Preliminary Program subject to change
15E25 Biomaterial-Cell Interaction in Tissue Engineering II
OverviewA second session dealing with cell-material interactions.
Primary SponsorEngineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15e)

Chair

Mariah Hahn
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
Phone Number: 979-739-1343
Email: mariah.hahn@chemail.tamu.edu

CoChair

Padma Rajagopalan
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Virginia Tech
141 Randolph Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone Number: 540-231-4851
Email: padmar@vt.edu

CoChair

Jennie B. Leach
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone Number: 410-455-3400
Email: jleach@umbc.edu
Chitosan-Based Surface Modification Enhances Endothelial Cell Adhesion, Proliferation And Function On Pla Film
Aiping Zhu, Feng Zhao and Teng Ma, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Improved Mesenchymal Stem Cell Seeding On Rgd-Modified Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Scaffolds Using Flow Perfusion
Jose F. Alvarez-Barreto1, Laura Place1, Paul L. DeAngelis2 and Vassilios I. Sikavitsas1, (1)Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St. Rm T-335, Norman, OK 73019, (2)University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 940 S. L. Young Blvd., BMSB 842A, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Novel Inorganic-Organic Hydrogels for Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts
Mariah Hahn1, Dany Munoz-Pinto1, Yaping Hou2 and Melissa Grunlan3, (1)Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, (2)Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, (3)Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
Engineered Cardiac Tissue Structure and Electrophysiology Directed by Nanopatterned Peg Hydrogels
Elizabeth A. Lipke1, Deok-Ho Kim2, Pilnam Kim3, Michael Delannoy4, Kahp-Yang Suh3, Andre Levchenko2 and Leslie Tung1, (1)Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Traylor Rm #703, 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205, (2)Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Clark Hall, 3400 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, (3)School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, South Korea, (4)Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205
Investigation of Neuronal Affinity to Photoresist Derived Carbon: Study of Differentiation and Gadph, Tau Mrna Expression in Pc 12 Cells
Hong Susan Zhou and Anju Gupta, Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
PC12 Cell Encapsulation in Plga Using Co-Axial Electrospinning
Rajesh A. Pareta, Division of Engineering, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02912 and Thomas J. Webster, Division of Engineering and Orthopedics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02912

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division