Published Student Works

Student Publications:

31. Effect of Strain-Specific Biofilm Properties on the Retention of Colloids in Saturated Porous Media under Conditions of Stormwater Biofiltration.

Written By: Yue Zhang, Claire C. Wayner, Shanshan Wu, Xitong Liu, William P. Ball, Sarah P. Preheim.
Published In: Environmental Science and Technology, 2021, 55, 4, 2585–2596.

30. Fe XVII 2p–3s Line Ratio Diagnostic of Shock Formation Radius in O Stars.

Written By: Gabriel J. Grell, Maurice A. Leutenegger, and Chintan Shah.
Published In: The American Astronomical Society. The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, Volume 917, Number 2.

29. A Wearable Anthropomorphically-Driven Prosthesis with a Built-In Haptic Feedback System.

Written By: Miller, Ethan; Amanze Ihemriorochi, Brown, Jeremy
Published In: 2020 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR)

28. Texture Discrimination using a Flexible Tactile Sensor Array on a Soft Biomimetic Finger.

Written By: Sriramana Sankar, Alisa Brown, Darshini Balamurugan, Harrison Nguyen, Mark Iskarous, Tayla Simcox, Deepesh Kumar, Andrei Nakagawa, Nitish Thakor
Published In: IEEE Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) and Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Conference, May 2019, Chicago, IL, USA (2019)

27. Angiotensin II Blood Levels Are Associated with Smaller Hippocampal and Cortical Volumes in Cognitively Normal Older Adults.

Written By: Sevil Yasar, Kyle D. Moored, Atif Adam, Fiona Zabel, Yi-Fang Chuang, Vijay R. Varma, Michelle C. Carson
Published In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

26. Processing and integration of functionally oriented prespacers in the E. coli CRISPR system depends on bacterial host exonucleases.

Written By: Anita Ramachandran, Lesley Summerville, Brian A. Learn, Lily DeBell, Scott Bailey.
Published In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Manuscript RA119.012196, December 2019.

25. Virtual Reality and Photogrammetry for Improved Reproducibility of Human-Robot Interaction Studies.

Written By: Mark Murnane, Max Breitmeyer, Cynthia Matuszek, Don Engel
Published In: Proc IEEE VR 2019, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Osaka, Japan, March 23 – 27 (2019)

24. Extreme stability in de novo-designed repeat arrays is determined by unusually stable short-range interactions.

Written By: Kathryn Geiger-Schuller, Kevin Sforza, Max Yuhas, Fabio Parmeggiani, David Baker, Doug Barrick.
Published In: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA July 17, 2018 115 (29) 7539-7544 (2018)

23. Lubricant-Sensitivity Assessment of SPRESS B820 by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Comparison of Multivariate Methods.

Written By: Vivek S. Dave, Michael Popielarczyk, Heather Boyce, Antoine Al-Achi, Enyioha Ike-Amaechi, Stephen W. Hoag, Rahul V. Haware.
Published In: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, November 08 (2016)

22. A Search for short-period Rocky Planets around WDs with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS).

Written By: P. H. Sandhaus, J. H. Debes, J. Ely, D. C. Hines, M. Bourque.
Published In: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), arXiv:1604.03026 [astro-ph.SR]

21. Local Delivery of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1: a New Candidate Ddrug for Brain Tumor Therapy.

Written By: Antonella Mangraviti, Tula Raghavan, Francesco Volpin, et. al.
Published In: Neuro Oncology, 17 (suppl 5): v38 doi:10.1093/neuonc/nov204.89 (2015)

20. Efficacy of Intracranial Delivery of Dichloroacetate and Carboplatin Via an LCP Polymer Microcapsule Device in an Experimental Glioma Model.

Written By: Antonella Mangraviti,  Yike Jin,  Jay Sy,  Yuan Wang,  Tula Raghavan, Lindsey Hastings-Spaine,  Alessandro Olivi,  Betty Tyler and  Henry Brem.
Published In: Neuro Oncology, 16 (suppl 5): v87 doi:10.1093/neuonc/nou255.37 (2014)

19. Prevalence of and Racial Disparities in Risk Factor Control in Older Adults with Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Written By: Parrinello CM, Rastegar I, Godino JG, Miedema MD, Matsushita K, Selvin E.
Published In: Diabetes Care, (2015)

18. Deletion of placental growth factor prevents diabetic retinopathy and is associated with the Akt activation and HIF1alpha-VEGF pathway inhibition.

