To date, there are no constitutive models for either the natural or bioprosthetic aortic valve (AV),
in part due to experimental complications related to the AV’s small size and …

… where T ij k are the estimated tension values and Tij k are the measured tensions evaluated
for the kth data point. In the current study k ranges over the data sets from protocols 2 …

Apoptosis is a highly conserved physiological process of programmed cell death which is
critical for proper organism development, tissue maintenance, and overall organism …

… PBL also emphasizes critical skills needed by biomechanical engineers in industry,
specifically ABET a–k outcomes that are ranked most important by employers [11]. These include …

We have developed a method for measuring fiber kinematics in two-dimensional soft
collagenous tissues. The technique combines small-angle light scattering (SALS) and biaxial …

… VIC-populated fibrin gels were cultured for 5 days anchored by flexible but relatively stiff
boundaries (k=1.1 nN/nm) with either 0 or 5 ng/mL TGF-β1 and either 0 or 5 µM Blebbistatin. (a) …

The submucosal layer of the small intestine has been investigated as a source of collagenous
tissue with the potential to be used as a biomaterial because of its inherent strength and …

Cells have the ability to actively sense their mechanical environment and respond to both
substrate stiffness and stretch by altering their adhesion, proliferation, locomotion, morphology, …

… For example, for area/cell, 150 Pa is only significantly different from 76.8 and 154 kPa groups
(designated by letters j and k). Data from the first experimental run are shown in the graphs…

… acid-extracted (telopeptide-rich) collagen was utilized as a coating rather than acidic
pepsin-extracted collagen, which is less likely to form fibrous networks (AM Quinlan and KL Billiar, …