31. The Effect of Blood on Circulating Tumor Cells' Expression of Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cell Markers Open Access Author: Clabbers, Andrea Laurie Title: The Effect of Blood on Circulating Tumor Cells' Expression of Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cell Markers Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: Circulating Tumor CellsEpCAMEpithelial to Mesenchymal Transition File: Download Andrea_Clabbers_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Siyang Zheng, Thesis SupervisorSheereen Majd, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
32. The Effect of Consumption of the Probiotic Bifidobacterium Animalis Subspecies Lactis (BB-12) on Function and Phenotype of Natural Killer Cells Open Access Author: Krisher, Sarah Yelena Title: The Effect of Consumption of the Probiotic Bifidobacterium Animalis Subspecies Lactis (BB-12) on Function and Phenotype of Natural Killer Cells Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: probioticsBB-12natural killer cells File: Download Sarah_Krisher__Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Connie Jo Rogers, Thesis SupervisorSheereen Majd, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
33. An Experimental Setup to Test the Effects of Shear Stress on von Willebrand Factor Open Access Author: Corsetti, Monica Claire Title: An Experimental Setup to Test the Effects of Shear Stress on von Willebrand Factor Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: von Willebrand FactorvWFOptical TrapOptical TweezersShear StressAcquired von Willebrand SyndromeADAMTS-13 File: Download Thesis_Monica_Corsetti.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorPeter J Butler, Faculty ReaderDr. William O Hancock, Faculty ReaderDr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
34. Nanofiber Control of Focal Adhesion Dynamics and Cell Migration for Regenerative Medicine Open Access Author: Riley, Thomas Roberts Title: Nanofiber Control of Focal Adhesion Dynamics and Cell Migration for Regenerative Medicine Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: MatlabImage ProcessingFocal AdhesionCell MigrationNanofiberTissue EngineeringRegenerative MedicineFAITS File: Download RileyThesisFinalDraft.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorPeter J Butler, Faculty Reader
35. In Vitro and Computational Analysis of the Fluid Mechanics Promoting Thrombus Formation in a Backward-facing Step Flow Domain Open Access Author: Witmer, Kory P Title: In Vitro and Computational Analysis of the Fluid Mechanics Promoting Thrombus Formation in a Backward-facing Step Flow Domain Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: thrombosisfluid mechanicscomputational fluid dynamicscardiovascular devicesmagnetic resonance imaging File: Download Schreyer_FinalThesis_Witmer_Kory.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorDr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
36. Histological Analysis of in vitro Thrombus Formation in a Backward Facing Step Flow Domain Using Carstairs' Stain Open Access Author: Kinney, Joanna E Title: Histological Analysis of in vitro Thrombus Formation in a Backward Facing Step Flow Domain Using Carstairs' Stain Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: thrombosishistologybioengineeringheartblood File: Download Kinney_Joanna_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorPeter J Butler, Faculty Reader
37. A Fluid Dynamic Study of the Effect of Hematocrit in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Open Access Author: Silver, Jeremy Michael Title: A Fluid Dynamic Study of the Effect of Hematocrit in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: ventricular assist devicepediatriccardiovascular devicehematocritthrombosisparticle image velocimetrypivVADPVAD File: Download Silver_SHC_Thesis_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorDr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William O Hancock, Faculty ReaderPeter J Butler, Faculty Reader
38. Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex Open Access Author: Deffenbaugh, Nathan C Title: Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: kinesinmotor proteinsstep detectionsingle-moleculecellulose synthesis complexhidden Markov model File: Download DeffenbaughNathan_SHCThesis_May2015.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis SupervisorPeter J Butler, Faculty ReaderDr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty ReaderDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
39. Characterization of Early Membrane Adhesion Activity with a Drift-corrected Optical Trap Open Access Author: Moroney, George J Title: Characterization of Early Membrane Adhesion Activity with a Drift-corrected Optical Trap Area of Honors: Bioengineering Keywords: Focal adhesionsmechanotransduction File: Download Moroney_Honors_Thesis_Final__1_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Peter J Butler, Thesis SupervisorPeter J Butler, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
40. 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
