8th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium

Sponsored by:

Thursday, May 14, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ICTAS, Stanger Street
Conference Room 310
Virginia Tech Campus
Blacksburg, Virginia

Must RSVP - email pamstiff@vt.edu by May 8th

The symposium offers a unique opportunity to promote research collaboration between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. We have award winning researchers and medical professionals who attend. There is a broad conference attendance from various groups such as, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Orthopedics, Radiology, Carilion, Virginia – Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Engineering, & etc.

This is an excellent opportunity to see how student’s work today can affect our future world. Some examples of this years’ abstract include:

• Jill Bisplinghoff: "Biomechanics of the human eye to dynamic impact"
  Advisor: Stefan Duma

• Carolyn Hampton: "Influence of Missing Vehicle and CDC Only Delta-V Reconstruction Algorithms for Prediction of Occupant Injury Risk"
  Advisor: H. Clay Gabler

• Amber Rath: "The Effects of Fluid Flow and Substrate Stretching on the Mechanotransduction of Osteocytes"
  Advisor: Mark Van Dyke

• Kathryn Loftis: "Investigating Methods for Determining Mismatch in Near Side Vehicle Impacts"
  Advisor: Joel Stitzel

• Deepak Bharkhada: "Interior Tomography"
  Advisor: Ge Wang

• John Charonko: "A Relationship Between Pressure Fields and Flow Patterns During Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Using 2D Phase Contrast MRI Velocimetry"
  Advisor: Pavlos Vlachos

• Andrew Kemper: "The Biomechanics of Human Ribs: Material and Structural Properties from Dynamic Tension and Bending Tests"
  Advisor: Warren Hardy

• Jenni Popp: "Bioactive Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid) - Calcium Phosphate Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration"
  Advisor: Aaron Goldstein

• Mao Yu: "Finite Element Modeling of Human Placental Tissue"
  Advisor: Joel Stitzel

• Yajing Liu: "Measurement of tissue optical properties during mechanical compression using swept source optical coherence tomography"
  Advisor: Christopher Rylander

• Prakriti Parijat: "Trainability of Reactive Responses to Prevent Slip-induced Falls in Older Adults: Perturbation Training using Simulated Slips"
  Advisor: Thurmon Lockhart

• Katherine Kavlock: "Effect of Dynamic Perfusion on the Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells"
  Advisor: Aaron Goldstein

• Satyaprakash Karri: "Laminar and transitional flow disturbances in diseased and stented arteries"
  Advisor: Pavlos Vlachos

• Chris Bashur: "Effect of Uniaxial Cyclic Stretch on Morphology and ECM Protein Expression by Ligament Progenitor Cells Seeded on Electrospun Fibrous Meshes"
  Advisor: Aaron Goldstein

• Lindsay Sharp: "Effect of Pulsatile Flow Frequency on Expression of Osteoblastic Genes by Bone Marrow Stromal Cells"
  Advisor: Aaron Goldstein

• Joe Welker: "Accuracy Validation of High-Speed Motion Analysis System"
  Advisor: Michael Madigan

• Anthony Santago: "Characterizing the Biomechanical Response of Liver in Tension"
  Advisor: Stefan Duma

• Tea Andric: "Rapid Mineralization of Poly (D, L -lactide) Electrospun Scaffolds"
  Advisor: Joseph Freeman

• Cara Buchanan: "Investigation of Potential Scaffolds for an In vitro Tumor Model"
  Advisor: J. Freeman/ N. Rylander

• Eunna Chung: "Effects Of Growth Factors and Stress Conditioning On Induction Of Heat Shock Proteins and Osteogenesis"
  Advisor: N. Rylander

• Melissa Daly: "Forward Dynamic Simulation of an Upper Extremity Movement Using Computed Muscle Control"
  Advisor: Katherine Holzbaur

• Kerry A. Danelson: "Using a Three Dimensional Model of the Pediatric Skull for Pre-Operative Planning in the Treatment of Craniosynostosis"
  Advisor: Joel Stitzel

• Courtney Haynes: "Evaluation of Gait and Slip Characteristics for Adults with Mental Retardation"
  Advisor: Thurmon Lockhart

• Jennifer Jordan: "Cardiac T1 and T2 Mapping in a Single Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquisition - A Feasibility Study"
  Advisor: Craig Hamilton

• Albert Kwansa: "Viscoelasticity and molecular energy of hydrated fibrillar collagens"
  Advisor: Joseph Freeman

• Mitchell Ladd: "Integrated Dual Scaffolding System for the Engineering of Muscle-Tendon Junctions"
  Advisor: James Yoo

• Mitchell Ladd: "A New Device for the Biaxial Expansion of Living Skin Matrices for Skin Grafting"
  Advisor: James Yoo

• Won Hee Lee: "Gamma-irradiation induces age-dependent changes in inflammatory gene expression of rat brain"
  Advisor: Yong Woo Lee

• Masood Machingal: "Smooth Muscle Cell Seeding On Decellularized Porcine Saphenous Vein Scaffolds – A Step Towards Functional Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels"
  Advisor: George Christ

• Sara Matrangola: "Slip and Trip Propensity in Overweight and Normal Weight Adults"
  Advisor: Michael Madigan

• Kristen McKeon: "Electrospun Poly(D,L-lactide) and Polyaniline Scaffold Characterization"
  Advisor: Joseph Freeman

• Emily Miller: "Gender Differences in Paraspinal Reflex Latencies"
  Advisor: Michael Madigan

• Suzanne Nicewonder: "Thumb Extension Changes Due to Surgical Relocation of the Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon: A Mathematical Model with Experimental Calibration"
  Advisor: Martin Tanaka

• Tabitha Rosenbalm: "Bioresorbable, Elastomeric Nanocomposites for Cleft Palate Reconstruction"
  Advisor: William Wagner

• Jillian Rouse: "Keratin Hydrogel Increases Survival Time in Femoral Artery Injury Model via Potential Platelet Adhesion Mechanism"
  Advisor: Mark Van Dyke

• Steve Rowson: "Every Newton Hertz: Investigating the Mechanisms of Brain Injury"
  Advisor: Stefan Duma

• Jamie Schmieg: "Magnetic Drug Targeting: Drug delivery in large vasculature"
  Advisor: Plavos Vlachos

• Robyn Shaffer: "Electrospun Scaffolds to Support Cellular Differentiation for Ligament Tissue Engineering"
  Advisor: Goldstein/ Dahlgren

• Kimberly Swanseen: "Development of a Motorcycle Crash Database for New Jersey"
  Advisor: H. Clay Gabler

• Christopher Szot: "Bacterial Cellulose as a Potential scaffold for an in vitro Cancer Model"
  Advisor: Freeman/ N. Rylander

• Huan Tan: "Minimizing Off Resonance Errors in PROPELLER EPI for Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling"
  Advisor: Robert Kraft

• Craig Thor: "Effectiveness of Airbags for Reducing Injury to Belted Front Seat Occupants"
  Advisor: H. Clay Gabler

• Megan Vidt: "Upper limb muscle volume characterization in older adult subjects"
  Advisor: Katherine Holzbaur

• Catherine Ward: "Oxygen Generating Gel for Tissue Salvage"
  Advisor: Benjamin Harrison

• Ashley Weaver: "Biomechanical Analysis of Pulmonary Contusion in Motor Vehicle Crash Victims: A Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) Study"
  Advisor: Joel Stitzel

• Lee Wright: "Increasing Porosity of Electrospun Scaffolds with NaCl"
  Advisor: Joseph Freeman

• Haiyong Xu: "3D Slicer based Virtual Colonoscopy CAD"
  Advisor: Pete Santago

Non-SBES Students with SBES Advisors

• Christopher Drew: "Mechanical Loading for Modifying Tissue Water Content and Optical Properties"
  Advisor: Christopher Rylander

• Nicholas Johnson: "Validation of an Improved Injury Device for In-Vitro Study of Neural Cell Deformation"
  Advisor: H. Clay Gabler

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