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54
Citations
8921
World Ranking
3268
National Ranking
961

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Victor H. Barocas is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering as a subfield. Other notable subfields include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cell Biology, Surgery, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Connective tissue disorders research

Victor H. Barocas has contributed multiple recent papers across several journals. Some of the notable publications include:

  • "Investigation of Pathophysiological Aspects of Aortic Growth, Remodeling, and Failure Using a Discrete-Fiber Microstructural Model," 2020, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
  • "Hybrid discrete-continuum multiscale model of tissue growth and remodeling," 2022, Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Glomerular filtration and podocyte tensional homeostasis: importance of the minor type IV collagen network," 2020, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • "Experimental and Mouse-Specific Computational Models of the Fbln4SMKO Mouse to Identify Potential Biomarkers for Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm," 2022, Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology
  • "The Ring-Pull Assay for Mechanical Properties of Fibrous Soft Tissues - an Analysis of the Uniaxial Approximation and a Correction for Nonlinear Thick-Walled Tissues," 2020, Experimental Mechanics

Their frequent co-authors, with whom they have collaborated extensively, include:

  • Ryan R. Mahutga
  • Arin M. Ellingson
  • Elizabeth Gacek
  • Patrick W. Alford
  • Jill M. Middendorf

Victor H. Barocas has published multiple papers in several key venues where their work is regularly found, including:

  • Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
  • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • JOR Spine
  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering

Among their recognitions, Victor H. Barocas was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2017.

Best Publications

  • An Anisotropic Biphasic Theory of Tissue-Equivalent Mechanics: The Interplay Among Cell Traction, Fibrillar Network Deformation, Fibril Alignment, and Cell Contact Guidance

    V. H. Barocas;R. T. Tranquillo

  • Rheology of reconstituted type I collagen gel in confined compression

    David M. Knapp;Victor H. Barocas;Alice G. Moon;Alice G. Moon;Kyeongah Yoo

  • Affine versus non-affine fibril kinematics in collagen networks: theoretical studies of network behavior.

    Preethi L. Chandran;Victor H. Barocas

  • Volume-averaging theory for the study of the mechanics of collagen networks

    Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Victor H. Barocas

  • The Fibroblast-Populated Collagen Microsphere Assay of Cell Traction Force—Part 2: Measurement of the Cell Traction Parameter

    V. H. Barocas;A. G. Moon;R. T. Tranquillo

  • Permeability and diffusion in vitreous humor: implications for drug delivery.

    Jing Xu;Jeffrey J. Heys;Victor H. Barocas;Theodore W. Randolph

  • Effects of freezing and cryopreservation on the mechanical properties of arteries.

    Ramji T. Venkatasubramanian;Erin D. Grassl;Victor H. Barocas;Daniel Lafontaine

  • Microstructural mechanics of collagen gels in confined compression: poroelasticity, viscoelasticity, and collapse.

    Preethi L. Chandran;Victor H. Barocas

  • Mechanism Governing Microparticle Morphology during Precipitation by a Compressed Antisolvent: Atomization vs Nucleation and Growth

    C. S. Lengsfeld;J. P. Delplanque;Victor H Barocas;T. W. Randolph

  • Image-based multiscale modeling predicts tissue-level and network-level fiber reorganization in stretched cell-compacted collagen gels

    Edward A. Sander;Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Robert T. Tranquillo;Victor H. Barocas

  • Engineered alignment in media equivalents: magnetic prealignment and mandrel compaction.

    Victor H Barocas;T. S. Girton;Robert T Tranquillo

  • Comparison of 2D fiber network orientation measurement methods.

    E. A. Sander;V. H. Barocas

  • Computational predictions of the tensile properties of electrospun fibre meshes: effect of fibre diameter and fibre orientation.

    Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Chris A. Bashur;Aaron S. Goldstein;Scott A. Guelcher

  • A boussinesq model of natural convection in the human eye and the formation of Krukenberg's spindle.

    Jeffrey J. Heys;Victor H. Barocas

  • Functional tissue-engineered valves from cell-remodeled fibrin with commissural alignment of cell-produced collagen.

    Paul S. Robinson;Sandra L. Johnson;Michael C. Evans;Victor H. Barocas

  • Modeling passive mechanical interaction between aqueous humor and iris.

    Jeffrey J. Heys;Victor H. Barocas;Michael J. Taravella

  • Computer simulation of convective and diffusive transport of controlled-release drugs in the vitreous humor.

    Matthew S. Stay;Jing Xu;Theodore W. Randolph;Victor H. Barocas

  • Temporal Variations in Cell Migration and Traction during Fibroblast-Mediated Gel Compaction

    David I. Shreiber;Victor H. Barocas;Robert T. Tranquillo

  • Multiscale, Structure-Based Modeling for the Elastic Mechanical Behavior of Arterial Walls

    Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Victor H. Barocas

  • Permeability calculations in three-dimensional isotropic and oriented fiber networks

    Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos;Andrew Yeckel;Jeffrey J. Derby;Xiao Juan Luo

  • Deterministic material-based averaging theory model of collagen gel micromechanics.

    Preethi L. Chandran;Victor H. Barocas

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert T. Tranquillo
Robert T. Tranquillo University of Minnesota
Kevin D. Dorfman
Kevin D. Dorfman University of Minnesota
Jeffrey M. Liebmann
Jeffrey M. Liebmann University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Mark S. Shephard
Mark S. Shephard Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Robert Ritch
Robert Ritch New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Babak Ziaie
Babak Ziaie Purdue University West Lafayette
Filippo Coletti
Filippo Coletti University of Minnesota
Jeffrey J. Derby
Jeffrey J. Derby University of Minnesota
Theodore W. Randolph
Theodore W. Randolph University of Colorado Boulder
Tingrui Pan
Tingrui Pan University of California, Davis

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