Prof. Rapoff presents papers

Andrew Rapoff, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, presented two papers at the Summer Bioengineering Conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Vail, Colo. The first was "Preparation  and Rehydration Effects on Compressive Properties of Cornerstone ASR Cervical Spine Allografts" (co-authored with Amy Hsiao, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Ronald Bucinell, Thomas J. Watson Sr. and Emma Watson Day Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Katia Genovese of the University of Basilicata, Italy; and Anna Tietz of  Regeneration Technologies). The second was "Image-Based Interpolation of Anisotropic Elastic Constants," co-authored with Raphael Haftka of the University of Florida.