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Books and/or Chapters

• Editor: "Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering" (G.E. Wnek, Co-editor) Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y. Expected Publication: Early 2004.
• Boland, E.D.; Espy, P. and G.L. Bowlin. "Tissue Engineering Scaffolds." In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. G.E. Wnek and G.L. Bowlin, Eds., Marcel Dekker, N.Y., In Press.
• Boland, E.D.; Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin. "Poly(Gylcolic Acid)" In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. G.E. Wnek and G.L. Bowlin, Eds., Marcel Dekker, N.Y., In Press.
• Bowlin, G.L., Pawlowski, K.J., Stitzel, J.D., Boland, E.D., Simpson, D.G., Fenn, J.B. and G.E. Wnek. "Electrospinning of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering." In Tissue Engineering and Biodegradable Equivalents: Scientific and Clinical Applications. K. Lewandrowsky, D. J. Trantolo, J. D. Gresser, M. J. Yaszemski, D. E. Altobelli and D. L. Wise, Eds, Marcel Dekker, N.Y., Chapter 9: 65-178: 2002.
• Bowlin, G.L. Schmidt, S.P., Rittgers, S.E., and K.J. Pawlowski. "Endothelialization of Vascular Prostheses." In Biomaterials Engineering & Devices: Human Applications. D. Wise, et al., Eds. The Humana Press, Inc., Chapter 6: 85-118: 2000.
• Schmidt, S.P. and G.L. Bowlin. "Endothelial Cell Seeding: A Review." In Tissue Engineering of Prosthetic Vascular Grafts. P.P. Zilla and H.P. Greisler, Eds. Academic Press, Chapter 3: 61-68; 1997.

Classes Taught

• Senior Design Studio (udergraduate)
• Vascular Prosthetic Tissue Engineering (graduate)
• Tissue Engineering (graduate)
• Biomaterials (graduate and undergraduate)

Current Projects

• Determine industrial chemical exposure limits
• Biological/chemical warfare agent detection
• Tissue-based biosensor
• Nerve guides
• Muscle implants
• Small diameter vascular grafts
• Novel production of tissue engineering scaffolds (< 10 micron fibers and/or beads)
• Muscle tissue engineering (skeletal and cardiac)
• Development of a small diameter biomimicking (tissue engineered) vascular prosthesis
• In vivo insulin delivery system
• Gene therapy
• Intravascular stents
• Small diameter vascular prostheses
• Simultaneous electrostatic endothelial cell transplantation/transfection
• Intravascular stents
• Small diameter vascular prostheses and endovascular grafts
• Electrostatic endothelial cell transplantation

Education

• B.S. Chemical Engineering, Youngstown State University, 1988
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 1990
• Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, The University of Akron, 1996

Patents

• U.S. Patent # 6,010,573: "Apparatus and Method for Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Seeding and DNA Transfection of Intravascular Stents." Bowlin, G.L., Virginia Commonwealth University. Issued: January 4, 2000
• U.S. Patent # 5,723,324: "Apparatus and Method for Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Seeding and DNA Transfection in a Vascular Prosthesis." Bowlin, G.L. and S.E. Rittgers, The University of Akron. Issued: March 3, 1998
• U.S. Patent # 5,714,359: "Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Seeding: Apparatus and Procedure." Bowlin, G.L. and S.E. Rittgers, The University of Akron. Issued: February 3, 1998

