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Michelle Lynn Oyen

University Lecturer in Mechanics of Biological Materials, Engineering Dept.

Fellow and Director of Studies, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

EDUCATION

  • University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics, June, 2005. (GPA 3.82/4.00) Dissertation title: “Ultrastructural Characterization of Time-Dependent, Inhomogeneous Materials and Tissues”.
  • Michigan State University, M. S. in Engineering Mechanics, December, 1998. (GPA 3.95/4.00)
  • Michigan State University, B. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, May, 1996. (GPA 3.95/4.00)
  • Osseo Senior High School, June, 1993

AWARDS

  • NRC Post-doctoral fellowship, 2006 (declined).
  • MRS Trophy Award for Best Proceedings Paper, 2005.
  • ASME-IMECE Bioengineering Division Student Paper Contest 2nd Place Award, 2004.
  • Society for Experimental Mechanics Student Paper Contest 3rd Place Award, 2001.
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, awarded Spring, 1996.
  • Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Awards, 1995 and 1996.
  • MSU College of Engineering Academic Achievement Awards, 1994, 1995, and 1996.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Oyen-Tiesma M, Atkinson J, and Haut RC, A Method for Promoting Regular Exercise in Rabbits Involved in Orthopaedics Research, Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Research, 37 (1998) 77-80. [link]
  2. Atkinson PJ, Oyen-Tiesma M, DeCamp CE, Mackenzie CD, and Haut RC, Patellar Tendon Augmentation After Removal of its Central Third Limits Joint Tissue Changes, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 17 (1999) 28-36. [link]
  3. Oyen-Tiesma M, and Cook RF, Technique for Estimating the Fracture Resistance of Cultured Neocartilage, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 12 (2001) 327-332. [link]
  4. Oyen ML and Cook RF, Load-Displacement Behavior During Sharp Indentation of Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Materials>, Journal of Materials Research, 18 (2003) 139-50. [link]
  5. Lewis JL, Deloria LB, Oyen-Tiesma M, Thompson RC, Ericson M, and Oegema TR, Cell Death After Cartilage Impact Occurs Around Matrix Cracks, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 21 (2003) 881-7. [ link]
  6. Oyen ML, Calvin SE, and Cook RF, Uniaxial Stress-Relaxation and Stress-Strain Responses of Human Amnion, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 15 (2004) 619-24. [link]
  7. Oyen ML, Cook RF, and Calvin SE, Mechanical Failure of Human Fetal Membrane Tissues, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 15 (2004) 651-8. [link]
  8. Oyen ML, Cook RF, Moody NR, and Emerson JA, Indentation Responses of Time-Dependent Films on Stiff Substrates, Journal of Materials Research, 19 (2004) 2487-97. Erratum in Journal of Materials Research, 19 (2004) 3120-1. [link]
  9. Oyen ML, Spherical Indentation Creep Following Ramp Loading, Journal of Materials Research, 20 (2005) 2094-2100. [link]
  10. Oyen ML, Cook RF, Stylianopoulos T, Barocas VH, Calvin SE, and Landers DL, Uniaxial and Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Human Amnion. Journal of Materials Research, 20 (2005) 2902-9. [link]
  11. Oyen ML and Ko C-C, Examination of Local Variations in Viscous, Elastic, and Plastic Indentation Responses in Healing Bone, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 18 (2007) 623-8. [link]
  12. Oyen ML, Nanoindentation Hardness Measurements of Mineralized Tissues, Journal of Biomechanics, 39 (2006) 2699-702. [link]
  13. Oyen ML, Calvin SE, and Landers DV, Premature rupture of the fetal membranes: Is the Amnion the Major Determinant? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 195 (2006) 510-515. [link]
  14. Bembey AK, Oyen ML, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Viscoelastic properties of bone as a function of hydration state determined by nanoindentation. Philosophical Magazine, 86(33-35) (2006) 5691 – 5703. [link]
