Biomedical Engineering - 2015

Alibeji, N. A., Kirsch, N. A., & Sharma, N. (2015). A Muscle Synergy-Inspired Adaptive Control Scheme for a Hybrid Walking Neuroprosthesis. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 3, 203. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2015.00203

Alibeji, N. A., Kirsch, N. A., & Sharma, N. (2015). An Adaptive Low-Dimensional Control for a Hybrid Neuroprosthesis. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 48(20), 303–308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.10.156

Alibeji, N., Kirsch, N., & Sharma, N. (2015). Dynamic surface control of neuromuscular electrical stimulation of a musculoskeletal system with activation dynamics and an input delay. 2015 American Control Conference (ACC). Presented at the 2015 American Control Conference (ACC). https://doi.org/10.1109/acc.2015.7170806

Alibeji, N., Kirsch, N., Farrokhi, S., & Sharma, N. (2015). Further Results on Predictor-Based Control of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 23(6), 1095–1105. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2015.2418735

Bachman, H., Brown, A. C., Clarke, K. C., Dhada, K. S., Douglas, A., Hansen, C. E., … Lyon, L. A. (2015). Ultrasoft, highly deformable microgels. Soft Matter, 11(10), 2018–2028. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SM00047E

Badary, A., Abe, K., Ferri, S., Kojima, K., & Sode, K. (2015). The Development and Characterization of an Exogenous Green-Light-Regulated Gene Expression System in Marine Cyanobacteria. Marine Biotechnology, 17(3), 245–251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-015-9616-1

Brown, A. C., Baker, S. R., Douglas, A. M., Keating, M., Alvarez-Elizondo, M. B., Botvinick, E. L., … Barker, T. H. (2015). Molecular interference of fibrin's divalent polymerization mechanism enables modulation of multiscale material properties. Biomaterials, 49, 27–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2015.01.010

Cristescu, R., Surdu, A. V., Grumezescu, A. M., Oprea, A. E., Trusca, R., Vasile, O., … Chrisey, D. B. (2015). Microbial colonization of biopolymeric thin films containing natural compounds and antibiotics fabricated by MAPLE. Applied Surface Science, 336, 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.APSUSC.2014.11.145

Daniele, M. A., Boyd, D. A., Adams, A. A., & Ligler, F. S. (2015). Microfluidics: Microfluidic Strategies for Design and Assembly of Microfibers and Nanofibers with Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 1/2015). Advanced Healthcare Materials, 4(1), 2–2. https://doi.org/10.1002/ADHM.201570002

Doll, B. D., Kirsch, N. A., & Sharma, N. (2015). Optimization of a Stimulation Train based on a Predictive Model of Muscle Force and Fatigue. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 48(20), 338–342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.10.162

Kirsch, N. A., Alibeji, N. A., & Sharma, N. (2015). Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Functional Electrical Stimulation. Volume 2: Diagnostics and Detection; Drilling; Dynamics and Control of Wind Energy Systems; Energy Harvesting; Estimation and Identification; Flexible and Smart Structure Control; Fuels Cells/Energy Storage; Human Robot Interaction; HVAC Building Energy Management; Industrial Applications; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Manufacturing; Mechatronics; Modelling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications. Presented at the ASME 2015 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/dscc2015-9762

Petrochenko, P. E., Torgersen, J., Gruber, P., Hicks, L. A., Zheng, J., Kumar, G., … Ovsianikov, A. (2015). Laser 3D Printing with Sub-Microscale Resolution of Porous Elastomeric Scaffolds for Supporting Human Bone Stem Cells. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 4(5), 739–747. https://doi.org/10.1002/ADHM.201400442

Qu, F., Pintauro, M. P., Haughan, J. E., Henning, E. A., Esterhai, J. L., Schaer, T. P., … Fisher, M. B. (2015). Repair of dense connective tissues via biomaterial-mediated matrix reprogramming of the wound interface. Biomaterials, 39, 85–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2014.10.067

Ravichandar, H., Dani, A., Khadijah-Hajdu, J., Kirsch, N., Zhong, Q., & Sharma, N. (2015). Expectation Maximization Method to Identify an Electrically Stimulated Musculoskeletal Model [Paper]. Volume 2: Diagnostics and Detection; Drilling; Dynamics and Control of Wind Energy Systems; Energy Harvesting; Estimation and Identification; Flexible and Smart Structure Control; Fuels Cells/Energy Storage; Human Robot Interaction; HVAC Building Energy Management; Industrial Applications; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Manufacturing; Mechatronics; Modelling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications, (DSCC2015-9956). https://doi.org/10.1115/dscc2015-9956

Sharma, N. (2015, June). Closed-loop Control Methods for a Hybrid Neuroprosthesis. Presented at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Sharma, N. (2015, October). Closed-loop Control Methods for a Hybrid Neuroprosthesis. Presented at the Panther Rounds Speaker (UPMC Mercy), Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Skoog, S. A., Miller, P. R., Boehm, R. D., Sumant, A. V., Polsky, R., & Narayan, R. J. (2015). Nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond microneedle arrays for electrochemical biosensing. Diamond and Related Materials, 54, 39–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.DIAMOND.2014.11.016

Wrona, E. A., Peng, R., Born, H., Amin, M. R., Branski, R. C., & Freytes, D. O. (2015). Derivation and characterization of porcine vocal fold extracellular matrix scaffold. The Laryngoscope, 126(4), 928–935. https://doi.org/10.1002/LARY.25640

Yoshida, H., Sakai, G., Kojima, K., Kamitori, S., & Sode, K. (2015). X-ray structure of recombinant nonglycosylated FAD glucose dehydrogenase derived from Aspergillus flavus. Febs Journal, 282, 279.

Yoshida, H., Sakai, G., Mori, K., Kojima, K., Kamitori, S., & Sode, K. (2015). Structural analysis of fungus-derived FAD glucose dehydrogenase. Scientific Reports, 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13498