Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 6 Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

1 Mechanic Adaptability of Metastatic Cells in Colon Cancer 2 Nano-Mechanical Response of Red Blood Cells 3 Scale Dependence of the Mechanical Properties of Interfaces in Crustaceans Thin Films 4 Dynamic Analysis of Human Knee 5 Viscohyperelastic Calibration in Mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter 6 Contact Zone Evaluation of Dental Implants Using Digital Photoelasticity 7 Evolution of the Skin Microstructural Organization During a Mechanical Assay 8 A Numerical Study of a Biaxial Sollicitation to Set-Up the Displacement Field Measurement of Ex Vivo Mouse Skin 9 Dynamic Polarization Microscopy for In Situ Measurements of Collagen Fiber Realignment During Impact 10 Self-Shifting Neutral Axis and Negative Poisson’s Ratio in Hierarchical Structured Natural Composites: Bamboo 11 High-Speed Holography for In-Vivo Measurement of Acoustically Induced Motions of Mammalian Tympanic Membrane 12 Rheology of Soft and Rigid Micro Particles in Curved Microfluidic Channels 13 Microfluidic Approaches for Biomechanics of Red Blood Cells 14 Custom Indentation System for Mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter 15 Experimental Evaluation of Blast Loadings on the Ear and Head with and Without Hearing Protection Devices 16 A Mechano-Hydraulic Model of Intracranial Pressure Dynamics 17 Regional Variations in the Mechanical Strains of the Human Optic Nerve Head 18 Experimental Electromechanics of Red Blood Cells Using Dielectrophoresis-Based Microfluidics 19 Microbuckling of Fibrous Matrices Enables Long Range Cell Mechanosensing 20 The Growth and Mechanical Properties of Abalone Nacre Mesolayer 21 Evaluation of Precise Optimal Cyclic Strain for Tenogenic Differentiation of MSCs 22 Effect of Fiber Architecture on the Cell Functions of Electrospun Fiber Membranes 23 Controlling hESC-CM Cell Morphology on Patterned Substrates Over a Range of Stiffness 24 Cytoskeletal Perturbing Drugs and Their Effect on Cell Elasticity.

Biography

Chad S. Korach, Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA. Srinivasan Arjun Tekalur, Michigan State University , East Lansing, USA. Pablo Zavattieri, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.