Publications:

a. Book

  1. Starly, B. and Sun, W., “Biomimetic Design and Fabrication of Tissue Engineered Scaffolds”, VDM Verlag, 2007, ISBN: 978-8364-2464-6.
  2. Yildirim, E., Ayan, H., Chang, R., Sperling, M., Gorniak, R., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Case 3.6: RP Assisted Mapping Epileptic Regions of Brain for Invasive Intracranial Electroencephalography”, Editor by Ola Harrysson, SME Rapid Technologies/Additive Manufacturing for Medical Applications, in press.
  3. Chang, R., Nam, J., Holtorf, H., Emami, K., Gonda, S., Jeevarajan, A., Wu, H. And Sun, W., “A Case Study on 3D Bioprinted Liver Micro-organ as a Drug Metabolism Model”, Editor by Ola Harrysson, SME Rapid Technologies/Additive Manufacturing for Medical Applications, in press.

b. Referred journal articles

1.       Khalil, S and Sun, W., “Bioprinting of Endothelial Cells with Alginate for 3D Tissue Constructs”, ASME J. of Biomedical Engineering, in press.

2.       Yildirim, E., Besunder, R., Allen, F., Güçeri S., and Sun, W., “Fabrication and Plasma Treatment of 3D Polycaprolactane Tissue Scaffolds for Enhanced Cellular Function”, J. of Virtual and Physical Prototyping, in press.

3.       Yildirim, E., Yin, X., Nair, K. and Sun, W., “Preliminary study on fabrication, characterization and endothelial cell cytocompatibility study of alginate/single-walled carbon nanotube tissue scaffolds”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 87B, 406-414, 2008.

4.       Vondran, J., Sun, W. and Schauer, C., “Electrospanning Cross-linked, Electrospun Chitosan-PEO Nanofiber Mats”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 109(2), 968-975, 2008.

5.       Chang, R., Nam, J. and Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Design, Modeling, and Freeform Fabrication of 3D Tissue Constructs for Drug Metabolism Studies”, Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 5, p. 21-29, 2008.

6.       Chang, R., Nam, J. and Sun, W., “Direct Cell Writing of 3D Micro-organ for In Vitro Pharmacokinetic Model”, Tissue Engineering, 14(2), 157-169, 2008.

7.       Shor, L., Guceri, S. Wen, X., Gandhi, M. and Sun, W., “Solid Freeform Fabrication of Polycaprolactone/Hydroxyapatite Tissue scaffolds”, Trans ASME: Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 130, pp 021018-1 to 021018-6, April, 2008.

8.       Nair, K., Yan, K. and Sun, W., “A computational modeling approach for the characterization of mechanical properties of 3D alginate tissue scaffolds”, Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics, 6: 35 – 46, 2008.

9.       Chang, R., Nam, J. and Sun, W., “Effects of Dispensing Pressure and Nozzle Diameter on Cell Survival from Solid Freeform Fabrication-based Direct Cell Writing”, Tissue Engineering, 14(1): 41-48, 2008.

10.   Yildirim, E., Ayan, H., Vasilets, V., Fridman, A., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma on the Attachment and Proliferation of Osteoblasts Cultured over Poly (epsilon-Caprolactone) Scaffolds”, J. of Plasma Processes & Polymers, 5(1): 58-66, 2008.

11.   Shor, L., Guceri, S., Wen, X., Gandhi, M. and Sun, W., “Fabrication and Cell-matrix Interaction Study on Three-Dimensional Polycaprolactone/Hydroxypatite Tissue Scaffolds”, Biomaterials, 28(35), 5291-5297, 2007.

12.   Nair, K, Yan, K. and Sun, W., “A Multi Level Numerical Model for Quantifying Cell Deformation in Encapsulated Alginate Structures”, J. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 2(6), 1121-1142, 2007.

13.   Li, J., Regli, W. and Sun, W., “An Approach to Integrating Shape and Biomedical Attributes in Vascular Models”, Computer-Aided Design, 39(7), 598-609, 2007.

14.   Gomez, C., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Unit-Cell Based Design and Modeling in Tissue Engineering Applications”, J. of Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 4 (5), 649-657, 2007.

15.   Starly, B. and Sun, W., “Internal Scaffold Architecture Designs using Lindenmayer Systems”, J. of Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 4, 395-403, 2007.

16.   Starly, B., Yildirim, E. and Sun, W., “A Tracer Metric Numerical Model for Predicting Tortuosity Factors in 3D Porous Tissue Scaffolds”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 87, 21-27, 2007.

17.   Nam, J, Starly, B. and Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: Design by chip”, J. of The Biochemist, 29(1), 20-23, 2007.

18.   Khalil, S. and Sun, W., “Biopolymer Deposition for Freeform Fabrication of Hydrogel Tissue Constructs”, J. of Materials Science and Engineering C, 27(3): 469-478, 2007.

19.   Tseng, J. and Sun, W., “Dynamic Response of Cantilevered Rail Guns Attributed to Projectile/Gun Interaction – Theory”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 43(1), 207-213, 2007.

20.   Darling, A. and Sun, W., “Orthotic design through 3D reconstruction: a passive assistance ankle foot orthotic”, J. of Applied Bonic and Biomechanics, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 93-99, 2006.

21.   Piatt, J., Starly, B., Faerber, E. and Sun, W., “Application of Computer-Aided Design Methods in Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgery Using a Commercial Image-Guidance System”, J. of Neurosurgery, Vol. 104(1 Suppl), pp. 64-67, 2006.

22.   Evans, P., Starly, B. and Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering for Design and Evaluation of Lumbar-Spine Arthroplasty”, J. of Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 3(6), pp. 771-778, 2006.

23.   Sun, W., Yan, Y., Lin, F. and Spector, M., “Biomanufacturing: A US-China National Science Foundation-Sponsored Workshop”, Tissue Engineering, Vol. 12(5), pp. 1169-1181, 2006.

24.   Starly, B. Lau, W., Bradbury T. and Sun, W., “Interior Architecture Design and Freeform Fabrication of Tissue Replacement Structures,” Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 38(2), pp. 115-124, 2006.

25.   Fang, Z., Yan, C., Sun, W., Shokoufandeh, A. and Regli, W., “Homogenization of Heterogeneous Tissue Scaffold: A comparison of mechanics, asymptotic homogenization, and finite element approaches”, J. of Applied Bonic and Biomechanics, Vol. 2(1), pp. 17–29, 2005.

26.   Darling, A., Shor, L., Khalil, S., Mondrinos, M., Lelkes, P., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Multi-Material Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,” Macromolecular Symposia, Vol. 227 (1), pp. 345-356, 2005.

27.   Wettergreen, M., Templeton, A., Bucklen, B., Sun, W. and Liebschner, M., “Computer Aided Tissue Engineering of Human Vertebrae,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 33(10), pp. 1394-1404, 2005.

28.   Sun, W., Starly, B., Nam, J. and Darling, A., “Bio-CAD Modeling and Its Application in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 37(11), pp. 1097-1114 2005.

29.   Wettergreen, M., Bucklen, B., Starly, B., Yuksel, E., Sun, W. and Liebschner, M., “Creation of a Unit Block Library of Architectures for Use in Assembled Scaffold Engineering”, Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 37(11), pp. 1141-1149, 2005.

30.   Starly, B., Fang, Z., Sun, W. and Regli, W., “Three-Dimensional Reconstruction for Medical-CAD Modeling”, J. of Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 2(1-4), pp. 431-438, 2005.

31.   Fang, Z., Starly, B., Sun, W. and Regli, W., “A Computer-Aided Multi-scale Modeling and Direct Fabrication of Bone Structure”, J. of Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 2(5), pp. 627-634, 2005.

32.   Darling, A. and Sun, W., “Freeform Fabrication and Micro-CT Characterization of Poly-ε-Caprolactone Tissue Scaffolds,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Vol. 24, pp. 78-83, 2005.

33.   Khalil, S., Nam, J. and Sun, W., “Multi-nozzle Deposition for Construction of 3D Biopolymer Tissue Scaffolds,” Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 11(1), pp. 9-17, 2005.

