Professional Experience

Present: Inaugral Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, since 2000
Present: Director, The Liu Ping Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, since 2003
Present: Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Bioengineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, since 1998
1995-00: Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
1986-02: Director, New York Orthopaedic Hospital Research Laboratory, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
1986-98: Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedic Bioengineering, Columbia University
1982-86: John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1976-77: Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School
1976-82: Professor of Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1969-76: Associate Professor of Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1968-69: Member of Technical Staff, Division of Engineering Mechanics, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated

academies

Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), 2008
Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2004
U.S. Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998
U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 1991

Honors and Awards

Top 10 Mechanical Engineering Graduate from RPI for the Centenial Celebration of the ME Department
OARSI 2008 Outstanding Basic Science Award, OARSI World Congress, Rome, Italy, September 18, 2008
Biot Heritage Lecture, Columbia University, New York, November 16, 2006
Davies Medal for Outstanding Alumni Achievements, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 6, 2006
Named Lecture Series: The Annual Van C. Mow Lecture Series in Applied Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006-
Honorary Member, International Chinese Hard Tissue Society, 2005
Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2005
Namesake for ASME Medal: The Van C. Mow Medal for Excellence in Bioengineering, 2005-
Honorary Professor, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004
Honorary Professor, Zhejiang University, Hongzhou, China, 2004
Academic Advisor to Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Thailand, 2003-07
Honorary Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2003
Founder and Inaugural Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2000
Robert H. Thurston Lecture, ASME, November 18, 1998
Stichting World Biomechanics Foundation "Low-Lands" Biomechanica Award, the Netherlands, 1996
HE Cabaud Award, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, 1996
CS Neer Award for shoulder research, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, 1996
College of Fellows, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Founding Member, Elected 1992
Giovani Borelli Award, American Society of Biomechanics, 1991
Best Journal Paper Award, Bioengineering Division, ASME, 1991
Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, 1987
HR Lissner Award for Contributions to Bioengineering, ASME, 1987
Honorary Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1987
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1986
Honorary Professor, Shanghai University, 1983
John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, 1982-1986
Melville Medal, Highest ASME honor for original paper, 1982
President, Orthopaedic Research Society, 1982-1983
William H. Wiley, Distinguished Faculty Award, RPI, 1981
Honorary Professor, Sichuan University, 1981
Kappa Delta Award, Best Research in Orthopaedics, AAOS, 1980
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1979
NATO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, 1978
Sigma Xi
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
American Men and Women in Science
Who's Who in Engineering
Who's Who in Technology Today
Who's Who in the World
Who’s Who in Medicine