  15. Oyen ML, Analytical Techniques for Indentation of Viscoelastic Materials, Philosophical Magazine 86(33-35) (2006) 5625 – 5641. [link]
  16. Oyen ML, Bushby AJ, Mann A, Ortiz C, Mechanics of biological and biomimetic materials at small length-scales. Journal of Materials Research, 21 (2006) 1869-70.
  17. Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Ferguson VL, Oyen ML, Hydration Effects on the Micro-Mechanical Properties of Bone. Journal of Materials Research, 21 (2006) 1962-8. [link]
  18. Mattice JM, Lau AG, Oyen ML, Kent RW, Spherical Indentation Load-Relaxation of Soft Biological Tissues, Journal of Materials Research 21 (2006) 2003-10. [link]
  19. Ko C-C, Oyen ML, Fallgatter AM, Kim J-H, Douglas WH, Fricton J, Hu W-S, Mechanical Properties and Cytocompatibility of Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite-Gelatin Nano-Composites, Journal of Materials Research, 21 (2006) 3090-8. [link]
  20. Bass CR, Lucas SR, Salzar RS, Oyen ML, Planchak C, Shender BS, Paskoff G, Failure properties of cervical spinal ligaments under fast strain rate deformations. Spine 32 (2007) E7-E13. [link]
  21. (invited review) Oyen ML and Bushby AJ, Viscoelastic Effects in Small-Scale Indentation of Biological Materials. International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering, 1 (2007) 180-197. [link]
  22. Cook RF and Oyen ML, Nanoindentation behavior and mechanical properties measurement of polymeric materials. International Journal of Materials Research, 98 (2007) 370-8.
  23. Oyen ML, Sensitivity of Polymer Nanoindentation Creep Properties to Experimental Variables, Acta Materialia. 55 (2007) 3633-9. [link]
  24. Calvin SE and Oyen ML, Microstructure and Mechanics of the Chorioamnion Membrane with an Emphasis on Fracture Properties. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1101 (2007) 166–185. [link]
  25. Lau AG, Oyen ML, Kent RW, Murakami D, Torigaki T, Indentation Stiffness of Aging Human Costal Cartilage. Acta Biomaterialia 4 (2008) 97-103. [link]
  26. Lucas SR, Bass CR, Salzar RS, Oyen ML, Planchak C, Ziemba A, Shender BS, Paskoff G. Viscoelastic properties of the cervical spine under fast strain rate deformations. Acta Biomaterialia 4 (2008) 117-25. [link]
  27. Oyen ML and Ko CC, Indentation Variability of Natural Nanocomposite Materials, Journal of Materials Research 23 (2008) 760-7. [link]
  28. (invited) Oyen ML, The Materials Science of Bone: Lessons from Nature for Biomimetic Materials Synthesis. Materials Research Society Bulletin 33 (2008) 49-55. [link]
  29. Oyen ML, Poroelastic Nanoindentation Responses of Hydrated Bone. Journal of Materials Research 23 (2008) 1307-14. [link]
  30. Oyen ML, Relating Viscoelastic Nanoindentation Creep and Load Relaxation Experiments, International Journal of Materials Research 99 (2008) 823-8.
  31. Oyen ML, Ferguson VL, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, Boyde A. Composite Bounds on the Elastic Modulus of Bone. Journal of Biomechanics 41 (2008) 2585-88. [ link]
  32. Galli M and Oyen ML, Spherical Indentation of a Finite Poroelastic Coating. Applied Physics Letters 93 (2008) 031911. [link]
  33. Oyen ML and Cook RF. A Practical Guide for Analysis of Nanoindentation Data. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2008) in press.
  34. Hauch KN, Oyen ML, Odegard GM, Haut Donahue TL. Nanoindentation of the Insertional Zones of Human Meniscal Attachments into Underlying Bone. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2008) in press.
  35. Galli M, Comley KSC, Shean TAV, Oyen ML. Viscoelastic and Poroelastic Mechanical Characterization of Hydrated Gels. Journal of Materials Research (2008) in press.
  36. Chua WK and Oyen ML, Do we know the strength of the chorioamnion? A critical review and analysis. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (2009) in press.

ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

  1. Oyen-Tiesma M, Newberry WN, and Haut RC, Interventions for Post-Traumatic Osteoarthrosis, 7th Annual CDC Injury Prevention Through Biomechanics Symposium Proceedings, (1997) 75-84.
  2. Oyen-Tiesma M, Newberry WN, and Haut RC, Anti-Arthritis Drug Helps Mitigate Early Changes in a Traumatized Joint, Trans 44th ORS, 23 (1998) 461.
  3. Oyen-Tiesma M, Deloria L, Meglitsch T, Oegema T, and Lewis J, Cell Death After Cartilage Impact Depends on Matrix Damage, Trans 45th ORS 24 (1999) 107.
  4. Oyen-Tiesma M, Lewis J, Cook R, Cunningham M, Johnson S, and Oegema T, Proteoglycans Influence Fracture Behavior of Cultured Neocartilage, Trans 46th ORS, 25 (2000) 963.
  5. Oyen-Tiesma M, Lewis JL, Cook RF, Viscoelastic Stress-Relaxation of Cultured Artificial Cartilage, Society for Experimental Mechanics IX International Congress & Exposition on Experimental Mechanics Proceedings, (2000) 740-742.
  6. Oyen-Tiesma M, Toivola YA, and Cook RF, Load-Displacement Behavior During Sharp Indentation of Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Materials, Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology II, edited by S.P. Baker, R.F. Cook, S.G. Corcoran, N.R. Moody (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 649, Warrendale, PA, 2001) Q.1.5.1-6.
  7. Oyen-Tiesma M and Cook RF, Solution-Mediated Stress Relaxation of an Artificial Cartilage, Society for Experimental Mechanics 2001 Annual Meeting Proceedings, (2001) 234-236.
  8. Calvin S, Oyen M, and Cook R, Biaxial Puncture Strength of Human Fetal Membrane Tissues, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 187(Suppl) (2002) S115.
  9. Oyen ML and Ko C, Local Variations in Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Nanoindentation Responses of Healing Bone, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 18(Suppl 2) (2003) S307.
  10. Oyen ML and Ko C-C, Variability of Nanoindentation Responses of Bone and Artificial Bone-like Composites, Advances in Bioengineering, BED, (Proceedings of the ASME-IMECE, 2004) 391-2.
  11. Oyen ML, Spherical Indentation Creep Following Ramp Loading, Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology III, edited by Kathryn J. Wahl, Norbert Huber, Adrian B. Mann, David F. Bahr, and Y.-T. Cheng (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 841, Warrendale, PA, 2005) 211-6.
  12. Oyen ML, Stylianopoulos T, Barocas VH, Cook RF and Calvin SE, Uniaxial and Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Human Amnion, in Mechanical Properties of Bioinspired and Biological Materials, edited by Christopher Viney, Kalpana Katti, Franz-Josef Ulm, and Christian Hellmich (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 844, Warrendale, PA, 2005) 161-6.
  13. Oyen ML and Ko C-C, Finite Element Modeling of Bone Ultrastructure as a Two-phase Composite, in Mechanical Properties of Bioinspired and Biological Materials, edited by Christopher Viney, Kalpana Katti, Franz-Josef Ulm, and Christian Hellmich (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 844, Warrendale, PA, 2005) 263-8.
  14. Oyen ML, Ko C-C, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, and Boyde A, Nanoindentation and Finite Element Analysis of Resin-Embedded Bone as a Three-Phase Composite, in Structural and Mechanical Behavior of Biological Materials, edited by Peter Fratzl, William J. Landis, Rizhi Wang, and Fred H. Silver (Materials Research Society Proceedings 874, Warrendale, PA, 2005) 85-90.
  15. Bembey AK, Oyen ML, Ko C-C, Bushby AJ, and Boyde A, Elastic Modulus and Mineral Density of Dentine and Enamel in Natural Caries Lesions, in Structural and Mechanical Behavior of Biological Materials, edited by Peter Fratzl, William J. Landis, Rizhi Wang, and Fred H. Silver (Materials Research Society Proceedings 874, Warrendale, PA, 2005), 125-130.
  16. Ferguson VL, Oyen ML, Boyde A, and Bushby AJ, Mineralization and Nanomechanical Properties in Articular Calcified Cartilage, Advances in Bioengineering, BED, (Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Meeting, 2005) 960-1.
