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Alejandro A. Espinoza Orías

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Pennsylvania

HOMETOWN
La Paz, Bolivia

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, 2005, University of Notre Dame
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, 2003, University of Notre Dame
Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering, 1997, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés School of Engineering

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Materials Characterization Techniques
Structure-Property Relationships in Tissue or Biomaterials
Applications of Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing to Bioengineering

PUBLICATIONS

1. Espinoza Orías AA, Renaud JE, Roeder RK: Anatomical Variation in the Mechanical Anisotropy of Human Cortical Bone Tissue. Journal of Biomechanics (in review).

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. Deuerling JM, Yue W, Espinoza Orías AA, Roeder RK, ASME 2007 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Keystone Resort & Conference Center, Keystone, CO, June 20-24. (Submitted)
2. Espinoza Orías AA, Sen S, Elliott DM, 2007, "Torsional Properties of Rat Lumbar and Caudal Discs". 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, February 11-14.
3. Beckstein JC, Espinoza Orías AA, Cloyd JM, Boxberger JI, Vresilovic EJ, Elliott DM, 2007, "Axial and Torsion Disc Mechanics for Several Animals Compared to the Human Disc", 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, February 11-14.
4. Roeder RK, Converse G, Yue W, Kane R, Deuerling J, Espinoza Orías AA, 2007, "Texture and Anisotropy in Cortical Bone Tissue and Hydroxyapatite Whisker Reinforced Polymers", The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 136th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Biological Materials Science Symposium. Orlando, FL, Feb. 25-Mar. 1st. Invited Presentation.
5. Yue W, Espinoza Orías AA, Renaud JE, Roeder RK, 2006, "Correlation Of Anatomic Variation In The Elastic Anisotropy Of Human Cortical Bone With The Bone Mineral Orientation Distribution", ASME 2006 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Amelia Island Plantation, FL, June 21-26.
6. Espinoza Orías AA, Renaud JE, Roeder RK, 2006, "Correlation between the Elastic Anisotropy of Human Cortical Bone Tissue and its Microstructure". Symposium Proceedings, 1st European Symposium on Ultrasonic Characterization of Bone, Paris Cordeliers - France, March 6-8.
7. Espinoza Orías AA, Renaud JE, Roeder RK, 2005, "Anatomic Variation in the Elastic Properties of Human Cortical Bone", ASME 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, Vail, CO, June 22-26. Selected as one of the finalists at the Ph.D. level student-paper competition.
8. Yue W, Espinoza Orías AA, Renaud JE, Roeder RK, 2005, "Anatomic Variation in the Elastic Anisotropy of Human Cortical Bone Tissue Depends on the Orientation Distribution of Bone Mineral", ASME 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, Vail, CO, June 22-26.
9. Espinoza Orías AA and Renaud JE, 2004, "An Optimization Study of the Ultrasonic Welding of Thin Film Polymers", DETC2004/DAC- 57082, pp. 1-10, Proceedings of the ASME 2004 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and the Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, CD-ROM Proceedings, Salt Lake City, UT, September 28 - October 2.