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Author:

Zhao, Nan

Title:

Delivery of growth factors and stem cells for therapeutic angiogenesis

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aptamers
hydrogels
angiogenesis
growth factor delivery
cell delivery

File:

Download Delivery_of_growth_factors_and_stem_cells_for_therapeutic_angiogenesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Scott H Medina, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Outside Member

Author:

Ma, Chuying

Title:

Bioinspired Citrate-based Metabonegenic Biomaterials for Bone Regenerative Engineering

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

citrate-based materials
metabonegenic regulation
bone regenerative engineering
phosphoserine
citrate
degradation product

File:

Download Ma_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yong Wang, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Member
Xingjie Ni, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Hui

Title:

SLIPS-LAB for urinary stone diagnostics

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Urinary stone; Urinalysis; SLIPS; Point of care; Biomimicry
Microfluidics
Urinary stone
Urinalysis
SLIPS
Point of care
Biomimicry

File:

Download Phd_thesis-Hui_Li__957731372_-Bioengineering.pdf

Committee Members:

Pak Kin Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Outside Member

Author:

Radford, Thomas

Title:

Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells to tendon-like progenitor cells via growth factor stimulation

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

GDF7
mesenchymal stem cells
tenocyte differentiation
scleraxis
runx2

File:

Download Tom_Radford_master_thesis_final_draft_1.2.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin L. Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Ilroy, Kyle

Title:

MODELING SERUM-DRUG KINETICS FOR THE PREDICTION OF CANCER RESISTANCE TO SECOND LINE THERAPEUTICS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

cancer

File:

Download KyleChristopherMcIlroy_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin R Pritchard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair
Deb Kelly, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Houtz, Brady

Title:

A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on an Elevated Beat Rate in the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

artificial heart
pediatric
hematocrit
ventricular assist device
cardiovascular fluid dynamics
elevated beat rate

File:

Download Houtz_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member
William Hancock, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Deal, Jack

Title:

Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Elk
Voltage-gated ion channels
Potassium channels
Drosophila melanogaster
Xenopus
Kinetic model
Fluorescent Microscopy
Ankyrin
Axon Initial Segment
Boltzmann
Heme

File:

Download MODELING_THE_DYNAMICS_OF_ELK_SUBFAMILY_ION_CHANNELS_FOR_PHYSIOLOGICAL_MODULATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Simonson, Andrew

Title:

De Novo Design and Delivery of Biomimetic Therapies for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Antimicrobial
Peptide
Tuberculosis
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Inhalable

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott H Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott H Medina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel J Hayes, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Ken Keiler, Outside Member
Jian Yang, Committee Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Randolph, Lauren

Title:

Application of Genetic Engineering and Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Deriving and Manipulating the Immune System

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

human pluripotent stem cells
immune cells
genetic engineering
hematopoietic development

File:

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Committee Members:

Xiaojun Lance Lian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member
Daniel J Hayes, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Casey, Jonathan

Title:

Alternating Magnetic Field Radiofrequency Mediated Release of Potential Therapeutic mir-148b Mimic in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Diels-Alder
Magnetic Nanoparticles
Iron Oxide
MicroRNA
miRNA
miRNA-148b
Alternating Magnetic Field
RadioFrequency
AMF-RF
Cobalt Iron Oxide
Hysteretic Heating

File:

Download Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Hayes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Hayes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member
Scott H Medina, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member
Cheng Dong, Program Head/Chair