Professional Committees and Activities

2009 Co-Chair, National Academy of Engineering Florida Regional Meeting, April, 2009
2009- Member of BME Advisory Committee, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
2008-10 Member, Med-X International Scientific Advisory Committee, Shanghai Jiao Tung University
2007 Reviewer, Australian Academy of Sciences
2007 FDA Continuing Education Lecture for Cartilage and Osteoarthritis
2007-11 Advisory Board, World Association of Chinese Biomedical Engineers
2007-10 Member, External Advisory Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong University
2007 Member, Round Table Discussion on Future Direction of NIAMS
2006-07 Member, IOM Committee on NASA’s Space Flight Health Standards
2006-07 Member, NRC Panel on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering
2006- Co-Chairman, Global Development Team, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University
2006- Chair, Advisory Committee for Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
2006 Nominator for Medicine and Mathematics, The Shaw Foundation, Hong Kong
2006- Member, ASME Robert H. Thurston Lecture Award Committee
2006-07 Reviewer, National Screening Committee of the Institute of International Education, International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, United States Department of State
2005-06 Benchmarking for Mechanical Engineering, National Research Council
2005- Chairman, Advisory Committee, Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Bioengineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2004 Nominator, The Heinz Prize, Heinz Family Foundation
2004-06 Departmental Academic Advisor, Jocky Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2003- Steering Committee of the World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers
2002-06 Treasurer, World Committee on Biomechanics
2003- Advisor to HRH Princess Sirindhorn for Biomedical Engineering in Thailand
2002 President’s Advisory Committee for Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2002-05 Member, Committee on Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health, NASA
2002-03 Member, Nominations Committee, National Academy of Engineering
2002 Member, President’s Advisory Committee on Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2002-05 Member, Biomedical Engineering Committee, Academy of Radiology Research
2001-08 Member, Standing Committee on Aerospace Medicine and Medicine of Extreme Environments (CAMMEE), IOM Advisory Committee for NASA
2001-04 Member, Committee on Membership, National Academy of Engineering
2000-03 Member, Russ Prize Committee, National Academy of Engineering
2000-01 Chairman, National Academy of Engineering Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting, June, 2001
2000-02 Member, International Steering Committee, 4th World Congress of Biomechanics
1999-05 Chairman, Advisory Committee, Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan
1999 Member, Long-Range Planning Committee, NIAMS, July 1999
1999 Moderator, Osteoarthritis Workshop, NIAMS, July 1999
1999-01 Chair, Bioengineering Section, National Academy of Engineering
1998-99 Member, Committee on Space Biology and Medicine, Space Studies Board of NASA, National Research Council
1998 Co-Chair, Mathematical Modeling Panel, NIH98 Bioengineering Symposium
1997-00 Chair, Research Committee, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
1997-99 Vice-Chair, Bioengineering Section, National Academy of Engineering
1997-99 NRC Liaison Officer for Bioengineering, National Academy of Engineering
1996-99 Peer Committee, Bioengineering Section, National Academy of Engineering
1995 Chair, Site Visiting Committee, Musculoskeletal Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, November, 1995
1995 Member, NIH Study Section for Osteoarthritis Research
1995 Guest Reviewer, Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Research Award
1994 Member, Biomedical Engineering Review Panel, National Science Foundation
1994-06 Member, World Council for Biomechanics
1993-96 Board of Directors, Biomedical Engineering Society
1993-96 Hoar Research Fellowship Committee, New York Academy of Medicine
1993-95 Member, Research Committee, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
1992-96 Co-Chairman, Grants Review Committee, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
1992-96 Member, Grants Board, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
1991-94 Chairman, U.S. National Committee on Biomechanics
1991 Member, NIA Special Study Section
1991 Member, NIAMDS Special Study Section
1990-94 Member, Program Committee, Second World Congress on Biomechanics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990-94 Member, International Steering Committee, Second World Congress on Biomechanics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990-91 Member, National Research Council Committee on Materials: Synthetic Hierarthical Structures
1990 Chairman, NIH GMA-1 AHR-MA Special Study Section
1989-90 Chairman, Symposium on Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, First World Congress on Biomechanics
1988-94 Member, Basic Science Committee, AAOS
1988-91 Chair, Subcommittee for Government Relations, USNCB on Biomechanics
1988-91 Vice Chair, U.S. National Committee on BIomechanics
1988-90 Member, Program Committee, First World Congress on Biomechanics
1988 Chair, Panel Review Committee, BRAD Program, NSF
1986-90 Member, International Steering Committee, First World Congress on Biomechanics
1985-88 Secretary-Treasurer, U.S. National Committee on Biomechanics
1985-92 Member, Research Grant Review Committee, OREF
1984-85 Chair, Bioengineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1984 Chair, NIH Special Study Section on Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Systems
1984-85 Member, NIH Workshop Committee on Osteoarthritis
1983 Member, Constitution Committee Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
1982-84 Member, Executive Committee, Bioengineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1982-85 Member, Faculty Committee on Promotion and Tenure, RPI
1982 Co-Chairman, Task Force on Documentation for the New NIH Institute on Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
1982-84 Member, Board of Directors, Orthopaedic Research Society
1982 Chairman, By-laws Committee United States National Committee on Biomechanics
1982-83 President, Orthopaedic Research Society
1982-83 Secretary-Treasurer, Bioengineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1982-84 Chairman, Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Diseases Study Section, National Institutes of Health
1981 Member, Steering Committee on Sport Injuries to Knee, National Institutes of Health
1980-82 Member, Applied Physiology and Orthopaedic Study Section, National Institutes of Health
1979 Group Leader, Orthopaedic Science and Bioengineering Group, Visit to The People's Republic of China, August 17-31, 1979
1979-80 Chairman, Program Committee, Bioengineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1979-80 Chairman and Founder, First Gordon Research Conference on Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Science
1978-79 President, American Association of University Professors, RPI Chapter
1978 Member, Executive Committee Orthopaedic Research Society
1978 Chairman, Program Committee, Orthopaedic Research Society
1978 Member, Scientific Program Committee American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
1977-83 Member, Joint Bioengineering and Applied Mechanics Committee on Biomechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1977 Member, Nominating Committee, American Society of Biomechanics
1976-78 Member, Program Committee, Orthopaedic Research Society
1974-80 Member, Research Council on Lubrication, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Lubrication of Biological Joints

