Senior Scientist and Manager, The Medtronic Biomechanics Laboratory at InMotion
Education
Ph.D. Biomechanical Engineering, University of Florida
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Bucharest, Polytechnic University, Romania
Experience
Associate Director of Research, George and Marie Backus Children's Hospital,Savannah, GA
Biomechanics Research Engineer, George and Marie Backus Children's Hospital, Savannah, GA
Research Assistant., Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Registered Nurse, Spinal Cord Injury Department, Bagdasar Medical Center, Bucharest, Romania
Expertise
- 3-D Modeling
- Finite Element Analysis
- RadioStereometric Analysis
Publications
Daegling DJ, Marinescu R, Venkataraman S, Rapoff AJ. Effects of Structural Heterogeneity and Anisotropy on Finite Element Model Predictions for a mandible of Macaca Fascicularis. Amer J Phys Anthro. 2003.
Daegling DJ, Marinescu R, Rapoff AJ. Load orientation and support effects on finite element analyses of a primate mandible. Amer J Phys Anthro. 2004.
Marinescu R, Daegling DJ, Rapoff AJ. Finite-element modeling of the anthropoid mandible: the effects of altered boundary conditions. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2005.
Marinescu RC, Mir HR, Janda HA, Russell TA. Anterior knee pain after intramedullary nailing. ORS. 2008.
Marinescu RC, Janda H, Mir H, Russell T. Anterior knee pain after intramedullary nailing of the tibia: a finite element study. ORS. In Submission.
Heck R, Marinescu RC, Janda H, Cooper S, Schroeder, J. Biomechanical evaluation of a humeral intercalary prosthesis compared to an intramedullary nail in a model simulating an impending pathologic fracture. MSTS. In Submission.
Senior Scientist and Manager, The Medtronic Biomechanics Laboratory at InMotion