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 2004
Long Stemmed Total Knee Arthroplasty With Interlocking Screws: A Computational Bone Adaptation Study, Jeffry S. Nyman, Scott J. Hazelwood, Juan J. Rodrigo, R. Bruce Martin, and Oscar C. Yeh
A Theoretical Analysis of Long-Term Bisphosphonate Effects on Trabecular Bone Volume and Microdamage, Jeffry S. Nyman, Oscar C. Yeh, Scott J. Hazelwood, and R. Bruce Martin
Do Microcracks Decrease or Increase Fatigue Resistance in Cortical Bone?, O. S. Sobelman, J. C. Gibeling, S. M. Stover, S. J. Hazelwood, O. C. Yeh, D. R. Shelton, and R. B. Martin
Varying the Time Delay of an Action Potential Elicited with a Neural-Electronic Stimulator, Robert B. Szlavik and Frank Jenkins
Submissions from 2003
Osteon Pullout in the Equine Third Metacarpal Bone: Effects of Ex Vivo Fatigue, L. P. Hiller, S. M. Stover, V. A. Gibson, J. C. Gibeling, C. S. Prater, S. J. Hazelwood, O. C. Yeh, and R. B. Martin
Development of an Atrophic Nonunion Model and Comparison to a Closed Healing Fracture in Rat Femur, Takeshi Kokubu, David J. Hak, Scott J. Hazelwood, and A. Hari Reddi
Neural Electronic Signal Detection Fidelity and Membrane Conductance, Robert B. Szlavik
Strategies for Improving Neural Signal Detection Using a Neural-Electronic Interface, Robert B. Szlavik
Submissions from 2002
A Biomechanical Comparison of Three Sternotomy Closure Techniques, David J. Cohen and Lanny V. Griffin
The Impact of Variations in Membrane Capacitance on the Detected Neural-Electronic Signal, Robert B. Szlavik
Submissions from 2001
A Mechanistic Model for Internal Bone Remodeling Exhibits Different Dynamic Responses in Disuse and Overload, Scott J. Hazelwood, R. Bruce Martin, Mark M. Rashid, and Juan J. Rodrigo
Submissions from 2000
The Effect of Anisotrophy on the Potential Distribution in Biological Tissues and its Impact on Nerve Excitation Simulations, Robert B. Szlavik and Hubert de Bruin
Submissions from 1999
The effects of testing methods on the flexural fatigue life of human cortical bone, L. V. Griffin, J. C. Gibeling, R. B. Martin, V. A. Gibson, and S. M. Stover
The Relationship Between Basic Multicellular Unit Activation and Origination in Cancellous Bone, C. J. Hernandez, S. J. Hazelwood, and R. B. Martin
In Vivo Electrical Stimulation of Motor Nerves, Robert B. Szlavik
Optimal Stimulus Electrode Dipole Orientation, Robert B. Szlavik and Hubert De Bruin
The Effect of Stimulus Current Pulse Width on Nerve Fiber Size Recruitment Patterns, Robert B. Szlavik and Hubert de Bruin
Submissions from 1997
Model of flexural fatigue damage accumulation for cortical bone, L. V. Griffin, J. C. Gibeling, R. B. Martin, V. A. Gibson, and S. M. Stover
Residual strength of equine bone is not reduced by intense fatigue loading: Implications for stress fracture, R. B. Martin, V. A. Gibson, S. M. Stover, J. C. Gibeling, and L. V. Griffin
Simulating the Distribution of Axon Size in Nerves, Robert B. Szlavik and Hubert De Bruin
Submissions from 1996
Artifactual nonlinearity due to wear grooves an friction in four-point bending experiments of cortical bone, L. V. Griffin, J. C. Gibeling, V. A. Gibson, R B. Martin, and S. M. Stover
Calcium buffering is required to maintain bone stiffness in saline solution, M. B. Gustafson, R. B. Martin, V. Gibson, D. H. Storms, S. M. Stover, J. Gibeling, and L. Griffin
Osteonal Structure in the equine third metacarpus, R. B. Martin, V. A. Gibson, S. M. Stover, J. C. Gibeling, and L. V. Griffin
In Vitro Fatigue Behavior of the Equine Third Metacarpus: Remodeling and Microcrack Damage Analysis, R.B. Martin, V.A. Gibson, S.M. Stover, J.C. Gibeling, and L.V. Griffin
Armature position sensor for a relay, G. Stephen Perreira, Richard L. Kutin, and Lanny V. Griffin