Ines M. Basalo

Current Position

Assistant Professor in practice, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Miami.

Research Interests

  • Cartilage mechanics and tribology

Education

  • M.S. Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering, 2000
  • M.Phil. Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering, 2004
  • Ph.D. Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering, 2006

Publications

Carter, M. J., Basalo, I. M., and Ateshian, G. A., 2007. The temporal response of the friction coefficient of articular cartilage depends on the contact area. J Biomech 40, 3257-3260, PMCID: PMC2094001, PubMed.

Basalo, I. M., Chahine, N. O., Kaplun, M., Chen, F. H., Hung, C. T., and Ateshian, G. A., 2007. Chondroitin sulfate reduces the friction coefficient of articular cartilage. J Biomech 40, 1847-1854, PubMed.

Basalo, I. M., Chen, F. H., Hung, C. T., and Ateshian, G. A., 2006. Frictional response of bovine articular cartilage under creep loading following proteoglycan digestion with chondroitinase ABC. J Biomech Eng 128, 131-134, PMCID: PMC2819726, PubMed.

Basalo, I. M., Raj, D., Krishnan, R., Chen, F. H., Hung, C. T., and Ateshian, G. A., 2005. Effects of enzymatic degradation on the frictional response of articular cartilage in stress relaxation. J Biomech 38, 1343-1349, PMCID: PMC2833092, PubMed.

Basalo, I. M., Mauck, R. L., Kelly, T. A., Nicoll, S. B., Chen, F. H., Hung, C. T., and Ateshian, G. A., 2004. Cartilage interstitial fluid load support in unconfined compression following enzymatic digestion. J Biomech Eng 126, 779-786, PMCID: PMC3726345, PubMed.

Ateshian, G. A., Chahine, N. O., Basalo, I. M., and Hung, C. T., 2004. The correspondence between equilibrium biphasic and triphasic material properties in mixture models of articular cartilage. J Biomech 37, 391-400, PMCID: PMC2819758, PubMed.

Soltz, M. A., Basalo, I. M., and Ateshian, G. A., 2003. Hydrostatic pressurization and depletion of trapped lubricant pool during creep contact of a rippled indenter against a biphasic articular cartilage layer. J Biomech Eng 125, 585-593, PMCID: PMC2842086, PubMed.