and J Sarver |
| February 20, 2006 | Jesse Beckstein, "Torsion Project, shear device design and instron 8874 overview" and Eric Ricchetti, "The effect of IL-10 overexpression on the Biomechanical and histological properties of healing tendon" |
| January 30, 2006 | J Sarver, TBA and Grace O'Connell, "Intervertebral Disc Geometry" |
| September 13, 2005 | Wade Johannessen, "Quantification of Glycosaminoglycan in the Intervertebral Disc Using T1rho MRI" and John Boxberger, "Glycosaminoglycan content affects intervertebral disc neutral zone mechanics in axial loading" |
| July 11, 2005 | Dr. Jayaram Udupa, Dr. Sorin Siegler |
| June 13, 2005 | Heather Guerin, M.S., "IVO Mechanics and Degeneration" and Hallie Brink, B.S., "Influence of serum on adult and fetal derman fibroblast migration, adhesion, and collagen production" |
| April 19, 2005 | Kai-Nan An, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, "Tendon Biomechanics and Clinical Applications" |
| April 11, 2005 | Charlie Hee, B.S., "Bone Tissue Engineering" and Steph Perry, B.S., "Functional tests for rat rotator cuff assessment" |
| March 7, 2005 | Josh Auerbach, M.D., "In vivo kinematics of total disc arthroplasty versus fusion: two Year prospective study." |
| February 14, 2005 | ORS practice talks: Wade Johannessen, Simone Stalling |
| February 7, 2005 | ORS practice talks: Jon Gimbel, Steph Perry |
| January 10, 2005 | Ann E. Barr, Ph.D., "Performance of high-repition tasks with or without force induce behavioral motor pathological tissues" |
| December 7, 2004 | Nelly Andarawis, B.S. "TBA" |
| November 9, 2004 | David Beason, M.S. "Lab protocol overview." and Ehren Carine, B.S. "The effect of crosslinking on denatured tendon." |
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October
12, 2004
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Steph Perry, B.S. "TBA" and Jon Gimbel, B.S. "The effect of tension on tendon to bone healing of the rotator cuff." |
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October
5, 2004
| Heather Lynch, M.S. " Qualification of fiber orientation in loaded human annulus fibrosus tissue using FFT analysis." and Chandra Yerramalli, Ph.D. "Effect of the nuclueus pulposus degenerative changes on the axial motion segment mechanics." |
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September
14, 2004
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Joseph Sarver, Ph.D. "Version control and you." |
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August
19, 2004
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Hallie Brink, B.S. "Serum-dependent effects on fetal and adult tendon fibroblast migration and collagen expression." and John Boxberger, B.S. "Animal models of intervertebral disc degeneration." |
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August
5, 2004
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Marta Villaraga of Exponent "Pursuing a career in industry." |
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July
1, 2004
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Spencer Lake, B.S. "The effect of decreased repair tension on the healing of chronic rotator cuff tears." and Simone Stalling, B.S. "The potential of dermal fibroblasts as a cell source for tissue engineered ligament constructs." |
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June
17, 2004
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Alice Chou, B.S. "The effect of serial passage on collagen gene expression of anulus fibrosus cells." and David Pedowitz, M.D., "The rat achilles tendon as a model for tendon injury and adhesion formation." |
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May
20, 2004
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Atsushi Yokota, M.D., "Cell infiltration and compositional alteration in detached rat supraspinatus tendon" and Michele Favata, B.S., "Fetal Tendon Project: Future Directions." |
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April
15, 2004
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Jon Gimbel, B.S., "The effect of tension on tendon to bone healing" and Chandra Yerramalli, Ph.D., "The effect of degenerative changes in the nucleus pulposus on the mechanical properties of the intervertebral disc." |
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February
26, 2004
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Dawn Elliott, Ph.D., "Atransversely isotropic biphasic model for tendon in uniaxial tension application to tail tendons from genetically engineered mice." and Jon VanKlunan, M.D., "Genipin, a natural crosslinking agent, increases tendon tensile properties." |
| February 24, 2004 | Charlie Hee, B.S., "Bone tissue engineering using human dermal fibroblasts seeded on ultraporous beta-tricalcium phosphate scaffolds." and Dawn Elliott, Ph.D., "Effect of input parameters on composite model predictions of annulus fibrosus tissue properties for disc structural modeling." |
| February 19, 2004 | Steph Perry, B.S., "Inflamatory and angiogenic mRNA levels are altered in a supraspinatus tendon overuse animal model." and David Glaser, M.D., "Utilizing knockout mice to investigate the role of interleukins four and six in tendon healing." |
| November 11, 2003 | J. Sarver Ph.D., "An Alternative Method For Determining the Neutral Zone of Spinal Motion Segment Units." Heather Lynch, M.S., "Fiber-Matrix Interactions in Tendon Anisotropic Tensile Behavior." |
| October 23, 2003 | Nelly Andarawis, B.S., "MRI Intrantendinous Strain Project ." |
