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Author:

Higgins, Andrew Michael

Title:

Nanofiber Curvature Sensing Through an Arfaptin and Rac1 Dependent Mechanism

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

nanofibers
Rac1
arfaptin
curvature sensing

File:

Download Higgins_Andrew_NanofiberCurvatureSensing-Honors.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Fox, Evan M

Title:

Fluid Dynamic Study of a Compliant Model for an Inferior Vena Cava Filter

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

deep vein thrombosis
pulmonary embolism
inferior vena cava filter
particle image velocimetry

File:

Download Fox_Thesis_Honors_04_12.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Behr, Julie Marie

Title:

Multiscale Modeling of Cancer Cell Adhesion

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

cellular adhesion
computational fluid dynamics
binding affinity
melanoma
cancer cells

File:

Download 1-JulieBehr-HonorsThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Grunenwald, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

The Effects of Hematocrit and Rotation Time on Platelet Adhesion to a Polyurethane Urea Surface

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

platelet adhesion
rotating disk
polyurethane urea

File:

Download LaurenGrunenwaldThesis-HonorsFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Margaret June Slattery, Faculty Reader
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Faculty Reader

Author:

Rogers, Andrew Mark

Title:

Development of a Magnetic Bead Microrheometry System to Study Thrombus Rheology

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Magnetic Bead Microrheometry
Thrombus
Hydrogel

File:

Download Rogers_Andrew_developmentofmagneticbead.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Supervisor
Steven Deutsch, Faculty Reader

Author:

Hughes, Kelly E

Title:

Encapsulation of Docetaxel in Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles and the Effects of Bioconjugation

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

nanoparticles
breast cancer
cancer
calcium phosphate

File:

Download Hughes_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Sunkara, Sai K

Title:

Correcting the Stokes-einstein-sutherland Equation

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Protein Adsorption
Stokes-Einstein-Sutherland Equation
adsorption kinetics
viscosity ratio

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Burke, Shannon Leigh

Title:

An In Vitro Investigation of the Effect of Shear on von Willebrand Factor Proteolysis

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

von Willebrand factor
vWF
ventricular assist device
VAD
proteolysis
heart failure
cardiovascular disease

File:

Download Shannon_Burke_-_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
Margaret June Slattery, Faculty Reader

Author:

Senkow, Tiffany Louisa

Title:

Mechanism and kinetics of human kinesin-5 motor protein

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Kinesin
Eg5
Kinetics

File:

Download Senkow_KinesinKinetics.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Schmiech, Kathryn Victoria

Title:

Fluid Dynamic Studies of a Porcine Aortic Valve in Preparation for Future Living Tissue Valve Studies

Area of Honors:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aortic valve
fluid dynamics
porcine valve
particle image velocimetry

File:

Download KSchmiechFinalThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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