  17. Oyen ML, Stylianopoulos T, Calvin SE, Landers DV, and Barocas VH, In Vitro Prefailure Mechanics of Placental Membranes, Advances in Bioengineering, BED, (Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Meeting, 2005) 926-7.
  18. Oyen ML, A model for nonlinear viscoelastic mechanical responses of collagenous soft tissues, in Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials, edited by Andrew J. Bushby, Virginia L. Ferguson, Ching-Chang Ko, Michelle L. Oyen (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 898E, Warrendale, PA, 2005) L05-16.1-6.
  19. Bembey AK, Oyen ML, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Nanoindentation Measurements of Bone Viscoelasticity as a Function of Hydration State, in Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials, edited by Andrew J. Bushby, Virginia L. Ferguson, Ching-Chang Ko, Michelle L. Oyen (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 898E, Warrendale, PA, 2005) L07-04.1-6.
  20. Ko C-C, Oyen ML, Fallgatter AM, Hu W-S, Effects of Gelatin on Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatite-Gelatin Nanocomposites, in Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials, edited by Andrew J. Bushby, Virginia L. Ferguson, Ching-Chang Ko, Michelle L. Oyen (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 898E, Warrendale, PA, 2005) L08-01.1-6.
  21. House M, Prevost T, Dao M, Kato H, Oyen M, Craigo S, Socrate S, Suresh S, Constitutive model development of fetal membrane mechanics: Mechanical testing and numerical simulation, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 193(Suppl) (2005) S112.
  22. Oyen ML, Murakami D and Kent RW, Mechanical Characterization of Costal Cartilage, Proceedings of the 33rd NHTSA International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research, (2006).
  23. Lau AG, Mattice JM, Murakami D, Oyen ML, and Kent RW, The Effects of Aging on the Material Properties of Human Costal Cartilage, Proceedings of the 2nd Injury Biomechanics Symposium, (2006).
  24. Kent R, Stacey S, Forman J, Mattice J, Kindig M, Evans J, Woods W, Oyen M, Arbogast K, Higuchi K, Tanji H, St. Lawrence S, Assessment of Injury Criteria for Predicting Pediatric Abdominal Injury Risk from Seatbelt Loading, Proceedings of the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, (2006) JSAE paper #20065427.
  25. Oyen ML and Calvin SE, Thickness effects on fracture properties of the placental membranes. J. Biomech. 39(S1) (2006) S342.
  26. Oyen ML, Lau AG, Kindig MW, Stacey SC, Kent RW, Mechanical properties of structural tissues of the pediatric thorax. J. Biomech. 39(S1) (2006) S156.
  27. Oyen ML, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, Poroelastic indentation analysis for hydrated biological materials, in Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials, edited by C. Viney, K. Katti, C. Hellmich, U. Wegst (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 975E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0975-DD07-05.
  28. Sui Z, Corke H, Oyen ML, Lucas PW, Fracture and energy partitioning in cooked and uncooked noodles, in Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials, edited by C. Viney, K. Katti, C. Hellmich, U. Wegst (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 975E, Warrendale, PA, 2007) 0975-DD06-13.
  29. Olesiak SE, Oyen ML, Sponheimer M, Eberle J, Ferguson VL, Ultrastructural mechanical and material characterization of fossilized bone, in Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials, edited by C. Viney, K. Katti, C. Hellmich, U. Wegst (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 975E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0975-DD03-09.
  30. Bembey AK, Oyen ML, Ferguson VL, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Effects of water on mechanical properties of mineralized tissue composites, in Mechanics of Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials, edited by C. Viney, K. Katti, C. Hellmich, U. Wegst (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 975E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0975-DD09-04.
  31. Oyen ML, Ferguson VL and Calvin SE, Fracture resistance of Human Amnion, Advances in Bioengineering, BED, (Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Meeting, 2007).
