Biomedical Engineering Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Biomedical Engineering department.

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Description:: Today bone defects such as bone fractures, osteoporosis or bone cancers represent a common and significant clinical problem. However, traditional micron size implant materials have …
Year:: 2009
Contributor:: Zhang, Lijie (creator); Webster, Thomas (director); Hurt, Robert (reader); Lysaght, Michael (reader); Sun, Shouheng (reader); Karp, Jeffrey (reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Nanomaterials; rosette nanotubes; nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite; self-assembly; hydrogel; bone tissue engineering; vascular; Nanostructured materials; Self-assembly (Chemistry); Biomimetics; Orthopedic implants; Blood-vessels; Nanotechnology
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Antibiotic resistance and the lack of new antimicrobial therapies create significant challenges for the treatment of infections. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need to …
Year:: 2013
Contributor:: Durmus, Naside Gozde (creator); Webster, Thomas (Director); Webster, Thomas (Reader); Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader); Sun, Shouheng (Reader); Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader); Tripathi, Anubhav (Director); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: antibiotic resistance; antibacterial; metabolic simulation; superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION); nanorough surface; Nanotechnology; Antibacterial agents; Biofilms
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: The limit of current vascular stents lies in in-stent restenosis due to incomplete endothelialization, vascular smooth muscle cell hyperproliferation and immune responses. In this case, …
Year:: 2010
Contributor:: Lu, Jing (creator); Webster, Thomas (Director); Hurt, Robert (Reader); Stein, Derek (Reader); Franck, Christian (Reader); Darling, Eric (Reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Vascular stents; Surface properties; Cell functions; Titanium; Nanotechnology
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Cells are rich in a variety of diagnostic information, from morphology to nucleic acid, protein, and metabolite composition. Cells possess more data than any other …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Welch, Cel (creator); Tripathi, Anubhav (Advisor); Tapinos, Nikos (Reader); Shukla, Anita (Reader); Morgan, Jeffrey (Reader); Rosenstein, Jacob (Reader); Barabino, Gilda (Reader); Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Biotechnology; Biomedical engineering; diagnostic test; tissue engineering; Cancer; Engineering; Microfluidic devices; Microfluidics; Chemical engineering; Nanotechnology; Medical instruments and apparatus; Artificial intelligence; Computational science and engineering; Biomedical engineering--Research; Diagnosis; Medicine; Biosensing; Molecular diagnosis; cancer screening; diagnostics; Bioengineering; Electrokinetics; Engineering design; Deep learning (Machine learning); Biosensors; Microelectromechanical systems; Microelectronics
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Description:: Two major concerns with intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prostheses (ITAP) are lack of integration between the bone and metal interface and poor skin growth around the …
Year:: 2009
Contributor:: Puckett, Sabrina D. (creator); Webster, Thomas (director); Hoffman-Kim, Diane (reader); Tripathi, Anubhav (reader); Sheldon, Brian (reader); Meyer, Donna (reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: nanofabrication; in vivo; Nanotechnology; Bone; Skin; Titanium
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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