Preliminary Program subject to change
15E13 Engineering Fundamentals of Life Sciences Poster Session
OverviewThis session seeks poster submissions from all of area 15d/e
Primary SponsorEngineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15e)

Chair

Padma Rajagopalan
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Virginia Tech
141 Randolph Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone Number: 540-231-4851
Email: padmar@vt.edu

CoChair

Francois Berthiaume
Center for Engineering in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
51 Blossom St
Boston, MA 02114
Phone Number: 617-371-4889
Fax Number: 617-371-4951
Email: fberthiaume@hms.harvard.edu

CoChair

Milica Radisic
Assistan Professor
IBBME/Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto
200 College St. Rm. 368
Toronto, ON M5S 3E5
Canada
Phone Number: 416-978-3063
Email: milica@chem-eng.utoronto.ca

CoChair

Sundararajan V. Madihally
School of Chemical Engineering
Oklahoma State University
423 Engineering North
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone Number: 405-744-9115
Fax Number: 405-744-6338
Email: sundar.madihally@okstate.edu
Use Of Focussed Beam Reflectance Measurement (Fbrm) For Monitoring Changes In Cell Populations In Hybridoma Cultures
Jessica Whelan, Susan McDonnell and Brian Glennon, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin, Engineering Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Optimizing Membrane Sandwich Electroporation Through Microfabrication And High Speed Spin Disk Confocal Imaging
Brian E. Henslee1, Zhengzheng Fei1, Orin L. Hemminger2, Hae Woon Choi3, Kun-Yeh Chiang4, Wu Lu5, David Farson6 and L. James Lee7, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 140 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, 140 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)Industrial, Welding, and System Engineering, The Ohio State University, 125 Koffolt Labs, 140 W. 19th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, (4)Computer and Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2024 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, (5)Computer and Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 205 Dreese Labs; 2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, 43210, (6)Industrial, Weld and Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, 125 Koffolt Labs, 140 W. 19th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, (7)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Room 125A, Koffolt Labs., 140W. 19th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
Structure-Function Study Of Bioartificial Islets Generated In A Stirred Suspension Bioreactor
Daniel E. Kehoe, Lye T. Lock, Dong H. Jing and Manolis S. Tzanakakis, Chemical and Biological Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260
Elucidating The Transcriptional Regulatory Network Underlying 3T3-L1 Adipocyte Differentiation And Hypertrophic Enlargement
Colby Moya, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, Hai Shi, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Room 142, Medford, MA 02155, U.S.A., Kyongbum Lee, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Room 142, Medford, MA 02155 and Arul Jayaraman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122
Finite Element Modeling Of Wave Propagation In A Focused Saw Device For Potential Biosensing And Microfluidic Applications
Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, University of South Florida, Dept. of Chemical Engg., ENB 118, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 and Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620
Development Of Microelectrochemical Biosensors For Application In Biocatalysis
Abhishek G. Deshpande, Sinead M Matthews, Kamran Yunus, Adrian C Fisher and Nigel K. H. Slater, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, CB2 3RA, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Engineering Riboswitches For Parallel Detection Of Small Molecules
Shengnan Xie, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 2527 Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48824 and S. Patrick Walton, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 3249 Engineering Building, East Lansing, MI 48823
Kinetic Modeling Of Monoterpenoid Essential Oil Biosynthesis In Peppermint Enables Metabolic Engineering
Rigoberto Rios-Estepa1, Glenn W. Turner2, James M. Lee3 and B. M. Lange2, (1)School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washingtn State University, P.O. BOX 643710, Pullman, WA 99163, (2)Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, P.O. BOX 646340, Pullman, WA 99163, (3)School of Chemical Engineeering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, P.O. BOX 643710, Pullman, WA 99163
Investigation Into The Effect Of Bacterial Chemotaxis On In-Situ Bioremediation Rate
C.J. O'Lenick, Paul R. Bienkowski and Paul D. Frymier, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 419 Dougherty Engineering Building, Knoxville, TN 37996
Inhibiting Bacterial Biofilm Formation With Novel Synthetic Brominated Furanones
Shuyu Hou1, Miao Duo2, Yongbin Han3, Yan-Yeung Luk3 and Dacheng Ren1, (1)Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 121 Link Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, 121 Link Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3)Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 1-014 Center Sci & Tech, Syracuse, NY 13244
Improved Sialylation Of Recombinant Glycoproteins In Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells By Co-Expressing Cmp-Sialic Acid Transporter
Dong Gyun Kang and Hyung Joon Cha, Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang, 790-784, South Korea
Expression Of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Having More Complex N-Glycans In Drosophila S2 Cells Through Hexosaminidase Inhibition
Yeon Kyu Kim1, Kyoung Ro Kim1, Young Hwan Kim2 and Hyung Joon Cha1, (1)Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang, 790-784, South Korea, (2)Proteomics Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejon, 305-333, South Korea
A Theoretical Assessment of Polymerase Fidelity and Thermal Damage during Pcr Amplification
