Emily Day

DANIEL CORTES, PH.D. Research Associate II Adjunct Research Professor

Daniel Cortes, Ph.D.

Research Associate II
Adjunct Research Professor

160 DuPont Hall, Newark, DE 19716
201C STAR, 540 S College Ave, Newark, DE 19713
P: 302-831-7135
E: dhcortes@udel.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2009, West Virgina University, WV, USA
  • M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 2005, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 2002, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

RESEARCH TOPICS

  • Diagnosis and evaluation of treatments for injuries and diseases in orthopaedic tissues
  • Tendon biomechanics
  • Intervertebral disc mechanics
  • Ultrasound Elastography
  • Magnetic Resonance Elastography

TEACHING

  • BMEG/ELEG 479: Introduction to Medical Imaging, Spring 2015
  • BMEG 667: Tissue Biomechanics and Modeling, Spring 2014.

PUBLICATIONS

Research Articles

  1. Jacobs N.T., Cortes D.H., Peloquin J.M., Vresilovic E.J., Elliott D.M. “Validation and Application of an Intervertebral Disc Finite Element Model Utilizing Independently Constructed Tissue-Level Constitutive Formulations that are Nonlinear, Anisotropic, and Time-Dependent”, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 47(11), pp 254-2546, 2014.
  2. Cortes D.H., Elliott D.M. “Accurate Prediction of Stress in Fibers with Distributed Orientations Using Generalized High-Order Structure Tensors”, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 75, pp 73-83, 2014.
  3. Cortes D.H., Jacobs N.T., DeLucca J.F., Elliott D.M. “Elastic, Permeability and Swelling Properties of Human Intervertebral Disc Tissues: A Benchmark for Tissue engineering”, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 47(9), pp 2088-2094, 2014.
  4. Cortes D.H., Magland J.F., Wright A.C., Elliott D.M. “The Shear Modulus of the Nucleus Pulposus Measured Using MR Elastography: A Potential Biomarker for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vol. 72(1), pp 211-219, 2014.
  5. Cortes D.H., Han W.M., Smith L.J., Elliott D.M. “Mechanical Properties of the Extra-Fibrilar Matrix of Human Annulus Fibrosus are Location and Age Dependent”, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, Vol. 31(11), pp 1725-1732, 2013.
  6. Jacobs N.T., Cortes D.H., Vresilovic E., Elliott D.M. “Biaxial Tension of Fibrous Tissue: Using Finite Element Methods to Address Experimental Challenges Arising From Boundary Conditions and Anisotropy”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 135, pp 021004, 2013.
  7. Szczesny S.E., Peloquin J., Cortes D.H., Kadlowec J.A., Soslowsky L.J., Elliott D.M. “Biaxial Tensile Testing and Constitutive Modeling of Human Supraspinatus Tendon”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 134, pp 021004, 2012.
  8. Cortes D.H., Elliott D.M. “Extra-fibrillar Matrix Mechanics of Annulus Fibrosus in Tension and Compression”, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 11 (6), pp 781-190, 2012.
  9. Lake S.P., Cortes D.H., Kadlowec J.A., Soslowsky L.J., Elliott D.M. “Evaluation of Affine Fiber Kinematics in Human Supraspinatus Tendon Using Quantitative Projection Plot Analysis”, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 11(1-2), pp 197-205, 2012.
  10. Smith L.J., Chiaro J.A., Nerurkar N.L., Cortes D.H., Horava S.D., Hebela N.M., Mauck R.L., Dodge G.R., Elliott D.M. “Nucleus pulposus cells synthesize a functional extracellular matrix and respond to inflammatory cytokine challenge following long term agarose culture” European Cells and Materials, Vol. 22, pp 291-301, 2011.
  11. Cortes D.H., Mukdadi O.M. “Resonance Frequencies of Piezoelectric Plates Surrounded by Solid and Fluid Half-Spaces”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 330 (23), pp 5558-5568, 2011.
  12. Cortes D.H., Lake S.P., Kadlowec J.A., Soslowsky L.J., Elliott D.M. “Characterizing the Mechanical Contribution of Fiber Angular Distribution in Connective Tissue: Comparison of Two Modeling Approaches”, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 9, pp 651-658, 2010.
  13. Barbero E.J., Cortes D.H., “A Mechanistic Model for Transverse Damage Initiation, Evolution, and Stiffness Reduction in Laminated Composites”, Composites, part B. Vol. 41, pp 124-132, 2010.
  14. Cortes D.H., Barbero E.J., “Stiffness Reduction and Fracture Evolution of Oblique Matrix Cracks in Composite Laminates”, Annals of Solid and Structural Mechanics, Vol. 1, pp 29-40, 2010.
  15. Cortes D.H., Datta S.K., Mukdadi O.M., “Elastic Guided Wave Propagation in a Periodic Array of Multi-Layered Piezoelectric Plates with Finite Cross-Sections”, Ultrasonics, Vol. 50, pp 347-356, 2010.
  16. Mahmoud A., Cortes D.H., Abaza A., Ammar H., Hazey M., Ngan P., Crout R., Mukdadi O.M., “Non-Invasive Assessment of Human Jawbone Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves”, IEEE Trans. Ultras. Ferroelec. and Freq. Control, Vol. 55(6), pp 1316-1327, 2008.
  17. Cortes D.H., Datta S.K., Mukdadi O.M., “Dispersion Behavior of Elastic Guided Wave Propagation in Infinite Multilayered Piezoelectric Plates with Inversion Layer”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 45, pp 5088-5102, 2008.
  18. Garcia J.J., Cortes D.H., “A Biphasic Viscohyperelastic Fibril Reinforced Model for Articular Cartilage: Formulation and Comparison with Experimental Data”, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 40, pp 1737-1744, 2007.
  19. Garcia J.J., Cortes D.H., “A Non-linear Viscohyperelastic Model for Articular Cartilage”, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 39, pp 2991-2998, 2006.
  20. Cortes D.H., Garcia J.J., “Analytical Solution for the Indentation of a Transversely Isotropic Elastic Layer Bonded to a Rigid Foundation”, Latin American Applied Research Journal, Vol. 35(1), pp 167-173, 2005.

