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51. Acoustically Driven Micro Electro-Mechanical Mixers for Biomedical Applications

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Author:
Orbay, Sinem
Title:
Acoustically Driven Micro Electro-Mechanical Mixers for Biomedical Applications
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Micromixing
high-viscosity fluid
acoustofluidics
polyethylene glycol (PEG)
High viscosity fluids
Acoustofluidics
Artificial cilia
File:
Download SinemOrbay_MastersThesis_FinalSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:
Jun Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

52. VISUALIZATION OF THE OUTLET FLOW FROM THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE USING LASER DOPPLER AND PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY

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Author:
Rowlands, Grant William
Title:
VISUALIZATION OF THE OUTLET FLOW FROM THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE USING LASER DOPPLER AND PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Ventricular Assist Device
von Willebrand Factor
Fluid Dynamics
Heartmate II
Outlet Flow
Proteolytic cleavage
Laser Doppler Velocimetry
Particle Image Velocimetry
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret June Slattery, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

53. RELATIONSHIP OF PLATELET ADHESION WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

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Author:
Mueser, Ashlyn S
Title:
RELATIONSHIP OF PLATELET ADHESION WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
PVAD
Platelet Adhesion
Surface Topography
Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
File:
Download Grad_Thesis_Ashlyn_Mueser.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Siedlecki, Committee Member
William Weiss, Committee Member

55. DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM BASED ON FLEXIBLE MICRO SPRING ARRAYS FOR VIABLE CANCER CELL ENRICHMENT

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Open Access
Author:
Zou, Xin
Title:
DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM BASED ON FLEXIBLE MICRO SPRING ARRAYS FOR VIABLE CANCER CELL ENRICHMENT
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Circulating tumor cell
Automatic detection
Cancer detection
Flexible Micro Spring Array
File:
Download THESIS_0405.pdf
Committee Members:
Siyang Zheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member

56. VISUALIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF STEM CELL MEDIATED MINERALIZATION OF A DEMINERALIZED COLLAGEN SAFFOLD IN A TISSUE ENGINEERING MODEL

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Author:
Mckellar, Brian U
Title:
VISUALIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF STEM CELL MEDIATED MINERALIZATION OF A DEMINERALIZED COLLAGEN SAFFOLD IN A TISSUE ENGINEERING MODEL
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Tissue Engineering
Stem cell
Biomineralization
Bone
Osteogenic differentiation
File:
Download McKellar_EpiBone_Thesis_Final_up.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarindr "Ik" Bhumiratana, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hancock, Committee Member
XIAOJUN "Lance" LIAN, Committee Member

57. CHARACTERIZATION OF AGED THROMBI THROUGH MRI AND HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ERYTHROCYTE GHOST CLOTS

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Author:
Hagenah, Kristen E
Title:
CHARACTERIZATION OF AGED THROMBI THROUGH MRI AND HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ERYTHROCYTE GHOST CLOTS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Ghost Cells
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Left Ventricular Thrombus
File:
Download Hagenah_Kristen_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. William Hancock, Committee Member
Dr. Graham Thomas, Committee Member

58. A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on Weaning in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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Open Access
Author:
Gallagher, Maureen Brenna
Title:
A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on Weaning in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
PVAD
PIV
artificial heart
pediatric
hematocrit
weaning
ventricular assist device
cardiovascular fluid dynamics
File:
Download Gallagher_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hancock, Committee Member
William Weiss, Committee Member

60. Fluid Dynamic Study of the FDA Benchmark Model under Pulsatile Flow

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Open Access
Author:
Kessler, Joshua C
Title:
Fluid Dynamic Study of the FDA Benchmark Model under Pulsatile Flow
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Laser Doppler Velocimetry
LDV
FDA Benchmark Nozzle Model
FDA Critical Path Initiative
Hemolysis
Sudden Expansion
Conical Diffuser
Turbulence
File:
Download Thesisv9.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hancock, Committee Member

61. Synthesis and Optimized Laundering of Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles for Imaging and Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Open Access
Author:
Wilczynski, Zachary Ryan
Title:
Synthesis and Optimized Laundering of Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles for Imaging and Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Nanoparticle
Nanomedicine
Breast Cancer
Chemotherapeutics
Chemotherapy
Calcium Phosphate
Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticle
File:
Download 07262017_ZRW5022_MS_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
James H. Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

63. Measuring Resting State Functional Connectivity in Awake Mouse’s Brain Using fMRI

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Open Access
Author:
Unsal, Hayreddin Said
Title:
Measuring Resting State Functional Connectivity in Awake Mouse’s Brain Using fMRI
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
functional connectivity
resting state fMRI
brain
mouse
awake animal
File:
Download HayreddinSaidUnsal_MastersThesis_FinalSubmission_revised.pdf
Committee Members:
Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

