Thank you for making SB3C2022 a success!
We had 692 attendees and an excellent program!
We look forward to seeing you at the next SB3C conference at the Grand Hyatt in Vail, Colorado!
Many thanks to the SB3C2022 Sponsors!
The 2022 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Student Paper Competition Results
BS Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Biofluid and Cardiovascular Mechanics | |||
| 1st | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Alignment on Micropattern Alters Glucose Metabolism | Yusuf Mastoor | University of Maryland |
| Runner-up | The Role of Actin Corralling in the Formation of Cell-Cell Adhesions | Payton J Thomas | University of Utah |
| Runner-up | 4D Flow MRI Comparison of Surgical Grafts for Correction of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms: A Case Study | Tea Cohen | Stanford University |
| Runner-up | Estimation of Flow Data from Angiographic Time Series | Noah Stevens | University of Michigan |
| Device, Design, Tissue/Cell Engineering | |||
| 1st | Open-Source System For Real-Time Functional Assessment Of Engineered Multicellular Filtration Barriers | Tess Fallon | Columbia University |
| Runner-up | Establishing An Optimized Annuloplasty Ring Type Using In Vivo and Ex Vivo Biomechanical Analyses | Katelynne Berland | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Runner-up | In Vitro Human Lung Fibroblast-To-Myofibroblast Transition From Profibrotic Growth Factor Stimulation | Catherine Sano | University of Virginia |
| Solid mechanics | |||
| 1st | Effect of Development Slow Elongation in Driving Hierarchical Collagen Fiber Formation in Engineered Tissues | Kelly Ott | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Runner-up | The Effect Of Pregnancy On Mechanical Injury Criteria In Murine Uterosacral Ligaments | Catalina Bastias | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Runner-up | Physiochemical Mechanisms Of Bone Dissolution Play A Significant Role In Regulating Bone Composition And Function In Acidosis | Margaret Easson | University of Connecticut Health Center |
| Runner-up | Exercise Therapy Does Not Alter Kinematic Repeatability In Individuals With Rotator Cuff Tears When Reaching Behind The Back | Rachel McLoughlin | Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh |
MS Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Solid and Biofluid Mechanics of Cardiovascular, Lung, and Soft Tissues | |||
| 1st | Layer-Specific Aortic Aneurysm Biomechanics Suggest Relationship Between Medial Stiffness and Interfacial Strength in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve | Louise Neave | University of Calgary |
| Runner-up | Spectral Analysis Of Kinetic Energy In A Healthy Aorta | David Buchner | University of Stuttgart |
| Runner-up | Phosphorylation Patterns Of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 And Angiogenesis Are Driven By Biomechanical Forces | Bronte Miller | University of Alabama |
| Musculoskeletal and Cardiovascular Mechanics, Tissue Engineering, and Biosensors | |||
| 1st | Development Of A Continuum Damage Model To Predict Accumulation Of Sub-failure Damage In Tendons | Alexandra Allan | University of Utah |
| Runner-up | Non-Muscle Myosins are Critical Regulators of Skeletal and Connective Tissue Formation | Mary Kate Evans | University of Pennsylvania |
| Runner-up | Disc Geometry Measurement Methods Alter Reported Compressive Mechanics By Up To 65% | Shiyin Lim | University of California Berkeley |
PhD Level:
| Title | Name | Affiliation | |
| Biofluid Mechanics and Cardiovascular Imaging | |||
| 1st | Patient-Specific Finite Element Modeling to Predict Clinical Risks of Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation | Carly Donahue | University of Minnesota |
| Runner-up | Computational Modeling Of Cryoballoon Ablation For Pulmonary Vein Isolation | Tejas Patel | Michigan State University |
| Runner-up | Radiomics Features On Contrast-enhanced And Non-enhanced MRI Are Associated With Intracranial Aneurysmal Risk | Sricharan Veeturi | University at Buffalo |
| Tendon, Ligament, and Joint | |||
| 1st | Elastic Strength and its Relation to Mineral Density in Juvenile Equine Bones of the Lower Limb | Sara Moshage | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Runner-up | Mechanical and Structural Changes due to Tendon Overload in a Rat Model of Synergist Ablation | Ellen Bloom | University of Delaware |
| Runner-up | Partial ACL Injury Location Impacts Biomechanics and Tissue Remodeling in a Skeletally Immature Porcine Model | Danielle Howe | North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Tissue Engineering, Remodeling, and Emerging Areas | |||
| 1st | Cervical Material Remodeling in Pregnancy Using a Nonhuman Primate Model | Shuyang Fang | Columbia University |
| Runner-up | Epithelial Fluid Secretion and Luminal Pressure Regulate the Patterns of Proliferation that Sculpt the Developing Bronchial Tree | Shelby Mohr-Allen | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Runner-up | Patterns Of Tissue Stiffness Correlate With Distributions Of Proliferation And Yap Activity Along The Embryonic Ureteric Tree | Somdutta Chakraborty | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics | |||
| 1st | Post-Stretch Behavior of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Depends on Strain-rate and Actomyosin Interactions | Samuel Boland | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities |
| Runner-up | A 3D Computational Model Of Aortic Valve Interstitial Cell Contractile Behavior Within A PEG Hydrogel Medium | Alex Khang | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Runner-up | Tricuspid Valve Annulus Mechanics And Geometry In Newborns With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome | Colton Ross | University of Oklahoma |
| Orthopaedic Bioengineering and Mechanotherapeutics | |||
| 1st | Mechanotherapeutics To Modulate The Foreign Body Response | Niamh Ward | National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Runner-up | Large Animal Model of Meniscus Injury and Repair Shows Chondroprotection and Partially Restores Joint Kinematics as Measured via MRI | Kyle Meadows | University of Delaware |
| Runner-up | Hyaluronan, PRG4, And Cytokine Production in Synoviocytes Is Sensitive To Cyclic Strain Magnitude | Meghana Pendyala | Rensslaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Biosensors, Brain, and Injury | |||
| 1st | APOE E4 Genotype Decreases Barrier Function and Glucose Uptake in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells | Callie Weber | University of Maryland |
| Runner-up | Progressive Mechanical and Structural Changes in Anterior Cerebral Arteries with Alzheimer’s Disease | Xiaozhu Liu | Boston University |
| Runner-up | Comparison Of Oscillatory Deformation Patterns Excited In The Human Brain In Vivo By Harmonic And Impulsive Skull Motion | Jordan Escarcega | Washington University in St. Louis |