Publications
1995 - Present
J. Bunag, A. Patwardan, F. Amirouche and K. Meade, "Viscoelastic Response of a Lumbar Disc in Shear and Compression," ASME Bioengineering Division, Vol. 29, pp. 283-284, 1995.
B. Beard, T. Andriacchi, F. Amirouche and R. Natarajan, "Failure Prediction in the Polyethylene Component of a Total Knee Replacement Based On Stress Analysis". 19th Annual Meeting of American Society of Biomechanics, pp. 181-182, Stanford CA, August 1995.
C. Basdogan and F. Amirouche, "Investigation of the Dynamics and Repeatability of Bipedal Gait," BED-Vol. 31, Advances in Bioengineering, ASME 1995.
Beard, B.J., Natarajan, R.N., Andriacchi, T.P., Amirouche, F.M.L, "The stress origins of a new striated wear pattern in a total knee replacements", Transactions of 42nd Annual Meeting of Orthopedic Research Society, pp. 465. 1996.
Bonnie, B.J., Natarajan, R.N., Andriacchi, T.P., Amirouche, F.M.L, "The effects of cyclic loading on wear of the UHMWPE component of a total knee replacements - a three dimensional finite element study", American Society of Biomechanics, pp. 215-216, 1996.
Basdogan, Catagy, Amirouche, F.M.L, “Stability of repeatability in gait analysis” International Conference in Bioengineering and Mass heat transfer, ASME, Montpellier, France, July 1-4, 1996.
Amirouche, F.M.L, Tong, R., Palkovics, L, “Control strategies in vibration control in cab and seat suspensions”, ASME winter annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1996.
Natarajan, R.N., Andriacchi, T.P., Beard, B.J., Amirouche, F.M.L, "Fatigue failure prediction in the polyethylene component of a total knee replacement based on cyclic rolling", BED-Vol. 33, Bioengineering Conference, ASME, pp. 421-422, 1996.
Tong, R. T. and Amirouche, F.L, ‘Truck suspension design: optimization and vibration control’, Heavy Vehicle Systems, A Series of the International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 5, Nos. 3/4, pp. 236~260, 1998.
Lavender, S.A., Li, Y.C., Andersson, G.B.J., Natarajan, R.N., Amirouche, F.M.L. “The effects of initial lift asymmetry on the forward bending, lateral bending, and twisting external moments acting on the lumbar spine”, In Transactions of the 44th Annual Meeting Orthopaedic Research Society, 1, 143, 1998.
F.M.L. Amirouche, M. Gonzalez and P.N.Brett, “Drilling with stress and depth control in orthopaedic procedures”, Mechatronics Conference, Rome June 1999.
G. Tajiri, Fernandez, L Assoufedi, A Khansary, F. Amirouche, ”Cyrogenically Cooled Silicon Monochromator Thermal Distortione”, 11th U.S. National SRI 99 Conference, Stanford, October 13-15, 1999.
Giuseppe Sammartino, Farid Amirouche, Zhen L. Chen and Ming L.Wang, “Effects of Heavy Vehicles Speed on the Structure and Vibration of Bridges”, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Nashville Tennessee, Nov. 1999.
Li, Y.C, Lavender, S.A, Natarajan, R.N., Andersson, G.B.J., Amirouche, F.M.L, “Dynamic Analysis of 3D Whole-Body Models for Lifting”, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Nashville Tennessee Nov. 1999.
Tong, R. T., Amirouche, F., and Palkovics, L., “Ride control a two-state suspension design for cabs and seats”, Proceeding of the 16th IAVSD Symposium, The Dynamics of VehiclesVehicles on roads and on tracks, Pretoria, South Africa, August 31~September 4, 1999.
Tong, R. T., Amirouche, F., and Nishiyama, S. 'Analysis of absorbed power distribution in ride dynamics - evaluation of driver's comfort', The Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, Nashville, Tennessee, November 14~19, 1999.
