Michael S. Sacks

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
• 2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 2004 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Best Publications

• Preparation and characterization of highly porous, biodegradable polyurethane scaffolds for soft tissue applications

  Jianjun Guan;Kazuro L. Fujimoto;Michael S. Sacks;William R. Wagner

  852
  Citations

• Biaxial Mechanical Evaluation of Planar Biological Materials

  Michael S. Sacks

  581
  Citations

• Biaxial mechanical properties of the natural and glutaraldehyde treated aortic valve cusp--Part I: Experimental results.

  K. L. Billiar;Michael S Sacks

  555
  Citations

• The effects of aneurysm on the biaxial mechanical behavior of human abdominal aorta

  Jonathan P. Vande Geest;Michael S. Sacks;David A. Vorp

  553
  Citations

• An immersogeometric variational framework for fluid-structure interaction: Application to bioprosthetic heart valves

  David Kamensky;Ming Chen Hsu;Dominik Schillinger;John A. Evans

  552
  Citations

• Design and analysis of tissue engineering scaffolds that mimic soft tissue mechanical anisotropy.

  Todd Courtney;Michael S Sacks;John Stankus;Jianjun Guan

  526
  Citations

• On the biomechanics of heart valve function.

  Michael S. Sacks;W. David Merryman;David E. Schmidt

  483
  Citations

• Biaxial mechanical properties of the native and glutaraldehyde-treated aortic valve cusp: Part II--A structural constitutive model.

  Kristen L. Billiar;Michael S. Sacks

  466
  Citations

• Heart valve function: a biomechanical perspective

  Michael S Sacks;Ajit P Yoganathan

  463
  Citations

• Incorporation of experimentally-derived fiber orientation into a structural constitutive model for planar collagenous tissues

  Michael S. Sacks

  462
  Citations

• A small angle light scattering device for planar connective tissue microstructural analysis

  Michael S. Sacks;David B. Smith;Erik D. Hiester

  409
  Citations

• Synthesis, characterization, and cytocompatibility of elastomeric, biodegradable poly(ester-urethane)ureas based on poly(caprolactone) and putrescine

  Jianjun Guan;Michael S. Sacks;Eric J. Beckman;William R. Wagner

  405
  Citations

• Effects of decellularization on the mechanical and structural properties of the porcine aortic valve leaflet

  Jun Liao;Erinn M. Joyce;Michael S. Sacks

  379
  Citations

• Multiaxial mechanical behavior of biological materials.

  Michael S Sacks;Wei Sun

  363
  Citations

• From Stem Cells to Viable Autologous Semilunar Heart Valve

  Fraser W.H. Sutherland;Fraser W.H. Sutherland;Tjorvi E. Perry;Ying Yu;Megan C. Sherwood

  361
  Citations

• Fluid---structure interaction analysis of bioprosthetic heart valves: significance of arterial wall deformation

  Ming-Chen Hsu;David Kamensky;Yuri Bazilevs;Michael S. Sacks

  353
  Citations

• Bioengineering Challenges for Heart Valve Tissue Engineering

  Michael S. Sacks;Frederick J. Schoen;John E. Mayer

  334
  Citations

• Biodegradable poly(ether ester urethane)urea elastomers based on poly(ether ester) triblock copolymers and putrescine: synthesis, characterization and cytocompatibility

  Jianjun Guan;Michael S. Sacks;Eric J. Beckman;William R. Wagner

  329
  Citations

• Dynamic and fluid---structure interaction simulations of bioprosthetic heart valves using parametric design with T-splines and Fung-type material models

  Ming-Chen Hsu;David Kamensky;Fei Xu;Josef Kiendl

  305
  Citations

• Correlation between heart valve interstitial cell stiffness and transvalvular pressure: implications for collagen biosynthesis.

  W. David Merryman;Inchan Youn;Howard D. Lukoff;Paula M. Krueger

  288
  Citations