Ph.D. Trainees

Brendan Flynn

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Department: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Advisor: Jeffrey Ruberti

Collaborators: Charles Di Marzio, Jeffrey Ruberti

* B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University
* Co-op experience with United Space Alliance at Johnson Space Center, Houston

Projects

• Determination of the sensitivity of collagen fibril formation to static and oscillatory strains

Publications

• Mechanical strain enhances the survivability of collagen networks in the presence of collagenase: Implications for load-bearing matrix growth and stability, Bhole, A., Flynn, B.P., Liles, M., Saeidi, N., Ruberti, J. W., Philosophical transactions of the royal society A, V.In print, P. (2009)