Mansoor Haider
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Contact Information:
Room 306, Harrelson Hall
(919) 515-3100
(919) 515-3798 (fax)
m_haider at ncsu dot edu		 Mailing Address:
Department of Mathematics
Box 8205
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8205
Education:
Ph.D., 1996, Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
B.Math, 1991, Applied Mathematics/Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada

Research Interests:

  • Applied mathematical methods - PDEs, mixed boundary value problems, boundary integral equations
  • Modeling in biomechanics & bioengineering - elasticity, viscoelasticity, poroelasticity, continuum mixture models, contact problems, soft tissue mechanics, cell-matrix interactions, articular cartilage, osteoarthritis, tissue engineering
  • Scientific computing - boundary element methods, finite element methods, artificial neural networks

Teaching (Spring 2008):

Honors, Awards & Appointments:

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Biomechanics (2007-)
  • Co-PI, NCSU RTG Program: Mathematics of Materials (2007-)
  • NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers (2005-)
  • NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award (2004-05)
  • ASME Richard Skalak Award: Best paper in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2004)
  • NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1997-2000)

Current Graduate Students:

  • Brandy Benedict (PhD)
  • Janine Haugh (PhD)
  • Eunjung Kim (PhD)
  • Sarah Olson (PhD)

Links:

Recent Publications: (complete publication list)

  1. [in review] SD Olson and MA Haider, A level set reaction-diffusion model for tissue regeneration in a cartilage-hydrogel aggregate, submitted
  2. [in review] D Valdez-Jasso, MA Haider, HT Banks, D Bia, Y Zocalo, R Armentano and MS Olufsen, Analysis of viscoelastic wall properties in ovine arteries, submitted.
  3. [to appear] E Kim, F Guilak and MA Haider, The dynamic mechanical environment of the chondrocyte: A biphasic finite element model of cell-matrix interactions under cyclic compressive loading, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
  4. [to appear] FW Maudlin, MA Haider, EG Loboa, RH Behler, LE Euliss, TW Pfeiler and CM Gallippi, Monitored steady-state excitation and recovery (MSSER) radiation force imaging using viscoelastic models, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Controls.
  5. [2007] MA Haider and F Guilak, Application of a three-dimensional poroelastic BEM to modeling the biphasic mechanics of cell-matrix interactions in articular cartilage, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 196, pp. 2999-3010.
  6. [2006] HA Leddy, MA Haider and F Guilak, Diffusional anisotropy in collagenous tissues: fluorescence imaging of continuous point photobleaching, Biophysical Journal, Vol. 91, pp. 311-316.
  7. [2006] F Guilak, MA Haider, LA Setton, TA Laursen and FPT Baaijens, Multiphasic models of cell mechanics, in Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Models and Measurements (MRK Mofrad and R Kamm, Eds.), pp. 84-102, Cambridge University Press, New York.
  8. [2006] F Guilak, LG Alexopoulos, ML Upton, I Youn, JB Choi, LA Setton and MA Haider, The pericellular matrix as a transducer of biomechanical and biochemical signals in cartilage, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1068: 498-512.
  9. [2006] MA Haider, RC Schugart, LA Setton and F Guilak, A mechano-chemical model for the passive swelling response of an isolated chondron under osmotic loading, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 5, pp. 160-171.
  10. [2006] MA Haider and RC Schugart, A numerical method for the continuous spectrum biphasic poroviscoelastic model of articular cartilage, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 177-183.
  11. [2005] F Guilak, LG Alexopoulos, MA Haider, HP Ting-Beall and LA Setton, Zonal uniformity in mechanical properties of the chondrocyte pericellular matrix: micropipette aspiration of canine chondrons isolated by cartilage homogenization, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1312-1318.
  12. [2004] MA Haider, A radial biphasic model for local cell-matrix mechanics in articular cartilage, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 64, pp. 1588-1608.
  13. [2004] MA Haider, KJ Mehta and JP Fouque, Time-reversal simulations for detection in randomly layered media, Waves in Random Media, Vol. 14, pp. 185-198.
  14. [2003] LG Alexopoulos, MA Haider, TP Vail and F Guilak, Alterations in the mechanical properties of the human chondrocyte pericellular matrix with osteoarthritis, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 323-333.

Last Modified: 2/20/08