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Yi Hong PhD, FAHA

Name

[Hong PhD, FAHA, Yi]
  • Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
  • Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
 500 UTA Blvd, Arlington, TX
Last Updated: September 17, 2018

Biography

Dr. Yi Hong is an Associate Professor in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. He achieved his PhD in Material Science and Engineering in 2005 at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. And then Dr. Hong joined Dr. William R. Wagner’s lab as a postdoc and later as a Research Assistant Professor in the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh from 2006 to 2012. After joined the UTA in 2012, Dr. Hong has built up a Functional Applied Biomaterial (FAB) lab and works on developing functional and bioactive biodegradable soft materials and translational research for tissue repair and regeneration, drug delivery and bio-imaging applications. His major focus is located on biomaterial approaches to cardiovascular disease (scuh as heart infarction, and vascular diseases) treatment through tissue regeneration strategies. To date, he has published over 70 peer-review papers in top journals in the field of biomaterials, such as Adv Mater, Biomaterials, Biomacromolecules and Acta Biomater, and 10 patents as well as over 100 conference abstracts. He received many awards including AHA BGIA in 2014,  NSF CAREER in 2016,  Fellow of AHA in 2017, and COE Outstanding Early Career Faculty award and Junior Investigator award in BMES ABioM in 2018. Dr. Hong is a reviewer for over 50 journals, and a member of AHA, AAAS, SFB and BMES. His research has been supported by AHA, ONR, CPRIT, NIH and NSF. 

Lab website: http://omega.uta.edu/~yihong/

Professional Preparation

    • 2005 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering ,  Zhejiang University
    • 2002 MS in Materials Science ,  Hebei University of Technology
    • 1996 Associate in Polymer Chemical Engineering ,  East China University of Science and Technology

Appointments

    • Sept 2018 to Present Associate Professor, Tenured
      University of Texas at Arlinton
    • Sept 2012 to Aug 2018 Assistant Professor
      University of Texas at Arlington
    • July 2008 to Aug 2012 Research Assist. Prof.
      University of Pittsburgh   McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
    • Feb 2006 to June 2008 Post-doctoral Associate
      University of Pittsburgh   McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Memberships

  • Membership
    • June 2017 to Present American Association for The Advance of Science
    • Apr 2015 to Present Chinese Association for Biomaterials (CAB)
    • Jan 2015 to Present TERMIS (Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society)
    • 2013 to Present American Heart Assocation
    • 2009 to Present Biomedical Engineering Society
    • 2008 to Present Society for Biomaterials

Awards and Honors

    • Aug  2018 Junior Investigator Award sponsored by BMES ABioM
    • Jul  2018 2018 Emerging Investigator sponsored by Journal of Materials Chemistry B
    • Feb  2018 COE Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award sponsored by University of Texas at Arlinton
    • Jun  2017 Fellow of the American Heart Association sponsored by American Heart Assocation
    • Apr  2017 CAB-AMT Young Investigator Speaker sponsored by Chinese Association for Biomaterials (CAB)
    • Feb  2016 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • Jul  2014 AHA Beginning Grant-in-Aid Award sponsored by American Heart Assocation
    • Jun  2013 UTA Research Enhancement Program Award sponsored by UTA
    • Dec  2010 PITT Innovator Award sponsored by University of Pittsburgh
    • Dec  2009 PITT Innovator Award sponsored by University of Pittsburgh

Research and Expertise

  • Research Interest

    Biodegradable polymers

    Functional/smart biomaterials development

    3D bioprintable materials

    Tissue engineering & regenerative medicine

    Cardiovascular tissue repair and regeneration

    Medical devices

    Drug delivery

Publications

      Journal Article 2017

      • Bingbing Cheng, Venugopal Bandi, Francis Dsouza, Kytai T. Nguyen, Yi Hong, Liping Tang, Baohong Yuan. The mechanisms and biomedical applications of an NIR BODIPY-based switchable fluorescent probe. International Journal of Molecular Science, 2017, 18(2): 384. 

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      2017

      • Jayanth Kandukuri, Shuai Yu, Bingbing Cheng, Venugopal Bandi, Francis Dsouza, Kytai T. Nguyen, Yi Hong, Baohong Yuan. A dual-modality system for both multi-color ultrasound-switchable fluorescence and ultrasound imaging. International Journal of Molecular Science, 2017, 18 (2): 323. 

