| Name: | Savio L-Y. Woo, Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Eng. |
| Title: | Distinguished University Professor and
Director Musculoskeletal Research Center Department of Bioengineering Swanson School of Engineering Professor of Rehabilitation Science & Technology School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Core Faculty McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine School of Medicine |
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Lab Contact Info:
Musculoskeletal Research Center405 Center for Bioengineering
300 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Tel: 412-648-2000
Fax: 412-648-2001
E-mail: ddecenzo@pitt.edu
Research Interests:
- Development of biodegradable metallic materials to assist the healing of ligaments and tendons as well as for implantable devices for orthopaedic applications.
- Kinematics of synovial joints, including knee and shoulder, by developing a novel robotic universal force-moment sensor testing system to assess the roles of various soft tissues.
- Functional tissue engineering approaches involving the use of extracellular matrix (ECM) bioscaffolds, i.e., ECM-SIS to improve the healing of injured ligaments and tendons.
- Theoretical and experimental studies of the nonlinear viscoelastic and mechanical properties of biological tissues.
- Effects of stress and motion on healing and repair of soft tissues.