Li, Y.C, Lavender, S.A, Natarajan, R.N., Andersson, G.B.J., Amirouche, F.M.L, “Dynamic Analysis of 3D Whole-Body Models for Lifting (Model Validation).” ASME winter Annual Meeting, 05-10, 1999.
Tajiri, Gordon; Lee, Wah-Keat; Fernandez, Patricia; Mills, Dennis; Assoufid, Lahsen; Amirouche, Farid, “Cryogenically cooled monochromator thermal distortion predictions”, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 521 Issue 1, pp. 299-301, 2000.
Giachetti R, Amirouche F, Aram L, Gonzalez M. "Biomechanical Problems with Contact Pressure Distribution in the Knee Joint after Total Knee Arthroplasty" Proceedings of the ASME Winter Conference, Nov 2000.
Amirouche F, Aram L, Gonzalez M, Giachetti R, Mahr C, "The Fitting of the Human Joint Through Micro Implanted Sensors", Proceedings of the 1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine & Biology, Oct 2000.
Amirouche F, Aram L, Gonzalez M, Giachetti R, Mahr C, "A Contact Pressure Based Prosthetic Fitting Device for a Total Knee Arthroplasty", Proceedings of the Engineering of Sport, June 2000.
Aram L, Amirouche F, Gonzalez M, Giachetti R. "Characterization of Contact Pressure in Total Knee Arthroplasty as a Function of Component Position and Ligament Balance", Proceedings of the International Society of Biomechanics. July 2001.
Amirouche F, Giachetti R, Aram L, Gonzalez M, "Validation of a Finite Element Contact Model for the Use in Total Knee Arthroplasty", Proceedings of XVIIIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, July 2001.
Amirouche F, Giachetti R, Aram L, Gonzalez M. "Induced Stress in TKA Resulting from Malrotation", Proceedings of the ASME Bioengineering Conference, June 2001.
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L. Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “A Three Dimensional Parametric Model Of The Cervical Spine For Finite Element Analysis”, World Congress of Biomechanics, 2002.
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L. Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “A validated three dimensional parametric model of the cervical spine for finite element analysis”, ASME – Bioengineering Division, 2002.
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L. Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, ”A three dimensional parametric model of cervical spine for analysis of fusion and instrumentation techniques”, Congress of Neurological SurgeonsSurgeons, 2002.
Ravikumar Varadarajan, F.M.L Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “EffectEffect of osteoporosis in a disc degenerated lumbar spine”, World Congress of Biomechanics, 2002.
Ravikumar Varadarajan, F.M.L Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “A finite element study of osteoporosis in a disc degenerated lumbar spine subject to axial compression”, ASME – Bioengineering Division, 2002.
Ravikumar Varadarajan, F.M.L Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “Osteoporosis bone is more sensitive to disc degeneration – a finite element study”, Congress of Neurological SurgeonsSurgeons, 2002.
Francisco Romero, F.M.L. Amirouche,Mark Gonzalez, Paul Lewis, Todd render, Jorge Ochoa, “Investigation of stresses and micro motions between the liner and the acetabular cup in total hip replacement implants”, World Congress of Biomechanics, 2002.
Francisco Romero, F.M.L. Amirouche,Mark Gonzalez, Paul Lewis, Todd render, Jorge Ochoa, “Induced stresses and shell/liner micro motions in that components during dislocation - a finite element study”, ASME - Bioengineering Division, 2002.
Nagarajan Chandran, F.M.L. Amirouche, “Effect of malalignment and friction on contact pressure in the polyethylene component of theTKR”, ASME - Bioengineering Division, 2002.
P. Gonzalez-Mohino, J. Solomon, F. Amirouche, D Zavattero, “Simulation of an automated bus route in Chicago using Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) technologies as a basis for analysis”, Proceedings of the Symposium on “Advanced Vehicle Technologies”: Advanvced Vehicle Simulation and Virtual Proving Ground, 2002.
