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Name
: Seung-uk Yoo
Email
: suy2@njit.edu
Research Advisor :
Dr. Michael Jaffe
Academic
Background :
Materials Science&Engineering for Master in NJIT (U.S.A)
Textile Engineering for Bachelor in INHA Univ. (KOR)
Work
Experience :
Osteotech,
Eatontown, NJ: Osteoconductive polymer composites for bone
remediation, May.
2004-May. 2005
• Process
development, Biorelevant characterization, Thermal Analysis of
polymeric
biomaterial
Mentoring of ACS-Project
SEED, MDCLab. Jul. -Sep. 2005
• Mentored
project SEED student on Biodegradation and characterization of
polyarylates
Research
Assistant at Medical Device Concept Lab, NJIT, Sep. 2002-present
• Assisting
Research Projects
Teaching
Assistant in Physics Dept. in NJIT, Sep, 2003 – May, 2004
• Taught Physics
Laboratory Class, TA for Mechanical Properties of Materials Class
NJ Center for
Biomaterials, Piscataway, NJ: Resorbable Polymer Fiber Scaffold for Anterior Cruciate
Ligament Replacement Sep. 2002-Sep. 2003
• Processing
source polymers, Thermomechanical Analysis
Research
Interest :
Polymeric biomaterials and advanced functional polymers
Current Research Work :
His research
focused on understanding the complex structural
behavior and biorelevant characterization
of biodegradable polyarylates.
The
objective of this study is to examine,
understand and find
the
origin of the
structural behavior as a function of the chemical
structure
variation in and out of
the biorelevant condition.
Seung Conducting his experiment at the CHEN building's Medical Device
Laboratory.
How Seung is conducting experiments?
The materials were processed with several techniques and characterized
using
thermal
analysis, XRD, FTIR, and optical microscopy. The process types were
selected for future
application, melt-spinning, electrospinning, and compression
molding. The
processed samples were treated in physiological condition and
characterized with
the methods mentioned above. The biodegradation
experiment was also
performed and weight loss, water uptake amounts were
measured.
For Major Results of his experiments
Contact
Dr.
Michael Jaffe and
Yoo Seung Uk
Applications:
Biomedical applications including drug delivery, artificial
ligaments,
and
scaffolds for the cell growth (stem cells).
Methods and Techniques used for Research:
Melt-spinning, electo-
spinning, carver press, TMA, TGA, DSC,
FTIR, XRD, GPC, MELT INDEX, VISCOMETER, GPC, SEM, OM WITH HOT STAGE
Publications
:
1.
Process-Structure-Property Relationships of Erodable Polymeric
Biomaterials:
= 2 \* ROMAN II – Long Range Order in Poly(desaminotyrosyl Arylates)
POLYMER 44(19)(2003) 6033-6042
2. Thermally
Stimulated Current Analysis of Poly(Desaminotyrosyl arylates) To
be Published
3. Multifaceted
molecular behavior of biodegradable polyarylates To be
published
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