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
• 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 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.: “Restorative Material Wear Factors”. From the N.I.H., R01 DE 09530, 8/1/03-7/31/08.
• Baran, G. (Co-Investigator, Wei, Yen PI): “Novel Molecular Composite Dental Materials”, N.I.H., R01 DE 009848, 6/1/91-5/31/07.
• Goldring, S. and Baran, G.(Consortium Principal Investigator): “Cellular Responses to Inorganic Particulates”. From the N.I.H., R01 AR 45472, 7/1/99-6/30/04.
• Mante, F. and Baran, G. (Consortium Principal Investigator): “Osteoblast Attachment to Titanium Single Crystals”. From the N.I.H., R01 DE 12345, 5/1/99-4/30/02.

Publications

• Ranade R, Wunder SL, Baran GR: “UHMWPE as a Novel Filler for Dental Composites”. Abstracts of Papers (Polymer Preprints), 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 22-26, 2004, 45(2),337-338.
• Ranade R, Wunder SL, Baran GR: “UHMWPE as Interface Modifying Agent for Filled Glass Composites”. Submitted, Composites Part A.
• Sun CJ, Saffari P, Sadeghipour K, Baran GR: “Effects of Particle Arrangement on Stress Concentrations in Composites”. accepted, Material Science and Engineering A.
• 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, submitted.
• Wu, W.; Mahanti, S.; Sun, C.; Debnath, S.; Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.R.: “Finite Element Analysis of Toughening for a Particle-Reinforced Composite”. Journal of Composite Materials, submitted.
• Mante, F.K.; Little, K.; Mante, M.O.; Rawle, C.; Baran, G.R.: “Oxidation of Titanium, RGD Peptide Attachment and Matrix Mineralization of Rat Bone Marrow Stromal Cells”. Journal of Implantology 30: 343-349, 2004.
• Debnath, S.; Ranade, R.; Wunder, S.L.; Baran, G.R.; Zhang, J.; Fisher, E.: “Chemical Surface Treatment of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) for Improved Adhesion to Methacrylate Resins”. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, accepted.
• Debnath, S.; Ranade, R.; Wunder, S.L.; McCool, J.; Boberick, K.; Baran, G.R.: “Interface Effects on Mechanical Properties of Particle-Reinforced Composites”. Dental Materials 20:677-686, 2004.
• Ranade, R.; Wunder, S.L.; and Baran, G.: “UHMWPE Modified Interface for Improved Toughness of Glass Particle Filled Composites”. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints 90:425-426, 2004.
• Debnath, S.; Wunder, S.L.; and Baran, G.: “Adhesion Improvement for Surface Treated Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Fibers as Reinforcement for Dental Resins”. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints 88:310-311, 2003.
• Ranade, R.; Debnath, S.; Wunder, S.L.; and Baran, G.: “Surface Modification of Polyethylene and Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene for Improved Adhesion in Silica/Methacrylate Composites”. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints 88:260-261, 2003.
• Debnath, S.; Ding, J.; Wunder, S.L.; and Baran, G.: “Modification of Silica Surfaces with UHMWPE”. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings (Surface Engineering 2002-Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications) 750, Y8.17.1, 2002.
• Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.; Zhang, H.; and Wu, W.: “Modeling of Fatigue Crack Propagation During Sliding Wear of Polymers”. Trans. ASME, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 125:97-106, 2003.
• Wu, W.; Sadeghipour, K.; and Baran, G.: “Predictive Modeling of Toughening Micromechanisms in Glass Particle-Resin Composites with Varied Interphases”. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 22:785-811, 2003.
• Debnath, S.; McCool, J.; Wunder, S/; and Baran, G.: “Silane Treatment Effects on Glass/Resin Interfacial Shear Strengths”. Dental Materials 19:441-448, 2003.
• Cho, D.; Shanbhag, A.; Hong, C-Y; Baran, G.; and Goldring, S.: “The Role of Adsorbed Endotoxin in Particle-Induced Stimulation of Cytokine Release”. Journal of Orthopedic Research 20:704-713, 2002.
• Wu, W.; Sadeghipour, K.; Boberick, K.; and Baran, G.: “Predictive Modeling of Elastic Properties of Particulate-Reinforced Composites”. Materials Science and Engineering. A. Structural Materials 332: 362-370, 2002.
• Liu, Q.; Baran, G.; Wunder, S. ; and Mante, F.: “The Role of Surface Functional Groups in Calcium Phosphate Nucleation on Titanium Foil”. Biomaterials 23: 3103-3111, 2002.
• Li, Q.; Ding, J.; Chamber, D.; Debnath, S.; Wunder, S.; and Baran, G.: “Filler-Coupling Agent-Matrix Interactions in Silica/polymethylmethacrylate Composites”. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 57:384-393, 2001.
• Boberick, K.; McCool, J.; and Baran, G.: “Strength and Fatigue of Polyacid-Modified Restorative Materials (Compomers)”. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine13:613-620, 2002.
• Baran, G.: “Cast and Wrought Base Metal Alloys”. Chapter in Restorative Dental Materials, R.G. Craig, editor. Eleventh Edition, Mosby 2001.
li>McCool, J.; Boberick, K.; and Baran, G.: Lifetime Predictions for Resin-Based Composites Using Cyclic and Dynamic Fatigue”. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research(Applied Biomaterials) 58:247-253, 2001.
• Baran, G.; Boberick, K.; and McCool, J.: “Fatigue of Restorative Materials”. Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine 12:350-360, 2001
• Wei, Y.; Jin, D.; Xu, J.; Baran, G. ; and Qiu, K.-Y.: “Mechanical Properties of Interface- Free Polyacrylate-Silica Hybrid Sol-Gel Materials for Potential Dental Applications”. Polymers for Advanced Technologies 12:361-368, 2001.
• Wang, R.; Baran, G. and Wunder, S.: “Thermal Stability of Polyoctadecylsiloxane Compared With Octadecylsilane Monolayers”. Langmuir 16:6298-6305, 2000.
• Wang, R.; Guo, J.; Baran, G. and Wunder, S.: “Characterization of the State of Order of Octadecylsilane Chains on Fumed Silica”. Langmuir 16:568-576, 2000.
• Yarovoy, Y.K.; Baran, G.; Wunder, S.L.; and Wang, R.: “Submicron-Size Particles of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Produced via Non-Solvent and Temperature Induced Crystallization”. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research (Applied Biomaterials) 53:152-160, 2000.

Presentations

• Wei, Y; Praveen, S.; Sun, Z.; Cheng, S.; Yang, G.; Baran, G.R.: “Polymerization of Vinyl Modified Silica Nanoparticle Assemblies to form Nanocomposites with Low Volume Shrinkage for Potential Dental Applications”, at Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Baltimore 2005.
li>Boberick, K.; Davis, J.; Zuckman, B.; Baran, G.R.; Li, S.; Wei, Y.: “Micro-Tensile Evaluation of a Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Reactive Dentin Primer”, at Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Baltimore 2005.
• Boberick, K.; Davis, J.; Zuckman, B.; Baran, G.R.; Li, S.; Praveen, S.; Wei, Y.: “Evaluation of a Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Reactive Primer for Bonding to Dentin”, at the 2nd International Congress on Adhesive Dentistry, Tokyo 2005.
• Zhang, J.; Wunder, S.L.; Baran, G.R.: “Supported Lipid Bilayers on SiO2 Nanobeads”, at Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 2004.
• Ranade, R.; Wunder, S.L.; Baran, G.R.: “UHMWPE Modified Interface for Improved Toughness of Glass Particle Filled Composites”, at Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, 2004.
• Mante, F.K.; Rawle, C.; Baran, G.R.: “Surface Energy of Titanium and RGD Peptide Attachment”, at Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research”, Honolulu, 2004.
• Mante, F.K.; Little, K.; Mante, M.O.; Baran, G.R.; Malamud, D.; Golub, E.E.: “Oxidation of Titanium, RGD Peptide Attachment, and Rat Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Activity”, at Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Goteborg, Sweden, 2003.
• Wu, W.; Mahanti, S.; Sadeghipour, K. ; and Baran, G. :  “Toughening in Particle-Reinforced Composites due to Plastic Deformation”, at meeting of the ABAQUS Users Conference, Newport, 2002.
