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The influence of center of mass velocity redirection on mechanical and metabolic performance during walking	Microthermal devices for fluidic actuation by modulation of surface tension

Ion and molecule transport in nanochannels	Statistical performance evaluation, system modeling, distributed computation and signal pattern matching for a Compton medical imaging system

Nanochemistry for biomedical sensors and contrast agents	Development of nanoparticle based tools for reactive oxygen species and related biomedical applications

A closed-loop deep brain stimulation device with a logarithmic pipeline ADC	Microenvironmental control in microfluidic bioreactors for long term culture of bone marrow cells

The occurrence of contraction-induced lesions in the sarcolemma of skeletal muscles: Insights from a micro-sized whole muscle model	Microfluidic culture and analysis of endothelial cells in relation to cardiovascular disease and cancer metastasis

Accelerated statistical image reconstruction algorithms and simplified cost functions for X-ray computed tomography	Computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary nodules on thoracic computed tomography

Advances in concurrent motion and field-inhomogeneity correction in functional MRI	Cardiac activation mapping using Ultrasound Current Source Density Imaging

Biomechanical analyses of anterior vaginal wall prolapse: MR imaging and computer modeling studies	Lower limb motor coordination and rehabilitation facilitated through self-assist

Cerebral blood flow measurement using MRI: Mathematical regularization and phantom evaluation	Bioactive conducting polymer coatings for implantable neural and cochlear electrodes

Improvement of in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology through microfluidics	Improved quantitative methods for multiple neuropharmacological non-invasive brain PET studies

Mechanically stable solid freeform fabricated scaffolds with permeability optimized for cartilage tissue engineering	Gene regulatory network reconstruction and pathway inference from high throughput gene expression data

A fully-implantable integrated front-end for neural recording microsystems	Cell scaffold- and drug-based strategies for improving the integration of neural prostheses into brain tissue

Subsurface and transcutaneous Raman spectroscopy, imaging, and tomography	Design of peptides with targeted apatite and human bone marrow stromal cell adhesion for bone tissue engineering

Fast regularization design for tomographic image reconstruction for uniform and isotropic spatial resolution	Solution and surface-mediated effects of bone-like apatite coated poly(lactide-co-glycolide) scaffold on proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells

Neural mechanisms for bilateral force asymmetry during supine lower limb extensions in neurologically intact individuals and individuals with post-stroke hemiparesis	Wide-field time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM): Molecular snapshots of metabolic function in biological systems

Effects of aging and disuse on bone remodeling in response to microdamage	The effect of mechanical stimulation on bone fracture healing: Changes in callus morphology and mesenchymal stem cell homing

Advances in modeling and inference of neuroimaging data	Integrated microvalves for cortical drug-delivery at the cellular level

Prediction of the effects of lower-extremity muscle forces on knee, thigh, and hip injuries in frontal motor vehicle crashes	Mitigation of motion artifacts in functional MRI: A combined acquisition, reconstruction and post processing approach

On improving the effectiveness of control signals from chronic microelectrodes for cortical neuroprostheses	Investigating the effects of age and exercise on bone composition and the impact of composition on mechanical integrity

Advanced polymer-based microfabricated neural probes using biologically driven designs	Perfusion estimation in volumetric imaging of contrast agents

Medical ultrasound aberration correction via acoustic droplet vaporization and time-reversal acoustics	Nanoscale protein patterning via nanoimprint lithography and ultrafast laser irradiation

The role of adhesion strength in human mesenchymal stem cell osteoblastic differentiation on biodegradable polymers	Neuroprosthetic devices: Inputs and outputs

Oil-in-water nanoemulsions as mucosal vaccine adjuvants: Characterization, mechanism, formulation, and development of a nanoemulsion-based Burkholderia cenocepacia vaccine	Improving accuracy and precision in biological applications of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Functional assessments of platelet-derived growth factor gene delivery on accelerating oral implant osseointegration	Microfluidic studies of pulsatile CXCL12 stimulation on prostate cancer cells

Development of a SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) detection system of magnetic nanoparticles for cancer imaging	Wireless magnetoelastic monitoring of biliary stents

Spatial control of gene delivery on bioengineered scaffolds for tissue regeneration	Neural coupling between upper and lower limbs during recumbent stepping

Kinesin: Directional properties, strain coordination and nanotechnology applications	Ultrasonic batch mode micromachining and its application to piezoelectric sensors for fine needle aspiration biopsy

The relative roles of dynamics and control in bipedal locomotion	High detective quantum efficiency electronic portal imaging devices based on segmented crystalline scintillators and mercuric iodide photoconductors

Gas embolotherapy: Bubble evolution in acoustic droplet vaporization and design of a benchtop microvascular model	Development of a magnetically-targeted, MRI-monitored nano-platform for brain tumor drug delivery

Laser direct writing of microchannels for artificial lungs	In vitro tissue engineering of liver and primary lymphoid tissues with inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds for drug testing application

Upper body coordination and movement control of unconstrained visually guided three-dimensional reach movements	Femtosecond laser pulse optimization for multiphoton cytometry and control of fluorescence

A high-throughput method for in vitro generation and studies of oxygen microgradients	The Virtual Driver: Integrating physical and cognitive human models to simulate driving with a secondary in-vehicle task

Valve regulated implantable intrathecal drug delivery for chronic pain management	The effect of age on bone and its response to mechanical stimulation

Visuomotor coordination in symmetric and asymmetric bimanual reaching tasks	Probing biological systems using reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy

Fracture healing and regeneration in the context of an altered collagenous extracellular matrix	Regulating gene expression through DNA mechanics: Tightly looped DNA represses transcription

The development of an antagonistic SMA actuation technology for the active cancellation of human tremor	Direct measurement of mammalian axonemal dynein's motor activity

Gene synthesis from oligonucleotide mixtures by solid phase PCR and assembly PCR in a microfluidic chip system	Exploration and exploitation of action selection in the motor cortex and basal ganglia

Compressible flows for fluidic control in microdevices	Exploring the mechanics of transcriptional control through DNA looping with optical tweezers

Manipulation and elucidation of intracellular signaling through periodic stimulation using microfluidics	Investigation of electrosurgical tissue joining

Control and effect of glial cell activation on the microscale chronic neural interface toward dynamic control of neural environment	The function and regulation of LIM domain mineralization protein (LMP) in periodontal ligament progenitor cells

MEMS-based thermal and mass-transport control for microfluidic biochemical reagent mixing and 2-D gas chromatography	In vivo electrochemical sensors

Sensitive, label-free biomolecular binding detection using a one-dimensional photonic crystal sensor	The effects of designed scaffold architecture and biodegradable material on chondrogenesis in vitro and in vivo

Design and fabrication of microfluidic integrated circuits using normally-closed elastomeric valves	Design challenges in nanoparticle-based platforms: Implications for targeted drug delivery systems

Growth and remodeling in engineered soft tissue	Speckle tracking for cardiac strain imaging in ultrasound imaging and contrast enhancement in photoacoustic imaging

Ultrasound-triggered drug delivery using acoustic droplet vaporization	Engineering the quantitative PCR assay for decreased cost and complexity

Temporal Regularization Use in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI	Non-Cartesian Parallel Image Reconstruction for Functional MRI

Micro-hydrodynamics of deformable objects	An experimental model of human aortic dissection

Characterization and evaluation of surface modified superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for uptake into human prostate carcinoma cells	Spatially Controlled Organic/Inorganic Hybrids Designed to Enhance Cellular Response

MIcrowave Measurement System for Breast Cancer Imaging: An Experimental Prototype Towards Time-Domain Inverse Scattering	Investigation of mineral and collagen organization in bone using Raman spectroscopy

Strategies for Optimizing Information Extraction from Cortical Recordings	Phase-Field Simulations of Multicomponent Lipid Membranes Coupling Composition with Deformation

3D spheroid culture systems for metastatic prostate cancer dormancy studies and anti-cancer therapeutics development	Preliminary Study of an Intra-operative PET Imaging Probe System

Bracing during kinematically constrained one-hand isometric force exertions: Predicting force and posture for ergonomic analysis	Statistical Image Reconstruction and Motion Estimation for Image-Guided Radiotherapy

Construction and screening of custom peptide libraries derived from synthetic DNA pools	Nitric oxide therapies for local inhibition of platelets' activitation on blood-contacting surfaces

Mechanics of mitotic spindle poles and polymerization dynamics of microtubules	An Implantable Microsystem for Autonomous Intraocular Pressure Monitoring

Designed Biodegradable and Osteoconductive Porous Scaffolds for Human Trabecular Bone	Imaging feedback for pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy-histotripsy

Bio-functionalized and Biomimetic Conjugated Polymers for Interfacing Prosthetic Devices with Neural Tissue	"Nanotheranostics" for tumor imaging and targeted drug delivery

A Low Power Wireless Multichannel Microsystem For Reliable Neural Recording	Optical Microring Resonators for Photoacoustic Imaging and Detection

Study of the mechanisms of microbubble-facilitated sonoporation in vitro in controlled environments	Bioactive Nano-Fibrous Scaffolds for Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Effect of Age, Elbow Muscle Co-contraction Level, and Elbow Moment Loading Characteristics on Elbow Angle Positional Variability in Postural Tasks	Engineering Functional Capillary Networks

Biomechanics of leaning and downward reaching tasks in young and older women	Noninvasive Thrombolysis Using Histotripsy Pulsed Ultrasound Cavitation Therapy

Microdroplet-enabled co-cultivation and characterization of microbial communities	Thermomechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Alloy Cables and Tubes

Asynchronous Magnetic Bead Rotation (AMBR) Microfluidic Biosensor Platform for Rapid Microbial Growth and Susceptibility Studies	Novel Integrative Bioinformatics Approaches to Biomedical Ontology Practice for Translational Informatics

Thoracic Artificial Lung Design	Noninvasive Electrical Neuroimaging of the Human Brain during Mobile Tasks including Walking and Running

Passive Energy-Saving Mechanisms in Human Locomotion	Investigation of precise needle insertion for prostate brachytherapy

Development of Targeted, Enzyme-Activated, Dendrimer-Drug Nano-Conjugates for Hepatic Cancer Therapy	Effects of Age and Peripheral Neuropathy on Responses to an Unexpected Underfoot Perturbation during Gait

The Effect of Gender-Related Differences in Knee Morphology on Peak ACL Strain During Repeated Simulated Pivot Landings: An In Vitro Investigation	Neural Biosensor Probes for Simultaneous Electrophysiological Recordings, Neurochemical Measurements, and Drug Delivery with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution

Use of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy to Examine and Evaluate Physical Characteristics of Mucosal Tissues	Bone Tissue Engineering Using High Permeability Poly-epsilon-caprolactone Scaffolds Conjugated with Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2