People

Meet the members of our lab!

Faculty

Lisa A Pruitt

lpruitt@me.berkeley.edu

Ph.D. Engineering Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1993 Doctoral Thesis: Cyclic Damage Ahead of Fatigue Cracks in Amorphous Solids: Theory, Experiments and Implications M.S. Engineering Brown University, Providence, RI, May [More…]

PhD

Sofia E. Arevalo

Sofia is a 5th year Ph.D candidate in Mechanical Engineering. Her research is on developing mechanical relationships at the macro-, micro-, and nano-scale of orthopedic polymers. Additionally, she is interested [More…]

Ally Gleason

Ally is a 4th year PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering. Her research focuses on the intersection between psychological stress and traumatic brain injury. Ally’s work involves using rodent models of [More…]

Bethany Smith

Lisa A Torres

Lisa is a 1st year Ph.D student in Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests include implant retrieval analysis of total joint replacements to optimize device design and tribology of medical polymers. 🏅Fellowships: Graduate [More…]

Masters

Giuliana Davis

Giuliana is a 2nd year Master of Science student in Mechanical Engineering. Her research studies retrieved polyethylene shoulder arthroplasty components to understand in-vivo behavior that leads to joint replacement failures. [More…]

Undergraduate

Mariana Alvarez

Bioengineering ’20

Adnan Ismael

Bioengineering ’22

Kobe Oh

Bioengineering ’21

Shotaro Yamaguchi

Bioengineering ’23

Alumni

Farzana Ansari

🎓Graduated in: 2015 📃Dissertation: The Interplay of Design and Materials in Orthopedics: Evaluating the Impact of Notch Geometry on Fatigue Failure of UHMWPE Joint Replacements

Sara Atwood

🎓Graduated in: 2010 📃Dissertation: Microstructure, Mechanical Behavior, and Clinical Trade-offs in Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene for Total Joint Replacement

David A Baker

🎓Graduated in: 2001 📃Dissertation: Macro- and microscopic evaluation of fatigue in medical grade ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Donald R Bloyer, Jr.

🎓Graduated in: 1997 📃Dissertation: Fracture and cyclic-fatigue behavior of ductile phase reinforced brittle matrix laminated composites: Effect of laminate orientation and reinforcement layer thickness

Ayyana Chakravartula

🎓Graduated in: 2005 📃Dissertation: Nano-scale mechanical properties of biomedical polymers, and, A case study of the medical device approval process

Donna M Ebenstein

🎓Graduated in: 2002 📃Dissertation: Biomechanical characterization of atherosclerotic plaques: A combined nanoindentation and FTIR approach

Audrey Ford

🎓Graduated in: 2019 📃Dissertation: Mechanical Evaluation of Polycarbonate Polyurethane for Long-Term Orthopedic Implant Applications

Jevan Furmanski

🎓Graduated in: 2008 📃Dissertation: Mechanistic and clinical aspects of fatigue of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

Marni Goldman

🎓Graduated in: 1997 📃Dissertation: The effects of sterilization, processing and aging on the structure and morphology of medical-grade ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene for use in total joint replacements

Shika Gupta

🎓Graduated in: 2008 📃Dissertation: Analytical and numerical nanoindentation studies of compliant biomaterials and soft tissues

Sheryl R Kane

🎓Graduated in: 2008 📃Dissertation: Surface Modification of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene to Improve Lubrication in Total Hip Replacements

Catherine M Klapperich

🎓Graduated in: 2000 📃Dissertation: Mechanical, chemical and biological evaluation of energetically treated polymer surfaces for biomedical applications

Cheng Li

🎓Graduated in: 2008 📃Dissertation: Local Properties of Articular Cartilage: A Combined Nanoindentation and Biochemical Characterization Approach

Louis Malito

🎓Graduated in: 2018 📃Dissertation: The Deformation, Yielding, and Fracture of UHMWPE for use in TJR

Eli Patten

🎓Graduated in: 2012 📃Dissertation: A Multidirectional Tribo-System: Wear of UHMWPE under Sliding, Rolling, and Rotation

David M Rodinone

🎓Graduated in: 2002 📃Dissertation: A three-dimensional nonlinear visco-elastic constitutive model for ultra high molecular weight polyethylene

Jingli Wang

🎓Graduated in: 2004 📃Dissertation: The contribution of elastin, collagen, and smooth muscle cells to the biomechanics of large elastic arteries

TianZong Xu

🎓Graduated in: 1997 📃Dissertation: Diamond-like carbon coatings for orthopedic applications: Tribological behaviors of vacuum arc diamond-like carbon-coated titanium alloy against medical-grade ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene