Selected titles of Undergraduate honors thesis written prior to 2012 can be found in Special Collections.
Theses from 2025
Localized Intraarterial Drug Delivery Device, Max P. Green
Efficacy of Mitophagy Inhibition as a Potentiating Agent for Conventional Chemotherapy, Morghan Relich and Shelby Bess
Methods for Optimizing Activation of CRISPR-DREAM for RNA-Guided Transcriptional Upregulation of Neuromuscular Disease Modifiers, Ryan J. Rouse
Simulating the Three-dimensional Mapping of Tumor Microvasculature Using a Microendoscopic Probe, Gaven K. Smart and Shelby N. Bess
Detection of Viral Particles in Contaminated Wastewater Using CRISPR-Cas13a-SHERLOCK, Ahmed Tolba
Gene Mutation and Chemotherapy Response in Azoxymethane Induced Colorectal Tumors, Maya M. Vance
Theses from 2024
Evaluation of the Efficiency of Muscle-Specific Promoters to Express Non-Endogenous Proteins in Skeletal Muscle, Gabrielle Bulliard, Made Harumi Padmaswari, and Christopher E. Nelson
Evaluating Tissue Morphology in the Context of Varied Initial Fabrication Conditions, Cassidy Caffin
Real-time Measurements from Wearable Sensors to Enhance Stability on Uneven Terrain, Sophie Copelin
Utilizing Spatial Transcriptomics to Compare Gene Expression in Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury Recovery, Colton Gattis
Investigating the Presence of Patented In Vitro Models for Cancer-Nerve Crosstalk Methods, Christoff Hauptmann
The Effect of Vitamin B12 on Breast Tumor Innervation, Hailey Hoog
Validation and Optimization of Aerosolized Particle Delivery in a Nasal Airway-on-Chip Model, Abigail Lakey, Amanda Walls, and Kartik Balachandran
Detection of Hypoxia via RGB Imaging, Nathania Nischal
Investigation of Early Stage Wound Healing in Volumetric Muscle Loss, Sean Ong
Transcriptomic Profiling of Engineered Human Gene Integration in The Mouse Genome Following In Vitro Gene Editing, Ethan Potts, Made Harumi Padmaswari, and Christopher Nelson
The Determination of Macrophage Localization in Muscle Injuries Using Spatial Transcriptomics, Julliana Renales
Dorsal Root Ganglia Neurite Outgrowth Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Repair: A Review, Adrienne Vaughan
Theses from 2023
Optimizing Three-Dimensional Bioengineered Co-Cultures for the Study of Fibrotic Spinal Cord Injury, Sarah Aly
Correlation of Intracellular Metabolites with Optical Metabolic Imaging in Polarized Macrophages as Indicators of Metabolic Reprogramming, Abby Claire Denison and Shelby Bess
Exploring the Effects of Microarchitecture on Astrocyte Behavior and Vascular Remodeling in Spinal Cord Injury, Devin Gerber
Automated Segmentation of Autofluorescence Lifetime Images Using a Convolutional Neural Network, Nicole Hooten
Comprehensive long- and short- read sequencing approaches to screen the mutational landscape after therapeutic CRISPR-editing for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Mary Jia, Made Harumi Padmaswari, Landon Burcham, Shilpi Agrawal, Alexis Ivy, Abbey Bryan, and Christopher E. Nelson
Investigating the Impact of International Education on Cultural Understanding, Health Disparities and Collaboration through Project-Based Learning, Breanna Kilgore
Phenotypic and Quality Assessments of Continuously Expanded Human Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Multiple Donors, Vitali Maldonado
A Wheelchair-Bed Transfer Device for Patients with Limited Mobility, Malachie Nichols
Effects of Mechanosensitivity In Regulating Phenotypic Characteristics of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Neel H. Patel
Investigating the Effect of Pancreatic Cancer Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles on Schwann Cell Activation, Isabel Powers
Theses from 2022
Hydrogel Drug Delivery Platform Integrity and Utilization Analysis, Joshua Carson Adams
Characterizing the expression pattern and function of Tartan during Drosophila development, Alaina Baggett
Pulse Rate Variability Analysis During Hemorrhage in an Experimental Porcine Model, Gabbie Bonvillain, Lauren Crimmins, Md Abul Hayat, Adria Abella Villafranca, Sam Stephens, Hanna K. Jensen, Joseph A. Sanford, Jingxian Wu, Kevin W. Sexton, and Morten Jensen
The Effects of Microgravity on Human Endothelial Cells in Relation to Deep Vein Thrombosis, Allie Burgess
Surface Laser Texturing of CoCrMo Alloys, Gabriel Dharwadker
Erythrocyte Deformability in Response to Glucose Using Liquid Crystals, Jayden Goff
Alternative Fixation of Venous Valves for Bioprosthetic Applications, Makenzie Kapales
Investigating the Impact of Hypoxia on Reactive Oxygen Species Generation within Murine Breast Cancer Cells, Jared McPeake
The influence of MMP14 on angiogenesis in chemotherapy-treated tumors, Abdussaboor Muhammad
Sequential Illumination in a Tomographic Microendoscopic Probe for Imaging Tumor Microvasculature, Zachariah Neumeier
Clot Analogs for the Development of Improved Treatment Methods In Ischemic Stroke, Charles A. Rieth
Modifications of a Machine to Produce Clinically-Sized Angioplasty Balloons for Bifurcations, Natalie Smith
3D volumetric mapping of tissue properties via a catheter-scale microendoscope imaging system, Andrew Stark
The Interaction of Angiotensin I and II on Calcified Aortic Valve Cells, Fah Sysavanh
Determination of tissue-level changes in tumors that are indicative of metastasis using optical spectroscopy, Sanidhya D. Tripathi
Virtual Reality as an Education Tool in Biomedical Engineering, Megan Wilkerson
Localized Intra-Arterial Drug Delivery Device for Stroke Treatment, Benjamin Yip
