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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 device
pediatric
cardiovascular device
hematocrit
thrombosis
particle image velocimetry
piv
VAD
PVAD
File:: Download Silver_SHC_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader
Peter J Butler, Faculty Reader

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Author:: Nilkant, Prithvi
Title:: Localized Thrombus Rheology: A Study Through the Development of a Magnetic Bead Microrheometry System
Area of Honors:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: thrombus
blood clot
rheology
elasticity
File:: Download Prithvi_Nilkant_Localized_Thrombus_Rheology_-_A_Study_Through_the_Development_of_a_Magnetic_Bead_Microrheometry_System.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

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Author:: Belsky, Michael Alan
Title:: Targeted Sequencing Of Chromosome 9 Genes Associated With Papillary Type 1 Renal Cell Carcinoma
Area of Honors:: Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:: Cancer
next generation sequencing
renal cell carcinoma
targeted sequencing
papillary type 1
File:: Download Belsky_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William A La Framboise, Faculty Reader

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Author:: Deffenbaugh, Nathan C
Title:: Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex
Area of Honors:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: kinesin
motor proteins
step detection
single-molecule
cellulose synthesis complex
hidden Markov model
File:: Download DeffenbaughNathan_SHCThesis_May2015.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Faculty Reader
Dr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader
Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Moroney, George J
Title:: Characterization of Early Membrane Adhesion Activity with a Drift-corrected Optical Trap
Area of Honors:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Focal adhesions
mechanotransduction
File:: Download Moroney_Honors_Thesis_Final__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Peter J Butler, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. William O Hancock, Faculty Reader

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Author:: Sutermaster, Staci Leigh
Title:: Handgrip Strength Applications in Resource Constrained Settings
Area of Honors:: Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:: handgrip strength
diabetes
developing world
non-communicable disease
File:: Download Thesis_Final_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Khanjan Mehta, Thesis Supervisor
Margaret June Slattery, Faculty Reader

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Author:: Zaki, Peter Maged
Title:: Exploiting Biomarkers Assists in Degradation of Breast Cancer Cells and Reduces Extravasation
Area of Honors:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: breast cancer
pancreatic cancer
melanoma
nanoparticles
nanoliposomes
docetaxel
ceramide
CD71
CD44
metastasis
File:: Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Cheng Dong, Thesis Supervisor
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor

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Author:: Putnam, Hannah Elizabeth
Title:: Structural Factors Affecting Ankle Strength
Area of Honors:: Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:: strength
moment arm
muscle size
File:: Download 1-Putnam_Hannah_structrualfactorsaffectinganklestrength.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Keefe B Manning, Faculty Reader

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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

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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

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