Dr George Baran

Appointments

• Associate Dean, College of Engineering, September 2003-present
• Professor (Mechanical Engineering), July 1999-present, Temple University
• Director, Center for Bioengineering and Biomaterials, July 1999-present, Temple University
• Adjunct Professor (Chemistry), December 2006-present, Temple University
• Visiting Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, Drexel University, May 2003-April 2004
• Acting Chair, Department of Chemistry, September 1999-August 2000, Temple University
• Adjunct Professor of General Restorative Dentistry, University of Pennsylvania, December 1999-July 2003
• Biologist (Department of Medicine), September 1995-August 1996, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard School of Medicine
• Professor (School of Dentistry), July 1991-June 1999, Temple University
• Associate Professor with Tenure (School of Dentistry), July 1983-June 1991, Temple University
• Member of Graduate Faculty, 1981
• Assistant Professor (School of Dentistry), July 1978-June 1983, Temple University

Education

• B.S.E.  Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1972.
• M.S.E.  Materials Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1973.
• Ph.D.  Materials Engineering, and Dental Materials, The University of Michigan, 1976.

Honors & Awards

• Elected to College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2008.
• Elected Member, Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society, 1996.
• National Research Service Award Senior Fellowship, 1995-1996, from the N.I.H.
• Research done in the Arthritis Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
• Elected Member, Sigma Xi Honorary Research Society, May 1991.
• National Research Service Award Senior Fellowship, 1986-1987, from the N.I.H at the Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire Paris V, Laboratoire d’Etude des Biomatériaux.
• Training Fellowship from N.I.H./N.I.D.R., 1972-1976.
• Elected Fellow, Academy of Dental Materials, February 1983.
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship, Bonn, Germany, 1977-1978. Research was carried out at the Free University of Berlin.

Recent Grants

• Baran, G. Principal Investigator) et al.: Finite Element Analysis of Adolescent Idiopathic
  Scoliosis to Predict Long-Term Degenerative Sequelae. Shriners Hospitals for
  Children, 7/1/2011-6/31/2014, $182,850 total costs.
• Baran, G. (Principal Investigator) et al.: “Interphases for Tougher Composites”. NIH,
  R21 DE 19885, 7/1/2009-6/30/2012), $407,500 total costs.
• Baran, G. (Principal Investigator) et al.: “Ordered Dental Nanocomposites”. NIH,
  R21 DE 18330, 6/1/07-5/31/11, $879,095 total costs.

Publications
In Review:

• Wang, W.; Baran, G.; Garg, H.; Betz, R; Moumene, M.; Cahill, P.: “Cement
  Augmentation of Pedicle Screw Fixation: A Finite Element Analysis”. Submitted to Spine.
• Cahill, P.; Asghar, J.; Booker, R.; Betz, R.; Wang, W.; Ramsey, C.; Baran, G.: “The Use
  of a Transition Rod may prevent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in the Thoracic Spine Following Scoliosis Surgery: A Finite Element Analysis.” Submitted to Spine.
• Wang, W.; Zhang, H.; Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.: “Effect of Posterolateral Disc
  Replacement on Kinematics and Stress Distribution in the Lumbar Spine: A Finite Element Study”. Submitted to Spine Journal.

Published

• Wan, Q.; Ramsey, C.; Baran, G.: “Thermal Pretreatment of Silica Composite Filler
  Materials”. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 99: 237-243, 2010.
• Wang, W.; Kistler, K.A.; Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.R.: “Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  of AFM Studies of a Single Polymer Chain”. Physics Letters A 372: 7007-7010, 2008.
• Samuel S.P.; Baran G.R.; Wei Y.; and Davis B.L. “Biomechanics of bone fractures”. In:
  Bone Pathology, 2nd ed., Khurana, J.S. editor. The Humana Press Inc., Totowa,
  NJ. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58829-766-2.
• Samuel, SP.; Li, S.; Mukherjee, I.; Guo, Y.; Patel, A.C.; Baran, G.R.; Wei, Y. “Mechanical
  Properties of Experimental Dental Composites Containing a Combination of
  Mesoporous and Nonporous Spherical Silica as Fillers”. Dental Materials 25:296-
  301, 2009.
• Wang, W.; Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.R.: “Finite Element Analysis of the Effect of an
  Interphase on Toughening of a Particle-Reinforced Polymer Composite”.
  Composites: Part A39(6): 956-964, 2008.
• Wan, Q.; Sheffield, J.; McCool, J.; Baran, G.R.: “Light-Curable Dental Composites
  Designed with Colloidal Crystal Reinforcement”. Dental Materials 24: 1694-1701,
  2008.
• Li, S.; Samuel, S.; Shah, A.; Hsieh, A.; Mylonakis, A.; Patel, A.; Baran, G., Wei, Y.:
  “Synthesis of New Organic-Inorganic Hybrids ply (HEMA-GMA-silica) and their
  Mechanical Properties”. Journal of Materials Research 23:66-71, 2008.
• Sun, C.J.; Saffari, P.; Ranade, R.; Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.R.: “Finite Element Analysis
  of Elastic Property Bounds of a Composite with Randomly Distributed Particles”.
  Composites Part A 38:80-86, 2007.
• Sun C, Wu W, Mahanti S, Debnath S, Sadeghipour K, Baran G.: “Finite Element Analysis
  of Toughening for a Particle-Reinforced Composite”. Polymer Composites 27:360-
  367, 2006.
• Praveen, S.; Sun, Z.; Xu, J.; Ranade, R.; Patel, A.; Baran, G.; and Wei, Y.: “Compression
  and Aging Properties of Experimental Dental Composites Containing Mesoporous Silica as Fillers”. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 448:223/[825]-231/[833], 2006.
• Ranade R, Wunder SL, Baran GR: “UHMWPE as Interface Modifying Agent for Filled
  Glass Composites”. Composites Part A 37:2017-2028, 2006.
• Ranade, R.; Wunder, S.L.; Baran, GR: “Toughening of Dimethacrylate Resins by
  Addition of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Particles”.
  Polymer 47:4318-4327, 2006