34.   Starly, B. Lau, A., Sun, W. Lau, W. and Bradbury T., “Direct Slicing of STEP Based NURBS Models for Layered Manufacturing,” Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 37(4), pp 387-397, 2005.

35.   Schroeder, C., Regli, W., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Design of Porous Artifacts,” Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 37, pp. 339-353, 2005.

36.   Fang, Z., Satrly, B. and Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Characterization of Effective Mechanical Properties for Porous Tissue Scaffolds,” Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 37(1), pp. 65-72, 2005.

37.   Blackmore, D., Mileyko, Y., Leu, M., Regli, W. and Sun, W., “Computational Topology and Swept Volumes”, DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 67: Geometric and Algorithmic Aspects of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing, edited by Ravi Janardan, Michiel Smid and Debasish Dutta, American Mathematical Society, pp. 53-78, 2005.

38.   Sun, W., Jiang, T. and Lin, F., “A processing algorithm for freeform fabrication of heterogeneous structures,” Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 10(5), pp. 316-326, 2004.

39.   Fang, Z., Sun, W. and Tzeng, J., “Asymptotic Homogenization and Finite Element Implementation for Electromagnetic Composite Conductor,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 38, pp. 1371-1385, 2004.

40.   Darling, A. and Sun, W., “3D Microtomographic Characterization of Precision Extruded Poly-ε-Caprolactone Tissue Scaffolds,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Vol. 70B(2), pp. 311-317, 2004.

41.   Nam, J., Starly, B., Darling, A. and Sun, W., “Computer Aided Tissue Engineering for Modeling and Design of Novel Tissue Scaffolds” Journal of Computer-Aided Design and Application, Vol. 1 (1-4), pp. 633-640, 2004.

42.   Lal, P. and Sun, W., “Computer Modeling Approach for Microsphere-packed Bone Graft,” Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 36, pp. 487-497, 2004.

43.   Wang, F., Shor, L., Darling, A., Khalil, S., Sun, W., Güçeri, S. and Lau, A., “Precision Extruding Deposition and Characterization of Cellualr Poly-e-Caprolactone Tissue Scaffolds,” Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 10(1), pp. 42-49, 2004.

44.   Sun, W., Darling, A., Starly, B. and Nam, J., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: Overview, Scope and Challenges”, J. of Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, Vol. 39(1), pp. 29-47, 2004.

45.   Sun, W., Starly B, Darling, A. and Gomez, C., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: Biomimetic modeling and design of tissue scaffolds”, J. of Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, Vol. 39(1), pp. 49-58, 2004.

46.   Regli, W., Bespalov, D., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Scale-space Representation and Classification of 3D Models”, ASME/ACM Transactions, Journal of Computer and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 3(4), pp. 315-324, 2003.

47.   Sun, W. and Tzeng, J., “Homogenization Modeling and Effective Mechanical Constants for EM Composite Conductor with Cooling Channel,” Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 27, pp. 147-162, 2003.

48.   Sun, W. and Lal, P., “Recent Development on Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering – A Review,” Journal of Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 67(2), pp. 85-103, 2002.

49.   Sun, W. and Lau, A.C.W. “Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for Anisotropic Inelastic Deformation of Unidirectional Reinforced Composites” Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 15, pp. 477-496, 2002.

50.   Sun, W. and Tzeng, J., “Effective Mechanical Properties of EM Composite Conductors: analytical and finite element modeling,” J. of Composite Structures, Vol. 58, pp. 411-421, 2002.

51.   Sun, W., Dcosta, D., Lin, F. and El-Raghy, T. " Freeform Fabrication of Ti3SiC2 Powder-Based Structures: Part I – Integrated Fabrication Process," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 127, pp. 343-351, 2002.

52.   Dcosta, D., Sun, W., Lin, F. and El-Raghy, T, " Freeform Fabrication of Ti3SiC2 Powder-Based Structures: Part II – Characterization and Microstructure Evaluation," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 127, pp. 352-360, 2002.

53.   Sun, W. and Hu, X., “Reasoning Boolean Operation Based CAD Modeling for Heterogeneous Objects,” Computer Aided Design, Vol. 34, pp. 481-488, 2002.

