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1. THE EFFECTS OF BIOCONJUGATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES ON THE DELIVERY TO BREAST CANCER CELLS

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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 Phosphosilicate
Nanoparticles
Breast Cancer
Transendothelial Migration
File:
Download Honors_Thesis_VLG.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Cheng Dong, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. β-Catenin Signaling Leading to the Maintenance and Differentiation of MC3T3 Cells in Response to Electrospun Nanofibers

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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:
Nanofibers
Electrospinning
PMMA
PolyHEMA
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Beta-Catenin
Osteogenesis
File:
Download Nagurney_FinalThesis_BIOE_2016.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Factors Impacting the Efficacy of Cell-mediated Drug Delivery to the Brain via the Blood Brain Barrier

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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 delivery
blood brain barrier
VE-cadherin
VCAM-1
ICAM-1
VLA-4
LFA-1
transendothelial migration
File:
Download SCHREYER_THESIS_4.11.16_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Cheng Dong, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader

4. Computational Modeling of the Effects of Shear Stress on von Willebrand Factor Proteolysis

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Open Access
Author:
Tramontozzi, Michael William
Title:
Computational Modeling of the Effects of Shear Stress on von Willebrand Factor Proteolysis
Area of Honors:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Biomedical
Engineering
COMSOL
von Willebrand Factor
Ventricular Assist Device
Computational
Optical Trap
Shear
File:
Download Michael_Tramontozzi_-_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter J Butler, Faculty Reader
Margaret June Slattery, Faculty Reader

5. The Investigation of Fluid Shear Stress and Subsequent Conformational Changes of von Willebrand Factor Observed in an Optical Trap

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Open Access
Author:
Candela, Xavier Joseph
Title:
The Investigation of Fluid Shear Stress and Subsequent Conformational Changes of von Willebrand Factor Observed in an Optical Trap
Area of Honors:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
vWF
optical trap
fluid shear
von Willebrand Factor
LVADs
File:
Download FORMATTED_CANDELA_THESIS_PC_version_CORRECT.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter J Butler, Faculty Reader

6. Comparing Novel Techniques for Measuring the Bending Modulus of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in Erythrocytes

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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:
mechanobiology
bending modulus
mechanotransduction
lipid bilayers
membrane bending
erythrocytes
TCSPC
fluorescence
File:
Download Frazzette_SHC_Thesis_v4.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Peter J Butler, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Faculty Reader

8. Characterizing Melanoma Adhesion Dynamics: Thrombin Mediated Interactions and Polymorphic Neutrophil Deformability

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Deborah Snyder
Title:
Characterizing Melanoma Adhesion Dynamics: Thrombin Mediated Interactions and Polymorphic Neutrophil Deformability
Area of Honors:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
melanoma
polymorphic neutrophils
cellular adhesions
flow assays
bioengineering
cancer
thrombin
fibrin
endothelium
File:
Download undergraduate_thesis_deborah_lee_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Cheng Dong, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Yong Wang, Faculty Reader