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      2017

      • Jinglei Wu, Priya Ravikumar, Kytai Nguyen, Connie Hsia, Yi Hong. Lung protection by inhalation of exogenous solubilized extracellular matrix. PLoS One, 2017: e0171165. 

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      2017

      • Cancan Xu, Yihui Huang, Liping Tang, Yi Hong. Low initial modulus biodegradable polyurethane elastomers for soft tissue regeneration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(3):2169-2180. 

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      2017

      • Keisuke Takanari, Ryotaro Hashizume, Yi Hong, Nicholas J. Amoroso, Tomo Yoshizumi, Burhan Gharaibeh, Osamu Yoshida, Kazuhiro Nonaka, Hideyoshi Sato, Johnny Huard, William R. Wagner. Skeletal muscle derived stem cells microintegrated into a biodegradable elastomer for reconstruction of the abdominal wall. Biomaterials 2017, 113:31-41. 

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      2017

      • Sanjay Anand, Vidhi Desai, Nesreen Alsmadi, Aswini Kanneganti, Dianna Nguyen, Martin Tran, Lokesh Patil, Srikanth Vasudevan, Cancan Xu, Yi Hong, Jonathan Cheng, Edward W. Keefer, Mario Romero-Ortega. Asymmetric sensory-motor regeneration of transected peripheral nerves using molecular guidance cues. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7:14323.

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      2017

      • Yihui Huang, Jun Zhou, Amirhossein Hakamivala, Jinglei Wu, Yi Hong, Joseph Borrelli, Liping Tang. An optical probe for detecting chondrocyte apoptosis in response to mechanical injury. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 10906.

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      2017

      • Taylor Dorsey, Alexander Grath, Cancan Xu, Yi Hong, Guohao Dai. Patterning Bioactive Proteins or Peptides on Hydrogel Using Photochemistry for Biological Applications. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2017, 127:e55873.

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      2017

      • Taylor Dorseya, Alexander Gratha, Annling Wang, Cancan Xu, Yi Hong, Guohao Dai. Evaluation of photochemistry reaction kinetics to pattern bioactive proteins on hydrogels for biological applications. Bioactive Materials 2017, Online Release.

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      Journal Article 2016

      • Shuai Yu, Bingbing Cheng, Tingfeng Yao, Cancan Xu, Kytai Nguyen, Yi Hong, Baohong Yuan. New generation ICG-based contrast agents for ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging. Scientific Reports 2016, 6:35942. 

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      2016

      • Bingbing Chen, Venugopal Bandi, Ming-Yuan Wei, Yanbo Pei, Francis D’Souza, Kytai T. Nguyen, Yi Hong, Baohong Yuan. High-resolution fluorescence imaging in centimeter-deep tissue phantoms with high signal-to-noise ratio and picomole sensitivity via novel contrast agents. PLoS One 2016, 11(11): e0165963. 

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      2016

      • Jinglei Wu, Yi Hong. Enhancing cell infiltration of electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering. Bioactive Materials 2016, 1(1):56-64.

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      2016

      • Cancan Xu, Gerardo Yepez, Zi Wei, Fuqiang Liu, Alejandro Bugarin, Yi Hong. Synthesis and characterization of conductive, biodegradable, elastomeric polyurethanes for biomedical applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 2016, 104 (9): 2305-2314.

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      2016

      • Cancan Xu, Huang Yihui, Gerardo Yepez, Zi Wei, Fuqiang Liu, Alejandro Bugarin, Liping Tang, Yi Hong. Development of dopant-free conductive bioelastomers. Scientific Reports 2016, 6:34451.

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      Book Chapter 2016

      • Yi Hong. Book Chapter: Electrospun fibrous polyurethane scaffolds in tissue engineering. In “Advances in Polyurethane Biomaterials” edited by Stuart L. Cooper and Jianjun Guan. PP 543-559. Publisher: Elsevier Inc.

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      Journal Article 2015

      • Jinglei Wu, Qing Ding, Yezhou Wang, Yihui Huang, Hong Weng, Liping Tang, Yi Hong. An injectable extracellular matrix derived hydrogels for meniscus repair and regeneration. Acta Biomaterialia. 2015, 16:49-59.

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      2015

      • Bo Wang, Sourav S. Patnaik, Bryn Brazile, J. Ryan Butler, Andrew Claude, Ge Zhang, Jianjun Guan, Yi Hong, Jun Liao. Establishing early functional perfusion and structure in tissue engineered cardiac constructs. Critical Review in Biomedical Engineering 2015, 43(5-6): 455-471.  Co-corresponding author.

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      2015

      • Guifang Gao, Arndt F. Schilling, Karen Hubbell, Tomo Yonezawa, Danh Truong, Yi Hong, Guohao Dai, Xiaofeng Cui. Improved properties of bone and cartilage tissue from 3D inkjet-bioprinted human mesenchymal stem cells by simultaneous deposition and photocrosslinking in PEG-GelMA. Biotechnology Letter. 2015, 37 (11): 2349-2355.

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      2015

      • Cancan Xu, Yihui Huang, Jinglei Wu, Liping Tang, Yi Hong.Triggerable degradation of polyurethanes for tissue engineering applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015, 7 (36): 20377–20388. 

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      2015

      • Christopher M Hobson, Nicholas J Amoroso, Rouzbeh Amini, Ethan Ungchusri, Yi Hong, Antonio D'Amore, Michael S Sacks, William R Wagner.Fabrication of elastomeric scaffolds with curvilinear fibrous structures for heart valve leaflet engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2015, 103(9):3101-3106.

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      2015

      • Megan E. Jeffords, Jinglei Wu, Mickey Shah,  Yi Hong, Ge Zhang. Tailoring material properties of cardiac matrix hydrogels to induce endothelial differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7(20):11053-11061. (Co-corresponding author).

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      Journal Article 2014

      • Jessica Perkins, Yi Hong, Sang-Ho Ye, William R. Wagner, Salil Desai. Direct writing of bio-functional coatings for cardiovascular applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2014, 15(8):2924-2932.

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      2014

      • Sang-Ho Ye, Yi Hong, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Venkat Shankarraman, William R. Wagner. Non-thrombogenic, biodegradable elastomeric polyurethanes with variable sulfobetaine content. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014, 6 (24): 22796–22806. Co-first author

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      2014

      • Bingbing Cheng, Ming-Yuan Wei, Yuan Liu, Harish Pitta,  Zhiwei Xie, Yi Hong, Kytai T. Nguyen, Baohong Yuan. Development of ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging contrast agents based on thermosensitive polymers and nanoparticles. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 2014, 20(3): 6801214.

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      2014

      • Syed D. Sajjad, Yi Hong, Fuqiang Liu. Synthesis of guanidinium based anion exchange membranes and their stability assessment. Polymer for Advanced Technologies, 2014, 25:108-116.

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      2014

      • Huili Fu , Yi Hong, Steve R. Little, William R. Wagner.Collagenase-Labile Polyurethane Urea Synthesis and Processing into Hollow Fiber Membranes. Biomacromolecules. 2014, 15:2924-2932. (Co-first author)

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      2014

      • Primana Punnakitikashem, Danh Truong, Jyothi U. Menon, Kytai T. Nguyen, Yi Hong. Electrospun biodegradable elastic polyurethane scaffolds with dipyridamole release for small diameter vascular grafts. Acta Biomaterialia 2014, 10(11):4618-4628.

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      Book Chapter 2014

      • Jyothi U. Menon, Kytai T. Nguyen, Yi Hong. Book chapter: Injectable hydrogels for cancer therapy. In “Recent Developments in Biotechnology” edited by Bhupinder Singh Bhoop. Publisher: Studium Press LLC, USA.

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      Journal Article 2013
      • Jiao Yu, Keisuke Takanari, Yi Hong, Keewon Lee, Nicholas Amoroso, Yadong Wang, William Wagner, Kang Kim. Non-invasive characterization of polyurethane-based tissue constructs on rat abdominal repair model using high frequency ultrasound elasticity imaging. Biomaterials  2013, 34(11):2701-2709.
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      2013

      • Ryotaro Hashizume, Kazuro L. Fujimoto, Yi Hong, Jianjun Guan, Catalin Toma, Kimimasa Tobita, William R. Wagner. Biodegradable elastic patch-plasty ameliorates left ventricular adverse remodeling after ischemia-reperfusion injury: A preclinical study of a porous polyurethane material in a porcine model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013, 146(2):391–399.e1.