professional societies

American Academy of Mechanics
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Associate Member)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of University Professors (President, RPI Chapter)
American Physical Society: Fluid Dynamics Division; Biophysics Division
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (Affiliate Member)
American Society of Biomechanics (Founding Member)
American Society of Engineering Educations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow)
Biomedical Engineering Society (Board of Director, 1993-1997)
Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society
International Society of Biorheology
International Cartilage Repair Society
New York Academy of Medicine (Fellow)
Orthopaedic Research Society (President, 1982)
Osteoarthritis Research Society International

consultations

2009- Advisory Committee for Biomedical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
2009- External Examiner of Medical Engineering, BEng Program
2003 University of Virgina, Orthopaedic Surgery
2002 Carniegie Mellon University
1998 Johnson & Johnson PI
1996-99 Shriner's Hospital Medical Center, Springfield, MA
1996 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
1995-97 Alza Corporation, Palo Alto, California
1994-99 International Board of References, Interdisciplinary Centre for Musculoskeletal Bioengineering and Rehabilitation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1978-82 Biomechanics Unit, Helen Hayes Hospital, Haverstraw, New York
1978-83 Biomedical Sciences Group, General Motors Research Laboratory, Warren, Michigan
1974-81 Harvard Medical School, Skeletal Research Laboratory, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston
1973-76 Touro Research Institute, New Orleans
1966-67 Mechanical Technology Incorporated, Latham, NY

major and honorary invited lectures

Keynote Speaker on Engineering Models and Innovations in Health Care; First National Academy of Engineering-Institute of Medicine Combined Regional Meeting, University of Miami, November 25, 2010
Distinguished Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Miami, March 24, 2010
William Mong Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering, Hong Kong University, November 23, 2009
Opening Ceremony Lecture, OARSI Congress, Rome, Italy, September 18, 2008
Honorary Lecture, Functional Tissue Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tung University, October 23, 2007
Colloquium Lecture, On the State of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, October 10, 2007
Honorary Lecture, Workshop on Tissue Biomecanics, Tsinghua University, October 9, 2007
Colloquium Lecture, On the Establishment of a Biomedical Engineering Department, Hong Kong University, October 5, 2007
Plenary Keynote Lecturer: Cartilage and Osteoarthritis: Biomechanics and Ultrasound, IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, October 29, 2007
Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Lectuer, Hong Kong University, October 5, 2007
Distinguished Lecturer in Biomechanical Engineering, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics of Articular Cartilage, Stanford University, June 4-5, 2007
Hunter Distinguished Scientist Lecture, Molecular and Cellular Basis for Cartilage Functional Tissue Engineering—Role of Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering Department, Clemson University, April 5, 2007
Distinguished Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Virginia, November 3, 2006
Keynote Lecturer: Functional Tissue Engineering – The Articular Cartilage Paradigm, Annual IEEE EMB Conference, New York, NY, August 31, 2006
Keynote Lecturer: Structure and Function of Normal and OA Articular Cartilage, 53rd Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO, June 2, 2006
Clarence Davies Medal Lecture, From Immigrant to Bioengineer: Tales from Two Cultures—China to United States and Aeronautical Engineering to Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 7, 2006
Gurley Lecture in Mechanics: Constitutive Modeling of Biological Tissues as a Soft, Charged, Hydrated, Fiber-Reimforced Material -- Implications for Tissue Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 7, 2006
Plenary Honorary Lecturer: Biomedical Engineering for the Year 2020: What Do We See? A New Discipline for the Twenty First Century, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Symposium on Technology Transfer, Bangkok, Thailand, December 16, 2005
Keynote Lecturer: The Origin of Residual Stress and Curling Behavior of Biological Tissues: Physiological and Medical Implicatons. First U.S. - Thailand Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand, December 14, 2005
Honorary Lecturer: Biomedical Engineering for the Year 2020: What Do We See? A New Discipline for the Twenty First Century, First U.S. - Thailand Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2005
Plenary Lecturer: The Origin of Residual Stress and Curling Behavior of Biological Tissues: Physiological and Medical Implicatons. 30th International Conference on Computatial and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, IIT Chennai, India, December 1, 2005
Keynote Lecturer: Animal Joint Lubrication: Nature's "Fail-Safe" Mechanisms and What Happens when it Fails, 3rd World Congress on Tribology, Washington DC, September 14 & 15, 2005
Plenary Honorary Lecture, How to Succeed in America as a Chinese Researcher, ICHTS, February 20, 2005, Washington DC
Keynote Lecturer, U.S. National Science Foundation Sino-American Multi-Sited Biomedical Engineering Symposium, “Influence of Tension-Compression Nonlinearity on the Mechano-Electrochemical Environment of Chondrocytes in Cartilage Explants under Unconfined Compression”, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, July 15, 2004
Keynote Lecturer, U.S. National Science Foundation Sino-American Multi-Sited Biomedical Engineering Symposium, “Indentation Determined Mechano-electrochemical properties and fixed charge density of articular cartilage”, Shanghai Jiao Tung University, July 7, 2004
Zhu Kezhen Memorial Lecture, “Rigorous Engineering Analysis of Human Joint Function and Etiology of Osteoarthritis”, Zhejiang University, China, July 5, 2004
Invited Lecture, National Academy of Engineering, National Meeting, Irvine, California, February 12, 2004
Army Research Office Conference on Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems, Irvine California, February 10, 2004
Plenary Lecture, Biomechanics and Disease Mechanism, World Congress on OsteoArthritis, Berlin, Germany, October 12, 2003
Keynote Lecture, 2nd National Science Education Seminar, for the Commemoration of Her Royal Highness, Crowned Princess Sirindhorn 48th Birthday and the 60th Anniversary of Kasetsart University, September 5, 2003, Thailand
Keynote Lecturer, Life Sciences Consortium's Colloquium Series, Functional Tissuee Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, March 4, 2003
Keynote Lecturer: Role of Biomechanics on Functional Tissue Engineering, First Congress of Chinese Biomechanics, Taipei, December 11, 2002
Kroc Foundation Distinguished Lecturer on Osteoarthritis and Tissue Engineering, University of Miami, November 7&8, 2002
Visiting Professorship, Univesity of Pittsburgh, June 3, 2002
Keynote Lecture, Croucher Advanced Studies Institute, Hong Kong, April 13, 2000
Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series, March 26-31, 2000
AC Suhren Jr. Lecture, Tulane University, March 30, 2000
Sprint Distinguished Lecturer, Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation,Vail, Colorado, March 2 & 6, 2000
Keynote Lecture, YC Fung 80th Birthday Symposium, ASME Bioengineering Conference, June 16, 1999
Plenary Lecture, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, June 19, 1998.
Lord Kelvin Lecture, University of Texas, Austin, April 9, 1998
Keynote Lecture, JSME Centennial Grand Congress, Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 1997
Caterpillar Distinguished Lecturer, University of Iowa, May 7, 1997
Stichting World Biomechanics Award Lecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 11, 1996
Paul M. Chung Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Illinois, Chicago, October 16, 1996
Plenary Lecture, Mechanics & Materials Summer Conference, ASME, June 18, 1996
Ray and Robert Kroc Foundation Lectureship on Arthritis, University of Miami, April 24, 1996
Plenary Lecture, First Asian Shoulder Society Meeting, Taipei, April 25, 1994
Keynote Lecture, 20th Symposium of European Society for Osteoarthrology, Bari, Italy, October 20, 1994
Keynote Lecture, 2nd World Congress on Biomechanics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 12, 1994
Presidential Guest Lecture, 8th Japanese Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, Matsumoto, Japan, October 24, 1993
Keynote Lecture, The Whitaker Foundation, Salt Lake City, July 25, 1993
Keynote Lecture, 7th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, December, 1992
Presidential Guest Lecture, Arthroscopy Association of Republic of China, Taiwan, April 17, 1992
Presidential Guest Lecture, European Society of Biomechanics, Rome, June 12, 1992
Keynote Lecture, Third USA-China-Japan Conference on Biomechanics, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 21, 1991
Borelli Lecture, American Society of Biomechanics, October 14, 1991
Keynote Lecture, Swiss Connective Tissue Research Society, Basal, Switzerland, September 16, 1990
Kroc Foundation Lectureship on Arthritis, University of Miami, April 21, 1990
Alza Distinguish Lectureship, Biomedical Engineering Society, October 18, 1987
Keynote Lecture, XVth Symposium of European Society of Osteoarthrology, Finland, June 20, 1986
Keynote Lecture, European Society of Biomechanics, Nijmegan, January 22, 1982
Keynote Lecture, American Society of Biomechanics, Seattle, October 14, 1982
Keynote Lecture, British Connective Tissue Society, Southampton, England, September 27, 1982
Keynote Lecture, First National Meeting on Biomechanics, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, August 12, 1981
Keynote Lecture, 1979 Biomechanics Symposium, ASME, June 21, 1979

