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Student Paper Competition Results
BS Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Design & Devices, Biotransport, Biofluid Mechanics | |||
| 1st | Wear Simulator for Canine Total Hip Replacements | Kevin Warburton | Boise State University |
| 2nd | Quantitative Visualization of Drug Response of Breast Cancer Cells Within a Three-Dimensional Extracellular Matrix | Brett Klosterhoff | Purdue University |
| 3rd | Material Property Testing of Carboxymethylated Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Polymer | McKenna Drysdale | University of Utah |
| Human Dynamics, Injury, Tissue Mechanics, Cellular &Tissue Engineering | |||
| 1st | Can Measured Muscle Synergies Reconstruct Unmeasured Muscle Excitations? | Nicholas Bianco | University of Florida |
| 2nd | The Temporal Change in Protein Biomarkers of Vitreous Humor following Blast Trauma of the Visual System | Justin Jones | University of Utah |
| 3rd | A Mechanical Model For Cortical Folding During Brain Development | Nithya Vijayakuma | Stanford University |
MS Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Biofluids, Biotransport, Design and Devices | |||
| 1st | Elevated Wall Shear Stress Predicts Branch Graft Failure Following Chimney Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair | Rosamaria Tricarico | University of Florida |
| 2nd | Image-based 3D Morphometric Analysis of the Clavicle Intramedullary Canal in Male Population | Jazmine Aira | University of South Florida |
| 3rd | Establishing In Vivo Hemodynamic Baseline In A Normotensive Rat Model | Daniela Velez-Rendon | University of Illinois – Chicago |
| Dynamics, Injury, Cell & Tissue Mechanics | |||
| 1st | Accurate Prediction of Collagen Fiber Distribution using FFT: A Validation Study | Erica Morrill | Boise State University |
| 2nd | Development of a Human Knee Joint Finite Element Model to Investigate Cartilage Stress During Walking in Obese and Normal Weight Adults | Meghan Sylvia | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo |
| 3rd | Individual Cell-Based Morphological Analysis to Determine Chirality of Epithelial Morphogenesis | Michael Raymond, Jr. | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
PhD Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Biofluid Mechanics | |||
| 1st | Hemodynamic Characterization of Different Basilar Tip Aneurysm Templates Using Computational Fluid Dynamics | Priya Nair | Arizona State University |
| 2nd | Suction Effect Produced by Active Contraction of Collecting Lymphatic Vessels Facilitates Lymphatic Filling | Samira Jamalian | Imperial College London |
| 3rd | Increased Red Blood Cell Stiffness Increases Pulmonary Vascular Resistance And Pulmonary Arterial Pressure | David Schreier | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Biotransport and Simulation | |||
| 1st | CFD Simulation of Transition to Turbulence for Newtonian vs. Non-Newtonian Flow Through a Stenosis | M. Owais Khan | University of Toronto |
| 2nd | Reduced Lymphatic Function Correlates With Disease Progression In a Novel Single Vessel Ligation Model of Lymphedema | Michael Weiler | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 3rd | Combined Experimental and Finite Element Analysis to Determine the Diffusion Coefficient Within and Between Human Skin Layers | Anne M. Römgens | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Cellular and Tissue Engineering | |||
| 1st | Interstitial Cell Migration in Dense Connective Tissues is Modulated by Matrix Microstructure and Micromechanics | Feini Qu | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2nd | In Vitro Growth Trajectory And In Vivo Implantation Of Cell-seeded Disc-like Angle Ply Structures For Total Disc Replacement | John Martin | University of Pennsylvania |
| 3rd | Cells Alter Traction Force and Orientation in Response to Long-term Cyclic Stretch | Heather Cirka | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Mechanics and Rehabilitation | |||
| 1st | Blocking Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier Breakdown Prevents the Development of Pain Following Nerve Root Compression Injury | Jenell Smith | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2nd | Defining Collagen Fiber Mechanics in Neuron-Collagen Constructs Under Stretch Using Integrated Experimental & Modeling Approaches | Sijia Zhang | University of Pennsylvania |
| 3rd | Redistribution of Knee Loads Using Auditory Feedback from Pressure Detecting Shoe Insoles | Christopher Ferrigno | Rush University |
| Tissue Mechanics: Characterization | |||
| 1st | Evidence that Interfibrillar Load Transfer in Tendon is Supported by a Network of Small Diameter Collagen Fibrils | Spencer Szczesny | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2nd | Regional Contraction Shapes the Three-Dimensional Morphogenesis of the Embryonic Forebrain | Kara Garcia | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 3rd | 3D Strains in Posterior Sclera Using Ultrasound Speckle Tracking | Elias Pavlatos | The Ohio State University |
| Tissue Mechanics: Injury and Repair | |||
| 1st | Thermoresponsive, Redox-crosslinked Cellulosic Hydrogels Undergo In Situ Gelation And Restore Nucleus Pulposus Biomechanical Properties Post Nucleotomy | Devika Varma | The City College of New York |
| 2nd | Influence of Intracortical Porosity on the Fracture Susceptibility of Human Cortical Bone | Andrew Baumann | University of Notre Dame |
| 3rd | A Multigenerational Collagen Damage Model Explains Engineered Cartilage Growth and Remodeling Phenomena | Robert Nims | Columbia University |