Harihara Baskaran, PhD

Department Chair
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Case School of Engineering
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Understands and solves problems in biology and medicine using transport principles.

Interests: Biotransport applications to Cell and Tissue Engineering, Microvascular tissue engineering

Research Information

Research Interests

Microvascular Tissue Engineering: Tissue engineering has the potential to revolutionize healthcare. A significant challenge in tissue engineering is to overcome substrate mass transfer limitations, which if ignored can result in a product that will not function adequately. The main goal of this research is to design and build microvascular flow analogs that can be used to overcome nutrient limitations in tissue-engineered products. Cell Transport: Cell transport is important in several physiological and pathological processes such as inflammation, embryogenesis, cancer metastasis and wound healing. Several mechanisms of cell transport have been identified: passive transport through random diffusion and active transport via convection and mechanisms such as chemotaxis, chemokinesis, and haptotaxis. The main goal of this research is to understand various mechanisms of cell transport and to modulate the growth of cell monolayers.

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Publications

Education

PhD
Chemical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
1997