Zhongjun (Jon) Wu, Ph.D.

Selected recent publications:

  • KN Litwak, S Kihara, MV Kameneva, P Litwak, A Uryash, ZJ Wu, BP Griffith. Effects of continuous flow left ventricular assist device support on skin tissue microcirculation and aortic hemodynamics. Accepted for publication in ASAIO Journal
  • S Kihara, KN Litwak, L Nichols, P Litwak, MV Kameneva, ZJ Wu, RL Kormos, BP Griffith. Smooth muscle cell hypertrophy of renal cortex arteries with chronic continuous flow left ventricular assist. Accepted for Publication in Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Gottlieb RK, Wu ZJ, Sorensen E, Antaki JF. Liquid Crystal Shear Stress Sensor for Blood and Other Opaque Viscous Fluids. Accepted for publication in Experiments in Fluids
  • PJ Marascalco, Pensenstadler KL, Smith GC, Baer SA, JN Marhefka, ZJ Wu, Kameneva MV. Effect of drag reducing polymers (DRPs) on red blood cell (RBC) filterability. Biomedical Engineering: Recent Developments. J Vossoughi (editor), 2002
  • J.F. Antaki, JR Boston, M Simaan, and Z Wu. Current strategies for control of turbodynamic blood pumps. 2nd Joint Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, October, 2002.
  • ZJ Wu, K Sturk, P Marascalco, J Marhefka, MV Kameneva. Modification of Flow Behavior of Red Blood Cells by Blood Soluble Drag-Reducing Polymers. International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, Singapore, December, 2002.
  • ZJ Wu, JF Antaki, K Litwak, MV Kameneva, HS Borovetz, RL Kormos. Ventricular assist devices: current status and future perspective. World Congress for Chinese Biomedical Engineers, Taipei, Taiwan, December, 2002.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Jon Wu
Phone: (412) 383-9901
Email: wuj@upmc.edu