List of Contributors

**Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi:** Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands

**Mahmoud Baniasadi:** Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA

**Ricardo Bentini:** Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

**Bryn Brazile:** Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

**Mariana C. Burrows:** Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

**Ana C. O. Carreira:** Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina, Núcleo de Terapia Celular e Molecular (NUCEL)—Núcleo de Estudos e Terapia Celular e Molecular (NETCEM), Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Pangaré 100, 05360-130 São Paulo, SP, Brazil **Luiz H. Catalani:** Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes,

748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

**Kai Wang Chan:** Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

**Xuesi Chen:** Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China

**Yun Cui:** Beijing Allgens Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., No. 1 Disheng East Road, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing 100176, China

**Fu-Zhai Cui:** School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China

**Cristina del Amo:** Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor Street, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

**Jan Deprest:** Center for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis "Gasthuisberg" Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium

**Jianxun Ding:** Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China

**Nasser Fatouraee:** Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., Tehran 15875-4413, Iran **Andrew Feola:** Center for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis "Gasthuisberg" Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium

**José Manuel García-Aznar:** Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor Street, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

**Uwe Gbureck:** Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany

**Martha Geffers:** Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany

**Flávia Gonçalves:** Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

**Jürgen Groll:** Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany

**Linxia Gu:** Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656, USA

**Xinyi Guo:** Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, 7507 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA

**Martin Guthold:** Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, 7507 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA

**Liping Heng:** School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

**Hong-Jiang Jiang:** Wendeng Orthopaedic Hospital, No. 1 Fengshan Road, Wendeng 264400, Shandong, China

**Lei Jiang:** School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

**Patricia M. Kossugue:** Faculdade de Medicina, Núcleo de Terapia Celular e Molecular (NUCEL)—Núcleo de Estudos e Terapia Celular e Molecular (NETCEM), Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Pangaré 100, 05360-130 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

**Shiva Kotha:** Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA

**Baosheng Li:** Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300070, China; Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250117, China

**Dongsong Li:** Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China

**Tianyi Li:** Orthopedics Dept. 2, Heilongjiang Provincial Corps Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Harbin 150076, China

**Wei Li:** Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, 7507 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA

**Jun Liao:** Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

**Shengmao Lin:** Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656, USA

**Jianguo Liu:** Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China

**Tomas Lucioni:** Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, 7507 Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA

**Xin-Long Ma:** Tianjin Hospital, No. 406 Jiefang South Road, Tianjin 300211, China **James Macione:** Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA

**Manfred M. Maurer:** Institute of Mechanical Systems, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland

**Edoardo Mazza:** Institute of Mechanical Systems, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland; Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland

**Johann G. Meier:** ITAINNOVA Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, 7-8 María de Luna Street, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

**Xiangfu Meng:** Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China

**Majid Minary-Jolandan:** Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA

**Bojan Mitevski:** Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, Cottbus 03046, Germany

**Oihana Moreno-Arotzena:** Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, Mariano Esquillor Street, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

**Sterling Nesbitt:** Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA

**Sourav Patnaik:** Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

**Behdad Pouran:** Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands; Department of Orthopedics and Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands

**Raj Prabhu:** Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

**Zhi-Ye Qiu:** School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Allgens Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., No. 1 Disheng East Road, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing 100176, China

**Barbara Röhrnbauer:** Institute of Mechanical Systems, ETH Zurich, Leonhardstrasse 21, Zurich 8092, Switzerland

**Mary Rougeau-Browning:** Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

**Jan Schrooten :** Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, PB 2450, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

**Wentzell Scott:** Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA

**Mohammad B. Shadmehr:** Tracheal Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19575-154, Iran

**Amanda Smelser:** Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA

**Mari C. Sogayar:** Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Faculdade de Medicina, Núcleo de Terapia Celular e Molecular (NUCEL)—Núcleo de Estudos e Terapia Celular e Molecular (NETCEM), Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Pangaré 100, 05360-130 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

**Mohammad Tafazzoli-Shadpour:** Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., Tehran 15875-4413, Iran

**Hadi Taghizadeh:** Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., Tehran 15875-4413, Iran **Xun-Xiang Tan:** Wendeng Orthopaedic Hospital, No. 1 Fengshan Road, Wendeng 264400, Shandong, China

**Yuqi Teng:** School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing 100083, China

**Sie Chin Tjong:** Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong

**Juan Wang:** Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300070, China; Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250117, China **Ruebn Wauthle:** LayerWise NV, Kapeldreef 60, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

**Benjamin Weed:** Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

**Harrie Weinans:** Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands; Department of Orthopedics and Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands

**Sabine Weiss:** Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, Cottbus 03046, Germany

**Lakiesha N. Williams:** Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA

**Hoi Man Wong:** Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

**Jin Xu:** Kangda College of Nanjing Medical University, No. 8 Chunhui Road, Xinhai District, Lianyungang 222000, Jiangsu, China

**Qiaowen Yang:** School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing 100083, China

**Saber Amin Yavari:** Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands; Department of Orthopedics and Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands

**Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung:** Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

**Amir A. Zadpoor:** Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, Delft 2628CD, The Netherlands

**Yuqi Zhang:** College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yan'an University, Yan'an, Shaanxi 716000, China

**Zi-Qiang Zhang:** Beijing Allgens Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., No. 1 Disheng East Road, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing 100176, China

## About the Guest Editor

**Amir Zadpoor** is Associate Professor and Chair of Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics section at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). He obtained his PhD cum laude from the same university after completing his MSc and BSc studies respectively in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are in biofabircation, biomaterials for

tissue regeneration, skeletal tissue biomechanics, and mechanobiology. Amir has extensively published in his above-mentioned areas of interest and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals.
