BME faculty Senior Projects List 2014

BME Faculty List of Possible Senior Projects

Note to students. Any faculty member who is listed in this matrix has projects currently avaialable for juniors and seniors in BME

First	Last (link to website)	Lab Description	Track	Location	Project title	Project title	Project title	Project title
Jay	Humphrey	Vascular Mechanics and Mechanobiology Lab	Biomechanics	Malone	Quantitative Histology	Computational Hemodynamics	Mechanobiological Assessments using Cell / Tissue Culture	Computer-aided Experimentation
Evan	Morris	Neuroimaging of Addiction and Medications Development	Imaging	PET Center	Modeling Dopamine Response to Smoking Cigarettes	Action of Naltrexone to treat alcoholism	Imaging Opioid Receptors in Mood Disorders	Imaging a human model of fatigue
Jim	Duncan		Imaging	TAC
Rich	Carson		Imaging	PET Center
Mark	Saltzman			Malone
Chi	Liu		Imaging	PET Center
Todd	Constable		Imaging	TAC
Larry	Staib		Imaging	TAC
Hemant	Tagare		Imaging	TAC
Angelica	Gonzalez			Malone
Andre	Levchenko			West Campus
Stuart	Campbell		Biomechanics	Malone
First	Last	Lab Name	Track	Location	First Project Name	Second Project Name	Third Project Name	Fourth Project Name

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Lab Descriptions

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Vascular_Mechanics_and_Mechanobiology_Lab

(Biomechanics Track) Our focus is on (i) developing computational models for understanding vascular disease progression and designing clinical interventions, (ii) using genetic, pharmacologic, and surgical models to elucidate mechanisms that underlie diverse vascular conditions, and (iii) using tissue engineered constructs to test hypotheses of mechanosensing and mechanoregulation of extracellular matrix.

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Project Descriptions

Quantitative_Histology

We use histology and immunohistology to quantify regional variations in the distributions of vascular cell phenotype, extracellular matrix, proteases, and cytokines to correlate with computational predictions. Primary focus – image analysis and histopathology.

Computational_Hemodynamics

Working with colleagues in our medical school, we use patient-specific computational models to study vascular disease mechanisms and their treatment. Primary focus - to use image reconstruction methods to create large scale computational models.

Mechanobiological

Assessments using Cell / Tissue Culture – We subject cultured cells and tissue engineered constructs to well defined mechanical stimuli and assess their mechanobiological responses. Primary focus – cell and tissue culture methods.

Computer-aided_Experimentation

We use custom computer-controlled devices to perform theoretically motivated experiments. Primary goal – to design, build, and test new testing systems.

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