  32. Oyen ML, Indentation of Nonlinearly Viscoelastic Solids, in Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology IV, edited by Eric Le Bourhis, Dylan J. Morris, Michelle L. Oyen, Ruth Schwaiger, Thorsten Staedler, (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1049, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 1049-AA06-06.
  33. Oyen ML, Liu K-K, Wan K-T, Viscoelastic Behavior of a Centrally Loaded Circular Film Being Clamped at the Circumference, in Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology IV, edited by Eric Le Bourhis, Dylan J. Morris, Michelle L. Oyen, Ruth Schwaiger, Thorsten Staedler, (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1049, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 1049-AA07-08-OO08-08.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. “Interventions for Post-Traumatic Osteoarthrosis” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Newberry WN, and Haut RC . 7th Annual Injury Prevention Through Biomechanics Symposium, Detroit, MI, May 8-9 1997.
  2. “Anti-Arthritis Drug Helps Mitigate Early Changes in a Traumatized Joint” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Newberry WN, and Haut RC. (poster) 44th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, March 16-19, 1998.
  3. “Cell Death After Cartilage Impact Depends on Matrix Damage” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Deloria L, Meglitsch T, Oegema T, and Lewis J. 45th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Anaheim, CA, February 1-4, 1999.
  4. “Proteoglycans Influence Fracture Behavior of Cultured Neocartilage” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Lewis J, Cook R, Cunningham M, Johnson S, and Oegema T. (poster) 46th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Orlando, Florida, March 12-15, 2000.
  5. “Nonlinear Viscoelastic and Tear Response of Tissue Grown from Cartilage Cells” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Lewis JL, Oegema TR, and Cook RF. I PRIME 2000 Annual Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 15-18, 2000.
  6. “Viscoelastic Stress-Relaxation of Cultured Artificial Cartilage” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Lewis JL, Cook RF. Society for Experimental Mechanics IX International Congress & Exposition on Experimental Mechanics, Orlando, FL, June 5-8, 2000.
  7. “Swelling-Mediated Changes in Neocartilage Mechanical Behavior” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Lewis JL, Oegema TR, and Cook RF. I PRIME 2000 Annual Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 14-17, 2001.
  8. “Damage Accumulation Instead of Fracture in Notched ICL Under Cyclic Loading” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Cook RF, Bischof JB, and Billar K. I PRIME 2000 Annual Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 14-17, 2001.
  9. “Solution-Mediated Stress-Relaxation of an Artificial Cartilage” by Oyen-Tiesma M and Cook RF. SEM Annual Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Portland, OR, June 4-6, 2001.
  10. “Microstructural Control of Fracture in an Artificial Tissue” by Oyen-Tiesma M and Cook RF. SEM Annual Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Portland, OR, June 4-6, 2001.
  11. “A Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Model for Time-Dependent Indentation” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Toivola Y, and Cook RF. MTS Nanoindenter Users Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 30-31, 2001.
  12. “Structural Changes in a Collagenous Soft Tissue on Mechanical and Thermal Loading” by Oyen-Tiesma M, Cook RF, and Bischof JB. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30, 2001.
  13. “Time-dependent Indentation at Small Length Scales: Bulk and Film-Substrate Systems” by Oyen ML and Cook RF. (poster) Thin Film Mechanical Behavior Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME, July 14-19, 2002.
  14. “Application of a Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Indentation Model to Biological Tissues” by Oyen ML and Ko C-C. MTS Nanoindenter Users Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 4-5, 2003.
