2007 BE210 Undergraduate Projects

Title	Name
Polytetrafluoroethylene Suture Performance under Uniaxial Tension: A Comparison of Two Stitch Techniques	Osama Ahmed
The Effect of Lead Exposure on Skin Tissue Elasticity	Amar Bains
The Relationship between Collagen Content and Tensile Strength of Skin Samples	Bethany Baumann
Electrophoresis Protein Detection & Instron Tensile Testing: The Reinforcing Properties of Myosin in Muscle	Victoria Grace Behrend
Instron tensile testing and imaging techniques for measuring suture displacement on chicken skin during uniaxial tension	Nikhil Bhargava
The Affect of pH on Fracture	Ezra R. Bobo
A Comparative Study of Failure Stress: Chicken Legs and Wings	Allison Capone
Failure Properties of Chicken Bone Under Varying Fixation Conditions	Kenny Chan
Effect of Bone Marrow on Ultimate Strength	Andy Chen
Measuring Polypropylene and Nylon Suture Displacement During Uniaxial Tension	Gina Cheng
Suture Displacement Testing in Uniaxial Skin Loading	Jeremy Chin
Modeling Buffer Systems in the Blood: Determination of the Buffer Most Resistant to pH Change after the Addition of Carbon Dioxide	Connie Choi
Chicken Skin and Chicken Skin Sutures	Neil Cisper
Crack Propagation in the Cortical Surface of Chicken Bones: Bending Test	Elana Cooper
3-Point Bending Tests: Effects of Demineralization on Bone Stiffness	Kiersten Craig
Effect of Decalcification on the Fracture Energy of Chicken Bone	Ryan Goldstein
Skin Deterioration and Tensile Strength	Giann Gorospe
Exploring Collagen I’s Effect on the Elastic Modulus of Chicken Skin under Tensile Loading	Leanne Grafmuller
Effect of Collagenase on Elastic Properties of Chicken Skin	Nikhil Gupta
Measure the Effects of Dehydration on Chicken Bone Fracture Strength via Bending Testing	Dan Han
Elastic Properties of Chicken and Other Skin Types	Rachel Howitt
SNAP-25 PROTEIN ANALYSIS	Benjamin Hsu
Structural and Material Properties of Skeletal and Cardiac muscle	Antonios Ioannou
ELASTIC PROPERTIES WITH IMAGE ANALYSIS AND TENSILE TESTING	Fei Jia
Instron Tensile Testing: Material Properties of Repaired Chicken Skin	Neil Jikaria
Structural & Material Properties of Pig Muscle	Swati Kasundra
Localization of Strain in Chicken Skin	Andrew Kayvanfar
Optimal pH for preserving bone properties	Mohammed Khan
Uniaxial Tensile Testing and Imaging Analysis of Suture Performance	Christopher Kim
Determination of Isotropicity in the Chicken Femur	Sameer Kirtane
Comparison of Chicken Skin Deformation for Different Suture Densities	Albert Kong
Multifilament versus Monofilament Suture Strength Testing	Adam Lafleur
Effect of Heat on Muscle Protein Detection by Gel Electrophoresis	David Lam
The Effect of Decalcification on Chicken Bone’s Young’s Modulus and Fracture Energy	Zheng Lin
Fracture Properties of Chicken Bones in Hydrochloric Acid: Three Point Bending Test	Lo-Lo Liu
Fracture Properties of Bones under Repeated Loading	Xin Luo
Fracture Properties of Dry and Wet Chicken Bone: Three-Point Bending Test	Jing-Yuan Ma
Determining the Effects of the Serine Protease Elastase on the Elasticity and Ultimate Tensile Strength of Chicken Skin	Anthony Malamas
Comparative Material Properties of Chicken and Mouse Skin	Joan José Martínez
Tensile Testing of Sutured Skin and its Effects on Elastic Modulus	Stephen McKenna
Chicken Bone Stiffness and Elastic Modulus Testing: Differences in Axial and Flexural Properties	Orrin G. Meyers
Tensile Testing: The Elastic Properties of Different Muscle Tissues	Robert I. Mozia
Material Properties of Sutured Chicken Skin during Uniaxial Tension	Roberto Muñoz
Effects of Melanin on Elastic Properties of Skin	Rahul Natesh
Anisotropic Properties of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Tensile Testing	Ashwin Nathan
Polyacrylamide and Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Using Muscle Protein	Alicia Nelson
Failure Comparison between Sutured and Intact Skin and the Determination of Suture Efficiency	Sayantan Niyogi
Fracture Properties of Modern Casts: Plaster of Paris versus Fiberglass	Teresa Oh
Protein Analysis of Chicken Skin Using Gel Electrophoresis	Albert Park
The Effect of Heat on the Material Properties of Chicken Skin	Nishita Pawar
Differences in Protein Composition of Mammalian and Reptilian Skin: Analysis through Gel Electrophoresis	Amulya Penmetsa
Testing Techniques for Determination of Strain	Lauren Pietruszynski
Usage of Coated Vicryl Sutures and Steri-Strips^TM in Wound Closure	Kevin Rakszawski
Effect of Microdamage in Tensile Testing of Chicken Skin	Arif Rashid
Breaking Bones through Torsion	Allison Roeser
Gel Electrophoresis: Elastin and Collagen’s Role in Functioning Arteries	Karen Ryall
Suture Techniques on Chicken Skin:  Image Analysis to Determine Recovery Percentage	Phillip Santoiemma
Instron Tensile Testing: Comparing Sutured to Non-Sutured Chicken Skin	Joseph Schwartz
Assessing Hyaluronan’s Contribution to the Anisotropic Property of Chicken Skin	Jessie Siedelman
Further Tensile Testing to Fully Understand Fracture Properties of the Chicken Leg	Karan Shah
Diseased and Normal Cardiac Muscle Comparison Using Electrophoresis	Vivian Shaw
Fracture Properties of Chicken Skin and Sutured Chicken Skin	Deana Sin
Effects of Elastin Content on Material Properties of Arteries	Piyali Sircar
Imaging Techniques for Measuring Suture and Dermabond Displacement	Vandana Sood
Instron Tensile Testing Fracture Behavior of Chicken Skin with Varying Loading Rates	May Sripatanaskul
Comparison of Tensile and Compressive Properties of Chicken Cortical Bone	Ashley Stein
Imaging Techniques for Measuring Different Types of Wound Closure Techniques during Uniaxial Tension	Moses Tam
The Study of Cross Sectional Area’s Effect on Bone Ultimate Fracture Force through Image Analysis	Randall Toy
Tibial Interlocking Intramedullary Nail Technique and Chicken Bone Fracture Energy	Pamela Tsing
Structural and Material Properties of Chicken Skin Regions	Charlotte Tsui
Protein Differences in Muscles and Related Effects on Their Mechanical Properties	Ludovic Vincent
Using Imaging Techniques to Test Lateral and Longitudinal Strain	Li (Cassie) Xu
Fracture Properties of Chicken Bones: Bending Testing with Moisture Factor	Yifan Zheng