Education

1962: B.A.E., Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1966: Ph.D., Applied Mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1967-68: Postdoctoral, Applied Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Grants

2002-06 Principal Investigator, Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Special Award: Leadership in Biomedical Engineering Through Cellular and Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Imaging and Biomchanics
2003-05 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, U.S. - China Multi-Institutional Symposium on Biomedical Engineering
1999-03 Principal Investigator, Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Development Award: Bridging Engineering, Medicine and Biology with an Emphasis on Biomedical Imaging
1996-99 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Biomechanical Factors in OA of the Glenohumeral Joint.
1996-98 Principal Investigator, Whitaker Special Opportunity Award, Tissue Biomechanics and Biochemistry: A Theme for the Development of a Biomedical Engineering Department at Columbia University
1994-02 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Etiology of Osteoarthritis of the Carpometacarpal Joint
1993-97 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Understanding Human Joint Mechanics through Advanced Computational Models, Columbia University/RPI Collaborative Project
1993-00 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Mechano-Electrochemical Properties of Cartilage
1990-94 Principal Investigator, Bristol-Myers/Zimmer Grant for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research: Fundamental and Clinical Interdisciplinary Research on Diarthrodial Joints -- Hand, Knee and Shoulder
1989-92 Co-Principal Investigator, St. Giles Foundation, The Growth Plate in Pediatric Orthopaedics: A Biomechanical and Biochemical In Vitro Study
1989-91 Senior Investigator, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, Biomechanics of the Shoulder, EL Flatow, PI
1988-92 Co-Principal Investigator, Syntex Laboratories, Inc., Studies on the Effects of Naproxen on Normal and Pond-Nuki OA Articular Cartilage Metabolism, Biochemistry and Biomechanics
1988-91 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Biomechanics of Normal Bovine and Human Meniscus, Columbia University/RPI Collaborative Project
1987-89 Senior Investigator, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant, Correlates of Healing Cartilage Mechanical Properties, Biochemical Composition, MP Rosenwasser, PI
1987-91 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Mechanics and Chemistry of Cartilage from Animal Models of OA and Joint Disuse, Columbia University/University of Miami Collaborative Project
1986-89 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Fundamental and Applied Research on Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, Columbia University/RPI Collaborative Project
1985-90 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Structure and Biorheology of Cartilage Proteoglycans, RPI/Montefiore Hospital Medical Center/Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (London) Collaborative Project
1984-87 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Biomechanics of Normal and Osteoarthritic Human Cartilage, RPI/University of Miami Medical School Collaborative Project
1983-86 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Mechanics and Chemistry of Cartilage, RPI/Harvard Medical School Collaborative Project
1983-86 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints
1982-86 Principal Investigator, Surdna Foundation Endowment Fund on the Development of Biomechanics Research at RPI
1982 Principal Investigator, Biomedical Research Support Grant, The Acquisition of a Sensitive, Stable, Servo-Controlled Mechanical Testing Device for Tissue Properties
1981-84 Principal Investigator, The Kroc Foundation, Structure and Function of Proteoglycans in Normal and Osteoarthritic Cartilage
1981-84 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Biomechanics of Normal and Osteoarthritic Human Cartilage, RPI/Harvard Medical School Collaborative Project
1980 Principal Investigator, Biomedical Research Support Grant, The Acquisition of MINC 11/03 Laboratory Instrument Control, Data Acquisition and Data Analysis System
1980-83 Co-principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints
1980-82 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Mechanics, Electromechanics and Chemistry of Cartilage, Tri-Institutional Grant: RPI/Harvard Medical School/MIT
1978-80 Principal Investigator, General Motors Grant, Characterization of Impact Induced Microtrauma on Articular Cartilage
1977 Principal Investigator, Biomedical Research Support Grant, The Video Dimensional Analyzer for Tissue Mechanics Studies
1977-80 Co-principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Biorheological Characterization of Articular Cartilage and Synovial Fluid
1976-81 Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, Biomechanics of Aging and Osteoarthritic Cartilage
1975-78 Co-principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Biomechanics of Normal and Pathological Synovial Joints
1974-76 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Biomechanics of Normal and Pathological Cartilage
1971-74 Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, Biomechanics of Synovial Joints

