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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: “Experimental and Computational Characterization of Annulus Fibrosus Damage”
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Mentor: Brian Stemper, PhD
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
Christopher Hansen
Dissertation Title: "Dynamic Multispectral NIR/SWIR Fluorescence Imaging for in vivo Lymphovascular Architectural and Functional Quantification”
Graduation Term: Fall 2024
Julie C. Wagner
Dissertation Title: "Identification of Neural Deficits Associated With Upper
Extremity Dysfunction in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis"
Graduation Term: Spring 2025
Kyle A. Johnson
Dissertation Title: "Advancing Pre-Clinical Multi-Echo fMRI with Inductively Coupled Surface Coils"
Graduation Term: Fall 2024
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 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.