Elsje Pienaar and Hendrik J. Viljoen, chemical engineering, University of Nebraska, 211 Othmer Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588
A Systematic Framework For Modeling Transcriptional Regulatory Networks
P.T. Foteinou1, E. Yang1, G.K. Saharidis2, M.G. Ierapetritou2 and I.P. Androulakis1, (1)Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854
An in Silico Study of Tumor Growth: The Effect of Drug Treatments
Nemoy Rau and Ileana C. Carpen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505
Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation Of Blood Flow Through Renal Artery Stenosis
Carrie Street, Edgar O'Rear, Dimitrios Papavassiliou and Linden Heflin, CBME, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., T-335, Norman, OK 73019
Identification of Fragile Mechanisms in the Human Complement Cascade Is Sensitive to the Choice of Numerical Method for the Solution of the Sensitivity Equations
Ryan A. Tasseff1, Jeffrey D. Varner2, Satyaprakash Nayak3, Thomas J. Mansell4 and Deyan Luan3, (1)Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, (2)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, (3)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, (4)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
Compliance Corrections For The Four-State Actomyosin Model Of Muscle Contraction
Richard L. Long, New Mexico State University, Chemical Engineering Department, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
A Study On Confounding Factors In Clinical Proteomics
Qinghua (Peter) He, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 and Jin Wang, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
Development Of A Mechanistic Model For Sugar-Utilization Regulatory Systems
Jiangfeng Zhu, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, Jacqueline V. Shanks, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, Ramon Gonzalez, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 and Ka Yiu San, Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
Reaction Dynamics Of Human Blood Coagulation Initiation
William S. Denney, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1150 Vagelos Labs, 3340 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and Scott L. Diamond, University of Pennsylvania, 1150 Vagelos Labs, 3340 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hypertension and Hemodynamics in Renal Arteries with Aneurysm
Linden A. Heflin, Edgar A. O'Rear, Dimitrios V. Papavassiliou and Carrie B. Street, CBME, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., T-335, Norman, OK 73019
Procedure to Design a Quick Saliva Diagnostics
Miguel J. Bagajewicz1, Linden Heflin2 and Sarah Walsh2, (1)Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., T-335, Norman, OK 73019, (2)CBME, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., T-335, Norman, OK 73019
Cooperative Binding Of Ligands To Biopolymers
David M. Brown, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, B334 Iacocca Hall, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, Erdem Arslan, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015 and Ian J. Laurenzi, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, B330 Iacocca Hall, 111 Research Dr., Bethlehem, PA 18015
Fabrication Of Microbead Device For Improving Throughput Of Snp Genotyping Using Mass Spectrometry
Ashish Misra, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and Sobin Kim, Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 617 Bowser Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Gene Expression Profiling In Breast Cancer Utilizing Mass Spectrometry
Daniel S. Duffield, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, Ashish Misra, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, Sobin Kim, Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 617 Bowser Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and Li Cai, Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, 599 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Modeling and Quantitative Analysis of the Role of Nitric Oxide in Methemoglobin Anemia
Navakanth G. Reddy, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, UCB 424, Boulder, CO 80309-0424 and Saikat Chakraborty, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India
Factors Influencing the Formation of Confluent and Stable Co-Cultures of Human Bone Marrow Stromal and Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Bonnie L. Barrilleaux1, Katie Russell1, Donald G. Phinney2, Darwin J. Prockop2 and Kim C. OConnor1, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University and Health Sciences Center, Lindy Boggs Center Room 300, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University and Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112
Dynamic Changes in Response to Ozone Exposure
Tim Brenza1, Melissa Lowe Bates2, Aziz Ben-Jebria1 and James Ultman1, (1)Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Cell Motility On Micropatterned Treadmills And Tracks
Goher Mahmud1, Christopher J. Campbell2, Kristiana Kandere-Grzybowska1 and Bartosz A. Grzybowski2, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Ave., Tech E-136, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd/TECH E136, Evanston, IL 60208
Shear Stress Transiently Upregulates Ets-1 Protein Production In Subconfluent Endothelial Cells
Lindsey Elizabeth Corum, Darren Stirland and Yan-Ting E. Shiu, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Cyclic Stretch Inhibits Endothelial Cell Migration Through Reactive Oxygen Species
Luis Cheng Sun, Cole T. Quam, Jacob A. Jensen and Yan-Ting E. Shiu, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Feeder Cell Immobilization For Stem Cell Culture
Jing Zhou, Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222, Storrs, CT 06269 and Yong Wang, Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222, Storrs, CT 06269
Modeling Of Perivascular Delivery Of Dipyridamole And Rapamycin To An Arteriovenous Hemodialysis Graft
Randy Jay Christopherson1, Robert M. Kirby II2, Christi M. Terry3, Alfred K. Cheung3 and Yan-Ting E. Shiu1, (1)Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Department of Computer Science and the Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)Division of Nephrology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Time-Lapse Imaging and 3D Cell Tracking by Computer-Controlled Video Microscopy. Applications to Chemotaxis
