Theses from 2015
Development and Fabrication of Novel Woven Meshes as Bone Graft Substitutes for Critical Sized Defects, Jordan Anthony Stowe Gilmore
DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION, AND APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING ADSORBED PROTEIN ORIENTATION, CONFORMATION, AND BIOACTIVITY, Aby Thyparambil
Biomechanical Characterization and Modeling of Human TMJ Disc, Gregory Wright
Theses from 2014
Investigating the Effects of Biochemical and Biophysical Signals on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation, Ruikai Chen
Cardiovascular Tissue Engineered Constructs for Patients With Diabetes, James Chow
MONTE CARLO MODELING BASED PATIENT DOSE OPTIMIZATION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, Wenjun He
MECHANISMS AND REVERSAL OF ELASTIN SPECIFIC MEDIAL ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION, Yang Lei
Clinical, Kinematic, and Kinetic Analysis of Knee Arthrodesis in Support of the Design of a Novel Treatment Alternative, Eric Montgomery Lucas
The Effects of Applied Hydrostatic Pressure on Osteogenic Differentiation of Mouse Mesenchymal Stem Cells in an In Vitro 3D Culture, Brittany McGowan
Towards Image-Guided Pediatric Atrial Septal Defect Repair, Fuad Mefleh
The Potential of Exogenous Fatty Acids in Breast Tissue Engineering, Richard Thomas Pace
Influence of Periostin on Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Contribution to Dermal Wound Repair, Suzanne Parks
DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSLATIONAL, TISSUE-ENGINEERED APPROACH TO REPLACEMENT OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SCAR TISSUE, Jason Schulte
Platform Technologies to Advance Clinically Relevant Tissue Engineered Heart Valve Products, Leslie Neil Sierad
Development of a Transport System for Advancing Tissue Engineering and Cell Identification, Suzanne Mae Tabbaa
Theses from 2013
SUSTAINED RELEASE OF ESTROGENS FROM PEGYLATED NANOPARTICLES FOR TREATMENT OF SECONDARY SPINAL CORD INJURY, John Barry
Ion Channel-mediated Hydrostatic Pressure Mechanotransduction in Urothelial Cells, Kevin Champaigne
BIOLOGICAL SCAFFOLDS FOR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SURGERY, George Fercana
Engineering a Biomimetic Structure for Human Long Bone Regeneration, Eleni Katsanevakis
IMPLANTABLE BIOSENSORS FOR PHYSIOLOGIC STATUS MONITORING DURING HEMORRHAGE, Christian Kotanen
Engineering Beta-Cell Spheroids for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment, Xiaoyan Liu
Spatial Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles Integrated with Cellular Spheroids as Tissue Engineered Building Blocks, Brandon Mattix
HIGHLY SENSITIVE FIBER-BASED DEVICES FOR GENE AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS, Victor Maximov
Theranostic Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Cancer, Thomas Moore
In Vitro Simulation of Pathological Bone Conditions to Predict Clinical Outcome of Bone Tissue Engineered Materials, Duong Nguyen
A LOCALIZED CONTROLLED DELIVERY SYSTEM UTILIZING A BLOCK COPOLYMER TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT PARADIGM OF CHEMOTHERAPY, Jason Olbrich
Vascular Nanomedicine: Site specific delivery of elastin stabilizing therapeutics to damaged arteries, Aditi Sinha
BIOFABRICATION OF SCAFFOLDS FOR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (IVD) TISSUE REGENERATION, Benjamin Whatley
INTEGRATING BIOMECHANICS AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY TO UNDERSTANDING IVD NUTRITION AND CELL HOMEOSTASIS, Yongren Wu
A NOVEL HYBRID HYDROGEL FOR SCAFFOLD-MEDIATED GENE DELIVERY, Jeremy Zhang
Theses from 2012
SURFACE DAMAGE IN RETRIEVED TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT FEMORAL COMPONENTS, Estefania Alvarez
NANOPILLAR BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR FOR MONITORING MICROFLUIDIC BASED CELL CULTURE, Rajan Gangadharan
BIOENGINEERING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TMJ PATHOBIOLOGY, Jonathan Kuo
Assembly and Disassembly of Myofibrils in Dissociated Cardiomyocytes, Honghai Liu
Investigating the Role of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Urothelial Cell Pressure Mechanotransduction, Shawn Olsen
DEVELOP NOVEL FRAP TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING ANISOTROPIC SOLUTE DIFFUSION IN CARTILAGINOUS TISSUES, Changcheng Shi
A Novel Haptic Simulator for Evaluating and Training Salient Force-Based Skills for Laparoscopic Surgery, Ravikiran Singapogu
Induced Elastic Matrix Synthesis within 3-Dimensional Collagen Constructs, Lavanya Venkataraman
Evaluation of a Bisphosphonate Enriched Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene for Enhanced Total Joint Replacement Bearing Surface Functionality, Cassandra Wright-walker
Theses from 2011
Novel Nanofiber Structures and Advanced Tissue Engineering Applications, Vince Beachley
Characterizing Mechanical Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Cells, Sandra Deitch
