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School of Engineering and Computer Science

Jeff Burmeister

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Program Director of Bioengineering

Academic Background

Duke University, Durham, NC, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 1995

University of Delaware, Newark, DE, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1988

Teaching Interests

  • Tissue engineering

Research Interests

  • Biomaterials
  • Cell adhesion
  • Wound healing

Selected Publications

Burmeister, J.S., McKinney, V.Z., Reichert, W.M. and Truskey, G.A. (1999). Role of endothelial cell-substrate contact area and fibronectin-receptor affinity on cell adhesion to HEMA/EMA copolymers. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 47, 577-584.

Burmeister, J.S., Olivier, L.A., Reichert, W.M. and Truskey, G.A. (1998). Application of total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to study cell adhesion to biomaterials. Biomaterials, 19, 307-325.

Burmeister, J.S., Vrany, J., Reichert, W.M. and Truskey, G.A. (1996). Effect of fibronectin amount and conformation on the strength of endothelial cell adhesion to HEMA/EMA copolymers. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 30, 13-22.

Burmeister, J.S., Truskey, G.A., Yarbrough, J.L. and Reichert, W.M. (1994). Imaging of cell/substrate contacts on polymers by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Biotechnol. Prog., 10, 26-31.

Burmeister, J.S., Truskey, G.A. and Reichert, W.M. (1994). Quantitative analysis of variable angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) of cell/substrate contacts. J. Microsc., 173, Pt. 1, 39-51.