Juan Pablo Marquez
Graduate Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Washington University
Campus Box 1185
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Research Interests:
- Biomechanics: Mechanical and biochemical studies of tissues
- Solid Mechanics: Nonlinear time-dependent materials, micromechanics
- Fluid Mechanics: Aerodynamics and rheology
- Finite Element Modeling: Algorithm development and coding
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Titles:
Master Thesis:
- Thin Bio-Artificial Tissues in Plane Stress:
The Relationship Between Cell and Tissue Strain, and an Improved Constitutive Model
Doctoral Thesis:
- The Mechanics and Biophysics of Bio-Artificial Tissue Constructs
Publications:
- Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Zahalak, G.I., Elson, E. L. 2005. Thin Bio-artificial
Tissues in Plane Stress: the Relationship between Cell and Tissue Strain, and an
Improved Constitutive Model. Biophysical Journal 88:765-777.
- Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Zahalak, G.I., Elson, E. L. 2005. The Relationship
between Cell and Tissue Strain in Three-dimensional Bio-artificial Tissues.
Biophysical Journal 88:778-789.
- Thomopoulos S., Marquez J. P., Weinberger B., Birman V., Genin G.M. 2005.
Structural mechanisms for reducing stress concentrations at the tendon to bone
insertion. Journal of Biomechanics (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.05.021).
- Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Elson, E. L. 2005. On the Application of Strain Factors
for Approximation of the Contribution of Anisotropic Cells to the Mechanics of a
Tissue Construct. Journal of Biomechanics (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.06.010).
- Marquez, J. P. 2005. Fourier analysis of cell and fiber angular orientation distributions.
International Journal of Solids and Structures (doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.11.003).
- Marquez, J. P., Genin, G. M., Elson, E. L. 2006. Cellular and Matrix Contributions to
Tissue Construct Stiffness Increase with Cellular Concentration. To appear in Annals
of Biomedical Engineering.
- Asnes, Clara F., Marquez, J. P., Elson, E. L. and Wakatsuki, T. 2006. Reconstitution of
Frank-Starling Mechanism in Engineered Heart Tissues. To appear in Biophysical
Journal.
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Other Interests:
- Airplanes.
- Biking.
- Camping.
- Computers.
- Running.
- Tae-kwon-do.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Washington University in St. Louis