41. A Study in the Design of an Accelerated Wear Tester that is Compatible with a Particle Image Velocimetry and High Speed Camera Setup 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 Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: Accelerated Wear TesterParticle Image VelocimetryAWTPIVHeart ValveArtificial Heart ValveFluid Dynamics File: Download Edward_A_Brown_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorDr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
42. Development of A Multi-layered Micro-patterned Electrospun Mesh for Hernia Repair Open Access Author: Orr, Sara A Title: Development of A Multi-layered Micro-patterned Electrospun Mesh for Hernia Repair Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: electrospinelectrospunherniamesh File: Download 1-Orr_Sara_TheDevelopmentofAMultiLayeredMicroPatternedElectrospunMeshforHerniaRepair.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jian Yang, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorYong Wang, Faculty Reader
43. Modeling the Bidirectional Transport of Intracellular Cargos by Oppositely-directed Motor Proteins Open Access Author: Mentley, Brandon Scott Title: Modeling the Bidirectional Transport of Intracellular Cargos by Oppositely-directed Motor Proteins Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: kinesindyneinmotor proteinbidirectional transportmatlabsimulation File: Download Brandon_Mentley_-_Thesis_Final_Fall15.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorJohn Fricks, Faculty Reader
44. THE EFFECTS OF BIOCONJUGATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES ON THE DELIVERY TO BREAST CANCER CELLS Open Access Author: Gonzalez, Virginia Laura Title: THE EFFECTS OF BIOCONJUGATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES ON THE DELIVERY TO BREAST CANCER CELLS Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: Calcium PhosphosilicateNanoparticlesBreast CancerTransendothelial Migration File: Download Honors_Thesis_VLG.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Cheng Dong, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
45. β-Catenin Signaling Leading to the Maintenance and Differentiation of MC3T3 Cells in Response to Electrospun Nanofibers Open Access Author: Nagurney, Rebecca Ann Title: β-Catenin Signaling Leading to the Maintenance and Differentiation of MC3T3 Cells in Response to Electrospun Nanofibers Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: NanofibersElectrospinningPMMAPolyHEMAPolyvinyl AlcoholBeta-CateninOsteogenesis File: Download Nagurney_FinalThesis_BIOE_2016.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
46. Factors Impacting the Efficacy of Cell-mediated Drug Delivery to the Brain via the Blood Brain Barrier Open Access Author: Selvi, Erhan Yavuz Title: Factors Impacting the Efficacy of Cell-mediated Drug Delivery to the Brain via the Blood Brain Barrier Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: cell-mediated drug deliveryblood brain barrierVE-cadherinVCAM-1ICAM-1VLA-4LFA-1transendothelial migration File: Download SCHREYER_THESIS_4.11.16_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Cheng Dong, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader
47. The Investigation of the Uptake of Interleukin-13 Conjugated Nanoparticles into Glioma Cells Open Access Author: Porter, Michael John Title: The Investigation of the Uptake of Interleukin-13 Conjugated Nanoparticles into Glioma Cells Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: NanoparticleNanoparticlesIL-13InterleukinGliomaGBMGlioblastoma multiformeconjugatedcomputationalkinetics File: Download Final_Thesis_Porter.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Sheereen Majd, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorHerbert Herling Lipowsky, Faculty Reader
48. THE EFFECT OF NANOFIBER DIAMETERS ON INTEGRIN REGULATED FAK-SRC SIGNALLING AND MIGRATION RATES OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS Open Access Author: Mcculloch, Mary Elizabeth Title: THE EFFECT OF NANOFIBER DIAMETERS ON INTEGRIN REGULATED FAK-SRC SIGNALLING AND MIGRATION RATES OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: FAKSRCTissue EngineeringhMSCsmigrationFocal adhesions File: Download HonorsFINALThesisDraft.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
49. Comparing Novel Techniques for Measuring the Bending Modulus of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in Erythrocytes Open Access Author: Frazzette, Nicholas James Title: Comparing Novel Techniques for Measuring the Bending Modulus of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in Erythrocytes Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: mechanobiologybending modulusmechanotransductionlipid bilayersmembrane bendingerythrocytesTCSPCfluorescence File: Download Frazzette_SHC_Thesis_v4.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Peter J Butler, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorHerbert Herling Lipowsky, Faculty Reader
50. Real-time Optical Neuroimaging Open Access Author: Masteller, Andrew M Title: Real-time Optical Neuroimaging Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: optical neuroimaginghemodynamicscerebral blood volumeintrinsic signal optical imaging File: Download MastellerAndrew_Real-timeOpticalNeuroimaging.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Patrick James Drew, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Nanyin Zhang, Faculty Reader