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Book Chapters
  1. Cortes D.H., Elliott D.M., Chapter 3: Overview of Disc Mechanics  The Intervertebral Disc,Makarand Risbud, Irving Shapiro, Eds.
  2. Cortes D.H., Elliott D.M., Chapter: Modeling of Collagenous Tissues Using Continuous Fiber-Orientation Distributions Structure-Based Mechanics of Tissues and Organs: A Tribute to Yoram Lanir. Ghassan Kassab, Michael Sacks, Eds. In press

 

Conference Abstracts
  1. Cortes D.H., Suydam S.M., Silbernagel K.G., Buchanan T.S., Elliott D.M. “Shear wave elastography as a functional biomarker in human tendon”, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA, 2014.
  2. Suydam S.M., Cortes D.H., Buchanan T.S. “Semitendinosus tendon elasticity recovery post ACL reconstruction”. 11th Annual Biomechanics Research Symposium, Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Newark, DE, 2014.
  3. Cortes D.H., DeLucca J.F., Magland J.F., Wright A.C., Elliott D.M. “Shear modulus of the human nucleus pulposus measured using MR Elastography correlates with directly measured mechanical properties”, 60th Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, 2014.
  4. Cortes D.H., Elliott D.M. “Modeling Tissues with Distributed Fibers Using Generalized High-Order Structure Tensors and Directional Buckling”. 11th International Symposium, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, 2013.
  5. Cortes D.H., Magland J.F., Wright A.C., Elliott D.M. “The Shear Modulus of the Nucleus Pulposus Measured Using MR Elastography: A Potential Biomarker for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration”, ISMRM 21st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2013.
  6. Cortes D.H., Magland J.F., Wright A.C., Barocas V.H., Elliott D.M. “The Shear Modulus of the Nucleus Pulposus Measured Using MR Elastography As a Biomarker forEarly Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc”, 59th Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Antonio, TX, 2013.
  7. Cortes D.H., Han W.M., Smith, L.J., Elliott D.M. “Extra-Fibrilar Matrix Properties of Human Annulus Fibrosus are Location and Age Dependent”, Summer Conference of Bioengineering, Fajardo, PR, 2012.
  8. Cortes D.H., Chiaro, J., Smith, L.J., Elliott D.M. “Effect of Crosslinking and Glycosaminoglycan Depletion on the Extra-Fibrillar Matrix Mechanics of Annulus Fibrosus”, Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2012.
  9. Cortes D.H., Gerasimowicz K.M., Smith L.J., Elliott D.M. Material Properties of the Extrafibrillar Matrix of Annulus Fibrosus in Tension and Compression, 57th Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, 2011.
  10.  Smith L.J., Nerurkar N.L., Cortes D.H., Horava S.D., Dodge G.R., Hebela N.M., Mauck R.L., Elliott D.M. Inhibition of Functional Matrix Degradation in a Cytokine-Mediated In-Vitro Model of Nucleus Pulposus Degeneration, 57th Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, 2011.
  11. Jacobs N.T., Cortes D.H., Szczesny S.E., Vresilovic E.J., Elliott D.M. Effect of Boundary Conditions on Stress-Strain Uniformity in Biaxial Tension of Annulus Fibrosus, 57th Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, 2011.
  12. Cortes D.H., Lake S.P., Kadlowec J.A., Soslowsky L.J., Elliott D.M. Evaluating Human Supraspinatus Tendon Structure-Function Relationships Using a Model of Fiber Crimp and Angular Distribution, 56th Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans LA, 2010.
  13. Cortes D.H., Barbero E.J, “Fracture Initiation and Evolution of Oblique Matrix Cracks in Composite Laminates”, SAMPE Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2009.
  14. Cortes D.H., Datta S.K., Mukdadi O.M., “Effect of subdicing on the dispersion and resonance behavior of elastic guided waves in 1D array ultrasound transducers”, SPIE Symposium on Medical Imaging, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 2009.
  15. Mahmoud A., Cortes D.H., Mustafa S.J., Mukdadi O.M., “High Frequency Precise Ultrasound Imaging System to Access Mouse Hearts and Blood Vessels”, Summer Conference of Bioengineering, Marco Island, FL, 2008.
  16. Cortes D.H., Korakakis D., Kabulski A., Mukdadi O.M.,Dispersion Analysis of High-Frequency Nanoscale Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors for Detecting Biological and Chemical Species in Harsh Environment, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, MA, 2008.
  17. Mahmoud A., Cortes D.H., Abaza A., Ammar H., Hazey M., Ngan P., Crout R., Mukdadi O.M., “Assessment of Jawbone Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves: In Vitro Study”, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, NY, 2007.
  18. Cortes D.H., Mukdadi O.M., “An Analysis Laminated Piezoelectric Infinite Plate for Broadband Biomedical Ultrasound Transducer Design”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, 2007.
  19. Garcia J.J., Cortes D.H. A biphasic Viscohyperelastic Fibril-Reinforced Model for Articular Cartilage”, Summer Conference of Bioengineering, Amelia Island, FL, 2006.
  20. Cortes D.H., Garcia J.J., Confined and Unconfined Compression Response of a Poroelastic Octanwise Model for Articular Cartilage”, Summer Conference of Bioengineering, Vail, CO, 2005.