James (Jay) Henderson

Professor, BioInspired Institute Director

318 Bowne Hall, Office 303E

jhhender@syr.edu

315.443.9739

Personal Website

Degree(s):

  • 2004 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Stanford University
  • 2001 M.S. Mechanical Engineering Stanford University
  • 1999 B.S. Mechanical Engineering Rice University, Summa Cum Laude

Lab/Center Affiliation(s):

  • BioInspired Institute

Areas of Expertise:

  • Mechanobiology
  • Biomechanics
  • Shape-memory polymers
  • Tissue engineering
  • Advanced Manufacturing

The Henderson Lab uses expertise in cell biomechanics and mechanobiology, cell and molecular biology, mechanics, imaging, and computational tools to inform the development and application of functional shape-memory materials to enable innovative strategies to study and control mechanobiological and biomechanical aspects of cell and tissue function and repair.

Honors and Awards:

  • 2024 Mentor of the Year, Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA), Syracuse University.
  • 2017 Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Excellence Award, The Graduate School, Syracuse University
  • 2016 James K. Duah-Agyeman Faculty Award, Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement, Syracuse University
  • 2012 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
  • 2010 College of Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Excellence Award
  • 2007 New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA), 6th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies

Selected Honors and Awards to Graduate Students:

  • All University Doctoral Prize x 2
  • Outstanding Achievement Award in Graduate Study, Bioengineering x 4
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Orange Circle Award
  • Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference Community Award
  • STEM Fellow x 3

Selected Honors and Awards to Undergraduate Students:

  • Syracuse University Scholar x 2
  • Remembrance Scholar x 2
  • Senior Marshal
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Goldwater Scholar x 2
  • Seinfeld Scholar
  • Karen Hiiemae Outstanding Achievement Award, BMCE
  • Oren Nagasako Award, BMCE
  • George M. Berry Award for Best All-Around Senior, ECS
  • Louis N. DeMartini Award for Outstanding Research, ECS
  • Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence in the category of Excellence in Student Research
  • The Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award
  • Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship
  • The Earl H. Devoe Prize for Undergraduate Research
  • The Bioengineering Founders Award x 2
  • Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) Undergraduate Research Assistantship x 8
  • LSAMP Outstanding Service and Dedication Award
  • Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program x 3
  • Donofrio Scholar x 3
  • Fulbright Canada-Mitacs Globalink internship
  • Maxwell Citizenship Scholar
  • Gates Millennium Scholars Program
  • Annual Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference Research Award x 2

Selected Publications:

  • Oguntade, Elizabeth; Wigham, Caleb; Owuor, Luiza; Aryal, Ujjwal; O’Grady, Kerrin; Acierto, Anthony; Zha, R Helen; Henderson, James H; Dry and wet wrinkling of a silk fibroin biopolymer by a shape-memory material with insight into mechanical effects on secondary structures in the silk network, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 12, 26, 6351-6370, 2024
  • Pieri, Katy; Liu, Di; Soman, Pranav; Zhang, Teng; Henderson, James H; Large Biaxial Recovered Strains in Self‐Shrinking 3D Shape‐Memory Polymer Parts Programmed via Printing with Application to Improve Cell Seeding, Advanced Materials Technologies, 8, 9, 2201997, 2023
  • Chen, Junjiang; Sun, Shiyang; Macios, Mark M; Oguntade, Elizabeth; Narkar, Ameya R; Mather, Patrick T; Henderson, James H; Thermally and Photothermally Triggered Cytocompatible Triple-Shape-Memory Polymer Based on a Graphene Oxide-Containing Poly (ε-caprolactone) and Acrylate Composite, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 44, 50962-50972, 2023
  • Chen, Junjiang; Hamilton, Lauren E; Mather, Patrick T; Henderson, James H; Cell-responsive shape memory polymers, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 8, 7, 2960-2969, 2022
  • Buffington, Shelby L; Paul, Justine E; Ali, Matthew M; Macios, Mark M; Mather, Patrick T; Henderson, James H; Enzymatically triggered shape memory polymers, Acta biomaterialia, 84, 88-97, 2019
  • Wang, Jing; Quach, Andy; Brasch, Megan E; Turner, Christopher E; Henderson, James H; On-command on/off switching of progenitor cell and cancer cell polarized motility and aligned morphology via a cytocompatible shape memory polymer scaffold, Biomaterials, 140, 150-161, 2017
  • Baker, Richard M; Tseng, Ling-Fang; Iannolo, Maria T; Oest, Megan E; Henderson, James H; Self-deploying shape memory polymer scaffolds for grafting and stabilizing complex bone defects: A mouse femoral segmental defect study, Biomaterials, 76, 388-398, 2016
  • Baker, Richard M; Brasch, Megan E; Manning, M Lisa; Henderson, James H; Automated, contour-based tracking and analysis of cell behaviour over long time scales in environments of varying complexity and cell density, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11, 97, 20140386, 2014
  • Tseng, Ling-Fang; Mather, Patrick T; Henderson, James H; Shape-memory-actuated change in scaffold fiber alignment directs stem cell morphology, Acta biomaterialia, 9, 11, 8790-8801, 2013
  • Davis, Kevin A; Burke, Kelly A; Mather, Patrick T; Henderson, James H; Dynamic cell behavior on shape memory polymer substrates, Biomaterials, 32, 9, 2285-2293, 2011
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