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View upcoming and past Master's Theses & Doctoral Dissertations presented by graduate students at the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024
Mentor: Amit Joshi, PhD
Title: "Designing a Practical Device for Cervical Neoplasia Detection in Low-Resource Settings”
Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Mentor: Bing Yu, PhD
Julie C. Wagner
Dissertation Title: "Identification of Neural Deficits Associated With Upper
Extremity Dysfunction in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis"
Graduation Date: Fall 2024
Kyle A. Johnson
Dissertation Title: "Advancing Pre-Clinical Multi-Echo fMRI with Inductively Coupled Surface Coils"
Graduation Date: Fall 2024
Joseph S. LeSueur
Dissertation Title: "The mechanical behavior of skin in puncture and ballistic impact"
Graduation Date: Fall 2024
Shayan Shafiee
Dissertation Title: "Remodeling the Tumor Landscape: Dll4, BACH1, and the Quest for Effective Breast Cancer Therapies"
Graduation Date: Fall 2024
After Graduation: Shayan Shafiee is pursuing their postdoctoral training as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the MU-MCW Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
There are no upcoming thesis presentations scheduled at this time. Please check back for additions to the thesis presentation schedule in the coming months.
Sarah Hayden
Thesis Title: Kinematics of Bowing the Re-Strung Violin
Mentor: Dr. Robert Scheidt
Graduation Date: Spring 2024
Jonathan Wilder
Thesis Title: Analysis of Head Resultant Linear Acceleration Transformation to Head Center of Gravity for In-Ear Sensor Recording Application
Mentor: Dr. Brian Stemper
Graduation Date: Spring 2024
James Wolf
Thesis Title: Development and Validation of a Vehicle Front Profile Finite Element Model to Evaluate Pedestrian Impacts
Mentor: Dr. Frank Pintar
Graduation Date: Spring 2024
After Graduation: James Wolf is currently an Associate Scientist with Explico.
Devin Wozniak
Thesis Title: Viscoelastic Properties of Thoraco-Abdominal Tissue Under Dynamic Compressive Loading
Mentor: Dr. Brian Stemper
Graduation Date: Spring 2024
After Graduation: Devin Wozniak is currently a Systems Engineer with Siemens Healthineers.
