International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume   Article A A Simulation Model for the Growth of Engineered Cartilage on Polymeric Scaffolds Massimo Pisu * Nicola Lai † Alberto Cincotti ‡ Francesco Delogu ** Giacomo Cao †† * CRS4, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, c/o Polaris, Edificio 1, Localita’ Piscina Manna, 09010 Pula (Cagliari), Italy, massimo@crs4.it † CRS4, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, c/o Polaris, Edificio 1, Localita’ Piscina Manna, 09010 Pula (Cagliari), Italy, lai@crs4.it ‡ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Universit`a degli Studi di Cagliari, Piazza d’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, Italy, cincotti@visnu.dicm.unica.it ** Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Universit`a degli Studi di Cagliari, Piazza d’Armi, 09123 Cagliari, Italy, delogu@visnu.dicm.unica.it †† Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, Universit`a degli Studi di Cagliari, Piazza d’Armi, 09123, Cagliari, Italy and CRS4, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Develop- ment in Sardinia, c/o Polaris, Edificio 1, Localita’ Piscina Manna, 09010 Pula (Cagliari), Italy and Centro Interdipartimentale Metalli in Medicina, c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, S.P. Monserrato - Sestu Km 0,700, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy, cao@visnu.dicm.unica.it ISSN 1542-6580 Copyright c 2003 by the authors. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, bepress.