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Author:

Mcphail, Michael Jesse

Title:

Multicolor particle shadow velocimetry and accelerometry for measurements in a human airway model

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Phonation
Voice production
Human airway model
Particle shadow velocimetry
Optical flow measurement

File:

Download Michael_McPhail_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheng Dong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Masoumi, Nafiseh

Title:

Engineering Tissue Constructs To Mimic Native Aortic And Pulmonary Valve Leaflets’ Structures And Mechanics

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Heart Valve Tissue Engineering. Mechanical Properties
Scaffold
elstomer
bioreactor

File:

Download Nafiseh-Masoumi_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheng Dong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Dr Sheereen Majd, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
John Patrick Mayer Sr., Special Member

Author:

Rowlands, Grant William

Title:

VISUALIZATION OF THE OUTLET FLOW FROM THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE USING LASER DOPPLER AND PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Ventricular Assist Device
von Willebrand Factor
Fluid Dynamics
Heartmate II
Outlet Flow
Proteolytic cleavage
Laser Doppler Velocimetry
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret June Slattery, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Mcphail, Michael Jesse

Title:

Glottal Aerodynamics From A Lagrangian Perspective

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Phonation
Lagranian Coherent Structures
Aeroacoustics
Voice
Speech

File:

Download Michael-McPhail-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael H Krane, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael H Krane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Keefe B Manning, Committee Member
Ji Min Lee, Outside Member
Sid Khosla, Special Member

Author:

Saravanan, Pratima

Title:

THE EFFECT OF GEOMETRY, HEMODYNAMICS, AND TISSUE FACTOR ON CLOT FORMATION IN ANEURYSM MODELS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aneurysm
hemodynamics
tissue factor
thrombus
wall shear stress
poly (1
8 - octane diol citrate)

File:

Download Pratima_Saravanan_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, 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:

Coyne, James

Title:

Development and Evaluation of Hydrogels for Growth Factor and Cell Delivery

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Hydrogels
Drug Delivery
Aptamers
Stem Cells
Growth Factors
Angiogenesis

File:

Download Coyne_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Keefe B Manning, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair