Nejat Guzelsu,   PhD, MS, MS, BS

Education

Princeton University, NJ
PhD (Applied Mechanics/Applied Mathematics) , 1969

Princeton University, NJ
MS (Applied Mechanics) , 1966

Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey, --
MS (Civil Engineering) , 1964

Technical University of Istanbul, --
BS (Civil Engineering) , 1964

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Honors and Awards

2001,   United States Patent: 6,324,419 B1

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Publications

DePaula, A., Pan Y. and Guzelsu N. Uniform Partial Dissolution of bone Mineral by Using Fluoride and phosphate Ions Combination. Connective Tissue research. Vol. October 2008, Vol. 49. : 328 -342. (2008   October ) .

N. Guzelsu, S.P. Kotha Tensile behavior of cortical bone: Dependence of organic matrix material properties on bone mineral content.. Journal of Biomechanics. Vol. 40: 36-45 (2007 ) .

N. Guzelsu, N.B. Kavukcuoglu, D.T. Denhardt, A. B. Mann Osteopontin deficiency and aging on nanomechanics of mouse bone.. Journal of Biomedical Material Research. Vol. online: (2007 ) .

N. Guzelsu, S. Kotha, C. DePaula, A. Mann High Frequency Ultrasound Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Cortical Bone with Varying Amount of Mineral Content.. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Vol. online: (2007   November ) .

N. Guzelsu, C. Abjornson, C.A. DePaula. S.P. Kotha, L.A. Johnson, Y. Pan Crystallographic Study of in-vitro Fluroide Treatment on Bovine Cortical Bone. Connective Tisue Research. Vol. : (2003 ) .

Regimbal RL, DePaula CA, Guzelsu N Change in creep behavior of plexiform bone with phosphate ion treatment. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering. Vol. 2003;13(1): 11-25 (2003 ) .

Guzelsu N, Federici JF, Lim HC, Chauhdry HR, Ritter AB, Findley T. Measurement of skin stretch via light reflection.. Journal of Biomedical Optics. Vol. Jan 2003;8(1): 80-86 (2003 ) .

Kotha SP, Guzelsu N . Tensile damage and its effects on cortical bone. . Journal of Biomechanics.. Vol. Nov 2003;36(11): 1683-1689 (2003 ) .

Kotha SP, Guzelsu N . Effect of bone mineral content on the tensile properties of cortical bone: experiments and theory. . J Biomech Eng.. Vol. Dec 2003;125(6): 785-793 (2003 ) .

Schulkin B, Lim HC, Guzelsu N , Jannuzzi G, Federici JF. Polarized light reflection from strained sinusoidal surfaces. Applied Optics. Vol. Sep 1 2003;42(25): 5198-5208 (2003 ) .

DePaula CA, Abjornson C, Pan Y, Kotha SP, Koike K, Guzelsu N Changing the structurally effective mineral content of bone with in vitro fluoride treatment. Journal of Biomechanics. Vol. Mar 2002;35(3): 355-361 (2002 ) .

Kotha SP, Guzelsu N Modeling the tensile mechanical behavior of bone along the longitudinal direction. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Vol. Nov 21 2002;219(2): 269-279 (2002 ) .

Kotha SP, DePaula CA, Koike K, Guzelsu, N. , et al. Increased ash contents and estimation of dissolution from chemical changes due to in-vitro fluoride treatments. Connective Tissue Research. Vol. 2002;43(1): 8-21 (2002 ) .

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Research Areas

Electromagnetic healing of bone tissue: Fracture healing of bones and wounds by electromagnetic means, electromagnetic theory and its application to biology, electrokinetic properties of bones.

Biomechanics of the spine: Biomechanics of the spine, low back pain and its relation to functional anatomy and mechanical structure of the spine.

Soft Tissue Stretch: Measurements of soft tissue stretch by laser light reflection method.

Bone Tissue: Electromechanical and composite behavior of bone tissue mechanics, continuum theory of composite materials and its application to mineralized tissues. Effect of Fluoride ions on the mechanical properties of Bone Tissue. Fluoride treated massive bone allograft scaffolds.

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