Book Edited by BE's Liao is Released
Jun Liao, a professor in the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, was the lead editor for a recently-published book, “Integration and Bridging of Multiscale Bioengineering Designs and Tissue Biomechanics.
His co-editor is Joyce Y. Wong of Boston University.
According to Liao, the book covers up-to-date knowledge of how designs found in nature use tissue hierarchies to achieve optimal functions, and how these principles are applied in bioengineering. The hierarchy-based multiscale approach has the potential to drive novel biomaterial designs, advance tissue engineering and regeneration, assist in tissue-function integration, improve high-fidelity computational modeling aided by machine learning, and enhance the development of innovative characterization tools and methodologies. The book presents the latest high-impact research achievements in bioengineered and natural hierarchical systems within a clinical context.
“This was the second book we published with Springer after the first book, Advances in Heart Valve Biomechanics. Both books, consisting of exceptional scholarship from top scientists in the field, have been well received,” said Liao.
In addition to his new book, Liao recently received the “The Author Service Award” for his contributions to Annals of Biomedical Engineering (ABME) as an associate editor. Published by Springer Nature, ABME is the Biomedical Engineering Society's flagship journal. Liao was also awarded the inaugural Associate Editor of the Year of the ASMEJournal of Medical Devices.
“It is a great honor to have those opportunities to serve the professional societies and scientific communities; it is also a rewarding experience to expand UTA’s reach and influence through all the services,” said Liao.
Liao has been at UTA since 2017. He is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Heart Association.Duplicate this story.