|
2003
Summer
Bioengineering
Conference
Student Award
Co-Chairs
Dr. Sohi Rastegar & Dr. Rita Patterson
We
gratefully acknowledge partial support from the Whitaker Foundation!
| TECHNICAL:
Bachelors Level |
 |
1st
- Patricia S. Arauz, Collagen
and Hydroxyapatite Incorporation into Poly(ethylene
glycol) Hydrogels for Orthopedic Applications
2nd - Casey L. Korecki,
Effect of Vitamin D Receptor on Bone
Growth and Strength During Gestation
3rd - Crystal
Ripplinger
& David
M.
Schneider,
Optically-Based Control of a Prosthetic
Device
Honorable Mentions -
Lindsay
M. Godin,
Characteristics of Intracellular Calcium
Oscillations in Osteoblastic Cells During Repetitive
Loading Conditions
Theresa
M. Sukal,
Restoration
of Finger Function in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients using
Goal-Directed Therapy: Coordination Station
|
| FLUID/HEAT/TISSUE:
Masters Level |
 |
1st
- Bo
H. Chao,
Cryosurgery of Normal and LNCaP Pro
5 Human Prostate Tumor Tissue in the Dorsal Skin Flap
Chamber
2nd - Joan.
M Greve,
The Use of Magnetic Resonance Angiography
to Directly Assess Arteriogenesis in Mice
3rd - Candace
D. Gildner,
Fibronectin Polymerization Enhances
the Tensile Mechanical Properties of Cell-Imbedded Collagen
Gels
Honorable Mentions -
Vijaykalyan
Yeluri,
Performance Assessment of Photon Attenuation
Correction in a New Hybrid PET/CT Scanner
Kelley
W.
Dwyer,
Inhibition of Peripheral Nervous System
Alters Ligament Healing
|
| SOLID/DESIGN:
Masters Level |
 |
1st
- Allyson
Ianuzzi,
Facet
Joint Capsule Strains of Human Lumbar Spine Specimens
During Physiology Motions
2nd - Venkata
K. Gade,
Variation
of Reposition Sense of the Lumbar Spine with Torso Flexion
and Moment Load
3rd - Hanna
Isaksson,
Mathematical Modeling of Stress Sheilding
with Bioresorbable Materials for Internal Fracture Fixation
Honorable Mentions
-
Hiroshi
Yamada,
Finite Element Analysis of Cultured
Endothelial Cell under Pure Uniaxial Stretch: Effect
of Cell Shape on Strain Distribution
David
McNeal,
Experimental
Investigation of Finger Dynamics Before and After MCP
Joint Arthroplasty
|
| FLUID/HEAT:
PhD Level |
 |
1st
- Joy P. Ku,
Comparison
of Blood Flow Patterns from CFD and MRI in a Bypass Graft
Model
2nd - James
R. Costello,
The
Role of Local Hemodynamics upon Short-Term Graft Healing
of Porous ePTFE Implanted within a Baboon
3rd - Ryo
Sudo,
Coordinated Contraction of Bile Canaliculi
Reconstructed in Rat Small Hepatocytes
Honorable Mentions -
Heather
A.
Himburg,
Fluid/heat - The Effect of Early Intimal
Growth on Patterns of Evans Blue Dye in Macromolecular
Transport Studies
Renn-Chan
Ooi,
Flui-Structure
Interaction (F.S.I.) of the Human Cystic Duct
Zoya
Gordon, Analysis
of Feto-Plaacental Vasculature and Blood Circulation |
SOLID/DESIGN: PhD Level |
 |
1st
- Janet
E. Tapper,
Joint
Surface Velocity Changes after Ligament Transection
in an Ovine Stifle Joint Model of Osteoarthritis
2nd - Wei
Sun,
Numerical simulations of the Planar
Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Biological Materials
3rd - Chi
Hyun Kim,
PTH
Enhances and Sustains Mechanical Responsiveness of Trabecular
Bone
Honorable
Mentions -
Brian C. Ruiz-de-Luzuriaga, P38
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Regulates Mechanically-Induced
Nitric Oxide and Prostaglandin Production in Articular
Cartilage
Michelle L. Zec, The Accumulation
of Damage Under Cyclic Loading is Not Altered Following
Traumatic Strain in the Rabbit MCL
|
| TISSUE:
PhD Level |
 |
1st
- Holly
A. Leddy,
Molecular
Diffusion in Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Constructs: Effects
of Time and Culture Conditions
2nd - Michael
S. Ominsky,
Effects of Oscillatory and Pulse-Static
Shear on Activation of NF-kB, c-fos, and SRF in MC3T3
Osteoblast-Like Cells
3rd - Sandy
Williams,
Small
Diameter Vascular Graft Tissue Engineering and Bioreactor
Technology
Honorable Mentions -
Yunlong
Liu,
Evaluation
of Regulatory DNA Regions for Matrix Metalloproteinase
Expression
Sabina
B.
Bruehlmann,
A New Technique to Investigate In Situ
Collagen Micromechanics in the Annulus Fibrosus under
Tension |
|
