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Application of Materials Characterization, Efficacy Testing, and Modelling Methods on Copper Cold Spray Coatings for Optimized Antimicrobial Properties
Keyword:
cold spray
,
antimicrobial coatings
, and
copper
Creator:
Sundberg, Kristin L.
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Towards automating micropropagation: from cells to shoots to plants in one step
Keyword:
mist reactor
,
micropropagation
,
poly-L-lysine
,
somatic embryogenesis
, and
plant tissue culture
Creator:
Fei, Liwen
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The Aquatic rehabilitation aid
Creator:
Bedrossian, Nancy Ann
,
Carreau, Kristin L.
, and
Nawrath, Benjamin Michael
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
and
Ault, Holly Keyes
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2000-01-01
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Study of the tourist attractions in Puerto Rico
Keyword:
Tourism
Creator:
Carreau, Kristin L.
,
Horan, Jessica Ellen
, and
Johnson, Corry Witman
Advisor:
Rissmiller, Kent J.
and
Addison, W. A. Bland
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
1999-01-01
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
Roots and hormones: synergistic control of artemisinin production in Artemisia annua L. shoots
Keyword:
roots
,
Artemisia annua
,
Artemisinin
, and
hormones
Creator:
Nguyen, Khanh Van T
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-12-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Biaxial stretch effects on fibroblast-mediated remodeling of fibrin gel equivalents
Keyword:
mechanobiology
,
matrix remodeling
,
fibroblast
, and
cyclic stretch
Creator:
Balestrini, Jenna Leigh
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2009-08-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
The Renaissance rapier -- history and use
Keyword:
Web sites--Design and construction
and
History
Creator:
Fisher, Brian Matthew
,
Towey, Sarah Kristin
,
Young, Paul J.
,
Carson, Christopher L.
, and
Stellato, Douglas Anthony
Advisor:
Forgeng, Jeffrey L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2001-01-01
Resource Type:
Interactive Qualifying Project
The Effects of Phytohormones on Growth and Artemisinin Production in Hairy Root Cultures of Artemisia Annua L.
Keyword:
Phytohormones
Creator:
McCoy, Mark Christopher
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-05-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Progress Towards a Higher Throughput Uniaxial Stretch Platform with Tunable Stiffness for Mechanobiology Experiments
Creator:
Sutter, Leo B.
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Three Dimensional Force Sensing Array with Applications in Robotics and Biomechanics
Creator:
Johnson, Jessie Greg
and
Ozkan, Selahaddin Sencer
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
and
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-28
Resource Type:
Major Qualifying Project
Regional Mechanical Function Changes Remain after Ventricular Pacing Cessation: Evidence of Mechanical Cardiac Memory
Keyword:
Cardiac Memory
,
Mechanical function
, and
HDM
Creator:
Skorinko, Jeremy Kenneth
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-03-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
A Comparative Analysis of the Biomechanics and Biochemistry of Cell-Derived and Cell-Remodeled Matrices: Implications for Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine
Keyword:
strength
,
fibrin gel
,
glycosaminoglycans
,
tissue growth
,
Regenerative medicine
,
wound-healing model
,
tissue formation
,
human
,
proteoglycans
,
biomechanical characterization
,
UTS
,
biochemical characterization
,
fibroblast-populated
,
growth factors
,
cell-derived matrix
,
mechanics
,
Fibroblasts
,
collagen
,
serum-free
,
extensibility
,
total protein content
,
tension
,
chemically-defined medium
,
thickness
,
cell-remodeled matrix
,
tissue regeneration
,
collagen gel
, and
failure strain
Creator:
Ahlfors, Jan-Eric Wilhelm
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Wearable Forehead Pulse Oximetry: Minimization of Motion and Pressure Artifacts
Keyword:
contact pressure
,
motion artifact
,
remote physiological monitoring
,
sensor attachment
,
wearable sensor
, and
Pulse Oximetry
Creator:
Dresher, Russell Paul
Advisor:
Mendelson, Yitzhak
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Evaluation of Ballistic Materials For Back Protection Under Low Velocity Impact
Keyword:
Low Velocity Impact
,
Ballistic Materials
, and
Back Protection
Creator:
Carboni, Marina
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2004-04-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Cell sensing on strain-stiffening substrates is not fully explained by the nonlinear mechanical property
Keyword:
effective stiffness
,
Non-linear
,
extracellular matrix
,
Fibroblasts
,
mechanosensing
,
linear
,
strain-stiffening
, and
cell spreading
Creator:
Rudnicki, Mathilda Sophia
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-17
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Centritubing: Using Centrifugal Force to Create Self-Assembled Tubular Tissue Constructs
Keyword:
Tissue Engineering
,
Self-Assembly
,
centrifugal force
,
TEBV
, and
tubular construct
Creator:
Jones, Craig
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-01-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Streamlining Tissue Engineering Workflows: Comparing Tissue Formation Between Freshly Cultured and Directly Thawed Cells
Keyword:
Cells
,
Rings
,
Viability
,
Freshly Thawed
,
Tissue model
, and
Tissue Engineering
Creator:
Santos-Heiman, Timothy
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
A Cell Spheroid Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: The Role of Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress
Creator:
Coutts, Colin
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Designing Modular Fibrin Composite Scaffolds for Enhanced Ventricular Myocardium Regeneration
Keyword:
cardiac patch
and
fibrin composite
Creator:
Chrobak, Megan O'Brien
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-12-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Regulation of Apoptosis and Calcification within Valvular Interstitial Cells
Keyword:
calcification
,
apoptosis
,
calcific aortic valve disease
,
aortic valvular interstial cells
, and
traction force microscopy
Creator:
Cirka, Heather Ann
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Evaluation of Canine Fracture Fixation Bone Plates
Keyword:
fixation
,
evaluation
,
fracture
,
Mechanical
,
bone
, and
plate
Creator:
Tacvorian, Edward
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-11-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Designing Biomaterial Surfaces to Enhance Adhesion at the Skin-Implant Interface
Keyword:
keratinocytes
,
neuroprosthetics
,
percutaneous seal
,
Cell adhesion
, and
percutaneous implant
Creator:
Ting, Cara M
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Comparison of Alternative Rigid Sternal Fixation Techniques
Keyword:
Osteoporosis
,
malunion
,
Sternum
, and
Rigid Fixation
Creator:
Dieselman, John Conrad
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Modifying and Measuring the Stiffness of a Regenerative Cardiac Scaffold In Vitro
Keyword:
myocardial infarction
,
Ascorbic Acid
,
Dacron
,
membrane inflation
,
Veritas
,
HDM
,
Fibroblasts
,
UBM
, and
heart
Creator:
Filipe, Daniel V
Advisor:
Gaudette, Glenn R.
and
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2010-12-01
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
In vivo characterization of respiratory forces on the sternal midline following median sternotomy
Keyword:
fixation
,
forces
,
device evaluation
, and
Sternum
Creator:
Pai, Shruti
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-08-30
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Dynamic Failure Properties of the Porcine Medial Collateral Ligament: Predicting Human Injury in High Speed Frontal Automotive Collisions
Keyword:
Properties
,
Collision
,
Failure
,
Ligament
, and
Automotive
Creator:
Peck, Louis Raymond
Advisor:
Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-05-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Evaluating Terminal Differentiation of Porcine Valvular Interstitial Cells In Vitro
Keyword:
TGF-B1
,
substrate
, and
valvular interstitial cell
Creator:
Hinds, Heather C
Advisor:
Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-05
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
The Impact of Using an Obstacle Sensing System in the Power Wheelchair Training of Children with Disabilities
Keyword:
mobility training
,
power wheelchair
, and
obstacle sensing
Creator:
Manrique, Lisette M
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-05-03
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Regulating Valvular Interstitial Cell Phenotype by Boundary Stiffness
Keyword:
myofibroblast
,
valvular interstitiat cells
,
residual tension
,
TGF-β
,
3
,
stiffness
,
cell-generated force
,
tension reduction
,
Heart valves
,
fibrin gel
, and
contraction
Creator:
Kural, Mehmet Hamdi
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-06-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
3D Multi-Physics MRI-Based Human Right Ventricle Models for Patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Cardiac Mechanical Analysis and Surgical Outcome Prediction
Keyword:
heart model
,
Tetralogy of Fallot
,
pulmonary valve replacement
,
Right Ventricle
, and
congenital heart disease
Creator:
Zuo, Heng
Advisor:
Tang, Dalin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Engineered blood vessels with spatially distinct regions for disease modeling
Keyword:
smooth muscle
,
bioreactor
,
microsphere
,
tissue engineered blood vessel
, and
disease modeling
Creator:
Strobel, Hannah A.
