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Jessica L. Sparks, Ph.D.
Instructor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1022
Phone: 336-716-4543
E-mail: jsparks@wfubmc.edu
EDUCATION:
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B.S., Premed and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame |
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M.S., Anatomy, The Ohio State University |
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Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University |
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Characterizing soft tissue material properties under physiological conditions |
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Investigating the biomechanics of soft tissue injury in blunt trauma |
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Constitutive modeling of soft tissue stress-strain behavior |
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Applying soft tissue material properties to the development of virtual surgery technology |
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Developing tissue testing techniques to evaluate the mechanical properties of soft tissues over a wide range of loading rates |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
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Sparks, J.L., Bolte, J.H., Dupaix, R.B., Jones, K.H, Steinberg, S.M., Herriott, R., Stammen, J., Donnelly, B. (2007) Using Pressure to Predict Liver Injury Risk from Blunt Impact. Stapp Car Crash Journal, Vol. 51. |
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Sparks, J.L., Stammen, J., Herriott, R., Jones, K. Development of a Fluid-Filled Catheter System for Dynamic Pressure Measurement in Soft Tissue Trauma. International Journal of Crashworthiness. Accepted January 2008. |
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Sparks, J.L., Dupaix, R.B. Constitutive modeling of rate dependent stress-strain behavior of human liver tissue in blunt impact loading. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. Submitted November 2007. |
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Sparks, J.L., Stammen, J., Herriott, R., Jones, K. (2004) An Intravascular Pressure Measurement Technique Applied to Impact Testing of Unembalmed Human Liver Specimens. Proc. 32nd International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research. NHTSA/NTRBC, Washington, DC. pp. 17-27. |
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