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Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering book cover

2nd Edition

Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

Edited By Gary Wnek, Gary Bowlin Copyright 2008
3552 Pages
by CRC Press
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Written by more than 400 subject experts representing diverse academic and applied domains, this multidisciplinary resource surveys the vanguard of biomaterials and biomedical engineering technologies utilizing biomaterials that lead to quality-of-life improvements. Building on traditional engineering principles, it serves to bridge advances in materials science, life sciences, nanotechnology,... Read more
Antimineralization Treatment. Artificial Neural Networks: An Overview. Bioactive Materials and Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering. Biomaterials, Immune Response. Bioresorbable Polymers, An Overview. Cell-Material Interaction. Compression of Digital Biomedical Signals. Electromyography. Magnetic Resonance Microscopy. Melt Spinning. Polyamides (Synthetic and Natural). Repair and Regeneration of Peripheral Nerves: Historical Perspective. Sterilization of Biomedical Materials. Supercritical Fluid Processing. Ultrasonic Therapy, Bone Healing. Wear Debris, Bone Resorption Animal Models. Zirconia Ceramics.

Biography

GARY E. WNEK is the Joseph F. Toot, Jr. Professor of Engineering, Professor and Chair of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and Faculty Director of The Institute for Management and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author or coauthor of over 130 journal articles and 19 patents, and the coeditor of four books, including the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology, Photonic Polymer Systems, and Electrical and Optical Polymer Systems (Informa Press). His research interests include the development of polymeric materials for applications in medicine, microfluidics, and energy conversion and storage. A member of the American Chemical Society, the Materials Research Society, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Dr. Wnek received the B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, and the Ph.D. degree in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

GARY L. BOWLIN is an Associate Professor and the Louis and Ruth Harris Exceptional Scholar Professorship of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. He has extensive experience in cardiovascular materials and the field of tissue engineering. As a researcher, he has authored or coauthored over 50 journal articles in the areas of vascular tissue engineering and biopolymer processing for tissue engineering scaffolds. He also holds five U.S. patents and is a Co-Founding inventor of NanoMatrix, Inc., based on electrospinning tissue engineering scaffold technology and TraumaCure, Inc., regarding the development of hemostatic products. Dr. Bowlin is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society for Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, and the International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology.

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