Student Conference Presentations

2008-2009

Stephanie M. Beeman (BME ’09), Jennifer Antonacci and Robert Sah (University of California, San Diego), Preparation and Isolation of Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronan for Assessing its Boundary Lubrication Function on Articular Cartilage, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis , MO , October 2008

Andrew Burkholder (BME ’11) and Dongming Hou (Saint Josephs Translational Research Institute), Six Month Comparison of Vasomotor Function Associated With Paclitaxel Eluting Stents, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis , MO , October 2008

Laura Chernak (MechE ’09), Samantha Clark (BME ’10), Matthew McGraw (BME ’08) and Eric Kennedy, Femur Fracture Risk Functions from Geometrical Characteristics of Femur Based on Standing Height, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis , MO , October 2008

Nathan Crosby (BME ’09), Mark Stecker (Neurology, Geisinger Medical Center) and Joseph Tranquillo , Epileptic Synchronization in a Simulated Macaque Cortical Network, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis , MO , October 2008

Nathan Crosby (BME ’09), and Joseph Tranquillo, Burst Switching between incoherence and synchrony (oral presentation),  American Physical Society Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009

Robert Littlefield (BME ’09), Jennifer Singelyn (University of California, San Diego), and Jeffrey Jacot (Rice University), Preparation of a Gel Form of Heart Extracellular Matrix, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis , MO , October 2008

2007-2008

Elizabeth Banerjee (BME `09) and Joseph Tranquillo, A First Step Toward an Understanding of the Unique Characteristics of the Mouse Electrocardiogram, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, September 2007

Quishui Liang (BME `08) and James Baish, Numerical Modeling of Ice Ball Formation During Cryosurgery Using COMSOL Multiphysics, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, September 2007

2006-2007

Erica Andreozzi (BME ‘07) and Daniel Cavanagh, Particle Separation: Investigation of Microsphere Motion Around a Bend in a Microfluidic Chip, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006

Meghan Howes (BME ‘08) and Joseph Tranquillo, Spiral Wave Breakup to Cardiac Fibrillation is Sensitive to the Site of Reentry Initiation, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006

Lauren Shafer (BME ‘07) and Daniel Cavanagh, Microscale Analysis of Bubble Behavior in Bifurcating Tubes, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006

Adhira Sunkara (BME ‘08) and Joseph Tranquillo, Genetic Mutations in Cardiac Ion Channels Have Different Effects on Mice and Humans, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006

Erica Andreozzi (BME ‘07) and Alexey Vertegel (Clemson University), Design of a Novel Method for Targeted Thrombus Dissolution, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006

2005-2006

Kyle Rosendale (BME ’07) and Samantha Richerson, Tai Chi effects On Plantar Sensory Function in Elder Adults, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2005

Lauren Shafer (BME ’07) and Daniel Cavanagh, Complementary Experimental and Theoretical Models of Simple Drug Infusion: An Undergraduate Exercise, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2005

Tushar Desai (ChemE’06) and Daniel Cavanagh, Effects of Surfactants on Bubble Dynamics in Bifurcating Tubes, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2005.