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:: Forces play an important role in physiology and pathology. Throughout development, cellular forces aid in the creation of tissues and organs. In wound healing, cellular …
Year:: 2012
Contributor:: Youssef, Jacquelyn (creator); Morgan, Jeffrey (Director); Tripathi, Anubhav (Reader); Shenoy, Vivek (Reader); Darling, Eric (Reader); Billiar, Kristen (Reader); Brown University. Biomedical Engineering (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Self-assembly; mechotransduction; microtissue; contractile forces; Self-assembly (Chemistry)
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Biomedical Engineering; Theses and Dissertations

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