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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.
Title: Computational Modeling of CAR-T Cell Signaling and Function
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Mentor: Dr. Ranjan Dash
Title: TBD
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025
Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Schmainda
Ruth E. Woehlke
Dissertation Title: "Exploring Novel Optical Elements to Improve Retinal Imaging in Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy"
Graduation Term: Spring 2025
Devon Lantagne
Dissertation Title: “Interactions of Explicit and Implicit Memories on Sensorimotor Adaptation and After Concussion”
Graduation Term: Spring 2025
Jack Seifert
Dissertation Title: “Experimental and Computational Characterization of Annulus Fibrosus Damage”
Graduation Term: Spring 2025
Allison L. Scarbrough
Dissertation Title: "Designing a Practical Device for Cervical Neoplasia Detection in Low-Resource Settings”
Graduation Term: Fall 2024
Tom S.F. Ruopp
Dissertation Title: "A Novel Pedaling Paradigm to Improve Lower Limb Movement Post-Stroke"
Graduation Term: Fall 2024
Title: Evaluating the ULF MRI (0.64T) Image Quality Through In Vivo Test-Retest
Date: Monday, June 16, 2025
Mentor: Dr. Amit Joshi
Margaret M. Mayer
Thesis Title: Attenuation Characteristics of Military Boots
Mentor: Dr. Frank Pintar
Graduation Term: Spring 2025
Sarah Hayden
Thesis Title: Kinematics of Bowing the Re-Strung Violin
Mentor: Dr. Robert Scheidt
Graduation Term: 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 Term: 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 Term: 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 Term: Spring 2024
After Graduation: Devin Wozniak is currently a Systems Engineer with Siemens Healthineers.
