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Tammy L. Haut Donahue

Tammy L. Haut Donahue
Associate Professor

Dr. Haut Donahue's Web Page
E-mail: thdonahu@mtu.edu

Office: 927 MEEM
Phone: 487-2078

PhD, University of California-Davis

Expertise: Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Finite Elements, Computational and Experimental Mechanics
 

Research Interests

  • FE model of human knee joint
  • Microstructural model of meniscus
  • Material properties of menisci, tendons, and ligaments
  • How musculoskeletal cells respond to mechanical stimulus

Selected Publications

  • Zielinska, B., Haut Donahue, T. L., 3D Finite Element Model of Medial Meniscus Meniscectomy - Changes in the Contact Behavior. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.128(1) 115-23,2006.
  • Eifler, R. L., Mroz, J. Blough, E. R., Haut Donahue, T. L., Glycosaminoglycan Production in Rabbit Meniscal Cells Due to Fluid Flow, Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 24:375-384,2006.
  • Haut Donahue,T.L., Donahue, H. J., Jacobs, C.R., Yellowley, C.E., A role for Annexin V in Bone Cell Mechanotransduction; Bone, 35:656-663, 2005.
  • Maes, J.A., Haut Donahue, T. L., Time Dependent Properties of Bovine Meniscal Attachments: Stress Relaxation and Creep. In Press Journal of Biomechanics.
  • Gupta, T., Haut Donahue, T.L., Role of Matrix Material Properties, Cell Location and Morphology on the Mechanical Environment Within Meniscal Tissue and Around the Cell, to Appear Acta Biomaterialia, 2006.
  • Haut Donahue, T.L., Weiss, B., Rosenberg, G., Jacobs, C.R., Finite Element Analysis of Stresses Developed in Blood Sacs of a Pusherplate Blood Pump. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Bioengineering, 6(1): 7-15, 2003.
  • Haut Donahue, T.L., Haut, T.R., Yellowley, C.E., Donahue, H.J., Jacobs, C.R., Mechanosensitivity of Bone Cells to Oscillating Fluid Flow (OFF) Induced Shear Stress may be Modulated by Chemotransport. Journal of Biomechanics, 36:1363-1371,2003.