Publications

Begonia, M., Liao, J., Horstemeyer, M., Williams, L.N., The Influence of Strain Rate Dependency on the Structure-Property Relations of Porcine Brain, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2010, 38. PMID: 20505994

Wang, B., Williams, L.N., de Jongh Curry, A.L., Liao, J. . Chapter Title: Preparation of Acellular Myocardial Scaffolds with Well-preserved Cardiomyocyte Lacunae, and Method for Applying Mechanical and Electrical Simulation to Tissue Construct. Book Title: Cardiac Tissue Engineering Methods and Protocols. Pp. 189-202. Editors: Milica Radisic and Lauren Black; Springer Science (2014). PMID: 25070338

Clemmer, J., Prabhu, R., Chen, J., Colebeck, E., Priddy, L., McCollum, M., Brazile, B., Whittington, W., Wardlaw, J., Rhee, H., Horstemeyer, M.F., Williams, L.N., Liao, J., Experimental Observations of High Strain Rate Responses of Porcine Brain, Liver, and Tendon. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. 2016, 3. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219519416500329

Wang, B., Shah, M., Williams, L.N., de Jongh Curry, A. L., Hong, Y., Zhang, G., Liao, J. Acellular Myocardial Scaffolds and Slices Fabrication, and Method for Applying Mechanical and Electrical Simulation to Tissue Construct, Methods in Molecular Biology. 2022, 2485. PMID: 35618898

Wang, B. ,  Sierad, L.N., Mercuri, J. J., Simionescu, A., Simionescu, D. T, Williams, L.N., Vela, R. , Bajona, P., Peltz, M., Ramaswamy, A., Hong, Y., Liao, J. Structural and Biomechanical Characterizations of Acellular Porcine Mitral Valve Scaffolds: Anteror Leaflets, Posterior Leaflets, and Chordae Tendinae. Engineered Regeneration. 2022, 3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666138122000548

Knapp, Alexander M., and Williams, L.N. A Computational Investigation of Microstructural Damage of the ACL Under High Loading of the Knee Joint. Journal of Biomechanics Engineering, 2022, 145. PMID: 35900855

Williams, L.N. and LaPlaca, M.C. Editorial overview – Neural Engineering: Traumatic Brain Injury, Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. 2023, 27. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/current-opinion-in-biomedical-engineering/special-issue/10ZF9K6H4K3

Achinger, K.  and Williams, L.N. Trends in CSF leakage associated with duraplasty in infratentorial procedures over the last twenty years: A Systematic Review, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 2023, 51. PMID: 37551907

Sharma, A., Liao, J., and Williams, L.N. Structure and mechanics of native and decellularized porcine cranial dura mater, Engineered Regeneration. 2023, 4.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666138123000154.

Sharma, A. , Moore, Erika, and Williams, L.N. An in vitro study of micromechanics, cellular proliferation and viability on both decellularized porcine dura grafts and native porcine dura grafts, Biomedical Engineering Advances. 2023, 6. PMID: 38259430

Knapp, Alexander M., and Williams, L. N. Predicting the Effect of Localized ACL Damage on Neighbor Ligament Mechanics via Finite Element Modeling, Bioengineering.  2022, 9. PMID: 35200406

Begonia, Mark T., Knapp, Alexander M., Prabhu, R.K., Liao, J., Williams, L.N., Shear-deformation based continuum-damage constitutive modeling of brain tissue, Journal of Biomechanics. 2021, 117. PMID: 33515903

Brazile, Bryn L., Butler, J. Ryan,  Patnaik, Sourav S.,  Claude, Andrew, Prabhu, Raj,  Williams, L.N., Perez, Karla, L.,  Nguyen, Kytai T., Zhang, Ge, Bajona, Pietro, Peltz , Matthias,  Yang, Yong C., Hong, Yi , Liao, Jun. Biomechanical properties of acellular scar ECM during the acute to chronic stages of myocardial infarction, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2021, 116. PMID: 33516128

Johnson, K.L., Trim, M.W., Mao, Y., Rhee, H., Williams, L.N., Liao, J., Griggs, J.,  Horstemeyer, M.F. Finite Element Analysis of a Ram Brain During Impact Under Wet and Dry Horn Conditions.  Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2021, 119. PMID: 33893020

Prabhu, R.K, Begonia, M.T., Whittington, W.R., Murphy, M.A.,   Mao, Y.,  Liao, J.,  Williams, L.N. , Horstemeyer M.F.,  Sheng, J. Compressive Mechanical Properties of Porcine Brain: Experimentation and Modeling of the Tissue Hydration Effects, Bioengineering. 2019, 40. PMID: 31067801

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Chen, Joseph, Patnaik, Sourav S., Prabhu, R. K., Priddy, Lauren, P., Bouvard, Jean-Luc, Marin, Esteban, Horstemeyer, M.F., Liao, J., Williams, L.N. Mechanical Response of Porcine Liver Tissue under High Strain Rate Compression, Bioengineering. 2019, 49. PMID: 31151177