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      2013

      • Keisuke Takanari*, Yi Hong*, Ryotaro Hashizume, Alexander Huber, Nicholas J. Amoroso, Antonio D’Amore, Stephen F. Badylak, William R. Wagner.  Abdominal wall  reconstruction by a regionally distinct biocomposite of extracellular matrix digest and a biodegradable elastomer. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 2013.  (Co- first author)

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      2013

      • Ryotaro Hashizume, Yi Hong, Keisuke Takanari, Kazuro L. Fujimoto, Kimimasa Tobita, William R. Wagner. The effect of polymer degradation time on functional outcomes of temporary elastic patch support in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Biomaterials 2013, 34(30):7353-7363.

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      2013

      • Ye SH, Jang YS, Yun Y, Shankarraman V, Woolley JR, Hong Y, Gamble LJ, Ishihara K, Wagner WR. Surface modification of a biodegradable magnesium alloy with phosphorylcholine (PC) and sulfobetaine (SB) functional macromolecules for reduced thrombogenicity and acute corrosion resistance. Langmuir 2013, 29(26):8320-8327.

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      Journal Article 2012
      • Yi Hong, Sang-Ho Ye, Anca L. Pelinescu, William R. Wagner. Synthesis, characterization and paclitaxel release from a biodegradable, elastomeric, poly(ester urethane)urea bearing phosphorylcholine groups for reduced thrombogenicity. Biomacromolecules 2012, 13(11):3686-3694.
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      2012
      • Amoroso NJ, D'Amore A, Hong Y, Rivera CP, Sacks MS, Wagner WR.Microstructural manipulation of electrospun scaffolds for specific bending stiffness for heart valve tissue engineering. Acta Biomater 2012, 8:4268-4277.
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      2012

      • Hong Y, Takanari K, Amoroso NJ, Hashizume R, Brennan-Pierce EP, Freund JM, Badylak SF, Wagner WR. An elastomeric patch electrospun from a blended solution of dermal extracellular matrix and biodegradable polyurethane for rat abdominal wall repair.Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2012,18(2):122-132.