Publications

• Bowlin, G.L. and S.E. Rittgers. "A Prototype Apparatus and Procedure for Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Transplantation within Small Diameter (< 6 mm) Vascular Prostheses." Cell Transplantation 6: 631-7, 1997.
• Bowlin, G.L. and S.E. Rittgers. "Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Seeding of Small Diameter (< 6 mm) Vascular Prostheses: Feasibility Study." Cell Transplantation 6: 623-9, 1997.
• Bowlin, G.L.; Rittgers, S.E.; Milsted, A.; and Schmidt, S.P. "In Vitro Evaluation of Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Transplantation onto 4 mm I.D. e-PTFE Grafts." J. Vasc. Surg., 27: 504-11, 1998.
• Bowlin, G.L.; Rittgers, S.E.; Schmidt, S.P.; Alexander, T.; Sheffer, D.B.; and Milsted, A. "Optimization of an Electrostatic Endothelial Cell Transplantation Technique Using 4 mm I.D. e-PTFE Vascular Prostheses." Cell Transplantation, 9: 337-48, 2000.
• Stitzel, J.D.; Pawlowski, K.J.; Wnek, G.E.; Simpson, D.G.; Bowlin, G.L.. "Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation on a Novel Biomimicking, Biodegradable Vascular Graft Scaffold." J. Biomaterials Applications, 15: 1-12, 2001.
• Fields, C.; Cassano, A.; Allen, C.; Meyer, A.; Rittgers, S.E.; Makhoul, R.G. and G.L. Bowlin. "The Persistence of Electrostatically Seeded Endothelial Cells Lining a Small Diameter Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Vascular Graft." J. Biomaterials Applications, 16: 157-73, 2001.
• Fields, C.; Cassano, A.; Allen, C.; Sims, R.; Bulgrin, J.; Meyer, A.; Makhoul, R.G.; Rittgers, S.E.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Evaluation of Electrostatically Endothelial Cell Seeded Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Grafts in a Canine Femoral Artery Model." J. Biomaterials Applications, 17 (2): 135-154, 2002.
• Kenawy, E.; Mansfield, K.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "New Drug Delivery System: Control Release of Tetracycline Hydrochloride as a Model Drug from Electrospun Fibers of Poly(lactic acid) and Poly(ethylene vinyl acetate)." J. Control Release, 81(1,2): 57-64, 2002.
• Matthews, J.A.; Simpson, D.G.; Wnek, G.E.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning of Collagen Nanofibers." Biomacromolecules, 3 (2): 232-238, 2002.
• Boland, E.D.; Wnek, G.E.; Simpson, D.G.; Pawlowski, K.J. and G.L. Bowlin. "Tailoring Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Using Electrostatic Processing Techniques: A Study of Poly(Glycolic Acid)." J. Macromol. Sci., 38: 1231-43, 2001.
• Fields, C.; Cassano, A.; Allen, C.; Meyer, A.; Rittgers, S.E.; Szycher, M.; Pawlowski, K.J.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Endothelial Cell Seeding of a 4-mm I.D. Polyurethane Vascular Graft." J. Biomaterials Applications, 17(1): 45-70, 2002.
• Kenawy, E.; Layman, J.; Matthews, J.A.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "Electrospinning of Poly(Ethylene-co-Vinyl Alcohol) Fibers." Biomaterials, 24: 907-13, 2003.
• G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning Collagen Scaffolds." Science and Medicine, 8: 292-93, November/December 2002.
• Matthews, J.A.; Boland, E.D.; Wnek, G.E.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning of Collagen Type II: A Feasibility Study." J. Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 18, 125-34, 2003.
• Wnek, G.E.; Carr, M.E.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.L. Bowlin."Electrospinning of Nanofiber Fibrinogen Structures." Nano Letters, 3(2): 213-16, 2003.
• Yao, L.; Haas, T.W.; Guiseppi-Elie, A.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "Electrospinning and Stabilization of Fully Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol) Fibers." Chemistry of Materials, 15, 1860-64, 2003.
• Sanders, E.H.; Kloefkorn, R.; Bowlin, G.L.; Simpson, D.G.; and G.E. Wnek. "Two-Phase Electrospinning from a Single Electrified Jet: Microencapsulation of Aqueous Reservoirs in Poly(Ethylene-co-Vinyl Acetate) Fibers." Macromolecules, 36, 3803-5, 2003.
• Pawlowski, K.J., Boland, E.D., Simpson, D.G., Wnek, G.E. and G.L. Bowlin. "Electrospinning: A Revitalized Polymer Processing Technique." J. of Chemical Education, In Preparation.

Research Topics

• Electrostatic endothelial cell seeding techniques and transplantation/transfection
• Development of novel tissue engineering scaffolds via electrospinning