Keynote and Invited Symposium Lectures (of ~200 total)
(Keynote) Ma J and Arruda EM, “Biomechanics of Native and Tissue Engineered Anterior Cruciate Ligament,” USNCCM12, Raleigh, NC, July 22-25, 2013.
(2012 Research Excellence Award) Ma J, Smietana MS, Swinehart IT, Kostrominova TY, Wellik DM, Wojtys EM, Larkin LM, and Arruda EM, “A Comparison of Tissue Engineered Scaffold-less Bone-Ligament-Bone Constructs and Patellar Tendon Autografts Used for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacement in Sheep,” American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Baltimore, MD, July 9-14, 2012.
(Invited) Arruda EM and Ma J, “Mechanics Of Native Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)” 48th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Engineering Science, October 12-14, 2011, Evanston, IL.
(Keynote) Arruda EM and Ma J, “Non-linear Viscoelastic Response of Knee Ligaments and Tendons” ASME McMat May 30-June 2, 2011, Chicago, IL.
(Invited) Ma, J., Narayanan, H., Garikipati, K., Grosh, K., and Arruda, E.M., “Experimental and Computational Investigatio of Viscoelasticity of Native and Engineered Ligament and Tendon,” German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Potsdam, Germany, April, 2009.
(Invited) Arruda, E.M., “Mechanics of MTM-PU Nanocomposites”, WIRES Summit, June 2-4, Barcelona, Spain, 2009
(Keynote) Narayanan, H., Calve, S.C., Garikipati, K., Grosh, K., and Arruda, E.M., “Modelling the Viscoelastic Nature of Growing Tendon” 2nd Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Materials and Soft Tissues at the 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, University Park, PA, August 13-16, 2006.
(Keynote) E. M. Arruda, K. Grosh, K. Garikipati, H. Narayanan, and S.C. Calve, “A Continuum treatment of Growth in Soft Biological Tissue: Coupling of Mass Transport and Mechanics,” 7TH US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 2003.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda, K. Grosh and J. E. Bischoff, “An Anisotropic Constitutive Law for Human Tissue,” SES Young Investigator Medal Symposium in honor of L. Mahadevan at the 37th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Columbia, SC, October, 2000.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda, Y. Wang, P. A. Przybylo and C. C. Chou, “High Strain Rate Characterization and Modeling of Elastomers,” Proceedings of the 158th Meeting of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division, Cincinnati, OH, October, 2000.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda and W. Xu, “The Mechanics of Crystal Deformation in Polypropylene,” The 36th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Austin, TX, October, 1999.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda and M. C. Boyce, “Micromechanics, Meso-Scale Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymers,” NSF Workshop on Nano and Micromechanics of Solids for Emerging Science and Technology, Palo Alto, CA, October, 1999.
(Keynote) E. M. Arruda, “Characterizing and Modelling Hyperelastic and Viscoelastic-Viscoplastic Elastomers at Low and High Strain Rates,” 3RD International Symposium on Finite Element Analysis of Rubber and Rubber-Like Materials, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Akron, OH, May, 1999.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda, “Characterizing and Modeling Rubbery Polymers,” HKS Michigan Seminar Series on Rubber and Viscoelasticity with Abaqus, Hibbitt, Karlson and Sorenson, Inc., Plymouth, MI, April, 1999.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda, “Finite Element Analysis of Elastomers at Moderate and High Strain Rates,” 2ND International Symposium on Finite Element Analysis of Rubber and Rubber-Like Materials, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, Akron, OH, March, 1998.
(Invited) P. A. Przybylo, E. M. Arruda, Y. Li and C. C. Chou, “The Impact Response of Injection Molded Polypropylene Trim Panel Material: Homogeneity, Isotropy and Constitutive Modelling,” 1998 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, February, 1998.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda, P. A. Przybylo and Y. Li, “Characterization and Modelling of the Rate Dependent Behavior of Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Polymers,” 1997 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, February, 1997.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda, “Rate Dependent Behavior of Amorphous and Semi-Crystalline Polymers,” 1996 ASME Interntional Congress and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, November, 1996.
(Invited) P. A. Przybylo and E. M. Arruda, “Non-Homogeneous Deformations of Compressible and Incompressible Elastomers,” 1996 ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, Johns Hopkins University, June, 1996.
(Invited) E. M. Arruda and P. A. Przybylo, “The Roles of Microstructure and Defect Structure on the Large Deformation Response of Unimodal and Bimodal Elastomers,” Society of Engineering Science 31st Annual Technical Meeting, College Station, TX, October, 1994.