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      Journal Article 2011
      • He W, Nieponice A, Hong Y, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. Rapid engineered vascular grafts from smooth muscle cells. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2011,2:149-159.
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      2011
      • Baraniak PR, Nelson DM, Leeson CE, Katakam AK, Friz JL, Cress DE, Hong Y, Guan J, Wagner WR. Spatial control of gene expression within a scaffold by localized inducer release. Biomaterials 2011,32(11):3062-3071.
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      2011
      • Hong Y, Huber A, Takanari K, Amoroso NJ, Hashizume R, Badylak SF, Wagner WR. Mechanical properties and in vivo behavior of a biodegradable synthetic polymer microfiber-extracellular matrix hydrogel biohybrid scaffold. Biomaterials 2011,32(13):3387-3394.
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      2011
      • Ma Z, Hong Y, Nelson DM, Pichamuthu JE, Leeson CE, Wagner WR. Biodegradable polyurethane ureas with variable polyester or polycarbonate soft segments: effects of crystallinity, molecular weight, and composition on mechanical properties.Biomacromolecules 2011,12(9):3265-3274.
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      2011
      • Amoroso NJ, D'Amore A, Hong Y, Wagner WR, Sacks MS. Elastomeric electrospun polyurethane scaffolds: the interrelationship between fabrication conditions, fiber topology, and mechanical properties. Adv Mater 2011,23(1):106-111
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      2011
      • Soletti L, Nieponice A, Hong Y, Ye SH, Stankus JJ, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. In vivo performance of a phospholipid-coated bioerodable elastomeric graft for small-diameter vascular applications. J Biomed Mater Res A 2011,96(2):436-448.
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      Journal Article 2010
      • He W, Nieponice A, Soletti L, Hong Y, Gharaibeh B, Crisan M, Usas A, Peault B, Huard J, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. Pericyte-based human tissue engineered vascular grafts. Biomaterials 2010,31(32):8235-8244.
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      2010
      • Soletti L, Hong Y, Guan J, Stankus JJ, El-Kurdi MS, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. A bilayered elastomeric scaffold for tissue engineering of small diameter vascular grafts. Acta Biomater 2010,6(1):110-122.
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      2010
      • Nieponice A, Soletti L, Guan J, Hong Y, Gharaibeh B, Maul TM, Huard J, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. In vivo assessment of a tissue-engineered vascular graft combining a biodegradable elastomeric scaffold and muscle-derived stem cells in a rat model. Tissue Eng Part A 2010,16(4):1215-1223.
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      2010
      • Hashizume R, Fujimoto KL, Hong Y, Amoroso NJ, Tobita K, Miki T, Keller BB, Sacks MS, Wagner WR. Morphological and mechanical characteristics of the reconstructed rat abdominal wall following use of a wet electrospun biodegradable polyurethane elastomer scaffold. Biomaterials 2010,31(12):3253-3265.
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      2010
      • Hong Y, Guan J, Fujimoto KL, Hashizume R, Pelinescu AL, Wagner WR. Tailoring the degradation kinetics of poly(ester carbonate urethane)urea thermoplastic elastomers for tissue engineering scaffolds. Biomaterials 2010, 31(15):4249-4258.
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      2010
      • Ma Z, Nelson DM, Hong Y, Wagner WR. Thermally responsive injectable hydrogel incorporating methacrylate-polylactide for hydrolytic lability. Biomacromolecules 2010,11(7):1873-1881.
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      Journal Article 2009
      • Hong Y, Ye SH, Nieponice A, Soletti L, Vorp DA, Wagner WR. A small diameter, fibrous vascular conduit generated from a poly(ester urethane)urea and phospholipid polymer blend. Biomaterials 2009,30(13):2457-2467.
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      Journal Article 2008
      • Hong Y, Fujimoto K, Hashizume R, Guan J, Stankus JJ, Tobita K, Wagner WR. Generating elastic, biodegradable polyurethane/poly(lactide-co-glycolide) fibrous sheets with controlled antibiotic release via two-stream electrospinning. Biomacromolecules 2008,9(4):1200-1207.
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      2008
      • Guan J, Hong Y, Ma Z, Wagner WR. Protein-reactive, thermoresponsive copolymers with high flexibility and biodegradability. Biomacromolecules 2008,9(4):1283-1292.
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      2008
      • El-Kurdi MS, Hong Y, Stankus JJ, Soletti L, Wagner WR, Vorp DA. Transient elastic support for vein grafts using a constricting microfibrillar polymer wrap.Biomaterials 2008,29(22):3213-3220.
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      2008
      • Stella JA, Liao J, Hong Y, David Merryman W, Wagner WR, Sacks MS. Tissue-to-cellular level deformation coupling in cell micro-integrated elastomeric scaffolds. Biomaterials 2008, 29(22):3228-3236.
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      2008
      • Hong Y, Gong Y, Gao C, Shen J. Collagen-coated polylactide microcarriers/chitosan hydrogel composite: injectable scaffold for cartilage regeneration. J Biomed Mater Res A 2008,85(3):628-637
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      Journal Article 2007
      • Stankus JJ, Soletti L, Fujimoto K, Hong Y, Vorp DA, Wagner WR. Fabrication of cell microintegrated blood vessel constructs through electrohydrodynamic atomization. Biomaterials 2007, 28(17):2738-46.
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      2007
      • Hong Y, Song H, Gong Y, Mao Z, Gao C, Shen J. Covalently crosslinked chitosan hydrogel: properties of in vitro degradation and chondrocyte encapsulation. Acta Biomater 2007,3(1):23-31.
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      Journal Article 2006
      • Hong Y, Mao Z, Wang H, Gao C, Shen J. Covalently crosslinked chitosan hydrogel formed at neutral pH and body temperature. J Biomed Mater Res A 2006,79(4):913-922.
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      Journal Article 2005
      • Hong Y, Gao CY, Shi YC, Shen JC. Preparation of porous polylactide microspheres via emulsion-solvent evaporation based on solution induced phase separation. Polym Adv Technol 2005,16:622-627.
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      2005
      • Hong Y, Gao C, Xie Y, Gong Y, Shen J. Collagen-coated polylactide microspheres as chondrocyte microcarriers. Biomaterials 2005,26(32):6305-6313.
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      Journal Article 2003
      • Gao C, Hu X, Hong Y, Guan J, Shen J. Photografting of poly(hydroxylethyl acrylate) onto porous polyurethane scaffolds to improve their endothelial cell compatibility. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed 2003,14(9):937-950.
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      2003
      • Hong Y, Gao CY, Guan JJ, Shen JC. Influence of quaternized polyurethane membrane surfaces on human endothelial cell attachment and growth. J Bioact Compat Polym 2003, 18:191-206
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Courses

      • BE 5101-006 SEMINAR IN BIOENGINEERING

        We will invited researchers from various fields in biomedical engineering and clinicans from the hosptial to introduce their research and outcome. The student will learn different research and clinical knowledge in a broad range. It can broaden the students' sight and encourage the students to inspire new idea for research.

