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22. Molecular scale spectroscopy and simulation of stressed lipid bilayers

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Author:
Muddana, Hari Shankar
Title:
Molecular scale spectroscopy and simulation of stressed lipid bilayers
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
lipid bilayers
molecular dynamics
fluorescence spectroscopy
membranes
File:
Download Muddana_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

23. INTERCELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING DURING LEUKOCYTE-MEDIATED MELANOMA CELL TRANSENDOTHELIAL MIGRATION

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Open Access
Author:
Peng, Hsin-Hsin
Title:
INTERCELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING DURING LEUKOCYTE-MEDIATED MELANOMA CELL TRANSENDOTHELIAL MIGRATION
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
cancer
signaling
adherens junction
chemokine
extravasation
cytokine
File:
Download thesis_HHP.pdf
Committee Members:
Cheng Dong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member

24. INVESTIGATION OF THROMBOSIS AT THE BIOMATERIAL SURFACE IN LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Yamanaka, Hanako
Title:
INVESTIGATION OF THROMBOSIS AT THE BIOMATERIAL SURFACE IN LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
thrombosis
biomaterials
biocompatibility
platelets
fibrin
left ventricular assist system
File:
Download eTD-PhD_Thesis_Yamanaka_H.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Conrad M Zapanta, Committee Member
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

26. BEAT RATE IMPLICATIONS ON THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF A 50 CC LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

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Open Access
Author:
Nanna, Jason Christopher
Title:
BEAT RATE IMPLICATIONS ON THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF A 50 CC LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
beat rate
left ventricular assist device
particle image velocimetry
systolic duration
wall shear rate
File:
Download Jason_C_Nanna_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Deutsch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Scott Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

28. MECHANISMS OF SHEAR-INDUCED ADAPTIVE RHEOLOGY IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

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Author:
Dangaria, Jhanvi H.
Title:
MECHANISMS OF SHEAR-INDUCED ADAPTIVE RHEOLOGY IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
mechanotransduction
particle tracking
viscoelasticity
atherosclerosis
cell mechanics
File:
Download Dangaria_JH_PhD_2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheng Dong, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Erin Elizabeth Sheets, Committee Member

29. The role of vascular smooth muscle cells and adventitial fibroblasts in flow-mediated mechanisms of intimal hyperplasia and arterialization

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Open Access
Author:
Garanich, Jeffrey Stock
Title:
The role of vascular smooth muscle cells and adventitial fibroblasts in flow-mediated mechanisms of intimal hyperplasia and arterialization
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
vascular smooth muscle cells
shear stress
migration
interstitial flow
intimal hyperplasia
nitric oxide
matrix metalloproteinase-2
platelet-derived growth factor
adventitial fibroblasts
myofibroblasts
phenotype
contraction
arterialization
File:
Download Garanich_JS_PhD_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Tarbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member
David A Antonetti, Committee Member
Michael J Eppihimer, Committee Member

30. Influence of Surface Composition and Wettability upon Contact Activation of Blood Plasma

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Open Access
Author:
Bauer, James William
Title:
Influence of Surface Composition and Wettability upon Contact Activation of Blood Plasma
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
blood plasma coagulation
contact activation
factor XII
self assembled monolayers
File:
Download JamesBauer_Dissertation__Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member
Ira Joseph Ropson, Committee Member
Alan J Snyder, Committee Member