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Jessica L. Sparks, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
336-716-4543
jsparks@wfubmc.edu
EDUCATION:
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B.S., Pre-Medicine 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 51: 401-432.
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Sparks, J.L., Stammen, J., Herriott, R., Jones, K. (2008) Development of a Fluid-Filled Catheter System for Dynamic Pressure Measurement in Soft Tissue Trauma. International Journal of Crashworthiness 13(3):255-264.
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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. (2008) Annals of Biomedical Engineering. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9555-3.
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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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