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Michael A.K. Liebschner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, Ph.: (713) 348-5797, E-Mail: Liebschner@rice.edu EducationDegree Field Institution Name Dates Attended Year Awarded Ph.D. Mech. Eng. University of Vermont, Vermont 09/95-10/98 1998 M.S. Mech. Eng. Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 09/90-06/95 1995 Prof.Cert. Elec. & Prec. Eng. Staatliche Feintechnik Schule, Germany 08/87-06/89 1989
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Academic Appointments03/07-present Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering, NUI Galway, Galway, IR 07/00-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 11/98-09/00 Postdoctoral Researcher, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 09/97-10/98 Research Assistant, Dept. of Mech. Eng., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 09/95-05/97 Head Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mech. Eng., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 01/95-08/95 Research Associate, M.E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics, Bern Switzerland 02/94-05/95 Research Associate, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum Germany
04/07 U.S. Federal Trade Commission 03/06-present SimplexityMD, Houston, TX 01/05-present DFine Inc., Cupertino, CA 02/04-present Orthovita Inc., Malvern, PA 09/04-present BioSonic Inc., Houston, TX 10/01-10/02 Desmogen Inc., Houston, TX 10/99-03/01 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) , Washington, DC 03/98-03/00 MicroStrain, Inc., Burlington, VT 09/97-05/98 United Research Corporation, Rockville, MD
AwardsPersonal Honors 2006 Marquis Who’Äôs Who in Science and Engineering (VIP 31838007) 2006 Reconocimiento por haber formado parte del Congreso SAE UDEM 2006 2004 Young Investigator Award, 6th International Bone Fluid Flow Workshop 2004 NASA Tech Briefs and Emhart Teknologies - Create the Future Contest Winner 2003 BFF Computational Award of Excellence 2003 Alice L. Jee Young Investigator Award 2002 Distinguished Sid Richardson College Associate 2002 The Hershel M. Rich Outstanding Invention Award Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Basic Science Award 2000 New Investigator Recognition Award for Best Basic Science Study 46th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Orlando, FL 1998-1999 Engineering System and Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997 NASA/UVM Sounding Rocket Project Graduate Fellowship 1995 M.E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics Graduate Scholarship
Honors of Fellow-Students 1. Andrew McUsic: Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium Jenessa Shapiro Award for Research and the James S. Waters Creativity Award, April 16, 2007. 2. Andrew McUsic.: ’ÄúEvolutionary effects on trabecular biomechanics: an interspecies finite-element study.’Äù NSF Graduate Fellowship, March 2007. 3. Chan E., Chang C., Gordon A., Vu E., Yang P.: "Osteonexus: A Fracture Healing System for Mars." Dr. John L. McLucas Award for Study of Space Safety, Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, May, 2006. 4. Chan E., Chang C., Gordon A., Vu E., Yang P.: "Osteonexus: A Fracture Healing System for Mars." RASC-AL Forum 2006, Undergraduate Student Competition Winner, Cocoa Beach, FL, May 22-25, 2006. 5. Gibson C., Elam A., Metwalli Z., Robb R., Rooney T.:" Advanced Space Health Maintenance System:Technology Enabling Extended Manned Space Exploration". RASC-AL Forum 2005, Undergraduate Student Competition Winner, Cocoa Beach, FL, May 22-25, 2005. 6. Matthew Wettergreen, "Geometric Characterization of Scaffold Building Blocks for Tissue Engineering". 1st Annual IBB Symposium, Best Poster in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Rice University, July 7, 2005. 7. Gibson C., Robb R., Rooney T., Metwalli Z., Elam A.: "Advanced Space Health Maintenance System: Enabling Extended Manned Space Exploration". RASC-AL Forum 2005, Grand Prize Winner undergraduate student competition, Cocoa Beach, FL, May 22-25, 2005. 8. Wafa Tawackoli, "Vibrational Analysis of Normal and Osteopenic Trabecualr Bone using Rapid Prototyping Duplicates" International Society of Biomechanics, Student Dissertation Award, March 17, 2005. 9. Michael Detamore, " Characterization of the Porcine Temporomandibular Joint Disc". Rice University / Texas Medical Center Sigma Xi Chapter Thesis Award, May 12, 2005. 10. Wafa Tawackoli, "A Comparison Study of Human Vertebral Body Collapse Using a 6-DOF Robotic System and a Standard Uniaxial Compression Device". Presentation Award, Biorobotics Session, Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 22nd Annual Conference, February 10-11, 2005. 11. Jeremy Lemoine, "Quantification of Jaw Motion in a Normal Population", Louis C. Sheppard Award for the Best Poster Presentation, runners up, Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 20th Annual Conference, April 3-4, 2003. 12. Matthew Wettergreen, ’ÄúTissue Engineered Composite Bone Cement for Reinforcing Osteoporotic Bone’Äù, Louis C. Sheppard Award for the Best Poster Presentation, runners up, Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 20th Annual Conference, April 3-4, 2003. 13. Kay Sun, "Optimization of Bone Cement Properties in Vertebral Reinforcement." Student Travel Award, 13th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials GRIBOI 2003, Baltimore, MD, March 14th-15th, 2003. 14. Matthew Wettergreen, "Evaluation of an Injectable Composite Bone Cement with Engineered Micro-Architecture." Student Travel Award, 13th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials GRIBOI 2003, Baltimore, MD, March 14th-15th, 2003. TEACHINGCourses Rice University