editorships

2008-13 Member, Editorial Board, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
2007- Chair, Editorial Advisory Board, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Springer Publishers
2005- Editorial Advisory Board, J Biomechanics
2004-06 Editorial Board, Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems
2001-07 Co-Editor/Associate Editor, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, W.B. Saunders
1999 Special Volume of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, edited by VC Mow and SLY Woo
1996- Editorial Board, Journal of Musculoskeletal and Orthopaedic Research
1996-00 Editorial Board, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, W.B. Saunders
1994-00 Advisory Editorial Board, Spine
1993-04 Board of Advisory Editors, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
1993 Special Volume of Journal of Biomechanical Engineering for the 20th Anniversary ASME Biomechanics Symposium, edited by VC Mow, SLY Woo and RM Nerem
1986- Consulting Editor, Springer-Verlag Series in Mechanical Engineering
1985-92 Honorary Editor, Chinese Journal of Biomechanics, Shanghai
1984-88 Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Orthopaedic Research
1982 Co-Founder, Journal of Orthopaedic Research
1981-05 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Biomechanics
1981- Member, Board of Associate Editors, Journal of Orthopaedic Research
1980 Editor, 1980 Advances in Bioengineering, ASME
1979-86 Associate Editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Trans ASME
1977-81 Member, Board of Consulting Editors, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Books

Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, I. eds VC Mow, A Ratcliffe, SLY Woo, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 451, 1990.
Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints, II. eds VC Mow, A Ratcliffe, SLY Woo, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 464, 1990.
Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics. eds VC Mow, WC Hayes, Raven Press, New York, pp 453, 1991.
Knee Meniscus: Basic and Clinical Foundations. eds VC Mow, SP Arnoczky and DW Jackson, Raven Press, New York, pp 190, 1992.
Cell Mechanics and Cellular Engineering, eds VC Mow, F Guilak, R Tran-Son-Tay, RM Hochmuth, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 564, 1994.
Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 2nd Edition, eds VC Mow, WC Hayes, Lippincott-Raven Press, Philadelphia, pp 514, 1997.
Basic Orthopaedic Biomechanisc and Mechanobiology, 3rd Edition, eds VC Mow, HWJ Huiskes, Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004