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Author:

Fuentes, Daniela E.

Title:

Dynamics Of Molecules And Membranes During The Early Stages Of Focal Adhesion Formation

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Mechanotransduction
endothelial cell
focal adhesion
membrane raft
adhesion

File:

Download Fuentes_Daniela_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Bowers, Daniel Thorn

Title:

NANOFIBER REGULATION OF CELLULAR MIGRATORY MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

tissue engineering
scaffold
nanofibers
diameter
migration
focal adhesion

File:

Download BowersDT_-_Dissertation_SUBMITTED.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin L. Brown, Ph.D., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin L. Brown, Ph.D., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J. Butler, Ph.D., Committee Member
William O. Hancock, Ph.D., Committee Member
Christopher U. Niyibizi, Ph.D., Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Tiankai

Title:

Mechanics of cell-substrate interaction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

cell-substrate interaction
traction force
focal adhesion
myosin motor
thermodynamics
phase-field model
finite elements method

File:

Download Tiankai_Zhao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christian Peco, Committee Member
Spencer Szczesny, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair