Research
Main ContentResearch 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
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