  15. “Mechanical Behavior of Free-Standing Thin Biological Membranes” by Oyen ML. (poster) Thin Film and Small Structure Mechanical Behavior Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, ME, July 18-23, 2004.
  16. (seminar) “Soft Tissue Failure and Fracture ” by Oyen ML. Dept. of Materials, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK. October 5, 2004.
  17. “Variability of Nanoindentation Responses of Bone and Artificial Bone-like Composites” by Oyen ML and Ko C-C. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Anaheim, California, November 13-19, 2004.
  18. “Uniaxial and Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Human Amnion” by Oyen ML, Stylianopoulos T, Barocas VH, Cook RF and Calvin SE. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 3, 2004.
  19. “Finite Element Modeling of Bone Ultrastructure as a Two-phase Composite” by Oyen ML and Ko C-C. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 3, 2004.
  20. “Spherical Indentation Creep Following Ramp Loading” by Oyen ML. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 3, 2004.
  21. “Nanoindentation and Finite Element Analysis of Resin-Embedded Bone as a Three-Phase Composite” by Oyen ML, Ko C-C, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, and Boyde A. Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 28-April 1, 2005.
  22. “Continuum Mechanics? Nanoindentation Variability of Mineralized Tissues,” by Oyen ML. MTS Nanoindenter Users Meeting, Fodele, Crete, Greece, October 10-11, 2005.
  23. “Analytical Techniques for Indentation of Viscoelastic Materials, ” by Oyen ML. Instrumented Indentation Testing in Materials Research and Development, Fodele, Crete, Greece, October 9-14, 2005.
  24. (seminar) “Mechanical Factors in Premature Birth,” by Oyen ML. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, October 27, 2005.
  25. “Mechanical Characterization of Costal Cartilage,” by Oyen ML, Murakami D and Kent RW. 33rd NHTSA International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research, Washington, DC, November 8, 2005.
  26. “Indentation Techniques for Biological Materials,” by Oyen ML. MTS Nano Instruments, Oak Ridge, TN, December 19, 2005.
  27. “Spherical Indentation Creep and Load-Relaxation,” by Oyen ML. US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, CO, June 26-30, 2006.
  28. “Mechanical responses of thoracic structural soft tissues,” by Oyen ML, Lau AG, Kindig M, Stacey S, and Kent RW, World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, July 28-August 4, 2006.
  29. (invited) “Fracture properties of the placental membranes,” by Oyen ML and Calvin SE, World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, July 28-August 4, 2006.
  30. (seminar) “Indentation Techniques for Characterization of Material Time-Dependence,” by Oyen ML. National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK, August 10, 2006.
  31. (invited) “Time-Dependent Mechanical Responses of Two-Phase Collagenous Soft Tissues Loaded in Tension” by Oyen ML, European Solid Mechanics Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 28-Sept. 1, 2006.
  32. (seminar) “Rethinking Bone as a Composite Material,” by Oyen ML, Ko C-C, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Cambridge University Engineering Dept. (Micromechanics Seminar Series), Cambridge, UK, November 3, 2006.
  33. “Poroelastic indentation analysis for hydrated biological materials,” by Oyen ML, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-December 1, 2006.
  34. (seminar) “Indentation Characterization of Material Viscoelasticity,” by Oyen ML, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Ferguson VL. Cambridge Center for Medical Materials, Cambridge, UK, December 5, 2006.
  35. “Computational modeling of the ultrastructure of bone,” by Oyen ML, Ko C-C, Bembey AK, Bushby AJ, Boyde A, Ferguson VL. Medicine and Life Sciences: A Computational Approach. Teddington, UK, December 7 and 8, 2006.
  36. (seminar) “Soft Tissue Fracture: Injury and Related Research,” by Oyen ML. Cambridge University Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge, UK, March 14, 2007.
  37. (seminar) “Soft Tissue Fracture in Joint Injury and in Premature Birth,” by Oyen ML. Dept. of Bioengineering, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, April 13, 2007.
