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Alireza S. Sarvestani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
206 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 581-3657
Fax: (207) 581-2379
Email: alireza.sarvestani@umit.maine.edu
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Sarvestani's research
Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2005 |
M.Sc., Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 1999 |
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 1997 |
Research Interests:
Biomechanics of cell adhesion and locomotion, multi-scale modeling and mechanical properties of polymer based nanocomposites, biomaterials for tissue engineering, polymer physics, rheology, solid mechanics, constitutive modeling of solid heterogeneous materials.
Teaching:
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MEE 230
Thermodynamics I
MEE 270 Dynamics
MEE 697 Tissue Engineering |
Selected Publications:
Sarvestani, A.S., 2009. Cell adhesion on ligand gradient substrates: a thermodynamic study, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, in press (available online).
Sarvestani, A.S., 2008. Modeling the solid-like behavior of entangled polymer nanocomposites at low frequency regimes. European Polymer Journal 44, 263-269.
Sarvestani, A.S., He, X., Jabbari, E., 2008. Osteonectin-derived peptide increases the modulus of bone-mimetic nanocomposites. European Biophysics Journal 37, 229-234.
Sarvestani, A.S., 2005. Binary inclusion model for the overall elasticity of imperfectly bonded composites. Acta Mechanica 176 , 153-167.
Sarvestani, A.S., Picu, C.R., 2004. Network model for viscoelastic behavior of polymer nanocomposites. Polymer 45, 7779-7790.
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