Preliminary Program subject to change
08B00 Biomaterials III
OverviewGeneral Papers on Biomaterials topics
Primary SponsorBiomaterials (08b)

Chair

Vassilios I. Sikavitsas
Assistant Professor
The University of Oklahoma
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
100 East Boyd, Room T335
Norman, OK 73019
Phone Number: (405)-325-1511
Fax Number: (405)-325-5813
Email: vis@ou.edu

CoChair

Esmaiel Jabbari
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Dept. of Chemical Eng., Rm. 2C11
Swearingen Engineering Center
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone Number: 803-777-8022
Fax Number: 803-777-0973
Email: jabbari@engr.sc.edu
Modification of Polyethylene Terephthalate Surfaces and Analysis of Immobilized Ntpdase Kinetics
Vignesh Muthuvijayan, School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 423 Engineering North, Stillwater, OK 74078 and Randy S. Lewis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 350 Clyde Building, Provo, UT 84602
The Dynamics Of Dextran Oxidation For Controlling Bioadsorption On Solid Surfaces
Kyung Min Lee and Stephen P. Beaudoin, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
Surface Science Studies on the Effects of Triethoxsilylbutyraldehyde and Two Metal Treatments to Bond Chitosan
Holly J. Martin, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 330 Swalm - President's Circle, Mississippi State, MS 39762, Kirk H. Schulz, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University, 617 Allen Hall, Mississippi State, MS 39762, Keisha Walters, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 330 Swalm Chemical Engineering Building, P.O. Box 9595, MS State, MS 39762 and Joel D. Bumgardner, Biomedical Engineering Department, Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
The Mechanism Of Chitosan Induced Enhancement Of Lung Surfactant Adsorption
Patrick C. Stenger, Omer M. Palazoglu and Joseph A. Zasadzinski, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Biomedical Coatings With Reactive Surface Composition Gradients
Yaseen Elkasabi, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, 3434 G.G. Brown, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and Joerg Lahann, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, 3434 G.G. Brown, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Synthesis And Characterization Of A New Class Of Biomaterials: Antioxidant Polymers
Paritosh Wattamwar and Thomas D. Dziubla, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 177 F. Paul Anderson Tower, Lexington, KY 40506
Surface Modification And Bulk Properties Of Pla-Pha Blend Films
Rahul M. Rasal, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, 127 Earle Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0909 and Douglas E. Hirt, NSF Engineering Research Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers & Films, Clemson University, 301 Rhodes Hall, Clemson, SC 29634

Materials Engineering and Sciences Division