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Start Over Graduate Program Bioengineering Year 2015

2. Multiscale Anabolic Bone Responses to Fluid Flow and Post-irradiation Loading

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Open Access
Author:
Govey, Peter Michael
Title:
Multiscale Anabolic Bone Responses to Fluid Flow and Post-irradiation Loading
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
bone
mechanical loading
fluid flow
bone adaptation
radiation
irradiation
stem cell
mechanotransduction
bone marrow
File:
Download Govey_final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Henry Joseph Donahue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Committee Member
Christopher Niyibizi, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

3. A quantitative comparison of the constant shear stress model and the optimal transport network model in cerebral vasculature

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Open Access
Author:
Kudlik, D'anne Elyse
Title:
A quantitative comparison of the constant shear stress model and the optimal transport network model in cerebral vasculature
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
transport network
blood flow
optimal transport network
blood flow modeling
cerebral vasculature
pial vasculature
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick James Drew, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Protocol And Intitial Surface Analysis Of Explanted Blood Sacs For The Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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Open Access
Author:
Ceneviva, Nicholas E
Title:
Protocol And Intitial Surface Analysis Of Explanted Blood Sacs For The Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
ventricular assist device
pediatric
cardiovascular device
PVAD
VAD
thrombosis
optical profilometry
File:
Download CenevivaMastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Joseph Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. A Comparative Study of the Anatomy and Functional Morphology of the Mammalian Nasal Cavity

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Open Access
Author:
Quigley, Andrew Patrick
Title:
A Comparative Study of the Anatomy and Functional Morphology of the Mammalian Nasal Cavity
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
mammal
nasal airway
three-dimensional anatomy
reconstruction
morphometry
magnetic resonance imaging
respiration
olfaction
File:
Download Quigley_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Brent Craven, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex

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Open Access
Author:
Deffenbaugh, Nathan C
Title:
Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
single-molecule microscopy
step detection
kinesin
motor proteins
cellulose synthesis complex
hidden Markov models
File:
Download DeffenbaughNathan_MastersThesis_May2015_1.pdf
Committee Members:
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. A Microdevice For Virus Capture And detection

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Open Access
Author:
Yeh, Yin-ting
Title:
A Microdevice For Virus Capture And detection
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
virus detection
point of care
microfabrication
carbon nanotube
microdevice
File:
Download Yin-Ting_Yeh_disseratation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Siyang Zheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Huaguang Lu, Committee Member

9. Perturbation of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep for seizure control in rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy

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Open Access
Author:
Parkar, Anjum
Title:
Perturbation of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep for seizure control in rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
seizure control
seizure prediction
epilepsy
closed loop stimulation
sleep/wake behaviour
trigeminal nerve stimulation
File:
Download Parkar-DissertationFinallinks.pdf
Committee Members:
Bruce Gluckman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Schiff, Committee Member
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member

11. A Study in the Design of an Accelerated Wear Tester that is Compatible with a Particle Image Velocimetry and High Speed Camera Setup

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Open Access
Author:
Brown, Edward Alexander
Title:
A Study in the Design of an Accelerated Wear Tester that is Compatible with a Particle Image Velocimetry and High Speed Camera Setup
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Accelerated Wear Tester
Heart Valve
Particle Image Velocimetry
AWT
PIV
Artificial Heart Valve
Fluid Dynamics
File:
Download Edward_A_Brown_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLE AND VERSATILE FABRICATION TECHNIQUE TO PATTERN CONDUCTING POLYMER FILMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Park, Soohyun
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLE AND VERSATILE FABRICATION TECHNIQUE TO PATTERN CONDUCTING POLYMER FILMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Conducting Polymer
Microfabrication
Hydrogel
File:
Download SooHyun_Park_MS_Thesis_.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Sheereen Majd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohammad Reza Abidian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Toward a Computational Model for Macroscopic Predictions of Device-induced Thrombosis

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Open Access
Author:
Taylor, Joshua Ollen
Title:
Toward a Computational Model for Macroscopic Predictions of Device-induced Thrombosis
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
thrombosis
computational fluid dynamics
medical device
platelet adhesion
magnetic resonance imaging
LDV
File:
Download Taylor_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Scott Meyer, Committee Member
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Member
Dr Brent Craven, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member

14. Microdevices for Implantation and Neuroscience

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Mingda
Title:
Microdevices for Implantation and Neuroscience
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
MEMS
Implantation
gas chromatography electroantennography
Electroporation
File:
Download Dissertation_Microdevices_for_implantation_and_neuroscience_v16_Final_To_Grad_School_Revised.pdf
Committee Members:
Siyang Zheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member

16. Development of semi-synthetic tissue using decellularized intestine and aptamer-functionalized hydrogel

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Xiaolong
Title:
Development of semi-synthetic tissue using decellularized intestine and aptamer-functionalized hydrogel
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Decellularization; Aptamer; Hydrogel; Growth factor; Tissue rege
File:
Download Xiaolong_Zhang_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Special Member