Written By: Hu Huang, Jianbo He, Da’Kuawn Johnson, Yanhong Wei, Ying Liu, Shuang Wang, Gerard A. Lutty, Elia J. Duh, and Richard D. Semba.
Published In: Diabetes, (September 3, 2014), doi:10.2337/db14-0016 1939-327X

17. DNA methylation and expression of KCNQ3 in bipolar disorder.

Written By: Kaminsky Z, Jones I, Verma R, Saleh L, Trivedi H, Guintivano J, Akman R, Zandi P, Lee RS, Potash JB.
Published In: Bipolar Disorders (2014): 00: 000–000

16. Effects of leptin and obesity on the upper airway function.

Written By: Mikhael Polotsky, Ahmed S. Elsayed-Ahmed, Luis Pichard, Christopher C. Harris, et.al.
Published In: Journal of Applied Physiology, May 15, (2012), 112:(10)1637-1643; published ahead of print February 16 (2012)

15. Elastic and hydrodynamic torques on a colloidal disk within a nematic liquid crystal.

Written By: Joel B. Rovner, Dan S. Borgnia, Daniel H. Reich, and Robert L. Leheny.
Published In: PHYSICAL REVIEW E 86, 041702 (2012)

14. Competitive Repair by Naturally Dispersed Repetitive DNA during Non-Allelic Homologous Recombination.

Written By: Margaret L. Hoang, Frederick J. Tan, David C. Lai, et al.
Published In: PLoS Genetics, January Issue (2011)

13. Development and Characterization of Immobilized Cannabinoid Receptor (CB1/CB2) Open Tubular Column for On-line Screening.

Written By: R. Moaddel, A. Rosenberg, K. Spelman, J. Frazier, et al.
Published In: Analytical Biochemistry (2011)

12. Flow over fractals: drag forces and near wakes.

Written By: Hyung Suk Kang, Duane Dennis, Charles Meneveau.
Published In: Fractals (2011) 19:04, 387-399

11. Toward SLAM on Graphs.

Written By: Avik De, Jusuk Lee, Nicholas Keller, Noah J. Cowan.
Published In: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, (2009), Volume 57/2009, 631-645

10. The Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in the Pursuit of Happiness and More Specific Rewards.

Written By: Burke, K.A., Franz, T.M., Miller, D.N., Schoenbaum, G.
Published In: Nature, Vol. 454, (2008)

9. Remote Radio Frequency Controlled Nanoliter Chemistry and Chemical Delivery on Substrates.

Written By: H. Ye, C. Randall, T. Leong, D. Slanac, E. Call, D. H. Gracias.
Published In: Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 46, 4991-4994 (2007)

8. The Carnegie Protein Trap Library: A Versatile Tool for Drosophila Developmental Studies.

Written By: Buszczak, Michael, Paterno, Shelley, Lighthouse, Daniel, Bachman, Julia, Planck, Jamie, Owen, Stephenie, Skora, Andrew D., Nystul, Todd G., Ohlstein, Benjamin, Allen, Anna, Wilhelm, James E., Murphy, Terence D., Levis, Robert W., Matunis, Erika, Srivali, Nahathai, Hoskins, Roger A., Spradling, Allan C.
Published In: Genetics (2007) 175: 1505-1531

7. Surface Tension Driven Self-Folding Polyhedra.

Written By: T. Leong, P. Lester, T. Koh, E. Call, D. H. Gracias.
Published In: Langmuir (2007) 23(17), 8747-8751

6. Conditioned reinforcement can be mediated by either outcome-specific or general affective representations.

Written By: Burke, K.A., Franz, T.M., Miller, D.N., Schoenbaum, G.
Published In: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. (2007)

5. Conditioned reinforcement and the specialized role of corticolimbic circuits in the pursuit of happiness and other more specific rewards.

Written By: Burke, K.A., Miller, D.N., Schoenbaum , G.
Published In: Pleasures of the Brain: The Neural Basis of Sensory Rewards. Edited by M.L. Kringelbach and K.C. Berridge. (2007)

4. A Multi-Step Pathway for the Establishment of Sister Chromatid Cohesion.

Written By: Milutinovich M, Ünal E, Ward C, Skibbens RV, Koshland.
Published In: PLoS Genetics 3(1): e12, January Issue (2007)

3. Microfabrication and Self-Assembly of 3D Microboxes for Biomedical Applications.

Written By: T. Leong, H. Ye, E. Call, B. Gimi, Z. Bhujwalla and D. H. Gracias.
Published In: 18th IEEE International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Istanbul, Jan 22-26 (2006)

2. Microbial survival of space vacuum and extreme ultraviolet irradiation: strain isolation and analysis during a rocket flight.

Written By: Roya Saffary, Renu Nandakumar, Dennis Spencer, et al.
Published In: Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Microbiology Letters, Vol. 215 Issue 1 Page 163 (September, 2002)

1. Smart Alignment Tool for Knee MosaicPlasty Surgery.

Written By: Albert W. Brzeczko, Randal P. Goldberg , Russell H. Taylor, Peter Evans.
Published In: Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention: Utrecht, The Netherlands, LNCS 2208, pp. 599-605 (2001)

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