ROBERT T. TRANQUILLO

Professor and Head, Biomedical Enginering Contact Info: Phone: (612) 625-6868 Office: 220 Amundson Hall Email: tranquillo@cems.umn.edu

Professional Preparation Pennsylvania State University, Chemical Engineering, B.S., 1979 Stanford University, Chemical Engineering, M.S., 1980 University of Pennsylvania, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D., 1986 Oxford University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986- 1987 Professional Appointments Professor and Head, Biomedical Engineering, UMN, 2000- present Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1998- present Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1993-1998 Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1987-1993 Chemical Engineer, SRI International, 1980- 1981 Selected Publications T.S. Girton, T.R. Oegema, E. Grassl, B. Isenberg, R.T. Tranquillo, “Mechanisms of Stiffening and Strengthening in Media-equivalents Fabricated Using Glycation,” J. Biomech. Eng. 122, 216 (2000) T.T. Tower, R.T. Tranquillo, “Alignment Maps in Tissues and Fibrillar Materials: I. Microscopic Elliptical Polarimetry,” Biophysical J., in press T.T. Tower, R.T. Tranquillo, “Alignment Maps in Tissues and Fibrillar Materials: II. Fast and Simple Map Generation for Tissues,” Biophysical J., in press V.H. Barocas, R.T. Tranquillo, “An Anisotropic Biphasic Theory of Tissue-Equivalent Mechanics: The Interplay Among Cell Traction, Fibrillar Network Deformation, Fibril Orientation and Cell Contact Guidance,” J. Biomech. Eng. 119, 137 (1997) V.H. Barocas, T.S. Girton, R.T. Tranquillo, “Engineered Alignment in Media-Equivalents: Magnetic Prealignment and Mandrel Compaction,” J. Biomech. Eng. 120, 660 (1998) T.S. Girton, T.R. Oegema, R.T. Tranquillo, “Exploiting Glycation to Stiffen and Strengthen Tissue-equivalents for Tissue Engineering,” J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 48, 87 (1999) T.S. Girton, R.T. Tranquillo, “Confined Compression of a Tissue-equivalent: Collagen Fibril and Cell Alignment in Response to Anisotropic Strain,” J. Biomech. Eng., in press Selected Awards BS Highest Distinction, Pennsylvania State University Graduate Engineering Fellowship, Stanford University EXXON and University Fellowships, University of Pennsylvania NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Engineering McKnight-Land Grant Professor NSF Presidential Young Investigator Shell Land Grant Chair in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Synergistic Activities Board of Directors, Biomedical Engineering Society, 1998-2001 AIChE Representative, US National Committee on Biomechanics, 1999- present American Institute of Chemical Engineers American Society for Cell Biology Biomedical Engineering Society, Board of Directors Wound Healing Society Journal of Theoretical Biology, Editorial Board AIChE Representative US National Committee on Biomechanics