Dr Michelle L. Oyen

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Introduction

Michelle Oyen is a Member of the Staff of Cambridge University Engineering Department in the Mechanics and Materials Division and the Engineering for the Life Sciences group. She holds a B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering and an M.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics, both from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. degree in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics from the University of Minnesota . She joined Cambridge Engineering in 2006 following an appointment as Research Scientist at the Center for Applied Biomechanics at the University of Virginia. She is a member of the Materials Research Society and the ASME Bioengineering Division, a principal editor for the Journal of Materials Research and a moderator of iMechanica.

Research Interests

• Viscoelastic measurements from depth-sensing indentation experiments
• Time-dependent deformation and fracture of soft tissues
• Structure-properties relationships in natural and biomimetic organic-inorganic composites
• Mechanical factors in clinical Obstetrics

Publications

Obstetrical Biomechanics

• Membrane Failure in PROM: Is the Amnion the Major Determinant? Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 195 (2006) 510-5. (with S. Calvin and D. Landers)
• Uniaxial and Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Human Amnion, J. Mater. Res. 20 (2005) 2902-9. (with R. Cook, T. Stylianopoulos, V. Barocas, S. Calvin, and D. Landers)
• Mechanical Failure of Human Fetal Membrane Tissues, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Med. 15 (2004) 651-8. (with R. Cook and S. Calvin)
• Uniaxial Stress-relaxation and Stress-strain Responses of Human Amnion. J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Med. 15 (2004) 619-24. (with S. Calvin and R. Cook)

Viscoelastic Contact Mechanics

• Analytical Techniques for Indentation of Viscoelastic Materials, Phil. Mag. 86 (2006) 5625-41.
• Spherical Indentation Creep Following Ramp Loading, J. Mater. Res. 20 (2005) 2094-2100.
• Load-Displacement Behavior During Sharp Indentation of Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Materials, J. Mater. Res. 18 (2003) 139-50. (with R. Cook)

Mineralized Tissue Mechanics

• Nanoindentation Hardness Measurements of Mineralized Tissues, J. Biomech. 39 (2006) 2699-702.
• Hydration Effects on Bone Micro-Mechanical Properties, J. Mater. Res. 21 (2006) 1962-8. (with A. Bembey, A. Bushby, A. Boyde, and V. Ferguson)

Soft Tissue Fracture

• Cell Death after Cartilage Impact Depends on Matrix Cracks, J. Orthop. Res. 21 (2003) 881-7. (with J. Lewis, L. Deloria, R. Thompson, M. Ericson, and T. Oegema)
• Technique for Estimating the Fracture Resistance of Cultured Neocartilage, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Med. 12 (2001) 327-32. (with R. Cook)

Contact Information

• E-mail: mlo29@cam.ac.uk
• Department Address: University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ
• Telephone: +44 1223 332 680
• College Address: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, CB2 3HU

Updated 12 January, 2007.