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Member of Theses Committees1. Victor Kosmopoulos, "Simulation of Knee Biomechanics using Artificial Prosthesis", M.S. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Suny at Buffalo, (completion September 2001). 2. Mark Timmer, ’ÄúDevelopment of a Biodegradable Interbody Fusion Device’Äù, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice Unversity, (completion February 2003). 3. Jerry C.Y. Hu, ’ÄúThe Effect of Bioreactor Conditions on Chondrocyte Sub-populations’Äù, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion April 2005). 4. Mark Sweigert, ’ÄúCharacterization of the Ultrastructural, Biomechanical, Biochemical, and Cellular Properties of the Native Medial Rabbit Meniscus’Äù, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion 2004). 5. Michael Detamore, ’ÄúCharacterization of the Porcine Temporomandibular Joint Disc’Äù, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2004). 6. Terence Flynn, ’ÄúComputational Simulations of Supermolecular Complexes’Äù, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2004). 7. William Noon, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Fullerence in Biological and Organic Systems", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2004). 8. Alejandro J. Almarza, "Extracellular Matrix Characterization and Tissue Engineering of the Temporomandibular Joint Disc", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion April 2005). 9. Adrian Shieh, ’ÄúFunctional Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage’Äù, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2006). 10. Jeremy Lemoine, "Modeling of the Mechanical Function of the Temporomandibular Joint Disc", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2006). 11. Wafa Tawackoli, "The Effect of Mechanical Loading on Spinal Biomechanics", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2006). 12. Alistair Templeton, "Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Modeling of Vertebrae from Radiographs", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion Fall 2006). 13. Kay Sun, "Biomechanical Efficacy of PMMA and other Biomaterials as Bone Cement in Vertebral Repair and Reinforcement", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2006). 14. Nic D. Leipzig, "Growth Factor Effects on Single Chondrocyte Biomechanics and Gene Expression", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (completion May 2006). 15. Matthew A. Wettergreen, "The Effect of Material Organization on the Structural Properties of Solid Architectures and the Quantification of Tissue Deposition on Scaffolds with said Architecture", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (expected completion Fall 2006). 16. Brandon S. Bucklen, "Investigation of Surface Mechanical Environment as an Optimization Criterion for Improved Tissue Engineering Scaffolds", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (expected completion, May 2007). 17. Kyle D. Allen, "Gene Expression, Biosynthesis, and Mechanical Characterization of the Procine TMJ Disc for the Purposes of Tissue Engineering", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (expected completion, Fall 2007). 18. Christopher M. Revell, "Characterization of Chondrozytic Differentiation and Optimization of a Self-Assembling Process for Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage", Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, (expected completion, May 2008). M.S. and Ph.D. Candidates Supervised (Primary Advisor and Thesis Chair)Graduate Research Rice University: Alistair Templeton Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, 2001-present (completed Fall2006) "Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Modeling of Vertebrae from Radiographs" Matthew Wettergreen Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, 2002-present (expt. completion May 2007) "The Effect of Material Organization on the Structural Properties of and Spatial Distribution of Tissue Ingrowth in Porous Architectures" Brandon Bucklen Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, 2003-present (expt. completion Fall 2007) " Investigation of Surface Mechanical Environment as an Optimization Criterion for Improved Tissue Engineering Scaffolds" Wafa Tawackoli Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, 2001-present (completed May 2006) "Three-Dimensional Kinematics Characterization and Fracture Mechanics of Human Spinal Segments" Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles California Kay Sun Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, 2001-present (completed May 2006) "A Finite Element Approach Towards Biomechanical Optimization of Prophylactic Vertebroplasty" VA Hospital, San Francisco California Jeremy Lemoine Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioengineering, 2001-present (completed May 2006) "Characterization of the Kinematic Environment of the Temporomandibular Joint Disc" Abbott Spine, Austin Texas
