Marjolein CH van der Meulen, PhD Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Cornell University, 219A Upson Hall, Ithaca NY Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Biomedical Mechanics & Materials Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY Phone: 607.255.1445 Fax: 607.255.1222 Email: mcv3@cornell.edu Department web page

Biography

1987: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

1989: M.S., Stanford University, Stanford CA

1993: Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford CA

1993 - 1996: Biomedical Engineer, Rehabilitation R&D Center,
Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto CA

1996 - 2001: Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

2001 - 2007: Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

2008 - present: Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

2002-2003 Fall Semester:
Educational Associate, Structural Support and Biomineralization Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA
Visiting Scientist, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco CA
2002-2003 Spring Semester:
Associate Scientist, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY

Honors and Awards

Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2008

Distinguished Lecturer, Academic Careers in Engineering and Science Program, Case Western Reserve University, 2007

College of Engineering Diversity Award, 2006

Alice H. Cook and Constance E. Cook Award, Cornell University Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, 2006

Provost's Ronay and Richard Menschel Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Cornell University, 2003

Gordon Conference, Biomineralization, speaker, 2002

Dennis G. Shephard Memorial Teaching Prize, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 2001

Joint ORS-ASBMR Symposium, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, 2001

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson Teaching Award, College of Engineering, 2001

New Clinical Investigator Award, Society for Physical Regulation in Biology, 2001

Keynote Symposium Speaker, European Society of Biomechanics, 2000

NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2000

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, 1999

Gordon Conference, Ceramics, speaker, 1999

Gordon Conference, Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Science, speaker, 1998

National Academy of Engineering, Third Annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, speaker, 1997

NIH FIRST Award, 1995

NASA Ames Honor Award, 1993

NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship, NASA Ames Research Center, 1990-93

Research Projects

• The role of impact activity in peripubertal bone accrual
  funded by NIH in collaboration with Dr. Tamara Scerpella, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
• FT-IR microscopy of mineral structure in osteoporosis
  funded by NIH, co-investigator with Dr. Adele Boskey, Hospital for Special Surgery
• Loading overcomes osteopenia from sex hormone withdrawal
  funded by NIH. Research team includes Mitch Schaffler, Mt Sinai School of Medicine
• Role of microstructure in nanomechanical behavior of bone tissue
  funded by NIH. Research team includes Shef Baker, Adele Boskey, Tony Ingraffea, and Becky Williams
• Heterogeneity and function in the skeletal system: Multiscale characterization and synthesis
  Seed funded by the Cornell Center for Materials Research. Research team includes Shef Baker, Larry Bonassar, Itai Cohen and Lara Estroff.
• Other collaborations:
  Dr. Patrick Prendergast, Trinity College Dublin
  Professor Shefford Baker, Cornell MSE
  Dr. Ruth Globus, NASA Ames Research Center
  Professor Terry Dowd, Brooklyn College
  Professor Xingen Lei, Animal Science
• CU-ADVANCE Center Institutional Transformation Award
  funded by NSF ADVANCE Program, member of PI Team

Teaching

• MAE 325: Mechanical Analysis & Design (Fall 1996, 1997)
  Laboratories in Design Studio
  
  
• MAE 225: Mechanical Synthesis (Spring 1997, 1999-2002)
  Co-taught with Professors Louge (1997, 99, 2001, 2002), and Miller (2000)
  Laboratories in Design Studio and Emerson Lab

• MAE 664: Mechanics of Bone (Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2002)

• MAE 464: Skeletal Tissue Mechanics (Spring 2001,2004,2008)
  Lectures MW 2:55-4:10 pm
  next offered Spring 2098

• MAE 428: Seminar on Design (Fall 2004,2005,2006)
  

Publications

• Papers
• Abstracts (not up-to-date)
• Chapters
• Talks

Postdoctoral Fellows

Russell Main (PhD 2006, Harvard University), NIH NRSA Project: Response of the tibia to loading in wild-type and estrogen receptor knockout mice

Qian Xu (PhD 2008, University of Louisville)

Graduate Students

Maureen E. Lynch, Ph.D. student, A-exam completed 6/08

Jayme C. Burket, Ph.D. student, Q-exam completed 5/07

Erin Oneida, Ph.D. student (Tony Ingraffea, CEE, primary advisor)

Grace Kim, M.S. student

Frank Ko, Ph.D. student

Joanna Krzyspiak, BME MEng

Senthil Mudaliar, T&AM MEng

Former Students:

Alicia Bailón-Plaza, Ph.D. 2003; Renault

Timothy G. Morgan, M.S. 2001, Ph.D. 2003; GE Healthcare

Benjamin C. Bourne, MS defense August 2002; SRI

J. Christopher Fritton, Ph.D. 2005; postdoc, Mt Sinai School of Medicine

Eve Donnelly, Ph.D. 2006; postdoc, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine

Jacqueline H. Cole, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc, University of Michigan

Dan Xia Chen, M.S. 2007; Research Engineer, Hospital for Special Surgery

Undergraduate Students

Dan Walsh (Biochemistry '09)

Theresa Galie (ME '10)

Tom Schmicker (Biology '09)

Ken Stern (MAE '09)

Dan Gu (MSE '11)

Molly Glauberman (MAE '09)

Jeremy Ong (AEP '09)

Kirsten Stoner (MAE '09)

Eric Trotter (MAE '09)

Former Students: Scott Vasconcellos (ME'98 Texas Tech Medical School), Sherry Hao (ME'98), Kate O'Hara (ME'98 Royal Veterinary College), Andy Golden (ME'98 IdeaLab), Tom Belknap (ME'99 HSS, UR Med), Meghna Gupta (ABEN'99 Agilent), Matt Panzarella (ABEN'99 SUNY Upstate Med), Sophia Edukere (ME'02), Stacy Miller (ME'99 Siemens Medical Systems), Orlando Benitez (ME'00), Matthew Gortner (ME'00 Purdue), Margaret Saunders (ME'01), Allison Murphy (ME'02), Colin Dauria (ME'01), Kei Suzuki (BEE'02 medical school), Heather Ansorge (BEE'02, Penn), John Connelly (BEE'02, Georgia Institute of Technology), Jennifer Roberts (ME'03, Booz Allen), Lauren Richards (ME'05), Nathan Netravali (BEE'04, Stanford University), Jocelyn Cottrell (BEE'04, HSS), Jamie Manos (ME '04), Elizabeth Gillen (BEE'05, Santa Clara Law), Bryan Richey (MSE'05), Tanya Paterno (MAE'05), Amy Orlansky (MAE'06, Penn BE), Robert Russell (BEE'06, Baylor Medicine), Bryan Jarrett (MSE'06), Bassem Ghali (MAE'07, MGH Orthopaedic Research), Sarah Yagerman (BEE '08), Kate Fritton (ME '08)

Outreach/Community Activities

CCMR REU Fun Talk, Got Game? Get Bone!, Summer 2008

ME Women's Seminar, Stanford University, Speaker, 6 March 2008

Changing our World: True Stories of Women Engineers, featured profile in book, 2006

Women's Quality Improvement Team Signature Dinner, Corning Corporation, featured speaker, November 2005

Sister2sister, Women's Community Center, Ithaca, Panel Member, March 2005

Engineering Women's Hosting Weekend, Panel Member, Spring 2001, 2004

Cornell Homecoming Weekend, Life Sciences Initiative Speaker, 25 October 2003

Cornell Silicon Valley, Speaker, 13 March 2003

President's Council of Cornell Women, Speaker, 8 March 2003

Stanford ME Women, Women in Engineering: Life and Career Paths, 17 January 2002 with Virginia Giddings

Expanding Your Horizons, Can sticks and stones break my bones? workshop co-leader. 28 April 2001 and 27 April 2002

Engineering Graduate Student Association, Got Milk? Got Game? Get Bone! 18 April 2001

Expanding Your Horizons, Keynote Speaker, 8 April 2000

Stanford SoE Annual Report, Featured Alum

Explorations in Engineering, Speaker, Summer 1998, 99

CURIE Academy, Faculty Advisory Committee, 1998 - 2003

Ithaca Sciencenter Egg Drop, Judge, Spring 1997 - 99

NAE Celebration of Women in Engineering, Gallery of Women Engineers (profiles now at Engineer Girl)

Laboratory Links & Resources:

• load cells: Sensotec, Transducer Techniques, MTS
• strain stuff: MM strain gages, Cooner Wire
• Environmental Health & Safety: labels, ChemE safety guide, Sigma MSDS search
• general lab: LabVelocity, Electron Microscopy Sciences
• imaging: EVS, NIH Image
• $$$s: OSP, phonetax
• reference: dictionary, Research-It, NY weather, Ithaca, PA weather, Dutch-English
• literature: Pubmed, JBMR, Science, Elsevier, JB
• others: The Scientist, CRAR, Jax

Miscellaneous