64. THE EFFECT OF GEOMETRY, HEMODYNAMICS, AND TISSUE FACTOR ON CLOT FORMATION IN ANEURYSM MODELS

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Author:
Saravanan, Pratima
Title:
THE EFFECT OF GEOMETRY, HEMODYNAMICS, AND TISSUE FACTOR ON CLOT FORMATION IN ANEURYSM MODELS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
aneurysm
hemodynamics
tissue factor
thrombus
wall shear stress
poly (1
8 - octane diol citrate)
File:
Download Pratima_Saravanan_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

65. A QUANTIFIED METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING PATTERNS IN SESSILE DROPLETS OF WHOLE HUMAN BLOOD

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Open Access
Author:
Turrigiano, Antonino Vincent
Title:
A QUANTIFIED METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING PATTERNS IN SESSILE DROPLETS OF WHOLE HUMAN BLOOD
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Sessile drop
Blood
Desiccation
Quantitative analysis
Medical
Diagnostic
File:
Download Final_Thesis.AVT.pdf
Committee Members:
Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member

66. The functional connectivity changes in the rat brain following acute and chronic nicotine administration

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Author:
Roby, Alison C
Title:
The functional connectivity changes in the rat brain following acute and chronic nicotine administration
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
functional connectivity
nicotine addiction
individual difference
acute administration
File:
Download grad_template_final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

67. THE EFFECTS OF CELL MORPHOLOGY ON NANOPARTICLE UPTAKE AND UPTAKE AT THE LEADING EDGE IN MC3T3 CELLS

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Author:
Li, Harvey S
Title:
THE EFFECTS OF CELL MORPHOLOGY ON NANOPARTICLE UPTAKE AND UPTAKE AT THE LEADING EDGE IN MC3T3 CELLS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
cell
cell morphology
nanoparticles
endocytosis
immunostaining
live-cell imaging
MC3T3 cells
microcontact printing
y-27632
File:
Download MASTERS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lian, Committee Member

68. THE EFFECT OF MICROFIBER MORPHOLOHY AND CELL DENSITY ON THE LOCALIZATION OF YAP PROTEIN IN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

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Author:
Steltz, Austin E
Title:
THE EFFECT OF MICROFIBER MORPHOLOHY AND CELL DENSITY ON THE LOCALIZATION OF YAP PROTEIN IN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
mesenchymal stem cell
msc
mouse
YAP
Yes Associated Protein
Transduce
Mechanotransduction
biology
biomedical engineering
microfibers
fibers
flat
electrospinning
confluence
cell density
File:
Download Austin_Steltz_Thesis_Graduate_School.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Yong Wang, Committee Member

70. CONTROLLING STEM CELL FATE VIA HIGHLY ORGANIZED 2.5-DIMENSIONAL BIO-INSTRUCTIVE FIBROUS SCAFFOLDS

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Author:
Buluk, Merve
Title:
CONTROLLING STEM CELL FATE VIA HIGHLY ORGANIZED 2.5-DIMENSIONAL BIO-INSTRUCTIVE FIBROUS SCAFFOLDS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
mesenchymal stem cell
osteogenesis
nanofiber
additive manufacturing
microRNA
cell-material interactions
bio-instructive scaffolds
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Merve_Buluk_Summer_19.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member
William Hancock, Committee Member

71. Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells to tendon-like progenitor cells via growth factor stimulation

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Author:
Radford, Thomas
Title:
Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells to tendon-like progenitor cells via growth factor stimulation
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
GDF7
mesenchymal stem cells
tenocyte differentiation
scleraxis
runx2
File:
Download Tom_Radford_master_thesis_final_draft_1.2.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin L. Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair

72. MODELING SERUM-DRUG KINETICS FOR THE PREDICTION OF CANCER RESISTANCE TO SECOND LINE THERAPEUTICS

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Author:
Mc Ilroy, Kyle
Title:
MODELING SERUM-DRUG KINETICS FOR THE PREDICTION OF CANCER RESISTANCE TO SECOND LINE THERAPEUTICS
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
cancer
File:
Download KyleChristopherMcIlroy_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin R Pritchard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair
Deb Kelly, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

73. A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on an Elevated Beat Rate in the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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Open Access
Author:
Houtz, Brady
Title:
A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on an Elevated Beat Rate in the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
artificial heart
pediatric
hematocrit
ventricular assist device
cardiovascular fluid dynamics
elevated beat rate
File:
Download Houtz_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member
William Hancock, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair

74. Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation

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Open Access
Author:
Deal, Jack
Title:
Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Elk
Voltage-gated ion channels
Potassium channels
Drosophila melanogaster
Xenopus
Kinetic model
Fluorescent Microscopy
Ankyrin
Axon Initial Segment
Boltzmann
Heme
File:
Download MODELING_THE_DYNAMICS_OF_ELK_SUBFAMILY_ION_CHANNELS_FOR_PHYSIOLOGICAL_MODULATION.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member