• ISBN13: 9781498752688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Engineering
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: CRC Press
• Publication Date: January 1, 2017
• Pages: 304
• Original Price: GBP 185.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 630 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Biotechnology, Mechanics / General, and Biomedical

This book describes the fundamental knowledge of mechanics and its application to biomaterials. An overview of computer modeling in biomaterials is offered and multiple fields where biomaterials are used are reviewed with emphasis to the importance of the mechanical properties of biomaterials. The reader will obtain a better understanding of the current techniques to synthesize, characterize and integrate biomaterials into the human body.

Dr. Hayenga is the PI of the Vascular Mechanobiology Lab at UT Dallas. She has published over 50 peer reviewed papers in mechanotransduction.

Dr. Aranda-Espinoza directs the Cell Biophysics Lab at the U of Maryland. He has published over 125 papers and journal articles in cell biomechanics and related areas.