Tissue Systems Characterization Center of Economic Excellence

Inception:
2009

About the Center:

Part of a larger Clemson initiative, the Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering (IBIOE), this Center expands on Clemson’s expertise in tissue engineering and biomaterials to provide alternatives to animal testing. This Center also allows Clemson researchers to further explore new tissue-based technologies that could serve as diagnostic or therapeutic products.

The convergence of biology and engineering is currently a major focus of industry and governmental funding. The SmartState Endowed Chair will lead the cell biology component of IBIOE, creating a strategic research program for the analysis of cell mechanisms and behaviors, resulting in three-dimensional tissue systems.

Funding level:
$3 million

SmartState Endowed Chair:

Clemson Electrical and Computer Engineering IBIOE faculty members Dr. Timothy Burg (top left) and Dr. Richard Groff (second from right), and IBIOE Director and Tissue Systems Characterization Center principal investigator Dr. Karen Burg (bottom left), with a benchtop loom. Based on textile industry weaving technology, the loom is used in the IBIOE Tissue Systems Characterization CoEE to create scaffolding for tissue repair.