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Author:

Godzik, Kevin Powers

Title:

In Vitro Composite 3D Bioprinted Bone/Skin Constructs

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

bioprinting
biomaterial
3d printing
additive manufacturing
Co-culture
bone
skin

File:

Download _Godzik__FINAL_Formatted_Version_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Parry, Matthew

Title:

THE ROLE OF CLC-3 CHLORIDE CHANNELS IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE 5XFAD ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE MOUSE MODEL

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

CLC-3
Chloride Channels
Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid Beta
Aβ42
β-secretase
Beta Secretase
BACE1

File:

Download thesis_formatted_Honors.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Gong Chen, Thesis Supervisor
Jian Yang, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hudock, Maria

Title:

Fabrication of Biphasic Bone Scaffolds with Highly Connected Inner Porosity and Biomimetic Composition for Regeneration in Large, Load-Bearing Defects

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

bone scaffold
osteoconductivity
freeze casting
BPLP-PSer
Pelodiscus sinensis collagen
large segmental defect

File:

Download biphasic_BPLP-PSer_TC_bone_scaffolds_MH.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jian Yang, Thesis Supervisor
Jian Yang, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Xiaojun Lance Lian, Faculty Reader
Cheng Dong, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mc Hugh, Clare Moire

Title:

SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPLANTABLE LONG-TERM USE FONTAN PUMP MATERIALS

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Biomaterials
Biomedical Engineering
Fontan Circulation
Fluid Mechanics
Biocompatibility
Platelet Adhesion
Thrombosis
Medical Device

File:

Download McHugh_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Pearson, Cara Emily

Title:

Determining the Efficiency of Emboli Detection with Ultrasonography

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics
Ultrasound
Emboli
Pulmonary Embolism
Pan-Tompkins Algorithm
Doppler Effect
High Intensity Transient Signals
Thrombus
Reynolds number
Blood
Hemostasis
Coagulation Cascade
Ultrasonography
Heart Attack
Stroke
Artificial Heart

File:

Download Pearson_Cara_Thesis2019.docx.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wilkinson, Willard Amos

Title:

METHOD OF HCN VOLTAGE CHANNEL ACTIVATION

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Two electrode voltage-clamp
Ion Channels
Molecular Cloning
Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels
HCN

File:

Download THESIS_Updated.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chan, Coreena

Title:

Yes-associated protein 1 localization in response to substrate architecture

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

YAP
YAP1
yes-associated protein
yes-associated protein 1
nanofibers
osteogenesis
osteogenic differentiation
RhoA
FAK
focal adhesions
tissue engineering
Hippo signaling pathway
cancer
tumor suppression

File:

Download Chan_Coreena_Honors_Thesis_SP19.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cook, Zeke

Title:

Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Kinesin

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Kinesin
Protein
Motor
Mechanobiology
Mechanochemistry
Processive
Fluorescence
Gold Nanoparticle
Tracking
Total Internal Reflection
Microscopy
Interferometric Scattering
Brownian
Dynamics
Brownian Dynamics
Molecular Modeling
Molecular Dynamics

File:

Download Cook_Annan_BrownianDynamicsSimulationofKinesinMotorProteinDynamics.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Ling, Melissa

Title:

The Effect of Lamin A/C and the LINC Complex on TGFβ1-Induced Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Lamin A/C
TGFβ1
LINC Complex
SUN2
Nuclear Mechanotransduction

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Draft_2020-05-11_Ling.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Esther Winter Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Honors Advisor
Spencer Szczesny, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mc Ilroy, Kyle

Title:

MODELING SERUM-DRUG KINETICS FOR THE PREDICTION OF CANCER RESISTANCE TO SECOND LINE THERAPEUTICS

Area of Honors:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Cancer

File:

Download KyleChristopherMcIlroy_SchreyerThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Justin R Pritchard, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor
Deb Kelly, Faculty Reader