  38. (seminar) “Soft Tissue Fracture in Joint Injury and in Premature Birth,” by Oyen ML. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, June 20, 2007.
  39. “Fracture resistance of Human Amnion,” by Oyen ML, Ferguson VL and Calvin SE. ASME Summer Bioengineering Meeting, Keystone, CO, June 20-24, 2007.
  40. (invited) “Cell-Material Interactions in Biomimetic Bone-Like Composites,” by Oyen ML and Ko C-C. Horizons Forum: The Cell-Material Interface, Cambridge, UK, June 26, 2007.
  41. (invited) “Fracture studies of collagenous soft tissues,” by Oyen ML. GEM4 Summer School on Cell and Molecular Mechanics in BioMedicine, National University of Singapore, June 25-July 6, 2007.
  42. (invited) “Viscoelastic and Poroelastic Analyses for Nanoindentation Creep Characterization of Biological Materials” by Oyen ML. Nanomech 8 (The 8th European Symposium on Nanomechanical Testing), Hueckelhoven, Germany, September 3-5, 2007.
  43. “Biomimetic bone-like composites for structural and medical applications,” by Oyen ML and Ko CC. Experimental Biomimetics, Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies, University of Bath, September 21, 2007.
  44. “Nanomechanical probe techniques for biological surface characterization,” by Oyen ML. Horizon Forum, Functional Structures and Biological Surfaces. Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, UK, October 5, 2007.
  45. (seminar) “Soft Tissue Fracture in Joint Injury and in Premature Birth,” by Oyen ML. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, October 15, 2007.
  46. (seminar) “Bone: Nanomechanics and Biomimetics,” by Oyen ML. Biological and Soft Systems, The Cavendish Laboratories (Cambridge University Physics), October 17, 2007.
  47. “Indentation of Nonlinearly Viscoelastic Solids,” by Oyen ML. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 25-30, 2007.
  48. (seminar) “Characterization of Time-Dependent Deformation and Fracture in Soft Tissues,” by Oyen ML. Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, November 30, 2007.
  49. (seminar) “Mechanics of Fracture in Collagenous Soft Tissues,” by Oyen ML, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 5, 2007.
  50. (seminar) “Nanoindentation Characterization of Bone and Biomimetic Nanocomposite Materials,” by Oyen ML. Dept. of Materials, Imperial College, London, February 20, 2008.
  51. “Do we know the strength of the chorioamnion membrane?” by Chua WK and Oyen ML. Reproductive Bioengineering 2008, Wenns im Pittal, Austria, April 1-5, 2008.

MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE

Memberships and Society Activities

  • Materials Research Society, Since 2000
    • Symposium Organizer, Fall 2005, “Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials”
    • Committee Member, Tutorials Review Group (Program Development Subcommittee), since 2005
    • Symposium Organizer, Fall 2007, “Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology IV”
  • American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME), since 2005
    • Judge, Student Paper Competition
      • Summer Bioengineering Meeting, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • iMechanica.org, the web forum for mechanics and mechanicians
    • Founding moderator, since 2006
    • Journal club editor elect, 2008-9

Editorial Responsibility

  • Ongoing
    • Journal of Materials Research, Principal Editor, August 2006-present
  • Single Volumes
    • Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 898E, Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomimetic Materials (2006).
    • Journal of Materials Research, Focus Issue Editor, Volume 21 No. 8, Mechanics of Biological and Biomimetic Materials at Small Length Scales (2006).
    • Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 1049, Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology, IV, (2008).
    • Nanoindentation of Biological Materials. To be published (2008).
    • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Focus Issue Editor, Nanoindentation of Biological Materials (2009).

Copyright © 2008, Michelle L. Oyen

Revised: October 6, 2008

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