• Mahanti, S.; Wu, W.; Sadeghipour, K. ; and Baran, G.: “Predicting Toughening in Particle- Reinforced Composites”, at meeting of the International/American Association for Dental Research, San Diego, 2002.
• Debnath, S.; Wunder, S.; McCool, J.; and Baran, G.: “Resin-Glass Interfacial Shear Strengths: Silanation Effects”, at meeting of the International/American Association for Dental Research, San Diego, 2002.
• Verma, V.; Sadeghipour, K. ; Boberick, K.; Wu, W.; and Baran, G.: “Composite Preparation Design and its Effect on Polymerization-Induced Residual Stress”, at meeting of the International/American Association for Dental Research, San Diego, 2002.
• Verma, V.; Baran, G.R.; Sadeghipour, K.; Boberick, K.: “Effects of Different Cavity Shapes on Residual Stresses in Polymerized Dental Restorations”, at IEEE 28th Annual Northeast Bioengineeing Conference, Philadelphia, 2002.
• Ding, J.; Wunder, S.L.; Baran, G.R.: “Surface Modification of Silica with Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene”, at 48th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Dallas, 2002.
• Wunder, S.L.; Ding, J.; Baran, G.R.; Goldring, S.R.: “Preparation and Characterization of Spherical and Irregularly Shaped Micron and Submicron-Sized UHMWPE Particles”, at 48th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Dallas, 2002.
• Mahanti, S.; Wu, W.; Baran, G.G., Sadeghipour, K.: “Modeling the Elastic Constants and Toughness of Dental Restorative Composites”, at IEEE 28th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Philadelphia, 2002.
• Debnath, S.; Baran, G.R.; Wunder, S.L.: “Interfacial Strengths for Reinforced Dental Resins by Microbond Shear Tests”, at IEEE 28th Annual Northeast Bioengineeing Conference, Philadelphia, 2002.
• Debnath, S.; Ding, J.; Baran, G.R.; Wunder, S.L.: “Investigation of Interphase Region for Poly(methylmethacrylate)/silica Nanocomposites”, at 224th meeting of the ACS, Boston, 2002.
• Debnath, S.; Wunder, S.; McCool, J.; and Baran, G.: “Silane Treatment Effects on Glass/Resin Interfacial Shear Strengths”, at the Second Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition of the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society, January 2002. This poster was awarded “Best Poster” .
• Sadeghipour, K.; McGinley, J.; Kozin, S.; Baran, G.; and Jafari, M.: “Theoretical/Experimental Characteristics of Interosseous Membrane of Human Forearm”, at 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, October 2001.
• Sadeghipour, K.; McCool, J.; and Baran, G.: “Lifetime Modeling of Composites in Clinical Applications”, at The Structural Integrity of Composite Materials and Structures, Capri, May 2001.
• Liu, Q.; Ding, J.; Chambers, D.; Debnath, S.; Wunder, S.; and Baran, G.: “Filler-Silane-Matrix Interactions in Silica/Polymethylmethacrylate Composites”, at meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, Chicago, 2001.
• Cho, D.R.; Shanbhag, A.S.; Hong, J.C.; Baran, G.R.; Goldring, S.R.: “Inactivation of Adsorbed Endotoxin Modulates Particle-Induced Cytokine and Chemokine Release”. Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, 2000.
• Cho, D.R.; Shanbhag, A.S.; Baran, G.; and Goldring, S.R.: “Cytokine Gene Expression in Polyethylene Mediated Macrophage Activation”. Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, 2000.
• Baran, G.R.; Wunder, S.L.; Goldring, S.R.: “The Role of Surface Chemistry in Macrophage Activation by Implant Wear Debris”, at VIIIth Congress of the World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations, Lviv, Ukraine, 2000.
• Boberick, K.; McCool, J.; Baran, G.: “Dynamic Fatigue of Polyacid-Containing Restorative Materials”. Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, March 2000. Abstract # 3159.
• McCool, J.; Boberick, K.; Baran, G.: “Cyclic and Dynamic Fatigue of Model Composites”. Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, March 2000. Abstract # 2413.
• Cho, D.R.; Hong, C.Y.; Baran, G.R.; and Goldring, S.R.: “Adsorbed Endotoxin Mediates Differential Effects on Particle-Induced Stimulation of Cytokine and Chemokine Release”. Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, 1999.