Preliminary Program subject to change
08B16 Biomaterials for Drug Delivery II
OverviewTBA
Primary SponsorBiomaterials (08b)

Chair

Norma Alcantar
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENB 118
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone Number: 813-974-8009
Fax Number: 813-974-3651
Email: alcantar@eng.usf.edu

CoChair

Ilsoon Lee
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2527 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone Number: 517-355-9291
Fax Number: 517-449-6396
Email: leeil@egr.msu.edu
Engineering Shape of Drug Delivery Particles
Julie Champion and Samir Mitragotri, Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Engineering II Rm 3229, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
High Throughput Fabrication of Polymeric Microparticles
Steven Little, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1237 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Characterization of Anisotropic Biphasic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
Mutsumi Yoshida1, Kyung-Ho Roh2 and Joerg Lahann1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, 3074 H.H. Dow Bldg., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136, (2)Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136
Effects of Synthesis Methods on the Diffusion Coefficient of Proteinase K through Silica Nanoparticles
Winny Dong1, Weijen Lin2, Nicole Contreras1, Doja Elmatari1, Maria Torres1 and YiHsuan Lin3, (1)Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768, (2)Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768, (3)Biotechnology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768
Degradable Polymeric Hydrogels for Neurotrophin Elution from Implanted Prosthetic Devices
Jessica O. Winter, Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University, 125 Koffolt Laboratories, 140 W 19th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, Stuart Cogan, EIC Laboratories, 111 Downey St, Norwood, MA 02062 and Joseph F. Rizzo, Center for Innovative Visual Rehabilitation, Boston VA Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Mail Stop 151E, 150 South Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130
Microfabricated Nanoporous Silicon Membranes for Drug Delivery Applications
Ketul Popat and Tejal Desai, Physiology/Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco, 1700-4th Street, Box 2520, QB3 203, Mission Bay Campus, San Francisco, CA 94143-2520
Plasminogen Activators as Prophylactic Fibrinolytics: Overcoming Free Protein Shortcomings
David A. Christian1, Kumkum Ganguly2, Younghoon Kim1, Shenshen Cai1, Vladimir R. Muzykantov2 and Dennis E. Discher1, (1)Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 33rd Street, Room 112 Towne Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391, (2)Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division