We would like to propose again this symposium at the 51st Annual Fall Meeting in Purdue University. We were quite successful in the previous meetings, where one full day was devoted to this symposium. The symposium is an interdisciplinary forum so that Orthopaedic Surgeons, residents, biomedical engineers, materials scientists, polymer engineers and other scientists from sciences can attend and present their research. This symposium will serve as a model to develop cross-discipline collaborations in order to seek new knowledge in the general areas of musculoskeletal diseases, their progression and treatments.

This symposium focuses on the orthopaedic sciences from engineering and medical viewpoints. The following areas will be emphasized: 1) Orthopaedic Sciences, 2) Devices and 3) Nano Science such as biological markers in Orthopaedics to Device level and mechanisms with an emphasis on the design optimization issues, modeling behaviors, and clinical applications. Abstracts in the modeling areas, soft-hard material phenomenon, nano scale phenomenon that accompany bone healing and remodeling following orthopaedic surgery will be sought. Additional emphasis will be placed on covering failure modes of orthopaedic devices such as wear, polymer synthesis for biomedical applications, loosening and infection and modeling those processes in laboratory and in vivo environments. The topics involving medical devices, application of biological sciences, materials and biomaterials are interdisciplinary in nature providing a confluence of three areas namely, sciences, engineering and medicine at this symposium.

Topics to be covered by this symposium include:

  • Modeling orthopaedic processes
  • Biomechanics of total joints and bones
  • Characterization of biomaterials
  • Failure modes of medical devices
  • Modeling wear growth rates
  • Orthopaedic healing, biological markers and predictors
  • Clinical fixation issues, modeling, and outcomes
  • Design and development of new devices

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Schedule

Anterior cruciate ligament biomechanics: characterization and computational modeling within a full knee model

Kaitlyn Mallett, University of Michigan, United States
Ellen Arruda, University of Michigan, United States

Biomechanical comparison of fatigue and load-bearing -performance of elastic stable intramedullary nailing

Leopold Berger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Andreas Kolbitsch, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Stefan Fischerauer, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Christoph Castellani, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Annelie Weinberg, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Effect of implant design and material on subsidence following dynamic loading of intervertebral devices

Antonio Valdevit, Stevens Institute of Technology
Peter Ullrich, NeuroSpine Center of Wisconsin, United States
Michelle Gallagher, Titan Spine, LLC, United States
Jennifer Schneider, Titan Spine, LLC, United States

Flexible growing rods: polymer rods provide stability to -skeletally immature spines

Donita Bylski-Austrow, Cincinnati Children’s -Hospital Medical Center, United States
David Glos, Cincinnati Children’s -Hospital Medical Center, United States
Peter Sturm, Cincinnati Children’s -Hospital Medical Center, United States
Anne Bonifas, University of Michigan/UC-CCHMC SURF program, -United States
Matthew Coombs, University of Cincinnati, United States

Knee loading for abnormal gait

J. Hutchison, Cedarville University, United States
D. Madsen, Cedarville University, United States
T. L. Norman, Cedarville University, United States
J. D. -Blaha, University of Michigan, United States

Mechanical load assisted dissolution response of biomedical cobalt–chromium and titanium metallic alloys: influence of in-plane stress and chemical environment

Jae-Joong Ryu, University of Texas, Tyler, United States
Pranav Shrotriya, Iowa State University, United States

Methods to determine the volume of infrapatellar fat pad as an indicator of anterior cruciate ligament tear

Bharadwaj Cheruvu, Wright State University, United States
Tarun Goswami, Wright State University, United States
James Tsatalis, Miami Valley Hospital, United States
Richard Laughlin, Miami Valley Hospital, United States

Raman thermometry based thermal conductivity measurement of bovine cortical bone as a function of compressive stress

Yang Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
Vikas Tomar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States

Response of polycaprolactone bone scaffolds with -hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate to elevated loading frequencies

Constance Maglaras, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Dilhan Kalyon, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Alsi Ergun-Butros, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Antonio Valdevit, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States

Response of trabecular bone to elevated loading frequencies

Hannah Sidoti, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Antonio Valdevit, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States

Single transducer for measurement of small displacements or forces

Kayla Kaspar, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Elizabeth Richard, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Nicole Gambardella, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Antonio Valdevit, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States

Spatial and depth dependent viscoelastic behavior of articular cartilage

Benjamin Marchi, University of Michigan, United States
Ellen Arruda, University of Michigan, United States

Stiffness response of bone to elevated frequency loading

Rebecca Chung, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Antonio Valdevit, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States

Wear characteristics of Wright State University total ankle -replacement under shear and torsion loads

Dinesh Gundapaneni, Wright State University, United States
Tarun Goswami, Wright State University, United States