William R. Wagner

 

Professor, Department of Surgery, Bioengineering, and Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

100 Technology Drive, Suite 200

412-235-5138, 5110(fax)
wagnerwr@upmc.edu

http://www.mirm.pitt.edu/people/bios/Wagner1.html

 

 

William Wagner’s research generally focuses on cardiovascular engineering, developing technologies that will aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. A major effort in his research group is to develop polymer, biomolecule and cell processing methods that will create structures to facilitate cardiovascular tissue regeneration. One particular method involves electrospinning and electrospraying, where electrical fields are employed to process polymers into scaffold structures that have features on the sub-micron scale. When scaffold structural features are controlled on this scale it is possible to engineer spatial relationships and mechanical properties that mimic native tissues in an advantageous manner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electrospun biodegradable polyurethane with integrated muscle cells.