54.   Hu, X. and Sun, W., “A Unit Cell-Based Design Support System for Composite Structures,” Journal of Composite Structures, Vol. 55, pp. 261-268, 2002.

55.   Lin, F. and Sun, W., “Warping Analysis in Laminated Object Manufacturing Process,” Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering, Vol. 123(4), pp. 739-746, 2001.

56.   Sun, W. and Lin, F., “Computer Modeling and Finite Element Simulation of Composite Single Fiber Pull-out,” Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 14(4), pp. 327-343, 2001.

57.   Lin, F., Sun, W. and Yan, Y., “A Decomposition-Accumulation Model for Layered Manufacturing Fabrication,” Journal of Rapid Prototyping, Vol. 7(1), pp. 24-31, 2001.

58.   Lin, F., Sun, W. and Yan, Y., “Optimization with Minimum Process Error for Layered Manufacturing Fabrication,” Journal of Rapid Prototyping, Vol. 7(2), pp. 73-81, 2001.

59.   Sun, W., Lin, F. and Hu, X., “Computer-Aided Design and Modeling of Composite Unit Cells,” Journal of Composite Science and Technology, Vol. 61, pp. 289-299, 2001.

60.   Regli, W., Hu, X., Atwood, M. and Sun, W., “Design Rationale Systems: State-of-the-Art and Research Trends,” Engineering with Computers: An International Journal for Simulation-Based Engineering, Vol. 16(3-4), pp. 209-235, 2000.

61.   Sun, W., “Multi-volume CAD Modeling for Heterogeneous Object Design and Fabrication,” Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 15(1), pp. 27-36, 2000.

62.   Sun, W., "Effect of Interlaminar Adhesive on the Yielding Behavior of Aluminum/Fiber- Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Laminates," Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 10, pp. 124 – 135, 1997.

63.   Sun, W., "Effect of Pre-strain on Nonlinear Deformation Behavior of Reinforced Polymer/Aluminum Laminates," Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 7, pp. 113-124, 1994.

64.   Sun, W., Khatri, S., Lau, A.C.W. and Koczak, M.J., "Nonlinear Material Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Graphite/PPS and Glass/PPS Thermoplastic Matrix Composites," Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 5, pp. 166-180, 1992.

