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A Letter From The Organizers Dear Attendees, Welcome to the 16th Annual School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences Graduate Student Research Symposium hosted by the VT-WFU Biomedical Engineering Society Student Chapter! The Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (SBES) is a joint graduate program formed in 2003 to bring together three prestigious academic institutions: the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and the Regional Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Each university contributes diverse educational and research opportunities to the students, providing a unique graduate experience. On August 11, 2014, Virginia Tech announced a new collaboration between SBES and the Engineering Science and Mechanics department to form the new Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics. This department fosters important networking opportunities across the Virginia Tech campus as well as provides the framework towards an undergraduate biomedical engineering degree and strong vision for the future. The VT-WFU Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Student Chapter was founded to foster communication and collaboration among various research groups. Our mission is to encourage the development, dissemination, integration, and utilization of knowledge in biomedical engineering, as well as interact with the scientific community. The chapter offers unique ways for students to become involved in outreach projects, research collaborations, and social events with other students, faculty, and industry. We are involved in many service opportunities within our local communities, and participate annually in the BMES National meeting. The SBES Graduate Student Research Symposium was developed to provide students and faculty the opportunity to interact and exchange research ideas with colleagues and industry personnel. The VT-WFU BMES Student Chapter would like to thank our sponsors Cook Medical, Wake Forest Innovations, Medtronic, and BMES for their generous support. We greatly appreciate your participation and hope that this symposium will promote enhanced discussion and collaboration among researchers. Thank you for your attendance! The VT-WFU BMES Executive Committee

Alexandra Hyler James Gaewsky

Marc Thompson Kelli Simms

Roy Anderson Derek Jones

Grace Wusk Berkan Guleyopoglu

Presidents Vice Presidents Treasurers Secretaries

Please visit our website for more information www.sbes.vt.edu/bmes/

Scott Verbridge Ashley Weaver VT Faculty Advisor WFU Faculty Advisor

BIOMATERIALS DEVELOPMENT &

CHARACTERIZATION

THE TUMOR & TISSUE

MICROENVIRONMENTSMODELING THE HUMAN BODY

Smithfield Duck Pond Drillfield

DEVELOPING NOVEL MEDICAL DEVICES EVALUATIONS OF HEAD INJURY LOWER EXTREMITY BIOMECHANICS

Smithfield Duck Pond Drillfield

BIOELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CRASH INJURY & PREVENTION

Smithfield Duck Pond

3:15-3:45AWARDS & CLOSING

Latham A

11:15-11:45POSTER SESSION B

Latham B

11:45-1:00LUNCH

Latham C, D, E, F

1:00-2:00

2:00-2:15AFTERNOON BREAK

Latham Foyer

2:15-3:00

9:30-10:30

10:30-10:45MORNING BREAK

Latham Foyer

10:45-11:15POSTER SESSION A

Latham B

8:30-9:15

REGISTRATION, Latham Foyer

POSTER SET UP, Latham B

REFRESHMENTS, Latham Foyer

9:15-9:30WELCOME, Alex Hyler & Jamie Gaewsky, VT-WFU BMES Presidents

Latham A

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13

BME

23

MS

9

MS

22

PhD

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5

PhD

15

PhD

3

MS

8

PhD

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25

PhD

2

MS

28

PhD

1Wake Forest University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

2Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC

Caitlin M. Weaver1,2,3

, Alexander M. Baker1,2

, Matthew L. Davis1,2

, Anna N. Miller4, and Joel D. Stitzel

1,2

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics

2Wake Forest University, School of Medicine

3US Army

Research Laboratory, Soldier Protection Sciences Branch 4Washington University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Samantha L. Schoell1, Ashley A. Weaver

1, Dan P. Beavers

2, Joel D. Stitzel

1, and Kristen M. Beavers

3

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering

2Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of

Biostatistical Sciences 3Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Health and Exercise Science

Development and Validation of a Finite Element Model of the WIAMan Lower Extremity

Wade A. Baker1, Costin Untaroiu

1, and Mostafiz Chowhurdy

2

1Virginia Tech Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA

2Army Research Laboratory

Rheology vs Alignment: Two Operators of the Mechanical Tumor Microenvironment

Mahesh Devarasetty1,2

, Aleksander Skardal1,2

, and Shay Soker1,2

9:30

9:45

10:00

10:15

Carlos V. Kengla1,2

, Anthony Atala1,2

, James J. Yoo1,2

, and Sang Jin Lee1,2

1Wake Forest University, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC

2Virginia Tech School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC

N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine Lactone Interactions in the Breast Tumor Microenvironment:

Implications for Breast Cancer Viability and Proliferation In Vitro

Brittany N. Balhouse1, Logan Patterson

2,3, Eva M. Schmelz

4, Daniel J. Slade

2 and Scott S. Verbridge

1

1School of Biomedical Engineerng and Sciences, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Blacksburg, VA

2Department of Biochemistry,

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 3

Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 4Department of Human

Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Effect of Preservation Fluid Type on the Failure Material Properties of Bovine Liver Parenchyma with

Increasing Post Mortem Time

Kristin M. Dunford1 and Andrew R. Kemper

1

1Virginia Tech Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA

Poly(ether ester) Ionomers as Water-Soluble Polymers for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing

Modeling Thrombus Formation and Growth in Stenotic Flow

Hamid Hosseinzadegan1 and Danesh K. Tafti

1

1Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Molecular Analysis of Hyaluronic Acid with Solid-State Nanopores

Felipe Rivas1, Osama Zahid

1, Paul L. DeAngelis

2, Aleksander Skardal

1,3,4, Adam R. Hall

1,3,4, Elaheh Rahbar

1

9:30-10:30

9:30-10:30

BIOMATERIALS DEVELOPMENT & CHARACTERIZATION

Smithfield

Duck PondTHE TUMOR & TISSUE MICROENVIRONMENTS

MODELING THE HUMAN BODY

9:30-10:30

Chair: Marc Thompson

Chair: Kelli Simms

9:30

Analyzing Hypoxia Induced Epigenetic Variations in Cell Subpopulations in the Tumor Microenvironment

Megan C. Cox1, Chengyu Deng

2, Yan Zhu

2, Yuan-Pang Hsieh

2, Chang Lu

2, and Scott S. Verbridge

1

1Virginia Tech Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA

2Virginia Tech, Department of Chemical

Engineering, Blacksburg, VA

Craniofacial Bone Regeneration Guided by 3D Printed Architecture

Allison M. Pekkanen1*

, Callie Zawaski2, Andre T. Stevenson Jr

3, Ross Dickerman

4, Abby R. Whittington

1,3,4, Christopher B.

Williams2,5

, and Timothy E. Long

Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 1Biomedical Engineering and

Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 2

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 3Materials

Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 4Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

10:15

10:00

9:451Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering, Winston Salem, NC

2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 3

Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest

University School of Medicine Winston Salem, NC 4Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University, School of Biomedical

Medicine, Winston Salem, NC

Drillfield

9:30

9:45

10:00

Development of Subject-Specific Proximal Femur and Lumbar Spine Finite Element Models of Obese,

Older Adults to Evaluate the Effects of Weight Loss On Bone Strength

Chair: Derek Jones

Finite Element Based Pelvic Injury Metric Creation and Validation in Lateral Impact for a Human Body

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11

BME

18

PhD

20

MS

19

PhD

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1

PhD

26

MS

7

MS

4

MS

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12

MS

27

MS

17

MS

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1:30

1:15

Recovery of Balance In Total Ankle Replacement Patients Across Time

Jonathan R. Gladish1, Robin M. Queen

1

1Kevin P. Granata Biomechanics Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Foot and Ankle Response in the Underbody-Blast Environment

Laura C. Watkins1, Aaron T. Scott

1, Andrew R. Kemper

2, John H. Bolte IV

3, Warren N. Hardy

2, Kerry A. Danelson

1

Eamon T. Campolettano1, Ryan A. Gellner

1, and Steven Rowson

1

1Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

1:00

1:15

1:30

1:45

1Virginia Tech School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, VA

1:00

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics

2Virginia Tech, Center for Injury Biomechanics

3Ohio State

University, Injury Biomechanics Research Center

Effects of Achilles Tendon Taping on Joint Energetics in Jumping and Landing

Evan P. McConnell1, Philip Hernandez

1, and Robin M. Queen

1

Modular use of Human Body Models of Varying Levels of Complexity: Validation of Head Kinematics

William Decker1,2

, Bharath Koya2, Matthew L. Davis

1,2, and F. Scott Gayzik

1,2

1Wake Forest University School of Medicine

2Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics

High Magnitude Head Impact Exposure in Youth Football

Epigenetic Mechanisms In Blast Induced Neurotrauma

Zachary S. Bailey1, Pamela J. VandeVord

1,2

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

2Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

STAR for Youth and Varsity Football Helmets: Characterizing Helmet Performance Using Linear and

Rotational Head Acceleration

David W. Sproule1, Eamon T. Campolettano

1, Steven Rowson

1

Ryan D.M. Packett1, Philip J. Brown

1, Gautam S. Popli

1, and F. Scott Gayzik

2

1Wake Forest University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Winston-Salem, NC

2Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center,

Department of Neurology, Winston-Salem, NC

Advanced Statistical Process Control Techniques for Analysis of Medical Linear Accelerator Performance

Callistus M. Nguyen1,2

, Alan H. Baydush1, Charles M. Able

3, and Michael T. Munley

1,2

1Radiation Oncology (Wake Forest School of Medicine, Radiation Oncology)

2Biomedical Engineering (Virginia Tech – Wake

Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Biomedical Engineering) 3Radiation Oncology (Florida Cancer

Specialists, Radiation Oncology)

1Virginia Tech Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Blacksburg, VA

Using fMRI Dynamic Networks in a Hypergraph Learning Model for Predicting the Success of Lifestyle

Weight Loss Interventions In Obese Older Adults

Fatemeh Mokhtari1,2

, Jonathan H. Burdette1, Anthony P. Marsh

2-5, W. Jack Rejeski

1, 3-5, Paul J. Laurienti

1-3

1Laboratory for Complex Brain Networks, Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine

2Virginia Tech-Wake Forest

University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences 3Translational Science Center, Wake Forest University

4Department of

Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University 5Department of Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,

NC

Development and Validation of a Brain Phantom for Therapeutic Cooling Devices

Assessing and Optimizing Smart Textile Systems for Human Activity Monitoring

M.I. Mokhlespour Esfahani1, Maury Nussbaum

1

1:00-2:00

1:00-2:00

1:00-2:00

DEVELOPING NOVEL MEDICAL DEVICES

Smithfield

EVALUATIONS OF HEAD INJURY

Duck Pond

LOWER EXTREMITY BIOMECHANICS

Drillfield

Chair: Berkan Guleyupoglu

Chair: Roy Anderson

Chair: Grace Wusk

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10

PhD

16

MS

14

PhD

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21

PhD

6

PhD

24

MS

2:15

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics, Winston-Salem, NC

2Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-

Salem, NC

Investigation of Thoracolumbar Fractures in Motorsport Drivers During Frontal Impacts

John Patalak1,2

, Joel D. Stitzel1,2

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine

2Wake Forest University Center for Injury

Biomechanics

2:45

2:30

Evaluating the Potential of an Intersection Driver Assistance System to Prevent U.S. Intersection Crashes

John M. Scanlon1 and H. Clay Gabler

1

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Blacksburg, VA

Development and Full Body Validation of a 5th

Percentile Female Finite Element Model

Matthew L. Davis1,2

, Bharath Koya1,2

, Jeremy M. Schap1,2

, and F. Scott Gayzik1,2

2:15

2:30

2:45

Effects of Extracellular Sodium and Calcium on the Conduction Velocity – Extracellular Potassium

Relationship in Guinea Pigs

Michael W. Entz II1,2

and Steven Poelzing, PhD1,2

1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

2Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine, Roanoke, VA

Interstitial Cells of Cajal Increase Neural-Mediated Relaxation and Electrical Rhythm in an In Vitro

Bioenginnered Model of Pylorus

Dylan T. Knutson1, 2

, Elie Zakhem1, Kenneth L. Koch

3, Khalil N. Bitar

1, 2, 3

1Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC

2Viriginia Tech – Wake

Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering, Winston Salem, NC 3Section on Gastroenterology Department of Internal

Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC

Enhancing the Selectivity of Electroporation Therapy for Glioblastoma

Jill W. Ivey1, Eduardo L. Latouche

1, Glenn J. Lesser

2, Waldemar Debinski

2, Rafael V. Davalos

1, Scott S. Verbridge

1

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

2Wake Forest Baptist Medical

Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chair: Grace Wusk

2:15-3:00

BIOELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Smithfield

CRASH INJURY & PREVENTION

Duck Pond

Chair: Roy Anderson

2:15-3:00

Poster

NumberSession Poster Title and Authors

Page

Number

1 A DO INSECT TRACHEAL TUBES COLLAPSE UNDER PRESSURE AS THIN-WALLED CYLINDERS? 29

Khaled Adjerid1

, Hodjat Pendar1

, Raffaella DeVita1

, and Jake Socha1

1Virginia Tech Biomedical Engineering And Mechanics

2 BVALIDATION OF A DIRECT METHOD FOR MEASURING HEPATIC AND SPLENIC PRESSURES OF

POST-MORTEM HUMAN SURROGATES DURING FULL-SCALE FRONTAL SLED TESTS30

Devon Albert1

,Stephanie M. Beeman1

, and Andrew R. Kemper1

1Virginia Tech Biomedical Engineering And Mechanics

3 A EFFECTS OF AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING ON OCCUPANT KINEMATICS 31

Roy Anderson1

and Andrew R. Kemper1

1Virginia Tech Biomedical Engineering And Mechanics

4 BTHE IMPACTS OF PESTICIDE AND NICOTINE ON FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORKS IN LATINO

FARMWORKERS32

Mohsen Bahami1

, Paul J. Laurienti1,2

, Thomas A. Arcury3

, and Sean L. Simpson1,4

1Virginia Tech – Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Science,

2Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine,

3Department

of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 4

Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine

5 A PROPOSED ANALYSIS OF MEG DELTA POWER FOLLOWING IMPACT EXPOSURE IN YOUTH 33

Leonardo Bezerra1

, Christopher Whitlow2

1Virginia Tech – Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Wake Forest School of Medicineand Sciences

6 B BICYCLE HELMET IMPACT PERFORMANCE DURING REAL-WORLD OBLIQUE IMPACTS 34

Megan L. Bland1

, Craig McNally1

, David S. Zuby2

, Becky C. Mueller2

, and Steven Rowson1

1Virginia Tech Biomedical Engineering And Mechanics,

2Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Ruckersville, VA

7 A KERATIN COATED PLASMA ETCHED PARYLENE C FOR NEURAL INTERFACES 35

Kyle Brown1

, Alexis Trent2

, and Mark Van Dyke3

1Virginia Tech, Biochemistry and Nanoscience,

2Virginia Tech, Material Science and Engineering,

3Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

8 B EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE SHOULDER STABILIZATION METHODS 36

Kristine Cantin1

, Sophia Ulman1

, Jang-Ho Park1

, Sunwook Kim1

and Maury A. Nussbaum1

1Virginia Tech

9 A SIMPLE, CUSTOMIZABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE NANOPARTICLE VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM 37

Jewel M. Cary1

and Dr. Abby R. Whittington1,2,3

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University (School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences),

2Virginia Tech (Department of Materials Science and

Engineering), 3

Virginia Tech (Department of Chemical Engineering)

10 B RESPONSE OF FEMALE AND MALE PMHS TO BLAST-INDUCED VERTICAL ACCELERATIVE LOADING 38

Danielle M. Cristino1

, Warren N. Hardy1

1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM)

11 A DEVELOPMENT OF 19F MRI TRACKABLE NANODELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ANTICANCER DRUGS 39

William Crowe1

, Zhi Dai1

, Lulu Wang1

, Zhongwei Zhang1

, Dawen Zhao1

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

12 BMEDICINE APPROACH TO IMPROVING RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OUTCOMES FOR BREAST

CANCER SURVIVORS40

Katherine Degen1

, Kurtis Moyer2

, Robert Gourdie1

1Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, School of Biomedical Engineering,

2Carilion Clinic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

13 A IMPULSIVITY IS REDUCED IN SOCIAL DRINKERS FOLLOWING REAL-TIME fMRI 41

Harshawardhan Deshpande1,2

, Jonathan Lisinski2

, Sarah Snider2

, Mikhail Koffarnus2

, Warren K. Bickel2,3

, and Stephen LaConte1,2

1Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute,

3Psychology, Virginia Tech

14 B PHYSICS BASED MODEL FOR RHO-Z IMAGING FROM SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY 42

Xu Dong1

, Olga V. Pen1

, and Guohua Cao1

1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

15 ADOWNSTREAM MICROFLUIDIC COLLAGEN CULTURE CHAMBER FOR ADVANCING MECHANISTIC

UNDERSTANDING OF DIELECTROPHORETIC BEHAVIOR IN CELLS43

Temple A. Douglas1

, Philip Graybill2

, Nastaran Alinezhadbalalami1

, Nikita Balani1

, Jaka Cemazar1

, Eva M. Schmelz3

, Rafael

Davalos1

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Virginia Tech Department of Mechanical Engineering,

3Virginia Tech

Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise

Poster

NumberSession Poster Title and Authors

Page

Number

16 B ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY CHANGES INDUCED BY CIMT USING FNIRS 44

Amnah M. Eltahir1,2

, Stephanie A. DeLuca2

, Brooks King-Casas2

, Stephen M. LaConte1,2

, and Sharon L. Ramey2

1Virginia Tech (Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics),

2Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

17 APREPARATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED ALGINATES AS VEHICLES FOR

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY45

Kevin Enck1,2

, Surya Banks3

, Victor Agwu4

, Aubrey Peeden5

, Hariom Yadav6

, Mark Welker3

, Emmanuel C. Opara1,2

1SBES (Wake Forest University Campus),

2Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM),

3Dept. of Chem. (Wake Forest University),

4Biomedical Sciences Graduate School (Wake Forest University),

5Biotechnology (Forsyth Tech),

6Molecular Medicine (Wake Forest School of Medicine)

18 BPOSTURAL INFLUENCE ON THORACOABDOMINAL ORGANS OF 5TH, 50TH AND 95TH PERCENTILE

MALE SUBJECTS46

James P. Gaewsky1

, Katelyn Greene1

, F. Scott Gayzik1

, and Ashley A. Weaver1

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering

19 A A COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL OF THE INSECT RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 47

Joel Garrett1

, Rafael Davalos1

, Jake Socha1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

20 BCHARACTERIZATION OF ELEVATED HEAD IMPACT EXPOSURE BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL YOUTH

FOOTBALL PLAYERS48

Ryan A. Gellner1

, Eamon T. Campolettano1

, Eric Smith2

, and Steven Rowson1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Virginia Tech, Department of Statistics

21 AOPTIMIZATION OF HYDROGEL-BASED BIOINK PRINTABILITY USING RHEOLOGICAL

PARAMETERS: A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH49

Gregory J. Gillispie1,2

, Teng Gao2

, Josh Copus2

, James Yoo1,2

, Anthony Atala1,2

, and Sang Jin Lee1,2

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest, School for Biomedical Engineering Sciences,

2Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

22 BMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EMULSIFICATION POLYMERIZED KERATIN

MICROPARTICLES USING VARIED CROSSLINKING AGENTS50

Aaron Giuffre’1

, Marc Thompson2

, Mark Van Dyke2

1Virginia Tech, Electrical and Computer Engineering,

2Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

23 AJUMPING BEHAVIORS INCREASE GAP BRIDGING PERFORMANCE IN THE FLYING SNAKE

CHRYSOPELEA PARADISI51

Michelle R. Graham1

, Bruce Jayne2

, Talia M. Weiss1

, and Jake Socha2

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2University of Cincinnati, Biology

24 BFAILED RIB REGION PREDICTION IN A HUMAN BODY MODEL DURING COLLISION EVENTS WITH

PRECRASH BRAKING52

Berkan Guleyupoglu1,2

, Jeremy Schap1,2

, Matt Davis1,2

, F. Scott Gayzik1,2

1Wake Forest University School of Medicine,

2Virginia Tech – Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics

25 A MECHANOSENSITIVE RESPONSES OF ASTROCYTES TO SHOCK WAVE INSULT 53

Nora Hlavac1

and Pamela J. VandeVord1,2

1Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,

2Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA

26 B QUANTIFYING LIMP USING TEMPORAL GAIT VARIABLES 54

Cherice Hughes-Oliver1

, Daniel Schmitt2

, Robin Queen1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Duke University, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

27 A BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF SPINAL ANESTHESIA NEEDLES 55

Tessa Hulburt1

, Jessica M. Booth2

, Peter Pan2

, Philip J. Brown1

1Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest Baptist Health,

2Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Baptist Health

28 BFLUID SHEAR STRESS IMPACTS OVARIAN CANCER CELL VIABILITY, SUBCELLULAR

ORGANIZATION, AND INDUCES MALIGNANT PHENOTYPES56

Alexandra R. Hyler1

, Nicolaas C. Baudoin2

, Mark A. Stremler1

, and Daniela Cimini2

, Rafael V. Davalos1

, Eva M. Schmelz1

1VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,

2Department of Biological Sciences and Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia

Tech, Blacksburg, VA

29 A SKULL DEFLECTION EFFECTS ON BRAIN TISSUE RESPONSE USING FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION 57

Derek A. Jones1,2

, Jillian E. Urban1,2,3

, Ashley A. Weaver1,2

, and Joel D. Stitzel1,2

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics,

2Wake Forest School of Medicine,

3Clinical and Translational Science Institute

30 B UPPER EXTREMITY INJURIES IN SIDE-IMPACT MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS 58

Mireille E. Kelley1

; Jennifer W. Talton2

; Andrew O. Usoro3

; Ashley A. Weaver1

; Eric R. Barnard4

; Anna N. Miller5

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University, Center for Injury Biomechanics,

2Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistical Sciences,

3Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery,

4Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and

Rehabilitation, 5

Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Poster

NumberSession Poster Title and Authors

Page

Number

31 A HOW TEMPERATURE INFLUENCES THE VISCOSITY OF HORNWORM HEMOLYMPH 59

Melissa C. Kenny1

, Matthew N. Giarra2

, and John J. Socha1

1Virginia Tech, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Virginia Tech, Department of Mechanical Engineering

32 B ENGINEERING THE GUT-LIVER-BRAIN AXIS TO INVESTIGATE CHEMICAL TOXICITY 60

Anjaney Kothari1

, Rebekah Less1

and Padma Rajagopalan1, 2, 3

1School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Department of Chemical Engineering,

3ICTAS Center for Systems Biology of Engineered Tissues

(ISBET)

33 A INTEGRATED IN VITRO GUT-LIVER MODEL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF FIRST PASS METABOLISM 61

Rebekah Less1

, Anjaney Kothari1

, Padma Rajagopalan1, 2, 3

1School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, 24060,

2Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, 24060,

3ICTAS Center for Systems Biology of Engineered Tissues, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, 24060

34 BIRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION FOR THE ABLATION OF PANCREATIC MALIGNANCIES: A

PATIENT-SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY62

Melvin F. Lorenzo1

, Eduardo L. Latouche1

, Michael B. Sano2,3

, Robert C. G. Martin II4

, Rafael V. Davalos1

1Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia,

2Radiation Oncology, Stanford

University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, 3

UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 4

Surgery,

Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

35 ACELL TYPE-SPECIFIC MOUSE BRAIN METHYLOMES PROFILED USING AN ULTRALOW-INPUT

MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE63

Sai Ma1

, Zhixiong Sun2

, Chen Sun1

, Travis W. Murphy3

, Hehuang Xie2,4

, Chang Lu2

1School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech,

2Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech,

3Chemical Engineering, Virginia

Tech, 4

Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech

36 B 3D PRINTING OF CANCER ORGANOIDS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING 64

Andrea Mazzocchi1

, Shay Soker1

, Aleksander Skardal1,2

1Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC,

2Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest

School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

37 AHYPERTHERMIA-INDUCING NANOPARTICLES AS ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR OXALIPLATIN-BASED

CHEMOTHERAPY IN COLORECTAL CANCER65

Bryce D. McCarthy1

and Nicole H. Levi-Polyachenko1

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

38 BAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE VALIDATION AND FUTURE USE OF FE HYBRID III, THOR, AND

GHBMC M50-OS FOR SPACEFLIGHT CONFIGURATION TESTING66

Kyle P. McNamara1,2

, Derek A. Jones1,2

, James P. Gaewsky1,2

, F. Scott Gayzik1,2

, Ashley A. Weaver1,2

, Joel D. Stitzel1,2

1Wake Forest School of Medicine,

2Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics

39 ACHARACTERIZING HEAD IMPACT EXPOSURE IN YOUTH FEMALE SOCCER WITH A CUSTOM-

INSTRUMENTED MOUTHPIECE67

Logan E. Miller1

, Elizabeth Pinkerton1

, Lyndia Wu2

, Katie Fabian1

, David Camarillo2

, Joel D. Stitzel1

, and Jillian E. Urban1

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine,

2Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

40 B AGENT-BASED MODELING TO PREDICT THE EFFECT OF ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY ON TUMORS 68

Maryam Moarefian1

, Luke Achenie2

1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Mechanical Engineering Department,

2Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chemical

Engineering Department

41 A NOVEL DEVICE FOR PREVENTING RODENT WOUND SPLINT REMOVAL 69

Jade Montgomery1,2

, Linda J. Jourdan2

, and Robert G. Gourdie1,2

1Virginia Tech, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

42 B MITIGATING BIOFILM FORMATION WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MODIFICATIN 70

Carolyn Y. Mottley1

, Zhou Ye2

, AhRam Kim2

, and Bahareh Behkam1,2

1Virginia Tech, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

2Virginia Tech, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

43 ATHE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT SURGICAL PROBE FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF

ELECTROPORATION BASED TREATMENTS71

Timothy J. O’Brien1

, Mohammad Bonakdar2

, and Rafael V. Davalos1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Virginia Tech, Mechanical Engineering

