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Author:

Bigler, Don Charles

Title:

Image Processing Tools for Quantitative Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging and Application to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

quantitative MRI
image object thickness
image post-processing
voxel-based relaxometry
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
voxel-based morphometry

File:

Download dbigler-dissertation-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing X Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing X Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Webb, Committee Member
Aldo W Morales, Committee Member
Craig Matthew Meyers, Committee Member
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Berardi, Danielle Elizabeth

Title:

Effects of Simultaneous Wall Shear Stress and Circumferential Strain on Endothelial Cell Junctions

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

junctions
endothelial cells
circumferential strain
wall shear stress
stress phase angle

File:

Download dberardi_phd_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

John Michael Tarbell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler / John M Tarbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member
David A Antonetti, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member

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

Author:

Nellore, Kavitha

Title:

VENULAR CONTROL OF CAPILLARY PERFUSION IN THE PRESENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Nitric Oxide
Diabetes
Hypercholesterolemia
Microcirculation
Arterio-Venular Communication
Capillary flow

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Norman R Harris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
David A Antonetti, Committee Member
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Herbertson, Luke Herschel

Title:

Evaluation of Fluid Mechanics and Cavitation Generated by Mechanical Heart Valves During the Closing Phase

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

mechanical heart valve
cavitation
hemodynamics
laser Doppler velocimetry
cardiovascular
fluid mechanics

File:

Download Herbertson_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B Manning, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Deutsch, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Lujia

Title:

COMPOSITION OF THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX AND ITS EFFECT ON TRANSVASCULAR EXCHANGE OF SMALL SOLUTES

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Glycocalyx
Inflammation
Glycosaminoglycan

File:

Download Dissertation_Lujia_Gao_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheng Dong, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Min-ho

Title:

ROLE OF HEMODYNAMIC FORCES IN SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL CONTRACTION AND TRANSVASCULAR FILTRATION IN VIVO

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

shear stress
microvascular pressure
myogenic response
transvascular filtration
hydraulic conductivity
vascular smooth muscle cell
endothelial cell

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Norman R Harris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member
John Michael Tarbell, Committee Member

Author:

Sah, Rachna

Title:

Role of Divalent Cations in Glycocalyx Shedding and Leukocyte-Endothelium Adhesion

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Glycocalyx Divalent Leukocyte Endothelium

File:

Download Thesis_Final_17Nov2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Sung

Title:

MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR ON-LINE MONITORING OF CLINICALLY RELEVANT PROTEINS DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS PROCEDURES

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Microfluidic devices
blood separation
Continuous real time biosensing
CPB

File:

Download SungYangPh.D_pub.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey D Zahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akif Undar, Committee Member
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member
Keefe B Manning, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Tabouillot, Tristan

Title:

SHEAR STRESS ELICITS A TRANSIENT DOMAIN-DEPENDENT ALTERATION OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE FLUIDITY IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

mechanotransduction
endothelial
fluorescence lifetime
fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
plasma membrane

File:

Download TT-dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Erin Elizabeth Sheets, Committee Member
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Frazzette, Nicholas James

Title:

Comparing Novel Techniques for Measuring the Bending Modulus of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in Erythrocytes

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

mechanobiology
bending modulus
mechanotransduction
lipid bilayers
membrane bending
erythrocytes
TCSPC
fluorescence

File:

Download Frazzette_MS_Thesis_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor