Biological Physics -- Student Presentations

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Examples of Previous Student Presentations

E.C.	Spring 2004	Biomechanics of Dance
N.H.	Spring 2004	Biomechanics of Walking on High Hills
A. H.	Spring 2004	Tori Allen -- A Girl Monkey
E. C.	Spring 2004	Biophysics of Muscles and Biomechanics of Muscle Strain Injury
N. H.	Spring 2004	Ergonomics of Sitting and Seating
A. H.	Spring 2004	Biomechanics of Stair Ascent and Descent

Current Student Presentations

Anita	02/08/2005	Experimental and theoretical investigation of directional permeability of human vertebral cancellous bone for cement infiltration
Jake	02/08/2005	A Murine Skeletal Adaptation That Significantly Increases Cortical Bone Mechanical Properties
Tedi	02/11/2005	Aetiology of Rib Fractures in Rowers
Anita	02/15/2005	Enhancing mechanical strength during early fracture healing via shockwave treatment: an animal study and The Torsion Experiment
Jake	02/15/2005	Increased bone mass is an unexpected phenotype associated with deletion of the calcitonin gene
Tedi	02/18/2005	Composition and Structure of Tendons and Ligaments
Jay	02/18/2005	The Fatigue Strength of Compact Bone in Torsion
Jake	02/22/2005	Calcium signaling: A tale for all seasons
Jay	02/22/2005	Elasticity of the living abdominal wall in laparoscopic surgery
Anita	02/25/2005	Bacteriophage capsids: Tough nanoshells with complex elastic properties
Tedi	03/01/2005	Biomechanics of knee ligaments: injury, healing, and repair
Jake	03/01/2005	Modeling of failure mode in knee ligaments depending on the strain rate
Jay	03/01/2005	Knee mechanics: a review of past and present techniques to determine in vivo loads
Anita	03/04/2005	The mechanical properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Tedi	03/04/2005	Biomechanics of the ligaments of the human knee and of artificial ligaments
Jake	03/08/2005	Impaired Skeletal Muscle Function in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
Jay	03/08/2005	The effect of component placement on knee kinetics after arthoplasty with an unconstrained prosthesis
Anita	03/11/2005	Modeling and Measuring the Elastic Properties of an Archaeal Surface, the Sheath of Methanospirillum hungatei, and the Implication for Methane Production
Tedi	03/11/2005	Surface pretreatments for medical application of adhesion
Jake	03/15/2005	Tuning and switching a DNA polymerase motor with mechanical tension
Jay	03/15/2005	The thermodynamics of template-directed DNA synthesis: Base insertion and extension enthalpies
Anita	03/18/2005	Trip to the New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Tedi	03/18/2005	Trip to the New England Complex Fluids Workshop