c. Conference papers and abstracts

  1. Yan, K., Nair, K. and Sun, W., “A Multi-scale Modeling Based Theory for Mechanical Load Induced Cell Damage in a 3D Cell-Encapsulated Alginate Tissue Construct,” 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Boston, MA, USA, October 31-November 6, 2008.
  2. Nair, K., Gandhi, M., Marcolongo, M., Barbee, K. And Sun, W., “Characterization of Cell Injury Induced by Bioprinting,” the 13th International Biotechnology Symposium & Exhibition (IBS-2008), Dalian, China, Oct. 12-17, 2008.
  3. Chang, R., Nam, J., Jeevarajan, A., Wu, H. and Sun, W., “Direct Cell Writing of 3D Tissue Micro-organs for Drug Metabolism Study,” the 13th International Biotechnology Symposium & Exhibition (IBS-2008), Dalian, China, Oct. 12-17, 2008.
  4. Yildirim, E., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Enhanced Osteoblast Function on Bone Tissue Engineerign Scaffolds by Plasma Modification,” the 13th International Biotechnology Symposium & Exhibition (IBS-2008), Dalian, China, Oct. 12-17, 2008.
  5. Nair, K, Yan, C and Sun, W., “Three Dimensional Multi-Scale Modelling of Cell Deformation in Encapsulated Alginate Scaffolds”, 8th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, May 28-23, 2008.
  6. Chang, R., nam, J., Morss-Clyne, A., and Sun, W., “Direct Cell Writing of Cell Encapsulated 3D Liver Tissue Constructs Patterned With Endothelial Cells”, 8th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, May 28-23, 2008.
  7. Eda D.Yildirim, Robyn Besunder, Lauren Bentley, Halim Ayan, Alexander Fridman, Fred Allen, Wei Sun, “Concurrent Effect of Oxygen-based Plasma Polymerization and Fibronectin Coating of Poly e-caprolactone Surface on Osteoblast Cell Attachment and Proliferation,” 8th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, May 28-23, 2008.
  8. Holtorf  H. Leslie J. Chang R, Nam J, Culbertson C, Sun W, Gonda S, “Development of a Three-Dimensional Tissue-on-a-Chip Micro-Organ Device for Pharmacokinetic Analysis”, the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Washington, DC, December 1-5, 2007.
  9. Chang, R., Nam, J., Holtorf, H, Jeevarajan, A., Gonda, S., Culbertson, C. and Sun, W., “Biofabrication of liver tissue constructs on a MIcrofluidic platform for pharmacokinetic study”, Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Science and Engineering 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., October 15-18, 2007.
  10. Yildirim, E., Güçeri, S. and Sun, W., “Effect of Oxygen-Radio Frequency Plasma Treatment on Three-Dimensional Poly (e-Caprolactone) Scaffolds”, Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Science and Engineering 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., October 15-18, 2007.
  11. Shor, L., Güçeri, S. and Sun, W., “Polycaprolatctone/Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering”, Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Science and Engineering 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., October 15-18, 2007.
  12. Nam, J., Chang, R. and Sun, W., “Solid freeform fabrication based bioprinting for tissue-on-a-chip systems”, Invited paper for 18th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 5-8, 2007.
  13. Nair, K., Yan, K. and Sun, W., “Quantitative Modeling and Characterization of Hydrogel based 3D Tissue Scaffolds”, 2007 Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing International Conference (FAIM2007), Philadelphia, PA, USA, June 16-18, 2007.
  14. Yildirim, E., Yin, X., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Three Dimensional Composite Alginate/Carbon Nanotube Tissue Scaffolds Printed via Multi-Nozzle Deposition System”, 2007 Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing International Conference (FAIM2007), Philadelphia, PA, USA, June 16-18, 2007.
  15. Chang, R., Jae, N. and Sun, W., “Freeform Bio-deposition of Hepatocellular Tissue Constructs as an In Vitro Physiological Model”, 2007 Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing International Conference (FAIM2007), Philadelphia, PA, USA, June 16-18, 2007.
  16. Gomez, C., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “A Volumetric Steiner Tree Based Design Approach for 3D Tissue Scaffolds”, TERMIS North America 2007 Conference and Exposition, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2007.
  17. Chang, R., Nam, J., Culbertson C., Holtorf, H., Jeevarajan, A. and Sun, W., “Bio-printing and Modeling of Flow Patterns for Cell Encapsulated 3D Liver Chambers For Pharmacokinetic Study”, TERMIS North America 2007 Conference and Exposition, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2007.
  18. Shor, L., Guceri, S., Wen, X. and Sun, W., “Osteoblast Response to Composite Polycaprolactone/Hydroxyapatite Tissue Scaffolds”, TERMIS North America 2007 Conference and Exposition, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2007.
  19. Nair, K., Yan, K. and Sun, W., “Multi-scale Computational Modeling and Characterization of Cell Encapsulated Alginate Tissue Constructs”, TERMIS North America 2007 Conference and Exposition, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2007.
