Primary Research Area:

Biomedical Engineering including Biomechanics, Mathematical Modeling, Tissue Mechanics

Research Interests:

Biomechanical modeling of orthopaedic soft tissues, solid mechanics, multiphasic mixture mechanics, contact problems, neural network models applied to tissue engineering, numerical methods for wave propagation in complex media

Education:

B.Math (1991), Applied Mathematics/Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Ph.D. (1996). Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Recent Publications:

1. [2006] F Guilak, LG Alexopoulos, ML Upton, I Youn, JB Choi, LA Setton and MA Haider, The pericellular matrix as a transducer of biomechanical and biochemical signals in cartilage, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1068: 498-512.
2. [2006] HA Leddy, MA Haider and F Guilak, Diffusional anisotropy in collagenous tissues: fluorescence imaging of continuous point photobleaching, Biophysical Journal, Vol. 91, pp. 311-316.
3. [2006] F Guilak, MA Haider, LA Setton, TA Laursen and FPT Baaijens, Multiphasic models of cell mechanics, in Cytoskeletal Mechanics (MRK Mofrad and R Kamm, Eds.), Cambridge University Press, in press.
4. [2006] MA Haider, RC Schugart, LA Setton and F Guilak, A mechano-chemical model for the passive swelling response of an isolated chondron under osmotic loading, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 5, pp. 160-171.
5. [2006] MA Haider and RC Schugart, A numerical method for the continuous spectrum biphasic poroviscoelastic model of articular cartilage, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 177-183.
6. [2005] F Guilak, LG Alexopoulos, MA Haider, HP Ting-Beall and LA Setton, Zonal uniformity in mechanical properties of the chondrocyte pericellular matrix: micropipette aspiration of canine chondrons isolated by cartilage homogenization, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 33, pp. 1312-1318.
7. [2004] MA Haider, A radial biphasic model for local cell-matrix mechanics in articular cartilage, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 64, pp. 1588-1608.
8. [2004] MA Haider, KJ Mehta and JP Fouque, Time-reversal simulations for detection in randomly layered media, Waves in Random Media, Vol. 14, pp. 185-198.
9. [2003] LG Alexopoulos, MA Haider, TP Vail and F Guilak, Alterations in the mechanical properties of the human chondrocyte pericellular matrix with osteoarthritis, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 323-333.
10. [2002] MA Haider and F Guilak, An axisymmetric boundary integral model for assessing elastic cell properties in the micropipette aspiration test, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 124, pp. 586-595.
11. [2002] MA Haider, SP Shipman and S Venakides, Boundary-integral calculations of two-dimensional electromagnetic scattering in infinite photonic crystal slabs: Channel defects and resonances, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 62, No. 6, pp. 2129-2148.
12. [2000] S Venakides, MA Haider and V Papanicolaou, “Wave propagation in photonic crystal media,” in Scattering Theory and Biomedical Engineering Modelling and Applications, (eds. C. Dassios et al.), WorldScientific, New Jersey, pp. 120-134.
13. [2000] S Venakides, MA Haider and V Papanicalaou, Boundary integral calculations of 2-d electromagnetic scattering by photonic crystal Fabry-Perot structures, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp.1686-1706.
14. [2000] MA Haider and F Guilak, An axisymmetric boundary integral model for incompressible linear viscoelasticity: Application to the micropipette aspiration contact problem, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 236-244.
15. [1999] MM Beaky, JB Burk, HO Everitt, MA Haider and S Venakides, Two dimensional photonic crystal Fabry-Perot resonators with lossy dielectrics, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 47, No. 11, pp. 2085-2091.

Date of Last Modification: 9/22/2006

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