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We had 1,045 attendees and a great virtual program!
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Student Paper Competition Results
BS Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Musculoskeletal | |||
| 1st | Knee Contact Forces In Transtibial Amputees: Implications For Rehabilitation and Lifelong Fitness Exercises | Reymil Fernandez | California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo |
| Runner-up | Raman Needle Arthroscopy Towards In Vivo Monitoring of Enginnered Cartilage Growth | Juncheng Zhang | Boston University |
| Runner-up | The Synoviocyte Response To Physiologic Shear Under Culture Conditions Simulating Diabetic Insulin Resistance and Osteoarthritis Joint Inflammation | Neeraj Sakhrani | Columbia University |
| Soft Tissues | |||
| 1st | “Carbon Nano-Onion-Mediated Dual Targeting of P-Selectin and P-Glycoprotein To Overcome Cancer Drug Resistance” | Yutong Liang | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Runner-up | “Parametric Patient-Specific Model Simulating Human Cervix Deformation During The First Stage of Labor” | Arielle Feder | Columbia University |
| Runner-up | “In Silico Modeling of Embolic Particle Drug Delivery For Liver Cancer” | Autumn Zemlicka | U. Colorado Boulder |
| Cardiovascular | |||
| 1st | “Layer-Specific Mechanical and Collagen Microstructural Characterizations of Tricuspid Valve Leaflets” | Katherine Casey | University of Oklahoma |
| Runner-up | “Quantification of The Flexural Rigidity of Peripheral Arterial Endovascular Catheter and Sheaths” | Chase Hartquist | Chase Hartquist |
| Runner-up | “Computational Modeling of Arterial Hemodynamics In Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension” | Nathan Li | University of Michigan |
MS Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Orthopaedics, Fibrous Soft Tissues, and Design | |||
| 1st (Tie) | “Size-Dependent Solute Diffusivity In Synovial Explants Parallels Solute Transport Following Intra-Articular Delivery In Vivo” | Alexandra Davis | Washington University in St Louis |
| 1st (Tie) | “Characterizing and Modeling Adolescent Pectus Excavatum Anatomy to Inform Surgical Planning and Device Design” | Delanie Lynch | Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| Runner-up | “A Viscodamage Model To Simulate Both Fatigue And Static Failures In Soft Fibrous Tissue” | Bradley Henderson | Boise State University |
| Heart, Lung, Cell and Tissue Biomechanics, and Biosensors | |||
| 1st | “Assessing The Hemodynamic Influence Of Pulse Flow Modulation For Left Ventricular Assist Devices” | Akshita Sahni | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Runner-up | “Maximum Ventricular Wall Loading Coincides With Periventricular White Matter Hyperintensity Locations” | Valery Visser | Eindhoven University of Technology / Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Runner-up | “Live-cell, dynamic imaging of matrix assembly in an in vitro model of human corneal development” | Alexandra Silverman | Northeastern University |
PhD Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Session 1: Biotransport, Biosensors, and Biomaterials | |||
| 1st | “Conductive Polypyrrole-Encapsulated Silk Fibroin Fibers for Myocardial Regeneration” | Yeshi Liang | National University of Singapore |
| Runner-up | “Fibrous Microenvironments Regulate Nuclear Shape In A Diameter-dependent Manner” | Aniket Jana | Virginia Tech |
| Runner-up | “Sophorolipids Demonstrate Promising Anti-Cancer Efficacy in 2D, 2.5D, and 3D Breast Cancer Models” | Cassandra Roberge | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Runner-up | “DIAMOND: Digital Plasmonic-Nanobubble Detection For Homogeneous Assay With Enhanced Sensitivity” | Yaning Liu | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Session 2: Bladder, Lung, and Ocular Biomechanics | |||
| 1st | “Integrating Capillary Flow Modeling And Geometric Quantification Into Reconstructed 3D Capillary Networks Of The Optic Nerve Head” | Po-Yi Lee | University of Pittsburgh |
| Runner-up | “Deformation Of Peripapillary Sclera And Retina In Response To Elevated Intraocular Pressure” | Sunny Kwok | Ohio State University |
| Runner-up | “Assessing The Comparative Strains Between Positive And Negative Pressure Ventilation Using Digital Image Correlation” | Crystal Mariano | University of California Riverside |
| Session 3: Bone and Head Injury Biomechanics | |||
| 1st | “Investigation Of The Hindbrain Motion In Chiari Malformation I Patients Through 3D Amplified MRI” | Javid Abderezaei | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Runner-up | “Maternal Bone Adaptation to Mechanical Loading during Pregnancy, Lactation, and Post-Weaning Recovery” | Yihan Li | University of Pennsylvania |
| Runner-up | “Skeletal Response To Varied Models Of Metabolic Acidosis” | Mikayla Moody | University of Connecticut Health Center |
| Session 4: Soft Tissue Biomechanics | |||
| 1st (tie) | “Novel Multiscale Structure-based Model Of The Bovine Caudal Disc Motion Segment” | Minhao Zhou | University of California Berkeley |
| 1st (tie) | “Mechanical Response Of Mouse Cervices Lacking Decorin And Biglycan During Pregnancy” | Nicole Lee | Columbia University |
| Runner-up | “A High-fidelity 3D Micromechanical Model of Ventricular Myocardium” | David Li | University of Texas at Austin |
| Session 5: Cardiovascular Fluid Biomechanics | |||
| 1st (tie) | “Spectral Bandedness in High Fidelity CFD Predicts Rupture Status in Intracranial Bifurcation Aneurysms” | Daniel MacDonald | University of Toronto |
| 1st (tie) | “A Deep-Learning Approach For Direct Whole-Heart Mesh Reconstruction” | Fanwei Kong | University of California Berkeley |
| Runner-up | “Unraveling the Etiology of Discrete Subaortic Stenosis: Focus on Hemodynamics” | Jason Shar | Wright State University |
| Session 6: Mechanobiology and Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering | |||
| 1st | “Mechano-Regulation of Embryonic Meniscus Development” | Tonia Tsinman | University of Pennsylvania |
| Runner-up | “Curvature Sensing IRSp53 Is Critical For Migrational Persistence In Cells Crawling On Suspended Nanofibers” | Apratim Mukherjee | Pennsylvania State University |
| Runner-up | “Mechanical Stimulation Mediates The Changes in Multiscale Tendon Mechanics Observed During Embryonic Development” | Benjamin Peterson | University of Delaware |
| Runner-up | “Unilateral, Daily Bouts Of Muscle Loading Leads To Mineral And Extracellular Adaptation Of The Immature Achilles Enthesis In Mice” | Elahe Ganji | Washington University in St. Louis |
Undergraduate Design Competition
| Title | Team | Affiliation | |
| 1st | “Ventilators for the Developing World” | Laurie Trainer, Grace Bugara, Taylor Corpuz, Maeve Enright, John Fortescue, Vanessa Zighelboim | Northeastern University |
| 2nd | “The MultiFlex Catheter – A Variable Stiffness Endovascular Catheter” | Halle Lowe,Vinay Chandrasekaran, Chase Hartquist, Mohamed Zayed | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 3rd | “Haptic Feedback to Aid the Visually Impaired” | Jack Tereck, Carter Roper, Peyton Duersel, Brandon Jackson, Matthew Kamin, | The University of Alabama |