| August 12, 2003 | Stephanie Perry, B.S. "SIS Project Update: Repar of Rat Rotator Cuff with RESTORE Patch", Alice Chou, B.S., "Current Work in Tissue Engineering of Intevertebral Disc." |
| July 29, 2003 | Hallie Brink, B.S., "Serum-Dependent Effects on Cell Migration and Collagen Production in Fetal vs. Adult Tendon Fibroblasts and Gene Expression of Fetal and Adult Tendon Fibroblasts on 3D Polymers." |
| June 17, 2003 | Dawn Elliot, Ph.D., "Effect of a Natural Crosslinknig Agent (Genipin) on Tendon Longitudinal and Transverse Tensile Properties." and Jon Gimbel, M.S., "Supraspinatus Tendon Structural and Mechanical Properties in a Chronic Rotator Cuff Tear Animal Model." and Wade Johannessen, B.S., "The Effects of Partial Nucleotomy and Repetitive Loading on Intervertebral Disc Mechanics." and Michele Favata, B.S., "Regeneration vs. Repair: An In Vivo Study of the Biomechanical and Histological Properties of Adult and Fetal Tendon Wounds." |
| June 5, 2003 | Russell Warren, M.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery for the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), "Basic Science of Rotator Cuff Injury and Repair." |
| June 3, 2003 | Joseph Sarver, Ph.D., "Mechanical Function of Rodent Lumbar and Caudal Discs: Validation Compared to Human Motion Segments in Axial Compression." |
| May 1, 2003 | Charlie Hee, B.S., "Induction of Osteogenic Phenotype in Human Dermal Fibroblasts." |
| April 10, 2003 | Robert L. Mauck, Whitaker Pre-Doctoral Fellow, "A Functional Approach for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering." |
| March 27, 2003 | Jon Gimbel, M.S., "The Effect of Repair Tension on Tendon-to-Bone Healing." |
| March 6, 2003 | Joseph Sarver, Ph.D. "Mouse IVD Mechanics: Lumbar vs. Tail." |
| February 20, 2003 | Jason Burdick, MIT, "Utilizing Photopolymerization in the Field of Tissue Engineering: Specific Applications in Bone Regeneration." |
| February 18, 2003 | Visiting Speaker Y. Chandra Sekher, Ph.D., "A Mechanism Based Modeling Approah to Failure in Fiber Reinforced Composites." |
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January
28, 2003
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Dawn Elliot, Ph.D., "Reduced Type I Collagen Alters Disc Mechanical Properties in Genetically Engineered Mice." |
| January 22, 2003 | Dawn Elliot, Ph.D., "Effect of Altered Matrix Proteins on Quasi-linear Viscoelastic Properties in Transgenic Mouse Tail Tendons." and Wade Johannessen, B.S., "Mechanics and Structure of the Disc Following Compressive Fatigue and Recovery." |
| January 21, 2003 | Heather Lynch, M.S., "Effect of Fiber Orientation and Strain-rate on Nonlinear Tendon Tensile Properties." and Jeffrey Cartmell, Ph.D., "Effect of Overuse Injuries on Tendon Modulus at Low Loads: A Biomechanical, Biochemical, and Structural Organizational Study" and Michele Favata, B.S., "Reparative vs. Regenerative Tendon Healing: A Biomechanical and Histological Study in a Fetal Sheep Model." |
| December 13, 2002 | Tony Lin, B.S., Thesis Update- The Role of IL-4 and IL-6 in Tendon Healing |
| November 7, 2002 | Wade Johannessen, B.S. "The Effects of Partial Nocleotomy and Fatigue Loading in the Sheep Motion Segment" and Amanda Filanowski, B.S., "Development of a Mouse Model for the Intervertebral Disc." |
| October 3, 2002 | Jon Gimbel, B.S., "Time Course of Healing of the Tendon Insertion Site" |
| September 26, 2002 | Dr. Michael Ries, "Bearing Surface Issues in Total Joint Arthroplasty" |
| August 29, 2002 | Visiting Speaker Atsushi Yokota, M.D., "How does the peripheral nerve adopt to elongation during limb lengthening?" |
| August 13. 2002 | Visiting Speaker Kate Higgins from Rutgers University, "Biomechanics of Osteoporotic Spine" |
| July 30, 2002 | Jeffrey Cartmell, Ph.D. and Michele Favata, B.S., Simone Stalling, B.S., "Tendon Wound Healing: Effect of Environment" |
| July 16, 2002 | Wade Johannessen, B.S. and Amanda Filanowski, B.S., topic TBA |
| June 25, 2002 | Joseph Sarver, Ph.D. and Robert Bowles, "Mouse Intervertebral Disc Models" |
| June 11, 2002 | Dave Glaser, M.D. "Transgenic Mouse Models" |
| May 28, 2002 | Sam Young, MD, "Development of a Chronic Model of Rotator Cuff Tear" |
| May 21, 2002 | Heather Lynch, BS "Intervertebral Disc Histology" |
| May 2, 2002 | John Novotny, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware. "Glenohumeral Joint Kinematics" |
| April 4, 2002 | Paul Robinson, "Lab Protocol" |
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March
7, 2002
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Paul Robinson, M.S., Research Engineer, "QLV Model." and Sauren AAHJ and Rousseau EPM, 1983, "A Concise Sensitivity Analysis of the Quasi-Linear Viscoelastic Model Proposed by Fung", Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 105, pp. 92-95. and Nigul I and Nigul U, 1987," On Algorithms of Evaluation of Fung's Relaxation Function Parameters", Journal of Biomechanics, 20:4, pp. 343-352. |
| February 7, 2002 | Dawn Elliott, Ph.D., Faculty, and Tony Lin, B.S., Graduate Student |
| January 9, 2002 | Tony Lin, B.S., Thesis Update - The Role of IL-4 and IL-G in Tendon Healing |
| December 5, 2001 | Jon Gimbel, M.S., The Use of Polarized Light Microscopy to Quantitatively Measure Collagen Fiber Orientation. |
| November 7, 2001 | Paul Robinson, M.S., Strain Rate Sensitive Mechanical Properties of Transgenic Mouse Tail Tendon Fascicles |
| October 3, 2001 | J. Sarver, Ph.D., Fatigue in Isometric Force Tremor |