Edward Abraham, Mark H Gonzalez, Aurelo Caccomo, Prasant Atluri, Farid Amirouche, “Clinical Implications of Anatomic Wear Characteristics of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Femoral Head and Neck”, To appear in 70th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, February 2003.
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L. Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “Evaluation of load-sharing and stiffness in fixed and dynamic plates during cervical spine fusion”, To appear in 49th Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, February 2003.
Nikhil Kulkarni, F.M.L. Amirouche, E Abraham. “Surface imaging of wear patterns in lower femoral heads of patterns with osteoarthritis”, To appear in Orthopaedic Research Society, 2003.
P. Gonzalez-Mohino, J. Solomon, F. Amirouche, D Zavattero, “Automated bus route simulation in Chicago using Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) technologies as a basis for analysis”, 10th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transportation System and Services, Madrid, Spain, October 2003
McNeal David, Amirouche F.M.L., Hassan Bassem, Gonzalez Mark; “Experimental Investigation of Finger Dynamics Before and After MCP Joint Arthroplasty”, American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, 2003.
Farid Amirouche, . Gonzalez-Mohino, J. Solomon, DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEM (VATS) SOFTWARE, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress (2003)
McNeal David, Amirouche F.M.L., Hassan Bassem, Gonzalez Mark, Shawn Wynn, “Analysis of Finger Joint Kinematics Before and After MCP Joint Arthroplasty”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress (2003)
McNeal David, Amirouche F.M.L., Gonzalez Mark “Experimental Verification of a Dynamic Finger Model Using Real-Time Data Acquisition”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress (2003)
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L.Amirouche. Biomechanical Analysis and Evaluation of Load Sharing and Stiffness in Constrained and Semi-Constrained Cervical Plates. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress – Bioengineering division – (November 2003)
Lakshminarayan Hariharan, Farid Amirouche, Ravikumar Varadarajan, “A Finite Element Study of the Combined Effect of Fusion and Disc Degeneration on Adjacent Levels of the Lumbar Spine” , ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress (2003)
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L. Amirouche, Franklin Wagner, Kern Guppy, “Applications of a three-dimensional parametric model of the cervical spine: An evaluation of load-sharing and stiffness in fixed and dynamic plates during cervical spine fusion”, Fifth International Conference on Simulations in Biomedicine, April 2003.
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L.Amirouche. Development of a robust three-dimensional mathematical model of the cervical spine. 2003 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference.
McNeal David, Amirouche F.M.L., Hassan Bassem, Gonzalez Mark, Shawn Wynn, “Experimental investigation of finger joint flexion and FDP excursion before and after MCP joint arthroplasty” 2003 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference.
Nagarajan Chandran, F.M.L.Amirouche, Goldstein, W, Barmada, R F. Gonzalez “Finite element model of the TKA with Depuy prosthesis with PS during flexion to validate the contact pressure” 2003 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference
Carlos Lopez, F.M.L.Amirouche, C. Bergin. Multi-Level Cervical Fusion And Its Effects On Disc Degeneration And Osteophyte Formation. 50th Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting. (Februery 2004)
Chow, J; Amirouche, F; Gonzalez, M, “Dynamic biomechanical analysis of flexor tendon function of the hand with partial and complete finger pulley resection” , 50th Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting. (Februery 2004)
Varadarajan, R; Amirouche, F; Wagner, F; Guppy, K H, “Biomechanical investigation of combined effects of disc degeneration and osteoporosis in lumbar spine”, 50th Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting. (Februery 2004)
Abraham, E; League, A; Kulkarni, N; Amirouche, F, “Clover hitch tendon suture: experimental tensile strength comparison with other tendon sutures”, 50th Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting. (Februery 2004)
Branovacki, G; Khan, Z; Goldberg, B; Lee, C; Amirouche, “Are various brands of usp number 2 suture equivalent”, 50th Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting. (Februery 2004)