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
Appointment
Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis Department of Biomedical Engineering
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
Komatsu D, Calandruccio J, Mary M, Prather JT, Marinescu R, Janda H, Schroeder J. Evaluation of Autologous Blood as a Treatment for Tendinopathy in a Rat Achilles Tendon Model. AAOS, New Orleans, LA, March 10 – 13, 2010
Marinescu RC, Janda HA, Elenes EY, Roan E. Increased Incidence of Pubis Fractures in Female Subjects: Clinical, Geometrical and Structural Analyses. ASBMR, Denver, Colorado, September 11-15, 2009
Roan E, Janda HA, Elenes EY, Marinescu RC. Gender Bias in Pelvic Fractures: a Geometrical and Structural Assessment. Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 17-21, 2009
Marinescu RC, Janda HA, Mir H, Russell T. Anterior Knee Pain after Intramedullary Nailing of the Tibia: A Finite Element Study. ORS. 2009. 55th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 22 - 25, 2009
Heck R, Marinescu R, Janda H, Cooper S, Schroeder J. Is Humeral Segmental Defect Replacement Device A Stronger Construct than Locked IM Nailing? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Jun 20. Read Abstract
Heck, R; Marinescu, R; 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, 2008
Marinescu RC, Janda H., Mir HR, Russell TA. Anterior Knee Pain after Intramedullary Nailing of the Tibia. 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, California, March 2-5, 2008
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 Read Abstract
Daegling DJ, Marinescu R, Rapoff AJ. Load orientation and support effects on finite element analyses of a primate mandible. Amer J Phys Anthro. 2004
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