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Jennifer Wayne

Professor;
  • Research: Biomechanics, Virtual Reality for Training
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305 Seitz Hall
jswayne@vt.edu
540-231-2569

Education 

Ph.D. Engineering Sciences-Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 1990

M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, 1984

B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, 1983

Experience 

July 2024 - present- Professor, Biological Systems Engineering and Special Assistant, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech

September 2023 - June 2024- Special Assistant, College of Engineering

August 2019 - September 2023- Professor and Department Head, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech

August 2013 - May 2019- Associate Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University 

July 2006 - August 2019 Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University

July 1998 - June 2006- Associate Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University

August 1997 - October 2001- Research Biomedical Engineer, McGuire VA Medical Center

August 1991 - August 2019- Director, Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University

August 1991 - July 1998- Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University

Awards

  • Invited Seminar – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University (2024)
  • Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) (2023-present)
  • ASME Distinguished Service Award (2023)
  • Distinguished Speaker – VHA-VA Ventures, Seattle WA (2023)
  • Distinguished Speaker – Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh (2023)
  • Invited Seminar – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2023)
  • Invited Seminar – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2022)
  • Professor Emerita, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (2022-present)
  • AIMBE Board of Directors (2022-2024)
  • AIMBE Academic Council Chair (elected 2022-2024)
  • ASME Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. Medal to Bioengineering Division Women’s Networking Group (leads RM Patterson, JS Wayne) (2021)
  • Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) (2020-present))
  • Fellow, Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) (2020-present)
  • Invited Seminar – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah (2019)
  • ASME H.R. Lissner Medal (2019) (First female recipient since award’s inception in 1977)
  • Member, VCU Chapter of National Academy of Inventors (2019-present)
  • Leadership America; Program participant (April – September 2018)
  • VCU Engineering Student Council; Best Faculty of the Year in Biomedical Engineering (February 2018)
  • Invited Lecturer – Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot, 2014 Annual Conference, Miyazaki Japan (November 2014)
  • Invited Lecturer – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Japan (November 2014)
  • Invited Lecturer – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nippon Medical University, Tokyo Japan (November 2014)
  • ABET – Board of Delegates (2024-2029); EAC Commissioner (2019-2024); Program Evaluator for Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering (2013-present)
  • Engineer of the Year, Richmond Joint Engineers Council (2008)
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2007-present)

My main research program applies foundational engineering mechanics and computational approaches to solve problems in biological systems.  Emphases have been on analyses of both hard and soft biological materials.  In another research thrust, we have been developing virtual reality tools to complement and enhance the education of trainees.

Current Projects

  • biomechanical behavior of ligaments, tendons, articular cartilage, reproductive tissues
  • virtual reality training for surgical immersion
  • development of medical devices

Special author notation: graduate student supervised by Wayne (underlined); medical resident/fellow/student research project mentored by Wayne (major professor) (italicized); *faculty collaborator (asterisk); coauthors JR Owen and C Brodrick as laboratory engineers supervised by Wayne

Newsom M, Andersen E, Jamal T, Mountziaris P, Rhodes JL, Wayne, JS: Teaching atraumatic soft tissue handling in the simulation lab: Development of a novel training system. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open, (accepted), June 2024.

Dickinson L, *Wang V, Wayne JS, *Clements JR: How much angular offset is acceptable to achieve minimum contact for a successful 1st metatarsophalangeal joint fusion?  Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 62(2):371-376, 2023. (DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2022.09.006

*Van der Meulen MCH, Wayne JS, *Chesler NC, *Setton LA: Maintaining inclusion in engineering in a post-Dobbs world. Inside Higher Ed, published October 14, 2022 (https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/10/14/keeping-stem-fields-inclusive-postdobbs-world-opinion). Page 19 of 54 JSWayne: 2/2024

 Dickinson L, *Wang V, Wayne JS, *Clements JR: How much angular offset is acceptable to achieve minimum contact for a successful 1st metatarsophalangeal joint fusion? Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 62(2):371-376, 2023. (DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2022.09.006)

Perez MT, Owen JR, *Adelaar RS, Wayne JS: Computational analysis of Lisfranc surgical repairs. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 40(12):2856-2864, 2022. (PMID: 35277882; DOI: 10.1002/jor.25308)

 Perez MT, Owen JR, Wayne JS: Computational analysis of the clinical presentation of a ligamentous Lisfranc injury. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 39(12):2725-2731, 2021. (PMID: 33620124; DOI: 10.1002/jor.25013)

 Veilleux NJ, *Kalore NV, *Vossen JA, Wayne JS: Automatic characterization of pelvic and sacral measures from 200 subjects. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Dec; 102(23):e130, 2020. (PMID: 32881722; DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00343)

Wayne JS: Capturing the 2019 H.R. Lissner Medal Presentation with Jennifer S. Wayne. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 142(3):030206. (PMID: 32016373; DOI: 10.1115/1.4046221)

Cohen DJ, Scott K, Kulkarni A, Wayne J, Boyan B, Schwartz Z: Acellular mineralized allogenic block bone graft does not remodel during the 10 weeks following concurrent implant placement in a rabbit femoral model. Clinical Oral Implants Research, Jan;31(1):37-48, 2020. (PMID: 31545532; DOI: 10.1111/clr.13544)