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF APOPTOSIS IN CALCIFICATION OF THE AORTIC VALVULAR INTERSTITIAL CELLS
Creator:
Jebeli, Mahvash
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Development of digital holographic vibrometry methods for determination of mechanical properties of bioengineered tissues
Keyword:
High-resolution Optical Metrology
,
Holographic Vibrometry
,
Machine Learning
,
Bioengineered Tissues
, and
Computational Modeling
Creator:
Hiscox, Colin
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Caveolae allow smooth muscles cells to adapt to stress through the Gαq/PLCβ pathway
Keyword:
cavin-1
,
caveolae
,
stress
,
stress granules
,
phospholipase C
, and
GPCR
Creator:
Qifti, Androniqi
Advisor:
Scarlata, Suzanne Frances
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Generation and Dissemination of a Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Functional Smooth Muscle Tissue
Keyword:
disease model
,
tissue engineering
,
mesenchymal stem cells
,
cryopreservation
, and
smooth muscle cells
Creator:
Grosha, Jonian
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-22
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Imaging in Neuro-Interventional Surgery
Creator:
King, Robert M.
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
and
Gounis, Matthew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanics of Biological Materials: A Theoretical and Computational Approach Using Machine Learning and Finite Element Analysis
Creator:
Ashouri Choshali, Habibeh
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
and
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Regulation of Cell Death
Creator:
Goldblatt, Zachary
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Opto-mechanical Characterization Methods to Understand Physical and Mechanical Properties of Bioengineered Tissue
Keyword:
Noninvasive Optical Metrology
,
Characterization of Tissues
,
Big Data
,
Bioengineered Tissues
, and
Force-Displacements Measurements
Creator:
Castro Carrion, Westly
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-14
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Defining the Multiscale Relationship between Subject-Specific Bone Strain and Structural Adaptation in the Distal Radius of Women
Keyword:
Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT)
,
Finite Element (FE)
,
High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HRpQCT)
,
Distal Radius
,
Exercise
, and
Bone Adaptation
Creator:
Mancuso, Megan E
Advisor:
Troy, Karen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Effects of cancerous mutations on mechanosensing of cells
Creator:
Ho Thanh, Minh-Tri
Advisor:
Wen, Qi
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-09-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds Developed using Macromolecular Crowding
Keyword:
macromolecular crowding
,
cell-derived matrices
,
Hyaluronic Acid
, and
extracellular matrix
Creator:
Shendi, Dalia M
Advisor:
Rolle, Marsha Whitney
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Effects of PTEN Loss and Activated KRAS Overexpression on Viscoelasticity, Adhesion, and Mechanosensitivity of Breast Epithelial Cells
Keyword:
Cellular Mechanics
,
Atomic Force Microscopy
,
Breast Cancer
,
Cancer Dormancy
,
Triple Negative
, and
Adhesion
Creator:
Linthicum, Will H
Advisor:
Wen, Qi
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Activation Of Valvular Interstitial Cell Phenotype
Keyword:
stretch
,
VICs
,
stiffness
,
myofibroblast
, and
transforming growth factor beta
Creator:
Quinlan, Angela
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-08-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Development and Validation of a Knee-Thigh-Hip LSDYNA Model of a 50th Percentile Male.
Keyword:
KTH
,
impacts
,
fracture mechanisms
,
dynamic ligament failure model
,
out-of-position
, and
active muscles
Creator:
Silvestri, Chiara
Advisor:
Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2008-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Collagen and Fibrin Biopolymer Microthreads For Bioengineered Ligament Regeneration
Keyword:
microthread
,
collagen
,
Ligament
,
thread
,
fiber
,
Fibrin
,
FGF2
,
Tissue Engineering
,
fibroblast
,
tissue regeneration
, and
ACL
Creator:
Cornwell, Kevin G.
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2007-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
HIGH-SPEED SHAPE AND DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS BY HOLOGRAPHY AND APPLICATIONS IN MIDDLE-EAR RESEARCH
Keyword:
High-resolution Optical Metrology
,
Acoustics and Hearing
,
Middle-ear Diagnostics
,
High-speed Digital Holography
, and
Shape and Displacement Measurements
Creator:
Tang, Haimi
Advisor:
Rosowski, John J.
,
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
, and
Cheng, Jeffrey T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-03-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
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