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Mathew Mathew, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RUSH Medical College
Education

PhD, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.

Research Areas

Dr. Mathew’s main research areas are corrosion and tribocorrosion aspects of implant bio-materials in dentistry and orthopaedics.

As the behavior of a metal implant (dental implants, TMJ implants) in a body environment is a complex issue, the objective of his research is to find an optimum solution related to longevity, biocompatibility and stability by adopting an interdisciplinary approach. By using the concept of synergism between wear and corrosion (tribocorrosion), he would like to understand not only the degradation mechanisms but also provide solutions to prevent the failure and/or early prediction of the failure processes. Such findings can be useful in producing implants with customized surfaces, with superior wear and corrosion resistance, with the required biocompatibility.

Contact Info:

1611 West Harrison St.
Room 204-H,
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-8310
Fax: (312) 942-4491
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Biography

He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. and completed his postdoctoral training in tribocorrosion at University of Minho, Portugal. Dr. Mathew T. Mathew, is an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Science at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford.  Before coming to Rockford, he was an assistant professor at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago and also research assistant professor at the College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago

Publications

1. Runa MJ, Mathew MT, Fernandes MH, Rocha LA. First insight on the impact of an osteoblastic layer on the bio-tribocorrosion performance of Ti6Al4V hip implants, Acta Biomaterialia. 2015;12:341-51.

2. Wimmer MA, Mathew MT, Laurent MP, Nagelli C, Liao Y,  Marks LD,  Jacobs JJ, Fischer A. The effect of contact load on CoCrMo wear and the formation and retention of tribofilms.  Wear. 2015; 332: 643-649.

3. Martin EJ, Mathew MT,  Shull KR. Visco-elastic Properties of Electrochemically Deposited Protein/Metal Complexes. Langmuir. 2015; 31 (13): 4008-4017.

4. Royhman D, Patel M, Runa M, Jacobs JJ, Wimmer MA, Hallab N, Mathew MT. Fretting-corrosion in hip implant modular junctions: New experimental set-up and initial outcome. Tribology international. 2015; 19: 235-245. Impact factor: 1.937  Citation: 1

Grants

NSF grant: ( NSF FDN 1160951, Co-PI, 2012-15)- Project Title: Collaborative Research: Tribochemically Induced Gelation and Film Formation at Metal Interfaces.

NIH RO3 grant: (R03 AR064005, PI, 2012-15), The proposed project is to understand the fretting-corrosion mechanisms at modular junction of metal based hip implants.