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Author:

Perone, Michael Vincent

Title:

The Challenges of Implanting the Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device: Study of the Ascending Aorta Anastomotic Flow

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Penn State PVAD
anastomosis

File:

Download Perone_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Steven Deutsch, Faculty Reader

Author:

Bizzaro, Nicholas Robert

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE KINESIN MOTORS ON CARGO TRANSPORT VELOCITY

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

motor proteins
kinesin
cellular transport

File:

Download Schreyer_Honors_College_Thesis_-_Nicholas_Bizzaro.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter J Butler, Faculty Reader
Margaret June Slattery, Faculty Reader

Author:

Wang , Sicong

Title:

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A MICROCHANNEL DEVICE USING LASER BASED MICRO-PIV

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

microchannel
microfluidics
micro-PIV
soft lithography
murray law
circulating tumor cell
velocity profile
volumetric flow rate
pulastive flow
PDMS

File:

Download THECHARACTERIZATION_OF_MICROCHANNEL_DEVICE_USING_LASER_BASEDMICROPIV.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Siyang Zheng, Thesis Supervisor
Siyang Zheng, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader

Author:

Yunkunis, Tara Marie

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTRACELLULAR AND INTRACELLULAR TARGETS IN TUMOR-INDUCED ENDOTHELIAL JUNCTION REGULATIONS

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

signaling
VE-cadherin
calcium

File:

Download Yunkunis_Thesis_SHC_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Cheng Dong, Thesis Supervisor
Cheng Dong, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gagliardi, Virginia Marie

Title:

Modeling the Roll-Slip Nonlinear Dynamics of the Knee

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

knee
knee joint
prosthetics
dynamics of the knee
roll-slide
roll-slip
oscillator

File:

Download Gagliardi_Thesis_Spring_2010.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Margaret June Slattery, Faculty Reader

Author:

Banskota, Samagya

Title:

Re-engineering breast cancer metabolism using metformin and dichloroacetate

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Cancer
Breast Cancer Metabolism
Metformin
Dichloroacetate

File:

Download Thesis_final_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Anneke Blackburn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bernick, David J

Title:

Feasibility Studies for Optical Trap Detection of Single Molecule Adhesion and Force Generation

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

optical trap
laser tweezers
integrin ligand binding
bead
avidin
biotin
microscopy

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Bernick_David_Optical_Trap.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Peter J Butler, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Faculty Reader
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mccaffrey, Jennifer Lauren

Title:

Proximity Ligation for Protein Detection and Protein-compound Interaction

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

proximity ligation
encoded library technology
protein-compound interaction

File:

Download McCaffrey_J_Thesis_SP2012.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chowdhury, Surjyanil

Title:

Finite Element Analysis of Microfabricated Poly(Glycerol Sebacate) Scaffolds for use in Heart Valve Tissue Engineering

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Chowdhury
finite element
COMSOL
heart valve
tissue engineering
poly glycerol sebacate
PGS
microfabricate
scaffold
mesh

File:

Download honors_thesis_final_draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Faculty Reader

Author:

Sheldrake, Anne E

Title:

The effect of substrate stiffness on fibrillin expression by mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs)

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

MEFs
tissue engineering
cardiac
acrylamide
bisacrylamide
heart
fibrillin
scar tissue

File:

Download sheldrake_anne_effect_of_susbstrate_stiffness.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader