New Tools and Applications in Biomechanics

Moderator(s)

• 

  Jun Liao, PhD

  PROFESSOR
  University of Texas at Arlington
  Arlington, Texas, United States
• KM

  Karen May Newman

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  The Non-Affine Network Solver: A Multiscale Material for Finite Element Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Ryan R. Mahutga, PhD – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Victor Barocas, PhD – University of Minnesota

  Last Author: Patrick W. Alford, PHD – University of Minnesota
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Ultrasound Mechanotherapy to Non-invasively Sensitize Prostate Tumors to TRAIL-Mediated Apoptosis
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail Fabiano – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Malachy Newman – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Jenna Dombroski, PhD – Vanderbilt University

  Co-Author: Jiro Kusunose, PhD – Vanderbilt Univeristy Medical Center

  Co-Author: Charles Caskey, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Primary Investigator: Michael R. King, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT

  Ridge-constriction microfluidic device for assessing cell mechanical response at fast deformation timescales
  

  Presenting Author: Samuel Chen (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Todd Sulchek (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

  An Image-driven Approach to Micromechanical Characterization of Infarcted Myocardium
  

  Presenting Author: Sunder Neelakantan, MS – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Emilio A. Mendiola – Texas A&M University

  Last Author: Reza Avazmohammadi, PhD – Texas A&M University
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Investigating vinculin-tension-sensitive protein-protein interactions by mass spectrometry
  

  Presenting Author: Meghan Reynolds (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Arnold Tao – Duke University

  Co-Author: Vidya Venkatraman – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Brenton D. Hoffman, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Airway Epithelial Injury Assessment via Opto-Electrical Measurement
  

  Primary Investigator: Jinho Kim, PhD – Stevens Institute of Technology

  Presenting Author: Jiawen Chen, PhD – Stevens Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Mohammad Mir, PhD – Stevens Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Aneri Patel, MA – Stevens Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Maria Hudock – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Meghan Pinezich, PhD – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Panpan Chen – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD – Columbia University