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for John R. Cotton
Assistant
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Russ College of Engineering and Technology
Contact Info
247 Stocker Center*
Phone: 740.593.9970
Email: cotton@ohio.edu
*Enter through the CAE lab in room 249
About Me
My official ME department page
I am also listed with Biomedical Engineering
Research
Link to a listing
of my publications
Interests
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Computational
biomechanics oriented towards material nonlinearity, solid mechanics, and
finite element analysis (FEA)
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Biological
and physiological modeling, with a special interest in cellular
mechanotransduction
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Quantifying
mechanical integrity of bone, including noninvasive techniques, transferring
medical images to mechanical models, and simulation of damage and growth
Capabilities
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FE
modeling
o
Segmentation,
surface reconstruction, and meshing to create FE geometry from CT scan or other
tomographic data
o
Nonhomogenous
models created by assigning element properties based upon CT attenuation
(brightness) using Bonemat (Taddei F, et. al, Med Eng Phys, 2004)
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Nonlinear
FE
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Fatigue
driven damage analysis based upon various relationships (Taylor, M. et al, Meccanica, 2002; Cotton, J, et al, J Biomech, 2003; Cotton, J, et al, J Biomech Eng, 2003)
o
Stress
driven remodeling based upon isotropic (Huiskes, et al, J. Biomech, 1987; Beaupre, et al, J Orth Res, 1990) and anisotropic relationships (Jacobs, et al, J Biomech, 1997)
Teaching
Courses
Taught
o Introduction to CAD (ME 350)
Previous
Courses Taught (Virginia Tech, 1998-2007)
o Advanced Mechanics of Materials (ESM 5134)
o Clinical Internship in Biomedical Engineering (ESM 5105 and ESM 5106)
o Mechanics of Biological Materials and Structures (ESM 4234)
o Engineering Analysis of Physiologic Systems (ESM 4105 and ESM 4106)
o Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies (ESM 2304)
o Computational Methods (ESM 2074)
o General Physics (PHYS 2205)
Teaching
Philosophy
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be added
Administrative
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be added
Last
modified: 1/7/2008