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Manica Jung deAndrade
Other
Chemical engineering (France) // Materials Engineering (Brazil)
Universität Paul Sabatier (France) // Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
France // Brazil
Phone: +55 51 33083405
Fax: +55 51 33083405
Email: monicaja0612@gmail.com
Website: http://www6.ufrgs.br/lacer/
Primary Research Area: Nanotechnology/Microtechnology
Keywords: carbon nanotubes, composites, electrical conductivity
Research program:
Research facilities available:
Research partners needed:
Tammy Haut Donahue
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
USA
Phone: 906-487-2078
Fax: 906-487-2822
Email: thdonahu@mtu.edu
Website: www.me.mtu.edu/~thdonahu/
Primary Research Area: Nanotechnology/Microtechnology
Keywords: Biotechnology, Nanomechanics, Orthopaedics
Research program: SoftTissueMechanicsLaboratory; Research in the STML
integrates biology and engineering, leading to a better understanding of the mechanical behavior and cellular
responses of biological tissues; namely the knee joint meniscus. Research in the STML aims to find ways of
preventing the onset of diseases, such as osteoarthritis, a painful and disabling disease caused by bone -on-bone
wear on the knee joint surface. A multi-scale approach utilizing computational and experimental techniques is
employed.
Research facilities available: Tissue Engineering Bioreactor (load and displacement control) - Nano-indentation;
Dynamic knee simulator (full gait cycle); Nanomanipulator
Research partners needed: Nanoscale sensors for fluid pressure/tissue strain -Localized nanosphere
drug delivery; Modeling of fibril reinforced multiphase materials; Tissue engineering
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