2005 Summer Bioengineering
Conference Student Award
Competition Chair
Dr. Amy L. Lerner
We gratefully acknowledge partial support
from the Whitaker Foundation!
Bachelors
Level Competition:
Competition
Chair: X. Sheldon Wang
Solids,
Design and Rehabilitation:
1st
place: Mindy I Ezra, Tulane
University
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Trabecular Bone
Tissue
2nd
place: Nicholas Stepenosky, Rowan
University
Comparison of Pz, Fz and Cz Event Related Potentials
for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
3rd
place: Mariana Kersh, University
of Wisconsin – Madison
How Does Normal Flexion Patellofemoral Contact Area
Change Before and After Deep Knee Flexion?
Honorable
Mentions:
Meghan McGee, Michigan Technical University
Cross-Sectional and Whole Bone Structural Properties
of Bear Femurs are not Compromised by Annual Periods of Disuse
Robert Held, University of Washington
Annular Phased-Array High Intensity Focused Ultrasound
Device for Image-Guided Therapy
Cell
and Tissue, Biofluids and Heat Transfer:
1st
place: Vishal Patel, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Wavelet-Based Characterization of Small-Scale
Turbulent Structures in a Mechanical Heart Valve Flow
2nd
place: Andrea Les, Stanford
University
Comparison of Hemodynamic Parameters across species in
Normal and Aneurysmal Abdominal Aortas using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and
Computational Fluid Dynamics
3rd
place (tie):
Hiroki Kamada, Tohoku University
Computer Simulation of Formation of Primary Thrombus
due to Platelet Aggregation using Particle Method
Alex Pang, Stanford University
Computer Simulation of Venous Occlusion Induced by
Pacing Leads
Honorable
Mention:
Patrick Harrington, Michigan State University
Sensitivity Analysis of Arrhenius Parameters for
Denaturation of Collagen
MS
Level Competition:
Competition
Chairs: Matthew Gounis and James
Iatridis
Solids,
Design and Rehabilitation I:
1st
place: Casey L Korecki, University
of Vermont
"Determination of Baseline
Loading Levels and Dependent Variables for Use in an Intervertebral Disc Organ
Culture System"
2nd
place: Lu Li, University of
Kansas
"Effect of Whole Body Vibration on Reposition
Sense and Dynamic Low Back Stability"
3rd
place (TIE):
Bradley S Davidson, Virginia Tech
"Lumbar Extensor Fatigue
Affects Postural Control by Increasing Ankle Stiffness"
Silvia Wongum, Eindhoven University
of Technology
"Why
Does an Intervertebral Disc Herniate in a Period of Life in which Tissue
Stresses Are Decreasing?"
Honorable
Mention: Yifei Dai, University of
Notre Dame
"Sensitivity of B-Spline Surface Fitting of a
Verterbral Endplate Using Least Squares"
Solids,
Design and Rehabilitation II:
1st
place: Kristen L. Moffat,
Columbia University
"Characterization
of the Mechanical Properties of the ACL-Bone Insertion Site"
2nd
place: Saikat Pal,
University of Denver
"Probabilistic Finite Element Modeling of TKR Wear"
3rd
place: Timothy D. Schwab,
University of British Columbia
"Ligaments Subjected to Cyclic Fatigue Fail
Sooner and Strain More than Those Subjected to Static Creep at High Stress"
Honorable
Mentions:
Evan J Goldberg, University of Texas at Austin
"Compensatory Strategies in Response to Decreased
Muscle Strength During Normal Walking"
Bhaskar Thoomukuntla, University of Kansas
"Validation of an MRI-Based Method for In Vivo Joint
Contact Mechanics Analyses"
Cell
and Tissue:
1st
place (TIE):
Kristy T Salisbury, Boston University
"Mechanobiological Regulation of Molecular
Expression and Tissue Differentiation During Bone Healing"
Taras Juzkiw, University of Toronto
"Direct Measurements of Human Trabecular Meshwork Cell
Stiffness"
3rd
place: Melissa A Deitzer,
University of Miami
"Effects of Fibrinolytic Inhibitors on the
Chondrogenesis of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fibrin Gels"
Honorable
Mentions:
Karin A Wartella, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Bioreactor for Application of Biaxial Mechanical
Stimulation to Tissue Engineering Constructs"
Kevin K Toosi, University of Pittsburgh
"Changes in the Mechanical Properties of the Rat
Urinary Bladder Following Long-Term Spinal Cord Injury"
Biofluids
and Heat Transfer:
1st
place: Ralph D. Nyilas, Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine
"Towards a New Geometric Approach to Assess the Risk
of Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using Patient Specific Modeling"
2nd
place: Hyun Jin Kim, Stanford
University
"One-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Finite Element
Simulations of Blood Flow for Spinal Cord Injury Patients"
3rd
place: Raghav Goel, University of
Minnesota
"Enhancement of Cryoinjury to Prostate Tumors by
Targeted Delivery of TNF-a Bound Gold Nanoparticles"
Honorable
Mentions
Tomohiro Fukui, Tohoku University
"Differentiation of Vascular Diseases by Pulse Wave
Propagation Analysis; Fluid-Solid Interaction Study"
Amit Ogata, Keio University
"Shear Dependence of Adhesive Force of Artificial
Platelet Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy"
PhD
Level Poster Competition:
Competition
Chair: Michele Grimm
Solids,
Design and Rehabilitation:
1st
place: Andrew E. Anderson,
University of Utah
Validation of Bone Strains and Cartilage Contact
