Research Expertise

•	Response of biomaterials to thermal treatments
•	Thermal science and cryobiology
•	Development and application of instrumentation
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Education

•	Ph.D.	:	Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
•	M.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974
•	B.S.	:	Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1971
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Courses Taught  (since 2002)

•	AME 230	:	Thermodynamics
•	AME 432	:	Heat Transfer
•	AME 4/566	:	Biomechanical Engineering (with Simon)
•	AME 696g	:	Graduate Seminar
•	BME4/516	:	Principles of Biomedical Engineering (with Trouard)
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Employment

•	2002-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Head and Professor
•	1978-02	:	Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University: Assistant Professor 1978-82; Associate Professor 1982-88; Acting Chairman 1/90-10/90; Professor 1988-02
•	1981-00	:	MSU/RWTH-Aachen International Engineering Exchange Program: Director
•	1977-78	:	Health Science and Technology, Toxicology Lab., Food and Nutrition, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Research Associate
•	1972-77	:	Cryogenic Engineering Lab., Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Research Assistant
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Honors and Awards

•	President, Society for Cryobiology, 2000-02
•	Michigan State University College of Engineering Withrow Distinguished Scholar Award, 2001
•	Michigan State University College of Engineering Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, 1993
•	Fellow, ASME, 1992
•	Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 1996-2000
•	Fulbright Scholar, 1986-87
•	Doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of General Medical Science, 1975-77
•	Cum Laude, B. S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1971
•	Member, Tau Beta Pi
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Professional Societies

•	Link	:	Society for Cryobiology
•	BMES	:	Biomedical Engineering Society
•	ASME	:	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
•	AAAS	:	American Association for the Advancement of Science
•	SPIE	:	International Society for Optical Engineering
•	ASEE	:	American Society for Engineering Education
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Selected Publications  (since 2002)

•	Liu, B. and McGrath, J. J., Effects of Two-Step Freezing on the Ultra-Structural Components of Murine Osteoblast Cultures, CryoLetters 27:369-374, 2006.
•	Liu, B. L., McGrath, J., McCabe, L., and Crimp, M., Cellular Response of Murine Osteoblasts to Cryopreservation: The Influence of Attachment to Hydroxyapatite (HA) Scaffolds, African J. Biotechnol. 5:2014-2019, 2006.
•	Liu, B.-L. and McGrath, J. Response of Cytoskeleton of Murine Osteoblast Cultures to Two-step Freezing, Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica 37:814-818, 2005.
•	Aksan, A., McGrath, J. J., and Nielubowicz, Jr., D. S., Thermal Damage Prediction for Collagenous Tissues Part I: A Clinically Relevant Numerical Simulation Incorporating Heating Rate Dependent Denaturation, ASME J. Biomech. Eng 127, 85-97, 2005.
•	Liu, B. L. and McGrath, J. J., Vitrification Solutions for the Cryopreservation of Tissue-Engineered Bone, Cell Preserv. Technol. 2:133-143, 2004.
•	Rivkina, E., Laurinavichius, K., McGrath, J., Tiedje, J., Shcherbakova, V., and Gilichinsky, D., Microbial Life in Permafrost, Adv. Space Res. 33:1215-1221, 2004.
•	McGrath, J., Liu, B. L., McCabe, L., and Baumann, M., Response of Murine Osteoblasts to Cryopreservation: The Influence of Attachment to Hydroxyapatite (HA) Scaffolds, Proceedings of the 6th ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, AJTEC 2003, 44, 2003 [CD].
•	Aksan, A. and McGrath, J. J., Thermomechanical Analysis of Soft Tissue Thermotherapy, ASME J. Biomech. Eng. 125:700-708, 2003.
•	Aksan, A., Gmitro, A. F., Barton, J. K., Anesth, S., Amoczky, S. P., Fron, D. J., and McGrath, J. J., Heat-Induced Denaturation of Collagenous Tissue: A Comparison of Numerical Simulations with OCT and MRI Data, Proceedings 2002 ASME IMECE, HTD-21725, 2002.
•	Fron, D. J., Aksan, A., and McGrath, J. J., Ratiometric Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) Thermography of Radiofrequency Heated Tissue Phantoms, Proceedings 2002 ASME IMECE, 2-17-3-1, 2002.
•	Hoke, P. B. and McGrath, J. J., Measurement of Condensate Film Thickness on Reflective Surfaces with Infrared Thermography, Meas. Sci. Technol. 13:1467-1474, 2002.
•	Liu, B. L. McGrath, J., McCabe, L., and Baumann, M., Response of Murine Osteoblasts and Porous Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds to Two-Step, Slow Freezing and Vitrification Processes, Cell Preserv. Technol. 1: 33-44, 2002.
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Research Grants  (since 2002)

•	MRI: Acquisition of Thin Film LPCVD Deposition and Patterning Equipment, NSF, 7/15/04-6/30/05, (with Y. Zohar, E. E. Enikov, P. Deymier, F. Shadman, A. Muscat, J. Cuello, C. Aspinwall).
•	Biomedical Engineering Enterprise Zone Initiative, Michigan State University Foundation, 7/1/00-6/30/03 (with M. Crimp, Michigan State Univ.).
•	GFP-Based Imaging for Cryobiology Research: A Cryosurgical Application, NSF, 9/98-3/03.
•	Wireless Probe for Intra-tumoral Temperature and Pressure Measurements, Faculty Small Grants Program, UA, 12/15/03-12/15/04 (with E. Enikov).
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Patents

•	UA04-044, "Wireless Probe for Intra Tumoral Temperature and Pressure Measurements" (with E. Enikov, D. VonHoff, and K. V. Lazarov) (Provisional Patent Application filed 10/2004 with USPTO).
•	U.S. Patent No. 6,648,506, "Fluorescence Emission Ratio Imaging Thermography for Use in Heat Transfer Analysis" (J. J. McGrath and B. Lian).
•	U.S. Patent No. 6,375,672, "Method for Controlling the Chemical and Heat Induced Responses of Collagenous Materials with Special Application to Heat Assisted Capsular Shift Procedures" (A. Aksan and J. J. McGrath).
•	U.S. Patent No., 5,841,892, "System for Automated Analysis of 3D Fiber Orientation in Short Fiber Composites" (Jeffrey M. Wille and John J. McGrath).
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