Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Hahn, Mariah"
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Schoener, Cody A. (2010-10-12)Commonly used thermoplastic biodegradable polymers are generally brittle and lack appreciable elasticity at physiological temperature and thereby fail to mimic the elastic nature of many human soft tissues such as blood ...
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Gaspard, Jeffery Simon (2009-05-15)The objective of this research is to investigate synthetic and polypeptide block copolymers, the structures they form, their response to various stimuli in solution and their capabilities for use in biomimicry. The ...
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Dempsey, David Kandell (2013-12-05)Current synthetic alternatives to autologous grafts have often failed in small diameter applications (<6 mm) due to their thrombogenicity and compliance mismatch of native vasculature. No known synthetic material is capable ...
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Becerra-Bayona, Silvia M. (2013-07-25)Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation is known to be influenced by a range of environmental stimuli. MSC-based bone regeneration strategies would benefit from the identification of scaffold material properties which ...
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Guiza-Arguello, Viviana R. (2013-07-17)The basic principle of tissue engineering is the combination of appropriate cells with biomaterials under conditions that promote and lead to tissue formation. A tissue engineering scaffold is a material that supports cells ...
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Kinnibrugh Garcia, Karym G. (2011-08-08)The principal goal of this research is to achieve the chemical labeling and surface modification of block copolymer vesicles (polymersomes) made from amphiphilic diblock copolymer Poly(butadiene-b-ethylene oxide) (PBd120- ...
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Wang, Bo (2011-08-08)Mesenchymal stem cells are more and more widely used in tissue engineering due to their pluripotency and no relative ethical problems. Traditional characterization techniques to detect mesenchymal stem cell states include ...
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Liao, Huimin (2009-05-15)Vocal fold scarring, caused by injury and inflammation, presents significant treatment challenges. Tissue engineering might be a promising treatment for vocal fold restoration or regeneration. It is important to investigate ...
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Bailey, Brennan (2013-07-11)Analogous to the extracellular matrix (ECM) of natural tissues, properties of a tissue engineering scaffold direct cell behavior and thus regenerated tissue properties. These include both physical properties (e.g. morphology ...
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Bansal, Tarun (2011-10-21)The overall goal of this research was to understand the role of inter-kingdom signaling in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infections of the human gastro-intestinal (GI) tract from the perspective of both the ...
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Chern, Christina (2009-05-15)The study of drug delivery for the treatment of illnesses and injuries is an important area of pharmaceutical technology. A relatively new area of drug delivery being explored is gene therapy, which utilizes the idea that ...
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Lamonte, Kevin Anthony (2009-05-15)Hydrogen storage has been identified as a primary bottleneck in the large-scale implementation of a hydrogen-based economy. Many research efforts are underway to both improve the capacity of existing hydrogen storage systems ...
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Kraus, Zachary Rothman (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Polymers are added to asphalt binders primarily to stiffen the binder at higher temperatures and thus to protect the pavement against rutting at summertime temperatures early in the pavement's life. Also, it has been ...
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Newton, Billy Walker (2012-07-16)The overall goal of this research was to investigate oxidative stress related changes to the proteomes of 3T3-L1 adipocytes and an inducible CYP2E1 expressing HepG2 cells. Enhanced oxidative stress in hypertrophic adipocytes ...
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Ma, Qun (2012-07-16)Bacterial biofilms form on liquid/air and liquid/solid surfaces and consist of cells combined with an extracellular matrix such as exopolysaccharides, extracellular DNA, and glycoproteins. Bacteria have up to a 1000-fold ...
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Qu, Xin (2012-07-16)In the US alone, more than 500,000 coronary artery bypass procedures are performed annually. Tissue engineering shows the potential to construct functional grafts to overcome the limited availability of autologous saphenous ...
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Benhardt, Hugh Adam (2011-08-08)An estimated 200,000 injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) occur annually in the United States, with approximately 100,000 total ACL reconstructions performed each year. Due to inherent limitations with existing ...
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Bulick, Allen (2010-01-14)The research presented here deals with synthetic materials for application in tissue engineering, primarily poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(dimethyl siloxane)star (PDMS)star. Tissue engineering seeks to repair or ...
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Jimenez Vergara, Andrea (2012-10-19)Tissue engineering (TE) approaches have emerged as an alternative to traditional tissue and organ replacements. The aim of this work was to contribute to the understanding of the effects of cell-material and endothelial ...