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Author:

Zhang, Yao

Title:

Mechanics in erythrocytes and multicellular structures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

red blood cell
deformability
coarse-grained modeling
traction force
multicellular structures
epithelium dispersion

File:

Download YaoZhang_dissertation_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, 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