Dissertations

5. Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang (1/2004)
Dissertation title: "Micromechanical simulations of heart valve tissues"
Currently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia

4. Wei Sun (10/2003)
Dissertation title: "Biomechanical simulations of heart valve biomaterials"
Currently Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

3. Claire Gloeckner (4/2003)
Dissertation title: "Tissue biomechanics of the urinary bladder wall"
Currently employed as Materials Engineer with the RJ Lee Group, Monroeville, PA

2. David Smith (5/2001)
Dissertation title: "A generalized thin-walled membrane shell approach for in-vivo stress analysis of anatomic structures"
Currently employed as Senior Research Engineer with the Ethicon Endoscopic Division, Johnson and Johnson, Cinncinati, OH.

1. Kristen L. Billiar (6/1998)
Dissertation title: "A structurally guided constitutive model for aortic valve bioprostheses: Effects of slutaraldehyde treatment and mechanical fatigue"
Currently Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, WPI.
Previously Senior Research Engineer at Organogenesis, Inc., Canton, MA (1998-2002)

Thesis

11. Jon Grashow (April 2005), Thesis title: “Evaluation of the biaxial mechanical properties of the mitral valve anterior leaflet under physiological loading conditions.”

10. Thanh Lam (December 2004). Thesis title: “Mechanical Properties of Native Porcine Aortic and Pulmonary Heart Valve Leaflets.” Outstanding TA/TF for academic year 2002-2003.

9. Daniel Hildebrand (December 2003) Thesis title: "Design and evaluation of a novel pulsatile bioreactor for biologically active heart valves"

8. Brent Sugimoto (April 2003) Thesis title: "Effects of leaflet stiffness on the dynamic motion of the aortic heart valve"

7. Tiffany Sellaro (April 2003) Thesis title: "Effects of collagen orientation on the medium-term fatigue response of heart valve biomaterials"

6. Greg Fulchiero (Professional track with project, 2002). Project title: "Alterations in collagen fiber crimp morphology with cyclic loading in zero and low pressure fixed porcine bioprosthetic heart valves."

5. Claire Gloeckner (1998) Thesis title: “Mechanical and structural analyses of an acellular collageneous biomaterial: Intestinal submucosa.”

4. David Smith (1997) Thesis title: “The effects of in-vitro accelerated testing on the porcine bioprosthetic heart valve.”

3. Rony Abovitz (1996) Thesis title: “Analysis of a proposed endosseous dental implant design: The effect of internal implant geometry on internal and external stress distributions.”

2. Eric Heister (1996) Thesis title: “Bovine pericardium as a bioprosthetic material: localization of optimal tissue selection sites.”

1. Susan Otano (1995) Thesis title: “The collagen fiber architecture and mechanical behavior of human cranial dura mater allografts.”