44 BCORTICAL THINNING AND STRUCTURAL BONE CHANGES IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES FOLLOWING

72

Catherine Okoukoni, Ph.D.1,2,3

, Michael Farris, M.D.1

, Emory R. McTyre, M.D.1

, J. Daniel Bourland, Ph.D.1,2

, J. Mark Cline, DVM

Ph.D.4

, Greg Dugan DVM4

, Jeffrey S. Willey, Ph.D.1,3

1Wake Forest University, Department of Radiation Oncology,

2Wake Forest University, Department of Physics,

3Wake Forest University, Pathology

Department, 4

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Poster

NumberSession Poster Title and Authors

Page

Number

45 AA FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF A SMALL-STATURE FEMALE PEDESTRIAN FOR SIMULATING

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS73

Wansoo Pak1

, Costin D. Untaroiu1

, Scott Gayzik2

1Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA,

2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest

University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

46 BQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EPIDERMAL NECROSIS IN CUTANEOUS RADIATION INJURIES

INDUCED BY BETA-SOURCE IRRADIATION74

Olga V. Pen1,2

, Peter A. Antinozzi3

, Nancy D. Kock4

, J. Daniel Bourland1,2

1Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest University,

2Department of Biomedical Engineering, VT-WFU SBES,

Wake Forest University, 3

Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University, 4

Department of Pathology and Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest

School of Medicine, Wake Forest University

47 ACHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WATER DIALYZED AND BUFFER DIALYZED KERATOSE

BIOMATERIAL75

Nils A. Potter1

, Mark Van Dyke1

1Virginia Tech, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

48 B 3D CELL CULTURE STUDIES IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS FOR TRANSLATIONAL APPLICATIONS 76

Shiny Rajan1,2,3

, Parker Hambright1

, Aleksander Skardal1,3,4

, and Adam R. Hall1,2,3,4

1Wake Forest University,

2Virginia Tech – Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

3Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine,

4Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Wake Forest

49 A CHANGES IN LIMB SYMMETRY DURING A 2 MILE OUTDOOR RUN 77

Kristen E. Renner1

, Robin M Queen1

1Virginia Tech, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

50 BEFFECT OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS ON ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY IN A

MURINE MODEL78

Sabah N. Rezvani1

, Adam Bitterman2

, Anna Plaas3

, Jun Li3

, Vincent Wang1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Northwell Health, Huntington, NY,

3Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

51 AHIGH-FREQUENCY IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION TARGETS MALIGNANT CELLS IN OVARIAN

CANCER MODEL79

Andrea Rolong1

, Eva M. Schmelz2

, and Rafael V. Davalos1

1Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Virginia Tech, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and

Exercise

52 BPELVIC ANATOMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON BY SEX AND HISTORY OF

PREGNANCY80

Mona Saffarzadeh1,2

, R. Caresse Hightower1,2

, Ashley A. Weaver1,2

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics,

2Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering Department

53 AEFFECTS OF FEBUXOSTAT ON SOCIAL INTERACTION AND REPETITIVE GROOMING IN AUTISM

MICE 81

Vince Sannicalos1

, Molly Accord2

, Jaegu (Richard) Yea3

, Sukyoung (Chloe) Kim4

, Jamelle Simmons5

, and Yong Woo Lee5

1Virginia Tech, School of Neuroscience,

2Virginia Tech, Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE),

3Virginia Tech, Department of Biological

Systems Engineering (BSE), 4

Virginia Tech, Department of Biochemistry, 5

Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM)

54 B OPTICAL FIBER BASED IMAGING OF BIOENGINEERED TISSUE CONSTRUCT 82

Etai Sapoznik1,2

, Guoguang Niu2

, Peng Lu3

, Yu Zhou2

, Yong Xu3

, Shay Soker1,2

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Univ. School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine,

3Virginia Tech,

Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

55 ATRANSITIONAL LIVER MODELS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL CUES

DURING THE PROGRESSION OF FIBROSIS83

Scott-Eugene Saverot1

, Sophia Orbach2

, Andrew Ford2

, Padmavathy Rajagopalan1, 2, 3

1Virginia Tech, School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Virginia Tech, Department of Chemical Engineering,

3Virginia Tech, ICTAS Center for

Systems Biology of Engineered Tissues

56 BDIFFUSION MODEL ACROSS A BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (BBB) MIMIC FOR THE TREATMENT OF

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)84

Jamelle Simmons1

, Luke Achenie2,3

, and Yong W. Lee1,3

1Virginia Tech, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM),

2Virginia Tech, Department of Chemical Engineering,

3Virginia Tech

Center for Autism Research (VTCAR)

