[Earnest-dist] earnest - update - 2/7/11

[Ronald Grant]

This morning's earnest inadvertently omitted a seminar announcement for Bioengineering.  As announced last week, Professor Jeremy Gilbert will be presenting tomorrow.  Details can be found below.

Bioengineering
Corrosion of Metallic Biomaterials:  It's not just about the ions...

Prof. Jeremy Gilbert; Professor of Biomaterials, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 2:30-3:30 in 201 Rhodes Annex


Over the past 40 years the Biomaterials community appears to have come to a consensus about metallic biomaterials:  "The more corrosion resistant - the more biocompatible".  This has led to the use of a very limited number of medical alloys based on Stainless Steel, Titanium, and Cobalt-Chromium systems which have demonstrated some of the most corrosion resistant characteristics available today.   Additionally, the primary focus of the corrosion of these alloys in the body is the biological consequences of metal ions and small particulates disbursing into the body that result from tribocorrosion.  At this point you may wonder what is there to learn...Well it turns out there is plenty. Since many of the processes of the biological system are based on redox reactions (i.e., Life = redox), the electrochemical interactions of metals with the biological system has much to offer in terms of elucidating interactions.  With this more nuanced view of metallic biomaterial biocompatibility, significant insight into these materials and their interactions with the body can be explored.


Gilbert is Professor of Biomaterials in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University.  He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B: Applied Biomaterials, and President of the Society for Biomaterials.  Dr. Gilbert has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts or book chapters, 200 conference transactions, and three patents with three more pending.  Dr. Gilbert's research interests involve the study of Biomaterials Science with emphasis on the electrochemical behavior of medical alloys and their interaction with the biological system, the role of reduction reactions on biocompatibility, the mechanical-electrochemical interactions at metal-oxide-solution interfaces, and the development of novel mechanical, electrochemical, and polymeric test methodologies for orthopedic, spinal, dental and cardiovascular medical devices and biomaterials.  He has worked in orthopedic bone cements, molecular orientation effects on amorphous polymeric materials, surface micro- and nanomechanics of polymers, metals, and biological tissues, use of atomic force microscopy to study the physics of passive metal-oxide film surfaces, polymer degradation mechanisms, adsorption phenomena on metallic biomaterials in the presence of electrochemical stimuli, and viscoelastic behavior of biomaterials Dr. Gilbert has served on numerous national and international panels and editorial boards, including Chairing the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) special study section for the SBIR/STTR program, as a panel member for the NIH/NIAMS Special Emphasis Panel on Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering as well as several other ad-hoc panels for NIH/NIBIB/NIAMS.


Ron Grant, College Relations Director
College of Engineering and Science
Riggs Hall, Room 117-B
Clemson University
Clemson, SC  29634
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