RI COBRE: BIOENGINEERING CORE

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Specific Aims of the Bioengineering Core are: 1) To create a core facility that will assist all of the COBRE scientists in the design and implementation of biomechanical testing methods, including those required to evaluate articular cartilage and growth plate integrity, and overall joint function. 2) To provide the resources (i.e. space, equipment, and personnel) necessary to perform all of the biomechanical testing required by the COBRE projects. 3) To create a long-term platform to enhance the interaction between the Project Pis, the Core Directors, and external resources relating to biomechanical testing and analyses. 4) To extend the bioengineering services to the general hospital and university communities. The Bioengineering Core will be created by combining the expertise and equipment currently available in the Bioengineering Laboratories of the Department of Orthopaedics at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical School, and the Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory in the Division of Engineering at Brown University.