Luigi Sabetta, Sergio Caserta, Vincenzo Sibillo, Marino Simeone and Stefano Guido, Dipartimento di Ingegneria chimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, 80125, Italy
Chemical Physics Of DNA Packaging In A Nucleosome Core Particle
Andrew Spakowitz and Bariz Sudhanshu, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stauffer III - Room 113, 381 North South Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Synthesis Of A Family Of Peptides With Potential Uses In Drug Delivery And Protein Purification
J.-W. Lee and Daniel Forciniti, cbe, umr, 1870 miner circle, cbe-umr, roll, MO 65409
Understanding The Effects Of Hydration For Improved Vaccine Antigen Delivery Through The Stratum Corneum
Grace Tan1, Peng Xu1, Louise B. Lawson2, Jibao He3, John D. Clements2, Lucia C. Freytag2 and Vijay T. John1, (1)Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, (3)Coordinated Instrumentation Facility, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
Molecular Design of Trypsin Inhibitors Using Signature
Derick C. Weis, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, Donald P. Visco Jr., Tennessee Technological University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, Jean-Loup Faulon, Computational Biosciences Dept., Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, Shawn Martin, Computational Biology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185 and Stan Watowich, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 623 Basic Science Building, Galveston, TX 77555
Modern Control-Based Delivery Strategies In Biomedicine: The Effects Of Stratum Corneum Desquamation On Percutaneous Drug Absorption
Laurent Simon and Amit Goyal, Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102
Poly (Ethylene Oxide)-Poly (ε-Caprolactone) Micelles In Different Morphologies: Advantages Of Worm-Like Micelles For Paclitaxel Delivery In Lung Cancer Therapy
Shenshen Cai1, Tamara Minko2 and Dennis E. Discher1, (1)University of Pennsylvania, 220 South 33rd Street, Room 112 Towne Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391, (2)Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Modeling Autocatalytic Controlled-Release Drug Delivery from Polylactic-Co-Glycolic Acid Microspheres
Ashlee N. Ford, Daniel W. Pack and Richard D. Braatz, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, 600 South Mathews Avenue, 201 Roger Adams Laboratory, Box C-3, Urbana, IL 61801-3602
Effect Of Cyclic Stretch On Endothelial Tubulogenesis In A 3D Cell Culture Model
Matthew N. Iwamoto, Jacob A. Jensen, Vasily Chernyshev and Yan-Ting E. Shiu, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Design Of Three Dimensional Quadruplicating Capillary Networks With Optimal Transport Characteristics
Wan-Hsiang Liang, Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Bingham #126, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, Vijayakumar Janakiraman, Case Western Reserve University, A.W.Smith Building, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, Kamlesh Mathur, Operations Research, Case Western Reserve University, A.W.Smith Building, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 and Harihara Baskaran, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, A.W.Smith Building, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106
Microfluidic Co-Culture Arrays For Parallel Screening Of Pair-Wise Cell-Cell Communication Between Multiple Cell Types
Rohit Jindal1, Kevin R. King2, Yaakov Nahmias1, Mehmet Toner2 and Martin L. Yarmush3, (1)Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, (2)Massachusetts General Hospital/Shriners Burn Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, (3)Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medial School, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114
Assesment Of Subconjunctivally Implanted Hydrogels As Potential Periocular Drug Delivery Systems
Gauri Misra, Surgery, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, Ravi S. J. Singh, Ophthalmology, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, Thomas W. Gardner, Ophthalmology and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 and Tao Lu Lowe, Surgery, Pennsylvania State University, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033
Simulation and Validation of Nutrient Transport Models in Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Benjamin J. Lawrence, Eric Maase and Sundararajan V. Madihally, School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 423 Engineering North, Stillwater, OK 74078
Biosynthesis Of Collagen-Like Protein Polymers
Lauren B. Pickens1, Tatiana Segura2 and Yi Tang2, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, 5667 Boelter Hall, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90066, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, 5531 Boelter Hall, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90066
Improved Stability Of Cysteine Modified Haemocompatible Polymer
Jun Gu, Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 423 Engineering North, Stillwater, OK 74078 and Randy S. Lewis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 350 Clyde Building, Provo, UT 84604
Multi-Functional, Semi-Degradable Hydrogels For The Repair Of Cartilage Defects
Kara L. Spiller, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and Anthony M. Lowman, Deptartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Detection Of Amyloid-Beta Aggregate Growth Using A Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Joseph A. Kotarek, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2C02 Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208 and Melissa A. Moss, Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 301 South Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Microfluidic Reactor for Adipose Tissue Engineering – Co-Culture of Preadipocytes/adipocytes with Endothelial Cells
Ning Lai and Kyongbum Lee, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Science and Technology Center, Medford, MA 02155

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