Experimental and Computational Tools in Brain Tissue Mechanics

Track Chair(s)

• LT

  Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Texas A&M University
  Houston, Texas, United States
• KM

  Kristen Mills

  Associate Professor
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Grace McIlvain, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Columbia University, United States
• 

  Jordan Escarcega, PhD. - Mechanical Engineering;B.S. - Mechanical Engineering

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Washington University in St. Louis
  University City, Missouri, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

  Investigating the Effect of Cerebral Atrophy and Age-Related Changes in Brain Stiffness on Brain Deformation
  

  Presenting Author: Bashar Elkhatib – University of South Carolina, Columbia

  Co-Author: Aaron Carass – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US

  Co-Author: Jerry L. Prince, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
• 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

  MRI-Based Characterization of the Mechanical Properties of the Biofidelic ANGUS Phantom with Enhanced Skull-Brain Formulations
  

  Presenting Author: Yuan-Chiao Lu, PhD – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  Co-Author: Joy Mojumder, n/a – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.,

  Co-Author: Kevin Eckstein – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Alexa Diano, MS – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Michaelann Tartis – New Mexico Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US

  Co-Author: Tony Yuan – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  Co-Author: Curtis L. Johnson – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Philip Bayly – Washington University in St. Louis

  Last Author: Dzung Pham, n/a – Department of Radiology and Bioengineering, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, US

  Primary Investigator: Dzung Pham, n/a – Department of Radiology and Bioengineering, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, US
• 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

  Rapid Prediction of Brain Tissue Response in Pig TBI Models Using Machine Learning
  

  Presenting Author: Amirhossein Bagherian Rekavandi, PhD – University of Texas at San Antonio

  Co-Author: Xianghao Zhan – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Hope Caylor – University of Texas at San Antonio

  Co-Author: Vahidullah Tac – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Michael Zeineh – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Susan Margulies – Emory University

  Co-Author: David Camarillo – Stanford University

  Primary Investigator: Marzieh Memar, PhD – University of Texas at San Antonio
• 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

  Development of a Controlled, Pneumatic Rotation Device to Measure Brain Deformation using Tagged MRI
  

  Presenting Author: Olugbenga Aina – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US

  Last Author: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US

  Primary Investigator: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US

  Co-Author: Yuan-Chiao Lu – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  Co-Author: Dzung Pham, n/a – Department of Radiology and Bioengineering, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, US

  Co-Author: Joy Mojumder, n/a – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.,
• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PDT

  Qualitative and quantitative comparison of tissue microstructural and mechanical properties among post-mortem and in-vivo human subjects
  

  Presenting Author: Joy Mojumder, n/a – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.,

  Co-Author: Yuan-Chiao Lu – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

  Co-Author: Alexa Diano, MS – University of Delaware

  Co-Author: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US

  Co-Author: Curtis L. Johnson – University of Delaware

  Last Author: Dzung Pham, n/a – Department of Radiology and Bioengineering, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, US
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

  In-silico Analysis of Population Variation in Brain Vibration Mechanics
  

  Presenting Author: Turner Jennings – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Diego Acosta – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Mahika Sharma – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Mahsa Karamzadeh – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Jordan D. Escarcega, PhD. - Mechanical Engineering;B.S. - Mechanical Engineering – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Philip Bayly – Washington University in St. Louis

  Co-Author: Sinan Muftu – Northeastern University

  Primary Investigator: Sinan Muftu – Northeastern University

  Co-Author: Rouzbeh Amini – Northeastern University

  Last Author: Rouzbeh Amini – Northeastern University