57 A A SIMPLE TARGETED METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF FREE HEMOGLOBIN 85

Kelli N. Simms1

, Martin Guthold2

, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro2

, Elaheh Rahbar1

*1

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, 2

Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston

Salem, NC

58 BUSING VIDEOTAPED MOTION CODING TO IMPROVE UNDERSTAND OF F-NIRS SIGNAL CHANGES

86

Ben Stephens1

, Amnah Eltahir2

, Stephen LaConte3

, and Stephanie DeLuca3

1Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine,

2Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering,

3Virginia Tech Carillion Research Institute

59 A CALCULATION OF THE DIFFUSIVE PERMABILITY OF CELL MEMBRANES TO PROPIDIUM 87

Daniel C. Sweeney1

, James C. Weaver2

, Rafael V. Davalos1

1Virginia Tech, Dpeartment of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2MIT, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

Poster

NumberSession Poster Title and Authors

Page

Number

60 B REAR IMPACT CRASHES IN THE UNITED STATES: HOW DANGEROUS ARE THEY? 88

Whitney M. Tatem1

and H. Clay Gabler1

1Virginia Tech, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

61 BA MECHANISTIC EVALUATION OF INTRINSIC CROSSLINKING PROPERTIES AND SYNTHESIS

PROCEDURES FOR KERATIN-BASED MICROPARTICLES89

Marc Thompson1

, Aaron Giuffre’2

, Mark Van Dyke1

1Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA, Electrical and Computer Engineering

62 ACELL-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS ON CHARACTERIZED KERATIN COATING FOR PERCUTANEOUS

PROSTHETIC APPLICATIONS90

Alexis Trent1

, Mark Van Dyke2

1Department of Material Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,

2Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg, VA

63 B ANALYSIS OF BILIARY STENT HINGES USING ABAQUS 91

Aaron R. Van Gorkom1

, Greg J. Gillispie1

, Clifford Howard Jr2

, Philip J. Brown1

1Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest Baptist Health,

2Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

64 ALASER INDUCED PRECISION HEATING FOR IMPROVED BACTERIAL DESTRUCTION WITH

GENTAMICIN 92

Kenneth A. Vogel1

, Anila Pullagura1

, Nicole Levi-Polyachenko1

1Wake Forest University (School of Medicine, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

65 BSHIFTS IN CIRCULATING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY93

Charlotte Mae K. Waits1

, Steven C. Kosmach2

, Susan Sergeant3

, Floyd H. Chilton4

, Charles S. Cox, Jr2

, and Elaheh Rahbar1

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine,

2Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University

of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, 3

Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 4

Department of Physiology and

Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine

66 AHIGHLY SPECIFIC AND MODULAR AFFINITY LABELING OF EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS

94

Fanny Wang1

, Osama K. Zahid1

, Brandi E. Swaibe2

, and Adam R. Hall1,3

1Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Wake Forest University, Department of Physics,

3Wake Forest University

School of Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center

67 BFABRICATING AND TUNING AN ELASTOMERIC BLOOD VESSEL FOR USE IN CORONARY ARTERY

BYPASS SURGERIES95

Harleigh J. Warner1

and William D. Wagner1

1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

68 AA RAT MODEL OF SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS FOR TESTING BONE REGENERATION CONSTRUCTS

96

Michele Waters1

, Nils Potter1

, Marc Thompson1

, Alexis Trent2

, Pamela VandeVord1

and Mark Van Dyke1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,

2Virginia Tech, Materials Science and Engineering

69 BNON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF RESPIRATION AND HEART RATE WITH A VEHICLE SEAT WEIGHT

SENSOR: A FEASIBILITY STUDY97

Grace C. Wusk1

and Hampton C. Gabler1

1Virginia Tech, Biomedical Engineering

70 AINVESTIGATION OF MLL3 COMPLEX IN DNA REPAIR MECHANISM IN LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA

98

Ted G. Xiao1

, Wei Zhang2

1Wake Forest School of Medicine, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,

2Wake Forest School of Medicine,

Department of Cancer Biology

71 BDEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A GOTTINGEN MINIATURE PIG FINITE ELEMENT MODEL TO

INVESTIGATE INJURY SCALING TECHNIQUES99

Keegan M. Yates1

, Costin D. Untaroiu1

1Virginia Tech, Center for Injury Biomechanics

72 ANUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES IN FRONTAL CRASH

RECONSTRUCTION 100

Xin Ye1,2

, James Gaewsky1,2

, Derek Jones1,2

, Logan Miller1,2

, Mireille Kelly1,2

, Jeff Suhey1,2

, Bharath Koya1,2

, Ashley Weaver1,2

and Joel Stitzel1,2

1Wake Forest University School of Medicine

73 B PERICYTE CELL LINE ISOLATION, VALIDATION AND APPLICATIONS 101

Huaning Zhao1

, John C. Chappell1,2

1School of Biomedical Engineering and Science,

2Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

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