Primary Research Area:

Biomedical Engineering including Biomechanics, Cytomechanics, Modeling in Mechanobiology, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Tissue Mechanics

Research Interests:

Effect of loading on cells and tissues, especially early degenerative changes in cartilage following an impact injury.

Education:

BA in Biological Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1983
MS in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1987
PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1995

Recent Publications:

1. Mente, P.L., Lossing, J.A. Dinola, N.E, Chandler, E.M., "Chondrocyte Necrosis and Proliferation in Mechanically Impacted Articular Cartilage," 51st Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 2005.
2. Mente, P.L., Lossing, J.A., Dinola, N.E., "Quantification of Chondrocyte Necrosis in Mechanically Impacted Articular Cartilage," 5th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies of the USA, Canada, Japan and Europe, 2004.
3. Mathews K.G., Roe, S.C., Stebbins, M., Barnes, R., Mente, P.L., "Biomechanical Evaluation of Suture Pullout from Canine Arytenoid Cartilages: Effects of Hole Diameter, Suture Configuration, Suture Size, and Distraction Rate" Journal of Veterinary Surgery 33:191–199, 2004
4. Stokes, I.A.F., Mente, P.L., Iatridis J.C., Farnum C.E., Aronsson, D.D., "Enlargement of Growth Plate Chondrocyte Modulated by Sustained Mechanical Loading," Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 84-A:1842-1848, 2002.
5. Mente, P.L., Stokes, I.A.F., Spence, H., Aronsson, D.D., "Vertebral Wedging Due to Asymmetrical Loading in the Rat Tail,” Spine, 22:1292-1296, 1997.
6. 
   Smith, J.J., Lewis, J.L., Mente, P.L., Lindquist, C., Poff, B.C., Lew, W.D., "Effect of Force on the Mechanical Properties of a Bone-Tendon-Bone Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft in a Goat Model," Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 14:209-215, 1996.
7. Mente, P.L. "Micromechanical Testing of Single Trabeculae", in Practical Guide for Mechanical Testing of Bone, Yuehuei An and Robert Draughn Editors 1999.
8. Mente, P.L. and Lewis, J.L., "The Elastic Modulus of Calcified Cartilage is an Order of Magnitude Less Than That of Subchondral Bone," Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 12:637-647, 1994.
9. Mente, P.L. and Lewis, J.L., "Experimental Method for the Measurement of the Elastic Modulus of Trabecular Bone Tissue," Journal of Orthopaedic Research 7:456-461,1989.

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