NUI Galway – UL Alliance First Annual ENGINEERING AND - ARAN ...

MECHANICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
4.1 3D Computational Modeling of Blood Flow in the Circle of Willis 49
4.2 Microstructural Modelling of Fatigue Crack Nucleation in Stents 50
4.3 Experimental and Computational Investigation into Osteocyte Differentiation 51
4.4 An examination into how stem cells form bone in vivo 52
4.5 Experimental Analysis of the Thermal Effects of Surgical Bone Cutting 53
4.6 Cortical Bone Failure Mechanisms during Screw Pullout 54
4.7 Simulating Actin Cytoskeleton Remodelling in the Shearing of Chondrocytes 55
4.8 Modelling Corrosion in Bioabsorbable Metallic Stents 56
4.9 Computational Analysis of Transcatheter Bioprosthetic Valve Design 57
4.10 An Investigation on the use of Silicone to Model Arterial Tissue Behaviour in the Carotid
Bifurcation 58
4.11 An In vitro Shear Stress System for the Study of Cell‐seeded Scaffolds: A Molecular Biology &
Computational Analysis 59
4.12 The Elasto‐Plastic Properties of Trabecular Bone and Polyurethane Foam: An Experimental
and Computational Characterisation 60
4.13 Development of a Micropipette Aspiration and Microscopy System to Investigate Active
Cytoskeletal Remodelling 61
4.14 Investigating the Potential of Off‐the‐Shelf Tissue Engineered Cardiovascular Graft Materials 62
4.15 A Computational Test‐Bed to Examine the Effects of Arterial Curvature and Stenosis Severity
on Coronary Stent Deployment 63
4.16 Effects of Knee Flexion on Stented Peripheral Arteries – A Computational and In Vitro Study 64
4.17 Computational Modeling of Ceramic‐based Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds 65
4.18 A Comparative Study on the Evaluation of OHS in SME Meat Plants 66
4.19 Multi‐Scale Computational Modelling of Physiological Loading on Bone Cells 67
4.20 Development of Four Three‐Dimensional Strain Transducers with Application to Analysis of
Cement Mantle in a Femoral Model of a Total Hip Replacement Prostheses 68
4.21 Development of a mixed‐mode cohesive zone model for stent and cell applications 69
4.22 Fatigue of Nitinol: Experimental and Computational Analysis on the Effect of Stent Crimping 70
4.23 Active Computational Modelling of Cytoskeletal Remodeling During Compression and
Spreading 71
4.24 The use of personas to design sustainability into new products from the early concept stage 72
4.25 Modelling the Management of Medical Equipment in Healthcare 73
4.26 Customer Focused Innovation in the Irish MedTech Biopharma Sector 74
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