Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$229,098.00

Award Date

8/25/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The design of clinically effective materials for the surgical repair of ruptured ligaments remains a challenging biomedical engineering problem. Currently, tissue grafts from the patient and cadaveric sources are the only clinically effective materials fo