        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016 Download Syllabus Contact info & Office Hours
      • BE 6103-006 SEMINAR IN BIOENGINEERING

        We will invited researchers from various fields in biomedical engineering and clinicans from the hosptial to introduce their research and outcome. The student will learn different research and clinical knowledge in a broad range. It can broaden the students' sight and encourage the students to inspire new idea for research.

        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016 Download Syllabus Contact info & Office Hours
      • BE 4331-006 Polymers in Biomedical Engineering

        Polymeric biomaterials for biomedical use, especially in tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, have gained increasing interest during the past decade. Such materials include synthetic polymers, natural polymers, micro-/nano-composite polymers, and biologically oriented synthetic polymers. The course will provide students with a solid foundation in polymeric biomaterial design, synthesis, characterization, processing, and their biomedical applications.  The topics include theory of polymer chemistry and physics, polymeric biomaterials design, surface-engineering of polymeric biomaterials, functionalization of polymeric biomaterials, characterization of polymeric biomaterials, micro- and nano-fabrication of polymeric biomaterials, cell/tissue-polymeric biomaterial interactions, and the biomedical applications of polymeric biomaterials in cardiovascular, neural, musculoskeletal engineering, orthopaedic device, drug delivery, and gene therapy. This course is open to students from all departments in college of engineering and college of science.

        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016 Download Syllabus Contact info & Office Hours
      • BE 5331-006 Polymers in Biomedical Engineering

        Polymeric biomaterials for biomedical use, especially in tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, have gained increasing interest during the past decade. Such materials include synthetic polymers, natural polymers, micro-/nano-composite polymers, and biologically oriented synthetic polymers. The course will provide students with a solid foundation in polymeric biomaterial design, synthesis, characterization, processing, and their biomedical applications.  The topics include theory of polymer chemistry and physics, polymeric biomaterials design, surface-engineering of polymeric biomaterials, functionalization of polymeric biomaterials, characterization of polymeric biomaterials, micro- and nano-fabrication of polymeric biomaterials, cell/tissue-polymeric biomaterial interactions, and the biomedical applications of polymeric biomaterials in cardiovascular, neural, musculoskeletal engineering, orthopaedic device, drug delivery, and gene therapy. This course is open to students from all departments in college of engineering and college of science.

        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016 Download Syllabus Contact info & Office Hours
      • BE 5333-006 Nanobiomaterials

        The objective of this course is to provide engineering students with an in-depth description of the synthesis, fabrication, properties, and biomedical applications of nanobiomaterials. Topics include: introduction of biomaterials, introduction of nanobiomaterials, synthetic nanobiomaterials, biological nanobiomaterials (DNA nanomaterials, protein and peptide nanomaterials, etc), biofunctionalization of nanobiomaterials, use of nanobiomaterials in tissue engineering, drug delivery, gene delivery, cancer therapy, and bioimaging. Key advances from the recent literature will be reviewed to supplement specific lecture topics. Lab projects may be offered to students to obtain hands-on experience on nanobiomaterials processing and characterization.

        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013 Download Syllabus
      • BE 5331-006 Polymers in Biomedical Engineering
        Polymeric biomaterials for biomedical use, especially in tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, have gained increasing interest during the past decade. Such materials include synthetic polymers, natural polymers, micro-/nano-composite polymers, and biologically oriented synthetic polymers. The course will provide students with a solid foundation in polymeric biomaterial design, synthesis, characterization, processing, and their biomedical applications. The topics include theory of polymer chemistry and physics, polymeric biomaterials design, surface-engineering of polymeric biomaterials, functionalization of polymeric biomaterials, characterization of polymeric biomaterials, micro- and nano-fabrication of polymeric biomaterials, cell/tissue-polymeric biomaterial interactions, and the biomedical applications of polymeric biomaterials in cardiovascular, neural, musculoskeletal engineering, orthopaedic device, drug delivery, and gene therapy. This course is open to students from all departments in college of engineering and college of science.
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      • BE 5101-006 SEMINAR IN BIOENGINEERING
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