Organized by: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology

7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

Session IA: SOFT TISSUE BIOMECHANICS I
Moderators: Jean Heegaard, Jeff Weiss

8:00 Two Numerical Transform Methods For Poroelastic And Viscoelastic Materials, M.D. Buschmann
8:20 Rolling Resistance Of Articular Cartilage Due To Interstitiai Fluid Flow, H. Wang And G. Ateshian
8:40 Prediction Of Muscle Recruitment And Its Effect On Joint Reaction Forces During Knee Exercises, G. Li, K. Kawamura, P. Barrance, And E.Y.S. Chao
9:00 Nonlinear Mixed (Lagrange Multiplier) And Augmented Lagrangian Poroelastic Finite Element Formulations For Soft Tissues, M. Levenston
9:20 FE Formulation Of Continuous And Discrete Spectrum Models Of Biphasic Poroviscoelastic Soft Tissue, J.K. Suh And S. Bai

Session 1B: BONE BIOMECHANICS I
Moderators: Ken Fischer, Christopher Jacobs

8:00 Prediction Of A Continuum Damage Criterion For Trabecular Bone Using A Microstructural Model, P.K. Zysset, X.E. Guo And S.A. Goldstein
8:20 The Effect Of The Location Of Sensor Cells On Trabecular Bone Remodeling M.G. Mullender And R. Huiskes 8:40 A Fem Analysis For Acetabular Component With Negative Poisson's Ratioin Total Hip Arthroplasty, J. B. Choi, And K. Choi
9:00 Relationship Of Canine Trabecular Tissue Strains To Osteoblast Activity Under Normal Knee Loads, S.J. Hollister, N.J. Caldwell, And M. Moalli
9:20 Fatigue Failure Prediction In UHMWPE Component Of Total Knee Replacement Based On Cyclic Rolling And Traction, B. Beard And R.N. Natarajan

Session 2A: SOFT TISSUE BIOMECHANICS II
Moderators: Jun-Kyo Suh, Marc Levenston

10:00 Tracking The Deformation Of Soft Tissue Using Image-Based Data And Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics, J.A. Weiss And R.D. Rabbitt
10:20 Energy Dissipation At The Cell-Matrix Interface As A Transduction Signal During Tissue Growth, J. Heegeard And A. Stuart
10:40 Determination Of Stresses And Strains In Heterogeneous, Diseased Human Aorta, D.K. Beattie And R.P. Vito
11:00 A Computational Model Of Articular Cartilage Development And Degeneration, S.S. Stevens, G.S. Beaupré, And D.R. Carter
11:20 Finite Element Modelling Of The Annulus Fibrosus Using The Poroelastic Formulations Of ABAQUS, N.A. Duncan And J.C. Lotz

Session 2B: BONE BIOMECHANICS II
Moderators: Scott Hollister, Bob Guldberg

10:00 Verification Of A Novel Method For Determining Trabecular Bone Tissue Modulus, C.R. Jacobs And D.P. Fyhrie
10:20 The Effect Of Femoral Neck-To-Shaft Angle On The Mechanical Loads Of The Human Femur, K.J. Fischer, F. Eckstein, And C. Becker
10:40 Prediction Of Local Strains In Human Vertebral Bone Specimens Using CT Based Flnite Element Models, E.A. Smith, X.E. Guo, R.W. Goulet, S.J. Hollister, And S.A. Goldstein
11 :00 Consequences Of Interstitial Fluid Flow And Shear Strain On Mineralization In Fetal Bone, E. Tanck, W.D Van Driel, E.H. Burger And R.Huiskes
11:20 Digital Image Based Fe Modeling Of The Distal Femur: Validation Of Techniques And Parametric Studies, A. Lerner