Research Areas

Areas of research within the School of Dentistry's Department of Biomedical Materials Science include, but are not limited to:

Biomechanics

• Device biomechanics
• Orthopedic and dental

Material durability

• Corrosion fatigue
• Failure analysis
• Stress corrosion cracking
• Wear evaluation

Metals

• Partnering with primary metals suppliers

Standards development

• ASTM and ISO

Faculty research interests

Yuanyuan Duan

• Fatigue testing for dental implants
• Finite element analysis and virtual surgical planning
• Periodontal tissue regeneration
• Nanofiber technology

Jason Griggs

• Design optimization
• Failure analysis
• Finite element computer modeling
• Mechanical properties of materials
• Statistical design of fatigue experiments

Amol Janorkar

• Drug delivery
• In vitro tissue models
• Polymeric biomaterials
• Tissue engineering

Michael Roach

• Characterization of novel implant materials
• Electrochemical evaluation of metallic implant materials
• Failure analysis of implant retrievals and test samples
• Surface modification of oxides on titanium implant materials

Susana Salazar Marocho

• Characterization of ceramic structures
• Development of new approaches for bonding dental ceramic structures in clinical complex settings
• Laser-aided debonding strategies for ceramics
• Mechanical behavior of ceramic materials
• Fracture analysis of dental restorative materials (in vitro and clinically failed prostheses)

R. Scott Williamson

• Electrochemical surface modification of titanium implant materials
• Characterization of metallic implant materials
• Failure analysis of metallic implant retrievals and test samples