1. A STUDY OF THE WALL SHEAR RATES CREATED BY HEMATOCRIT ON AN ELEVATED BEAT RATE IN THE 12 CC PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Open Access Author: Millan Cotto, Hector Adrian Title: A STUDY OF THE WALL SHEAR RATES CREATED BY HEMATOCRIT ON AN ELEVATED BEAT RATE IN THE 12 CC PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE Area of Honors: Biological Engineering Keywords: 12cc Penn State PVADPVADCardiovascularhematocritwall shear rateswall shear File: Download Hector_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorJustin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. William Weiss, Faculty Reader