  20. Yildirim, E., Ayan, H., Vasilets, V., Fridman, F., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Enhancement of Early-Time Points Osteoblastic Adhesion on Poly (e-Caprolactone) Scaffolds through Surface Plasma Treatment”, TERMIS North America 2007 Conference and Exposition, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2007.
  21. Li, J.., Regli, W. and Sun, W., “A Mathematical Modeling for Representation of Physiological Vascular Network Integrated with Tissue Scaffolds”, TERMIS North America 2007 Conference and Exposition, Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2007.
  22. Li, J., Regli, W. and Sun, W., “Mathematical Representation of the Vascular Structure and Applications”, 2007 the ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, Beijing, China, June 4-6, 2007.
  23. Nair, K., Yan, K. and Sun, W., “A Multi Level Computational Modeling for Quantifying Cell Deformation in Encapsulated Alginate Structures”, CompMed 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 16-18, 2007.
  24. Vondran, J., Sun, W. and Schauer, C., “Mechanical Property Optimization of Electrospun Chitosan-PEO Nanofibers”, American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Collegeville, PA, USA, May 16-18, 2007.
  25. Karande, T, Sun, W, Dean, D. and Agrawal, M., “Effect of Scaffold Architecture and Time on Cell Viability in the Interior of Tissue Engineering Construct”, Society For Biomaterials (SFB) - 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, April 18-21, 2007
  26. Chang, R., Nam, J., Culbertson C., Holtorf, H., Jeevarajan, A. and Sun, W ., “Computer-Aided Freeform Bioprinting of 3D Tissue Constructs for Pharmacokinetic Study”,  the 3rd International Symposium on Bioprinting and Biofabrication 2006, Kawasaki, Japan, November 21-22, 2006.
  27. Vondran, J., Sun, W. and Schauer, C., “Preparation of Electrospun Chitosan-PEO Nanofibers”, Biomedical Engineering Society 2006 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, October 11-13, 2006.
  28. Karande, T, Sun, W, Dean, D. and Agrawal, M., “Evaluating Osteoblast Viability as a Function of Depth in Tissue Engineering Constructs”, Biomedical Engineering Society 2006 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, October 11-13, 2006
  29. Starly, B., Chang, R. and Sun, W., “Fabrication of Poly-Ethylene Glycol Hydrogels Encapsulated with Hepatocytes using UV-Photolithography”, Proceedings of 17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 14-16, 2006.
  30. Shor, L., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Precision Extrusion Deposition of Composite Scaffolds”, Proceedings of 17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 14-16, 2006,.
  31. Yildirim, E., Yin, X., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Multi-Nozzle Deposition for Three Dimensional Printing of Composite Alginate/Carbon Nanotube Tissue Scaffolds”, Proceedings of 17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 14-16, 2006.
  32. Gomez, C., Starly, B., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Transferring Optimized Unit Cell Based Tissue Scaffold Designs to a Freeform Fabrication System”, Proceedings of 17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 14-16, 2006.
  33. Chang, R., Starly, B. and Sun, W., “Freeform Bioprinting of Liver Encapsulated in Alginate Hydrogels Tissue Constructs for Pharmacokinetic Study”, Proceedings of 17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 14-16, 2006.
  34. Sun, W., Shokoufandeh, A. and Liberschner, M., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Proceedings of 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, July 24-27, 2006.
  35. Nair, K. and Sun, W., “Characterization and Numerical Modeling of Alginate based Cell Encapsulated Matrices”, Proceedings of World Congress on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 24-27, 2006.
  36. Starly, B., Chang, R., Sun, W., Culbertson, C., Holtorf, H. and Gonda, S., “Bioprinted Tissue-on-chip Application for Pharmacokinetic Studies”, Proceedings of World Congress on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 24-27, 2006.
  37. Yildirim, E., Yin, X., Guceri, S., Ko, F. and Sun, W., “Process and Cytocompatibility of 3D Hybrid Alginate/Carbon Nanotube Tissue Scaffolds”, Proceedings of World Congress on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 24-27, 2006.
  38. Shor, L., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Polycaprolactone and Composite Polycaprolactone/ Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering”, Proceedings of World Congress on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 24-27, 2006.
  39. Zhou, X., Gomez, C., Denton, T., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Data support for unit cell base tissue scaffold design, analysis and manufacture”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  40. Gomez, C., Denton, T., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Multi-Parameter Optimization for Two-Phase Unit-Cell based Tissue Scaffolds”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  41. Yildirim, E., Yin, X., Ko, F., Guceri, S. and Sun, W, “Evaluation of 3D Hybrid Alginate/Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Tissue Scaffolds in Terms of Process and Cytocompatibility”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  42. Shor, L., Gordon, J., An, Y., Güçeri, S. and Sun, W., “Precision Extruding Deposition of Polycaprolactone and Composite Polycaprolactone/Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  43. Vondran, J., Rodriguez, M., Schauer, C. and Sun, W., “Preparation of Electrospun Chitosan-PEO Fibers”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  44. Evans, P. and Sun, W., “Finite Element Analysis and Computer Aided Tissue Engineering Design of a Replacement Lumbar Intervertebral Disc”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  45. Chang, R., Starly, B., Culbertson, C., Holtorf, H., Gonda, S. and Sun, W., “Development of an in vitro Micro-organ Model for Pharmacokinetic Microanalysis”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  46. Nair, K. and Sun, W., “Numerical Model for Predicting Mechanical Properties of Cell Encapsulated Hydrogel Scaffolds”, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, April 1-2, 2006.
  47. Evans, P. and Sun, W., “Novel Design on an Intervertebral Disc Replacement Utilizing Finite Element Methods”, Proceedings of 14th Annual Symposium on Computational Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Chicago, IL, March 18, 2006.
  48. Khalil, S. and Sun, W., “Bioactive Fabrication of Tissue Engineered Sacffolds”, Proceedings of Advances in Bio-Manufacturing, ASME IMECE 2005, Orlando, FL, November 5-11, 2005.
  49. Starly, B., Shor, L., Guceri, S. and Sun, W., “Space Filling Curves: Its Design and Fabrication for Extrusion Based SFF Systems”, Proceedings of Advances in Bio-Manufacturing, ASME IMECE 2005, Orlando, FL, November 5-11, 2005.
  50. Wettergreen, M., Bucklen B., Starly B., Yuksel E., Sun W. and Liebschner, M., "Unit Block Library of Basic Architectures for Use in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering of Bone Replacement Scaffolds." Proceedings of Advances in Bio-Manufacturing, ASME IMECE 2005, Orlando, FL, November 5-11, 2005.
  51. Wettergreen, M., Bucklen B., Sun W. and Liebschner, M., "Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering in Whole Bone Replacement Treatment." Proceedings of Advances in Bio-Manufacturing, ASME IMECE 2005, Orlando, FL, November 5-11, 2005.
  52. Williams, R., Huang, Y, Melkote, S., Kinsey, B., Sun, W. and Yao, D., “Recent Advances in Micro/Meso-Scale Manufacturing Process”, Proceedings of IMECE2005, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida USA, November 5-11, 2005.
  53. Dutta, D., Stone, J., Sun, W., Cho, E., Lockett, S., Wang, F. and Henderson, L., “Osteoblast Adhesion on Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Made by Bio-Manufacturing Techniques”, Proceedings of IMECE2005 (ASME-IMECE2005-82472), 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida USA, November 5-11, 2005.
  54. Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Proceedings of World Congress on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai, China, Oct. 20-25, 2005.
  55. Sun, W., “Biopolymer Deposition for Freeform Fabrication of Hydrogel Tissue Constructs”, Proceedings of MS&T '05 ASM International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 25-28, 2005.
  56. Sun, W., “Freeform Fabrication of 3D Tissue Scaffolds”, Proceedings of MS&T '05 ASM International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 25-28, 2005.
  57. Li, J., Regli, W. and Sun, W., “Swept Volume Representation of Material Deposition Process for Tissue Scaffold Fabrication”, Proceedings of ASME 2005 Design Engineering Technical Conference, Long Beach, California, USA, September 24-28, 2005.
  58. Sun, W., “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering and Its Application For Freeform Fabrication of Tissue Substitutes”, Proceedings of DigiFab 2005 - the International Conference on Digital Fabrication, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 19, 2005.
  59. Fang, Z., Sun, W. and Tzeng, J., “A Homogenization Theory for Composites with Time-Dependent Elastic-Viscoplastic Behavior”, the 20th American Society of Composites Technical Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, September 7-9, 2005.
  60. Li, J., Regli, W. and Sun, W., “A Case Study of Swept Volume Representation of Tissue Scaffolds”, Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Northeastern Bioengineering Conference, Stevens Institute of Technology,  New Jersey, USA, April 2-3, 2005.
  61. Demirci, M., Gomez, C., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Connectivity for Mass and Fluid Transport in Three-Dimensional Two-Phase Structures”, Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Northeastern Bioengineering Conference, Stevens Institute of Technology,  New Jersey, USA, April 2-3, 2005.