Guna Selvaduray joined the Materials Engineering Department at SJSU in Fall 1984. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science & Engineering from Stanford University, and his B. Eng. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology. His current research interests include microelectronic encapsulation and interconnect issues, issues related to Pb-free solders for microelectronics, materials issues for biomedical implants, corrosion and surface phenomena, and environmental issues related to engineering materials. He initiated the graduate Microelectronic Packaging interdisciplinary curriculum at SJSU in Spring 1991. In 1998 he initiated SJSU’s first class in Biomaterials and Biomedical Devices. Since 2004, he has been leading the College of Engineering’s development of curricula and research capabilities in bioengineering and biomedical devices. His research and scholarly activities have attracted funding from a variety of government agencies and private companies. He has over 100 publications and has made over 120 technical presentations. Guna is also a consultant to industries in the USA and Japan. An avid international traveler who enjoys the diversity this brings to him, Guna is fluent in five languages including Japanese and German. For further information see: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/selvaduray
Professor Selvaduray’s talk will cover research on the effect different surface treatments have on the surface morphology, surface chemistry and surface thermodynamics of 316L and Nitinol, two metals that are used very widely for manufacturing medical devices. While bulk properties affect the mechanical strength and fatigue life of implants, surface characteristics are fundamental in determining the biocompatibility interactions with the host medium. Professor Selvaduray will also describe the graduate Biomedical Devices concentration area that SJSU’s College of Engineering initiated in 2005.