Suny at Buffalo: Victor Kosmopoulos M.S. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1999-2001 ’ÄúSimulation of Knee Biomechanics Using Artificial Prothesis’Äù. Hˆ¥pital Orthopˆ©dique de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne, Switzerland
Rice University: Liz Leistner Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University at St. Louise 2001 Effect of Bone Cement Material Properties on Biomechanics of Vertebroplasty Amy Adams Department of Computer Science, Amherst College, San Diego, 2001 Computational Optimization of Materials Used for Vertebroplasty James Kretlow Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2001-2002 Calibration of a Spine-Testing Machine Using Concomitant Methods Biomechanical Evaluation of a Stackable Cage PLIF Device Tara Mahan Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois At Urban-Champaign, 2002 Motion Kinematics Analysis of the Normal Temporomandibular Joint Anne-Marie Cannon Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 Design and Installation of a Safety Mechanism Around Robotic Arm Jennifer Pan Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 2003 Tracking and Analyzing Pelvic-Spine Rotation Using Optical Tracking Kayla Holmes Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle 2003 Design of a TMJ Disc for Replacement Surgery Using Rapid Prototyping Jeffrey White Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 Utilization of the Follower Load Principle for the Simulation of Physiological Loading James Barnes Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 Load Distribution Analysis Within a Posterior Spinal Fixation System Victoria Rodriguez Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 ’Äì 2004 Robots in Medicine: Programming of a robotic arm to simulate body motion Critical Evaluation of a Rapid Prototyping Machine for Creation of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Thomas Prooney Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 ’Äì 2004 CAOS: Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery Development of Surgical Tools Monitored in a 3D Environment Yuchun Fu Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 ’Äì 2004 Do Bones Make Sound? Resonance Frequency Analysis of Vertebrae Charlie Shih Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2003 ’Äì 2004 Do Bones Make Sound? Resonance Frequency Analysis of Vertebrae Jennifer Wong Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2004 Surface Electromyography of Masticatory Muscles Min-Jye Chen Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2004 Accounting for Permeability in the Design of Tissue Regenerative Scaffolds Jonathan Scheffe Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2004 Engineering Building Blocks for Tissue Replacement Scaffolds Tillman Hudson Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2004 Biomechanical Evaluation of the Load Distribution of the MONARCH Implant Brian Boies Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2004 - 2005 Effect of Compressive Preload in the Instantaneous Center of Rotation of the Spine Molly Mullican Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2005 - 2006 Soft Lithography Processes for the Creation of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Thomas Bowden Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2005 The Effect of Material Arrangement of Structural Properties of Micro-Architectures Deanna Dial Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2005 Temporo-Mandibular Joint Disfunction, What is the Cause? Laura Higbie Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2005 Design and Characterization of a Device for Accelerated Scaffold Degradation Albert Yu Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006 Clinical Importance of the Vertebral Cortical Shell Mimi Zhang Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006 Functional Optimization of a Novel Bone Diagnostic Tool Stephen Wallace Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2005 ’Äì 2006 Early Conceptual Evaluation of a Bioprinter Michael Cordray Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006 Functional Optimization of a Novel Bone Diagnostic Tool Shannon Moore Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006 ’Äì 2007 Constructing