Biomedical Engineering Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Biomedical Engineering department.

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Description:: The primary objective of this report is to provide the bioprinting community with an educational tool that can be used to navigate and develop a …
Year:: 2018
Contributor:: Thomson, Andrew (Creator); Morgan, Jeffrey (advisor); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Brown University (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: bioprinting; 3D printing; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations; Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Objective: Polylactic acid (PLA) has emerged as an attractive material for alloplastic craniofacial grafts owing to its established use in FDA-approved orthopedic medical devices, its …
Year:: 2026
Contributor:: Fang, Matthew (creator); Srivastava, Vikas (Advisor); Crisco, Joseph (Reader); Gray, Marissa (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Accelerated degradation; 3D printing; Polylactic acid
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Desirable cytocompatibility properties of nano-sized ceramics were combined with the tunable degradability and deformability of a select polymer (poly-lactide-co-glycolide, or PLGA) to optimize biological and …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Liu, Huinan (creator); Webster, Thomas (director); Morgan, Jeffrey (reader); Mathiowitz, Edith (reader); Palmore, G. Tayhas (reader); Karp, Jeffrey (reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: nanocomposites; bone tissue engineering; orthopedic applications; surface properties; osteoblast functions; 3D printing; scaffolds; controlled drug delivery; treating bone diseases.; Nanocomposites (Materials); Ceramics; Polymers; Tissue scaffolds; Bone morphogenetic proteins
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Microfluidic platforms are becoming more essential to bridge the gap between in vitro and in vivo relevance within the realm of cancer therapeutic development. Standard …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Markoski, Alex (creator); Wong, Ian (Advisor); Borenstein, Jeffrey (Advisor); Reichner, Jonathan (Reader); Zenit, Roberto (Reader); Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Cancer; Microfluidic devices; tumor spheroids; 3D printing; 3D in vitro models
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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