1966 B.S., Physics-Math, University of Minnesota
1970 B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
1978 M.B.A., College of St. Thomas
1982 M.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
1983 D.D.S., University of Minnesota
1985 Orthodontic Certificate, University of Minnesota
1988 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
- Performance and properties of brittle materials
- Tissue response to scaffolds
The full potential of esthetic ceramic-based dental restorations cannot yet be realized. Shaping-induced damage, exacerbated by fatigue damage during normal chewing, dramatically reduces the initial strength of these inherently brittle materials. Our inter-institutional (NYU, Princeton, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Universities of Maryland and Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) multi-disciplinary (physicists, material scientists, engineers, statisticians, and clinicians) group is working to develop a fundamental understanding of damage initiation and accumulation in all-ceramic dental crowns as a function of materials, crown design, and fabrication variables.
Tissue response to scaffolds is a complex set of interactions between scaffold features and materials. Interactions and interplay between these variables across length scales ranging from (sub-micrometer features (primarily surface chemistry and texture) to tens to thousands of micrometers (primarily wall porosity and channel/pore size), and mm-scale macro-architecture features (repeating units and overall dimensions) have not been well delineated. Both in-vitro and in-vivo testing of scaffolds fabricated from an array of materials using innovative solid freeform fabrication technologies is underway. Our long-term objective is to determine combinations of material and scaffold features across length scales that will form fundamental building blocks to create structures for programmed bone response. In this manner, tissue response can be tailored and healing rates accelerated.
Ceramics Science:
Rekow, Thompson, "Engineering Long Term Clinical Success of Advanced Ceramic Prostheses", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, in press.
Zhang, Lawn, Malament, Thompson, Rekow, "Damage Accumulation and Fatigue Life of Particle-Abraded Ceramics", International Journal of Prosthodontics, in press for Sept/Oct 2006 issue.
Rekow, Harsono, Janal, Thompson, Zhang, "Factorial Analysis of Variables Inducing Stress in All-Ceramic Crowns", Dental Materials, 22, 125-132, 2006.
Huang, Niu, Shrotrya, Thompson, Rekow, Soboyejo, "Contact Damage of Dental Multilayers: Viscous Deformation and Fatigue Mechanisms", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 127(1), 33-39, 2005.
Rekow, Thompson, "Near Surface Damage - A Persistent Problem in CAD/CAM Crowns", Journal of Engineering in Medicine: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Vol. 219, Part H, 233-243, 2005 (special issue paper)
Tissue Engineering:
Rekow, Thompson, Ricci, "Influence of Scaffold Meso-Scale Features on Bone Tissue Response", Journal of Material Science, accepted, May 2006.
Catastrophe Response:
Psoter, Herman, More, Park, Robbins, Rekow, Ryan, Triola, Glotzer, "Proposed Educational Objectives for Hospital-based Dentists during Catastrophic Events and Disaster Response", Journal of Dental Education, accepted, May 2006.
Glotzer, More, Phalen, Boylan, Psoter, Robbins, Rekow, Godder, Alfano, "Introducing a Senior Course on Catastrophe Preparedness into the Dental School Curriculum", Journal of Dental Education, 70(3), 223-228, 2006.
Narzisi, Mysore, Nelson, Rekow, Triola, Lacomb, Portelli, Misra, "Complexities, Catastrophes and Cities: Unraveling Emergency Dynamics". International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS 2006), Boston, MA, June 25-30, 2006.
Mysore, Narzisi, Mishra, Nelson, Rekow, Triola, Shapiro, Coleman, Gill, Daruwala, "Agent Modeling of a Sarin Attack in Manhattan", Proceedings, 1st International Workshop on Agent Technology for Disaster Management, 8 May 2006, Hakodate, Japan, p. 108-115.
Lawn, Deng, Lloyd, Rekow, Thompson, "Materials Design of Ceramic-Based Layer Structures for Crowns", Journal of Dental Research, in press.
Rekow and Thompson, "Clinical Performance - A Reflection of Damage Accumulation in Ceramic Dental Crowns", in Functional Biomaterials, N Katsube, WO Soboyejo, M Sacks (editors), Trans-Tech Publications, Zurich, Switzerland, 115-134, 2001
Yin L, Ives LK, Jahanmir S, Rekow ED, Romberg E, "Abrasive Machining of Glass-Infiltrated Alumina with Diamond Burs", Machining Science and Technology, 5(1), 43 -61, 2001.
Dong X, Yin Y, Jahanmir S, Ives LK, Rekow ED, "Abrasive Machining of Glass -Ceramics with a Dental Handpiece", Machining Science and Technology, 4(2), 209-233, 2000.