a Fluid-Flow System to Analyze the Degradation Kinetics of Biomaterial Scaffolds Andrew McUsic Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006 ’Äì 2007 Variations in Trabecular Bone Surface Contours for Finite Element Analysis Frank Ko Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2006 ’Äì 2007 Development of a Spine Analog for Biomechanical Testing Sean Paschall Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2007 Investigation of Various Methods to Characterize Error of FEA of Trabecular Bone Samuel Chang Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2007 Optimization of a Patient Forearm Fixation Jib Kaylar Dunbar Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2007 Mechanical Properties of Porous Composite PMMA Bone Cement Jessie Huang Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2007 Effect of Bone Size and Material Properties on their Structural Dynamics Response Mariko Wei Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2007 Increasing the Accuracy of the OsteoSonic Diagnostic Device Susan Wu Department of Biochemistry, Rice University, 2007 Biaxial Muscle Mechanics: An Automated System Yuekai Sun Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2007 Design and Fabrication of a Soft Tissue Testing Reservoir Jimmy Stringer Department of Physics, Xavier University, 2007 Modeling the Drug Release of Composite Bone Cement Luke Oltmans Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Caroline State University, 2007 Optimization of a 3D Computer Model as First Step Towards Surgical Planning of Treatment Mary Lindberg Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2007 Characterization of a Novel Computer-Human Interface for Data Communication Nikhil Bhargava Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2007 Structure-Function Analysis of the Mice Diaphragm Keerthi Prabhala Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 2007 Skeletal Differentiation in Vitamin K Deficient Rats
Texas Space Grant Consortium Team Mentor TSGC Team - Team Rice Owls (BIOE472 - class project) Patricia Nason Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 Yuchun Fu Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 Adam Horch Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 Issac Noh Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 Michael Powell Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 Charlie Shih Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2003, Spring 2004 TSGC Team - Team Cobra (BIOE452- senior design project) Chris Gibson Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Austin Elam Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Zeyad Metwalli Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Roland Robb Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Thomas Rooney Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 TSGC Team - Team Space Owls (BIOE452- senior design project) Allison Bean Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Sriram Eleswarapu Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Danika Hayman Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Kimberly Hsu Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Martin Kolnik Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005 Jimmy Barnes Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 TSGC Team - Team Thunderbirds (BIOE452- senior design project) Neha Datta Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Vishal Gupta Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Laura Higbie Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Lei Ji Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 TSGC Team - Team High Power Ninjas (BIOE452- senior design project) Elaine Chan Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Cynthia Chang Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Alexander Gordon Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Eric Vu Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Peter Yang Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Fall 2005, Spring 2006
High School Research ProjectsRice University 2001 Joseph Kopfler, Wunsche School Mentoring Program 2003 Zachary Dreyfuss, HISD, Mentor Program 2004 Ekta Gupta, HISD, Mentor Program 2005 Christopher Chen, CRHS 2005/6 Deepika Satish, HISD, Science Fair Mentor 2006 Suril Kantaria, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT 2006 Joseph Allencherril, Pearland High School 2007 Matt (Euiyun) Kim, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
High School Teacher Education 2004 Shonda Majors, Houston Christian High School, Medical Biotechnology 2003 Shonda Majors, Houston Christian High School, Medical Biotechnology
Visiting Students 2004 Magdalena Tyndyk, National University of Ireland, National Center for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Galway 2006 Pat McDonnell, National University of Ireland, National Center for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Galway
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