Biomedical Engineering Department faculty research demonstrates the medical engineering expertise needed to innovatively solve complex problems in biology and medicine, contributing to understanding of physiology, advancements in biotechnology, and the enhancement of health care.
The Biomedical Engineering Department was formerly called Biomedical and General Engineering Department.
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Submissions from 2024
A Study on the Effects of Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Implants’ Surface Morphology via Finite Element Analysis, Scott Hazelwood, Peter J. Hunt, Mohammad Noori, Naudereh B. Noori, and Wael A. Altabey
Finite Element Analysis of the Bearing Component of Total Ankle Replacement Implants during the Stance Phase of the Gait Cycle, S J. Hazelwood, Mohammad N. Noori, Naudereh B. Noori, Timothy S. Jain, Amanda Anderson, and Joseph Rencis
Submissions from 2023
Balance Assessment Using a Smartwatch Inertial Measurement Unit with Principal Component Analysis for Anatomical Calibration, Benjamin M. Presley, Jeffrey C. Sklar, Scott J. Hazelwood, Britta Berg-Johansen, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2022
Baseball Pitching Arm Three-Dimensional Inertial Parameter Calculations From Body Composition Imaging and a Novel Overweight Measure for Youth Pitching Arm Kinetics, Dalton J. Jennings, Scott K. Reaves, Jeffrey Sklar, Colin Brown, John McPhee, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2021
Knee Angles After Crosstalk Correction With Principal Component Analysis in Gait and Cycling, Jordan Skaro, Scott J. Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2020
Inverse Dynamics Analysis of Youth Pitching Arm Kinetics Using Body Composition Imaging, Jay A. Sterner, Scott K. Reaves, Arnel L. Aguinaldo, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2019
Quantifying proliferative and surface marker heterogeneity in colony‐founding connective tissue progenitors and their progeny using time‐lapse microscopy, Edward Kwee, Gerald M. Saidel, Kimerly Powell, Christopher M. Heylman, Cynthia A. Boehm, and George F. Muschler
Knee Joint Biomechanics in Transtibial Amputees in Gait, Cycling, and Elliptical Training, Greg Orekhov, A. Matt Robinson, Scott J. Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2018
Effects of Game Pitch Count and Body Mass Index on Pitching Biomechanics in 9-to 10-Year-Old Baseball Athletes, Jim D. Darke, Eshan M. Dandekar, Arnel L. Aguinaldo, Scott J. Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Effects of Game Pitch Count and Body Mass Index on Pitching Biomechanics in 9- to 10-Year-Old Baseball Athletes, Scott Hazelwood, Jim D. Darke, Eshan M. Dandekar, Arnel L. Aguinaldo, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2017
Elbow and shoulder joint torques are correlated with body mass index but not game pitch count in youth baseball pitchers, Jim Douglas Darke, Eshan M. Dandekar, Arnel Aguinaldo, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Knee biomechanics during cycling are similar for normal weight and obese subjects, Juan D. Gutierrez-Franco, Jordan Skaro, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
EMG-Driven inverse dynamic analysis of knee contact forces during gait and cycling using OpenSim, Megan V. Pottinger, Katherine Mavrommati, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Principal component analysis of gait and cycling experiments: Crosstalk error reduction and corrected knee axes, Jordan Skaro, Harsh Goel, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2016
Label-free Imaging of Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes, Rupsa Datta, Christopher M. Heylman, Steven C. George, and Enrico Gratton
Three-Dimensional Adult Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Promotes Maturation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes, Ahsley H. Fong, Mónica Romero-López, Christopher M. Heylman, Mark Keating, David Tran, Agua Sobrino, Anh Q. Tran, Hiep H. Pham, Cristhian Fimbres, Paul D. Gershon, Elliot L. Botvinick, Steven C. George, and Christopher C.W. Hughes
Automated Detection and Analysis of Depolarization Events in Human Cardiomyocytes using MaDEC, Agnieszka F. Szymanska, Christopher M. Heylman, Rupsa Datta, and Enrico Gratton
Submissions from 2015
Human knee joint finite element model using a two bundle anterior cruciate ligament: Validation and gait analysis, Nicholas A. Czapla, Meghan K. Sylvia, Zachary F. Lerner, David J. Tuttle, Otto J. Schueckler, S. J. Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Using OpenSim to predict knee joint moments during cycling, Karim C. Dudum, Jake E. Deschamps, Juan D. Gutierrez-Franco, Luke I. Kraemer, Alejandro M. Gonzalez-Smith, Eshan M. Dandekar, S. J. Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Supervised Machine Learning for Classification of the Electrophysiological Effects of Chronotropic Drugs on Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes, Christopher Heylman, Rupsa Datta, Agua Sobrino, Steven George, and Enrico Gratton
Design and implementation of an instrumented pedal for cycling biomechanics research, Luke I. Kraemer, Juan D. Gutierrez-Franco, Jake E. Deschamps, Karim C. Dudum, Eshan M. Dandekar, Scott Hazelwood, Hemanth Porumamilla, and Stephen M. Klisch
Development of a human knee joint finite element model to investigate cartilage stress during walking in obese and normal weight adults, Meghan K. Sylvia, Nicholas A. Czapla, Zachary F. Lerner, David J. Tuttle, Otto J. Schueckler, Scott Hazelwood, and Stephen M. Klisch
Submissions from 2014
Modeling and experimental methods to predict oxygen distribution in bone defects following cell transplantation, Christopher M. Heylman, Sharon Santoso, Melissa D. Krebs, Gerald M. Saidel, Eben Alsberg, and George F. Muschler
A strategy for integrating essential three-dimensional microphysiological systems of human organs for realistic anticancer drug screening, Christopher Heylman, Agua Sobrino, Venktesh S. Shirure, Christopher CW Hughes, and Steven C. George
Submissions from 2013
Slowing the onset of hypoxia increases colony forming efficiency of connective tissue progenitor cells in vitro, Christopher M. Heylman, Tonya N. Caralla, Cynthia A. Boehm, Thomas E. Patterson, and George F. Muschler