Distinguished Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
211 Othmer HallLincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-9318
hviljoen1@unl.edu
Education
- Ph.D., University of Pretoria, South Africa, 1985
- M.S., University of Pretoria, South Africa, 1981
- B.S., University of Pretoria, South Africa, 1979
Research Interests
- Modeling chondrogenesis
- Modeling 3D bioreactor conditions
- Fluid dynamic modeling
- Agricultural implementation design
Patents
- TerMaat; Joel, Whitney; Scott E., Viljoen; Hendrik J., Kreifels; Matthew R., Rapid thermocycler system for rapid amplification of nucleic acids and related methods, #9,737,891 (2017)
- Termaat; Joel R., Viljoen; Hendrik J., Whitney; Scott E., Thermocycler and sample vessel for rapid amplification of DNA, #9,034,635 (2015)
- Viljoen; Hendrik J., Whitney; Scott E., TerMaat; Joel R., Kreifels; Matthew R., Sample tube having particular utility for nucleic acid amplification, #8,889,086 (2014)
- Viljoen; Hendrik J., Jooste; Barend R., Piezoelectric sensors/actuators for use in refractory environments, #6,057,628 (2000)
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
- Mark Nusterer, Jack Rauch, Hendrik J Viljoen, "Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of
Alginate Microtube Extrusion for Cell Culture Applications
Biochemical Engineering Journal 177(2):108236 (2021).
DOI:10.1016/j.bej.2021.108236 - Neety Sahu, April Miller, Hendrik J Viljoen, Anuradha Subramanian, "Continuous Low-Intensity
Ultrasound Promotes Native-To-Native Cartilage Integration"
Tissue Engineering Part A 25(21-22) (2019).
DOI:10.1089/ten.TEA.2018.0355 - Neety Sahu, Hendrik J Viljoen, Anuradha Subramanian "Continuous low-intensity ultrasound
attenuates IL-6 and TNFα-induced catabolic effects and repairs chondral fissures in bovine
osteochondral explants"
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 20(1):193 (2019).
DOI:10.1186/s12891-019-2566-4 - Heather Newell, Hendrik J Viljoen, "Stability analysis of a thin film on a rotating cylinder
with low airflow"
Physics of Fluids 31(3):034106 (2019)
DOI:10.1063/1.5080443 - Qiang Li, Haishuang Lin, Jack Rauch, Loic P. Deleyrolle, Brent A. Reynolds, Hendrik J.
Viljoen, Chi Zhang, Chi Zhang, Linxia Gu, Erika Van Wyk, Yuguo Lei, "Scalable Culturing of
Primary Human Glioblastoma Tumor-Initiating Cells with a Cell-Friendly Culture System"
Scientific Reports 8(1) (2018).
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21927-4 - April Miller, Anuradha Subramanian, Hendrik J Viljoen, "Theoretically proposed optimal
frequency for ultrasound induced cartilage restoration"
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 14(1) (2017)
DOI:10.1186/s12976-017-0067-4 - April Miller, Abdoulkadri Chama, Tobias Louw, Anuradha Subramanian, Hendrik J Viljoen,
"Frequency sensitive mechanism in low-intensity ultrasound enhanced bioeffects"
PLoS ONE 12(8):e0181717 (2017).
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0181717 - April Miller, A. Subramanian, Hendrik J Viljoen, "A nonlinear model of cell interaction with
an acoustic field"
Journal of Biomechanics 56
DOI:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.03.007 - Neety Sahu, Sanjukta Guha Thakurta, April Miller, Hendrik J Viljoen, Gaurav Budhiraja,
Leonard Akert, Anuradha Subramanian, "Long-term culture of human mesenchymal stem cell-seeded
constructs under ultrasound stimulation: Evaluation of chondrogenesis"
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 2(5):055016
DOI:10.1088/2057-1976/2/5/055016 - Clint Moody, Heather Newell, Hendrik J Viljoen, "FA Mathematical Model of Recombinase
Polymerase Amplification Under Continuously Stirred Conditions"
Biochemical Engineering Journal 112
DOI:10.1016/j.bej.2016.04.017