Electrical Coupling Between Micropatterned Cardiomyocytes and Stem Cells, Zhen Ma
APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR TARGETED DELIVERY OF ANTIBACTERIAL ENZYMES AND FOR ENZYME-BASED COATINGS ON MEDICAL DEVICES AND IMPLANTS, Rohan Satishkumar
ELECTROMECHANICS OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS STUDIED BY SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY, Gary Thompson
INTERFACIAL FORCE FIELD PARAMETERIZATION USING THE DUAL FORCE FIELD CHARMM PROGRAM FOR THE ACCURATE SIMULATION OF PEPTIDE-SURFACE INTERACTION, Nadeem Vellore
Theses from 2010
DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUE ENGINEERED TEST SYSTEMS TO STUDY MAMMARY CELL INTERACTIONS IN VITRO, Cheryl Cass
Characterization of anti-proteolytic and anti-proliferative activities of pentagalloylglucose; its potential application as a therapeutic agent in vascular diseases, Chaitra Cheluvaraju
NOVEL VASCULAR GRAFTS BASED ON POLYPHENOL-STABILIZED ACELLULAR TISSUE SCAFFOLDS, Ting-hsien Chuang
CELL-MEDIATED ELASTIC MATRIX REGENERATION TOWARD REGRESSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS, Carmen Gacchina
Evaluation of Factors that Modulate Cellular Adipogenesis for Breast Tissue Engineering Strategies, Cheryl Gomillion
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL BASED BIPHASIC OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCT, Scott Maxson
Modulated Properties of Fully Absorbable Bicomponent Meshes, Shawn Peniston
OSTEOCLAST-MEDIATED CELL THERAPY AS AN ATTEMPT TO TREAT ELASTIN-SPECIFIC VASCULAR CALCIFICATION, Chartrisa Simpson
PROBING THE MECHANISMS OF PLATELET ADHESION TO ADSORBED PLASMA PROTEINS, Balakrishnan Sivaraman
Characterization and Evaluation of a Novel Tissue Engineered Aortic Heart Valve Construct, Mary Tedder
Theses from 2009
HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS FOR NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY, Eunhee Cho
COVALENT IMMOBILIZATION OF L1 NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE TO ACRYLATED TETRONIC® HYDROGELS FOR NEURAL REGENERATION, Rebecca Cribb
Adsorption-Induced Changes in Enzyme Bioactivity Correlated with Adsorbed Protein Orientation and Conformation, Kenan Fears
Creation of Defined Single Cell Resolution Neuronal Circuits on Microelectrode Arrays, Russell Pirlo
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL BASED BONE GRAFT SYSTEM, Sarina Sinclair
Theses from 2008
EFFECT OF CLINICALLY RELEVANT MECHANICAL FORCES ON SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL RESPONSE IN MODEL OF BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY, Kara Acampora
THE SPACEFLIGHT ENVIRONMENT AND THE SKELETAL SYSTEM, Eric Bandstra
HUMAN MICROVASCULATURE FABRICATION USING THERMAL INKJET PRINTING TECHNOLOGY, Xiaofeng Cui
CHARACTERIZATION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MECHANICAL AND FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY, Jason Hemmer
The development of hyaluronic acid biomaterials for vascular tissue engineering, Samir Ibrahim
CUES FOR CELLULAR ASSEMBLY OF VASCULAR ELASTIN NETWORKS, Chandrasekhar Kothapalli
VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING: THE CREATION OF LIVING, NON-THROMBOGENIC, FUNCTIONAL BLOOD VESSELS BASED ON ELASTIN SCAFFOLDS, Aditee Kurane
Engineered Micro-Environments and Vibrational Culture Systems for Vocal Fold Tissue Engineering, Jaishankar Kutty
CHITOSAN DERIVATIVES FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING, Yongzhi Qiu
ECM STABILIZATION STRATEGIES FOR BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES FOR IMPROVED DURABILITY, Devanathan Raghavan
Study of Electrospinning of Property-Modulated Biomedical Microfibers, Scott Taylor
RADIATION-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS: BONE QUANTITY, ARCHITECTURE, AND INCREASED RESORPTION FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION, Jeffrey Willey
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYURETHANES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION, Changhong Zhang
Theses from 2007
Differentiation Modulation of Adult Stem Cells in an Adipose System, Aditya Chaubey
Dynamic Measurements of Lubrication Film Thickness of UHMWPE Contacts for Total Joint Replacements, Andrew Clark
Spatial Sensors for Quantitative Assessment of Retrieved Arthroplasty Bearings, Melinda Harman
IN SITU PHOTOPOLYMERIZED HYDROGELS FOR ENHANCING PROTEIN DELIVERY, Chien-chi Lin
Non-Boltzamann Sampling for the Accurate Calculation of Peptide-Surface Adsorption Free Energy, Feng Wang
Development of an In Vitro Test System for Breast Cancer Research, Chih-chao Yang
The Differential Effects of Two Critical Osteoclastogenesis Stimulating Factors on Bone Biomechanics, Yuyu Yuan
Theses from 2006
TRIBOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE EVALUATION OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE STERILIZED ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE, John DesJardins
Stabilization of Vascular Elastin by Treatment with Tannins, Jason Isenburg