 MacKnight HP, Hoeferlin LA, Stephenson DJ, Benusa SD, DeLigio JT, Wayne JS, Park MA, Diegelmann RF, Hinchcliffe ED, Brown RE, Chalfant CE: The interaction of ceramide1-phosphate with Group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2 is intrinsic to acute wound healing and repair. Science Signaling, 3:12(610), 2019. (PMID: 31796632; DOI 10.1126/scisignal.aav5918)

 Lotz EM, Cohen DJ, Ellis RA, Wayne JS, *Schwartz Z, *Boyan BD: Ibandronate treatment before and after implant insertion impairs osseointegration in aged rats with ovariectomy induced osteoporosis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 3(7):e10184, 2019. (PMID: 31372590; PMCID: PMC6659452; DOI 10.1002/jbm4.10184)

 Wayne JS, Tremols EJ: Computational wrist analysis of functional restoration after scapholunate dissociation repair. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, (57:1465- 1479, 2019). (PMID: 30903530; DOI: 10.1007/s11517-019-01971-6)

Bansal A, Carlson DA, Owen JR, *Cheatham SA, *Williams DSB, *Kates SL, Wayne JS: Ligamentous Lisfranc injury – A biomechanical comparison of dorsal plate fixation and transarticular screws. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 33(7):e270-e275, 2019. (PMID: 31136372; DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001466)

 Friedman MA, Zhang Y, Wayne JS, Farber CR, *Donahue HJ: Single limb immobilization for bone loss from unloading. Journal of Biomechanics, 83:181-189, 2019. (PMID: 30551918; DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.11.049).

 Riis J, Reynolds P, *Haar P, Hess S, Waligora A, Owen J, Wayne J, *Jiranek W, *Golladay G: CT confirmation of component rotation in a cadaver model of nanosensor–balanced TKA. Page 20 of 54 JSWayne: 2/2024 Arthroplasty Today, 5(1):64-67, 2019. (PMID: 31020025; DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2018.07.008)

Veilleux NJ, *Kalore NV, *Wegelin JA, *Vossen JA, *Jiranek WA, Wayne JS: Automated femoral version estimation without the distal femur. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 36(12):3161-3168, 2018. (PMID: 30074280; DOI: 10.1002/jor.24121)

O’Connell RS, *Satpathy J, Hansen EJ, Bashir AS, Owen JR, Wayne JS, *Kates SL: Biomechanical evaluation of osteoporotic periprosthetic femur fracture with proximal bicortical fixation and allograft struts. Journal of Arthroplasty, 32(10):508-514, 2018. (PMID: 30247278; DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001261)

Padron A, Owen JR, Wayne JS, *Akta SA, *Barnes RF: In vitro biomechanical testing of the 3.5mm LCP in torsion – A comparison of unicortical locking to bicortical nonlocking screws placed nearest the fracture gap. BMC Research Notes, 10(1):768 (1-7), 2017. (PMID: 29282136; DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-3102-y)

Daner III WE, Owen JR, Wayne JS, *Graves RB, *Willis Jr. MC: Biomechanical evaluation of the risk of secondary fracture around short vs long cephalomedullary nails. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 27(8):1103-1108, 2017. (PMID: 28597401; DOI: 10.1007/s00590-017-1989-6)

Durgin CF III, Spratley EM, Wayne JS, *Satpathy J, *Jiranek WA: Novel potential marker for native anteversion of the proximal femur. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 35(8):1724- 1731, 2017. (PMID: 27704603; DOI: 10.1002/jor.23455)

Chande R, Wayne JS: Neural network prediction of ligament stiffnesses for the enhanced predictive ability of a patient-specific, computational foot/ankle model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 139:091003_1-8, 2017. (PMID: 28633164; DOI 10.1115/1.4037101)

Crook PD, Hess SR, Owen JR, Wayne JS, *Jiranek WA: Initial stability of cemented vs cementless tibial components under cyclic load. Journal of Arthroplasty, 32(8):2556-2562, 2017. (PMID: 28433426; DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.03.039)

Smith BA, *Adelaar RS, Wayne JS: Patient specific computational models to optimize surgical correction for flatfoot deformity. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 35(7):1523-1531, 2017. (PMID: 27556250; DOI: 10.1002/jor.23399)

 Waligora AC, Owen JR, Wayne JS, Hess SR, *Golladay GJ, *Jiranek WA: The effect of prophylactic cerclage wires in primary total hip arthroplasty – A biomechanical study. Journal of Arthroplasty, 32(6):2023-2027, 2017. (PMID: 28209401; DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.01.019)

Chande RD, Hargraves RH, Ortiz-Robinson N, Wayne J: Predictive behavior of a computational foot/ankle model through artificial neural networks. Computational and Mathematical Models in Medicine, Article ID 3602928, 2017. (PMID: 28250804; DOI 10.1155/2017/3602928)

Mohammed BM, Fisher BJ, Kraskauskas D, Ward S, Wayne JS, Brophy DF, Fowler AA III, Yager DR, Natarajan R: Vitamin C promotes wound healing through novel pleiotropic mechanisms. International Wound Journal, 13(4):572-584, 2016. (PMID: 26290474; DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12484)