| Start Date: | 10/12/2012 | Start Time: | 4:00 PM |
| End Date: | 10/12/2012 | End Time: | 5:30 PM |
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Event Description
Part 1:
Biomedical Technology Development Concentration and Certificate
This concentration area and advanced certificate program aims to provide engineers with the comprehensive education and training necessary to succeed in careers in business, industry, non-profit organizations, and government agencies involving biomedical technology development. The concentration in Biomedical Technology Development is a professional degree program and follows the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems' established procedures for a non-thesis option master's degree. Students interested in this concentration should develop a plan of study in consultation with the concentration coordinator, Dr. Kambiz Pourrezaei, before the beginning of the second term. The electives should also be chosen in consultation with the concentration coordinator. For professionals, the Biomedical Technology Development concentration is available as an advanced certificate program.
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Part 2
Implant Research Center
Each year approximately 1,000,000 patients in the United States undergo lower extremity total joint arthroplasty, almost all of whom have been implanted with new bearing materials. These new bearings were designed and manufactured in an attempt to decrease one of the major sources of failure of total hip arthroplasty in the 1990s, wear debris-induced osteolysis. The main reason is the failure of the UHMWPE material, which is used as the bearing surface for conventional total hip arthroplasty. Bearing selection has been a topic of debate among orthopedic scientists and clinicians for the past two decades. Implant retrieval analysis has long been one of the important links in the design loop to confirm that the device designs and materials formulated and tested theoretically or in vitro, perform the way they are designed to perform in vivo. Careful analyses of explanted devices allow us to be certain that design choices are appropriate, and that failure patterns are fully understood and steps to minimize failure can then be outlined (either through technical or design changes, as appropriate). This presentation will emphasize the evolution of bearing materials used in total joint replacement, and the clinical performance and failure mechanisms of advanced bearing surfaces including advanced polymers, metals, and ceramics. |
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Location:
Mitchell Auditorium in the Bossone Research Enterprise Center, located at 32nd and Market Streets. |
Audience:
AlumniCurrent StudentsFacultyProspective StudentsPublicStaff |
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