Stress in a 3-D Finite Element Model of the Human Hip
2nd
place: Eric C. Huang, University
of Minnesota
Active Iris Mechanics and Pupillary Block: Analysis of
Anatomical Risk Factors of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
3rd
place: Seungbum Koo, Stanford University
Patterns of Cartilage Degeneration for ACL Deficient
Patients Are Influenced by Gait Mechanics
Honorable
Mentions:
Amy E. Kerdok, Harvard University
Identification of Nonlinear Constitutive Law
Parameters of Breast Tissue
Brian P. Kelly, University of Tennessee Health Science
Center
Tension-Compression Nonlinearity in Chondrocyte-Seeded
Agarose Hydrogels
Cell
and Tissue:
1st
place: Kelly B. Emerton, The City
College of the City University of New York
Biconjugate Nano-Labeling of Intracellular Proteins
within Fixed and Living Cells
2nd
place: Helene Karcher,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Coarse-Grained Model for Force-Induced Protein
Deformation
3rd
place: Belinda Yap, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Mechanical Deformation of Neutrophils into Narrow
Channels Induces Pseudopod Projection and Changes in Biomechanical Properties
Honorable
Mentions:
Caren E. Petrie, University of Virginia
Novel Osteogenic Progenitor Cells
George C. Engelmayr, University of Pittsburgh
A Structural Model for Predicting the Effective
Stiffness of Engineered Heart Valve Tissues Based on Nonwoven Scaffolds
Biofluids
and Heat Transfer:
1st
place:
Veronica Gambillara, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne
Effect of Cyclic Reversal Flow on Endothelium and SMC
Cell Metabolism on Pig Carotid Arteries
2nd
place:
T. Alexander Quinn, Columbia University
Design of Experiments Methodology for Biventricular
Pacing Optimization
3rd
place:
Beverly T Tang, Stanford University
Comparison of Wall Shear Stress in the Human Abdominal
Aorta During Resting and Simulated Exercise Conditions: Application to in vitro Endothelial
Cell Gene Expression
Honorable
Mentions:
Anne-Virginie LB Salsac, University of California San Diego
Physiological Relevance of the Changes in Hemodynamic
Stresses for Circulating Blood Cells in Abdominal Aortic Aneuryxms
Jonathan Barletta, Georgia Institute of Technology
Transient Temperature Distributions During Electrical
Pulsing of Filaments Used for Microporation of Skin
PhD
Level Podium Competition:
Competition
Chair: Michele Grimm
Solids,
Design and Rehabilitation:
1st
place: Blaine Christiansen, Washington University in St. Louis
The Effect of Varying Magnitudes of Whole-Body
Vibration on Various Skeletal Sites in Mice
2nd
place: Tamim Diab, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Dimorphic Damage Development and Toughness Loss
Optimize Bone Fatigue Resistance
3rd
place: James Chris Fritton,
Cornell University
Adaptation of Cancellous Bone Mass and Architecture
following Orchidectomy and Loading
Honorable
Mentions:
Zuoping Li, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Finite Element Modeling of the Human Pelvis
Jason T Maikos, Rutgers University
In Vivo Tissue-Level Thresholds for Spinal Cord Injury
Costin D Untaroiu, University of Virginia
Validation of Finite Element Model of the Human Lower
Limb in Dynamic Lateral Bending
Cell
and Tissue:
1st
place: Craig L Duvall, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Osteopontin Deficient Mice Display Reduced Vascular
Response and Altered Bone Properties During Fracture Healing
2nd
place: Krishna Sarangapani,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dead Zone Distributions in Selectin-Mediated
Interactions
3rd
place: Bahar Bilgen, Northeastern
University
The Use of Particle Image Velocimetry to Validate
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Wavy-Walled Bioreactor for Cartilage
Tissue Engineering
Honorable
Mentions:
Ericka Bueno, Northeastern University
Effect of Bioreactor Geometry on the Efficiency of
Chondrocyte Attachment to Polymer Scaffolds
Xiefan Lin, University of Virginia
Leukocyte Rolling on Nanopatterned Surfaces of
P-Selectin
Kristin Michael, Georgia Institute of Technology
Focal Adhesion Kinase Regulates Cell Adhesion
Strenghtening
Biofluids
and Heat Transfer:
1st
place: Joan M Greve, Stanford
University
Development of Methods to Non-Invasively,
Longitudinally Quantify Hemodynamics in a Rat Model of Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysm using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computational Fluid Dynamics
2nd
place: Christopher M Yakacki,
University of Colorado at Boulder
Optimized Thermomechanics of a Shape-Memory Polymer
Stent to Recover at Body Temperature
3rd
place: Steve R Lammers, University
of Colorado
Conjugation Efficiency of Functionalized Microbubbles
for Targeted Ultrasound-Based Molecular Imaging
Honorable
Mentions:
Anna M Fallon, Georgia Institute of Technology
Characterization of Thrombosis causes by Flow through
Various Channels Approximating the Hinge Region of Mechanical Heart Valves
Zhonghua Li, North Carolina State University
Computation Fluid-Structure Interaction Analyses
Applied to a Stented Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Binjian Sun, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ex Vivo Multi-Contrast MRI of Atherosclerotic Plaque
under Simulated In Vivo Conditions