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Murphy, M.A., Mun, Sungkwang, Horstemeyer, M.F., MI Baskes, M.I., Bakhtiary,A., LaPlaca, Michelle C., Gwaltney, Steven R., Williams, L.N.,  Prabhu, R.K. Molecular dynamics simulations showing 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) membrane mechanoporation damage under different strain paths, Journal of Biomolecular Structures and Dynamics. 2019, 37. PMID: 29629830

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Chen, J., Bryn, B. Prabhu, R., Patnaik, S.S., Bertucci, R., Rhee, H., Horstemeyer, M.F., Hong, Y., Williams, L. N., Liao, J. Quantitative Analysis of Tissue Damage Evolution in Porcine Liver With Interrupted Mechanical Testing Under Tension, Compression, and Shear, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2018, 140. PMID: 29715364

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Rush, G. Alston, Prabhu, R., Rush, Gus A. III, Williams, L.N., Horstemeyer, M.F., A Modified Drop Test for American Football Helmets, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017, 120. PMID: 28287543

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Deang, J., Allison, P.G., Prabhu, R., Williams, L.N., Rhee, H., Whittington, W.R., Perkins, E.J., Bruce, S.M., Horstemeyer, M.F. Constitutive behaviour of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) cartilage. Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials. 2017, 6. https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/jbibn.16.00046

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Lee, N., Williams, L. N., Mun, S., Rhee, H., Prabhu, R; Bhattarai, K., Horstemeyer, M. Stress wave mitigation at suture interfaces. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express. 2017, 3. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2057-1976/aa777e

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Prabhu, R., Whittington, Wilburn., Jones, Michael David, Darwall, Dan, Liao, Jun, Williams, L.N. Dynamic compressive mechanical properties of the porcine immature brain. Brain Injury. 2016, 30. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/02699052.2016.1162060

Murphy, M.A., Horstemeyer, M.F., Gwaltney, S., Stone, T., Laplaca, Michelle, Liao, J., Williams, L.N., Prabhu, R. Nanomechanics of phospholipid bilayer failure under strip biaxial stretching using molecular dynamics.  Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 2016, 24. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0965-0393/24/5/055008

Prabhu, R., Kovach, A. D., Nguyen, V., Gambino, J., Zachary, F., Bulla, S., Liao, J., Williams, L.N. Prospective preliminary in vitro investigation of a magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle conjugated with ligand CD80 and VEGF antibody as a targeted drug delivery system for the induction of cell death in rodent osteosarcoma cells. Bioresearch Open Access. 2016, 5. PMID: 27843708

Lee, Nayeon, Horstemeyer, M.F, Prabhu, R., Liao, J., Rhee, H., Hammi, Y., Moser, Robert D., Williams, L.N. The geometric effects of a woodpecker’s hyoid apparatus for stress wave mitigation. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2016, 11. PMID: 27780157

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Prabhu, R., Horstemeyer, M., Mao, M., Whittington, W., Patnaik, S., Begonia, M., Williams, L.N., Liao, J. A Coupled Experiment-Finite Element Modeling Methodology for Assessing High Strain Rate Mechanical Response of Soft Biomaterials, Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2015, 18. PMID: 26067742

Li, F., Yang, J., Liao, Jiali, Li, S., Liao, Jun, Prabhu, R., Williams, L.N., Tang, Y., Tang, J., Liu, N.  Direct synthesis of carbon-based microtubes by hydrothermal carbonization of microorganism cells. Chemical Engineering Journal.  2015, 276. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894715005811

Weed, B., Patnaik, S., Rougeau-Browning, M., Brazile, B., Liao, J., Prabhu, R., Williams, L.N. Experimental Evidence of Mechanical Isotropy in Porcine Lung Parenchyma. Materials.   2015, 8. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/8/5/2454

Wheatley, B. B., Pietsch, R. B., Donahue, T.L.H., Williams, L.N. Fully non-linear hyper-viscoelastic modeling of skeletal muscle in compression. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 2015, 19. PMID: 26652761

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Brazile, B., Wang, B., Wang, G., Bertucci, R., Prabhu, R., Patnaik, S.S., Butler, J.R. , Claude, A.K.,Brinkman-Ferguson, E., Williams, L.N., Liao, J. .  On the Bending Properties of Porcine Mitral, Tricuspid, Aortic, and Pulmonary Valve Leaflets. Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants 2015, 25. PMID: 25955006

Pietsch, R., Wheatley, B.B., Donahue, T.L.H., Gilbrech, R., Prabhu, R., Liao, J., Williams, L.N. Anisotropic Compressive Properties of Passive Porcine Muscle Tissue, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2014, 136. PMID: 25068816

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Lee, N., Horstemeyer, M., Rhee, H. Nabors, B., Liao, J., Williams, L.N. Hierarchical Multiscale Structure-Property Relationships of the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2014, 11 PMID: 24812053

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Begonia, M.T., Prabhu, R., Liao, J., Whittington, W.R., Claude, A., Willeford, B., Wardlaw, J., Wu, R., Zhang, S., Williams, L.N. Quantitative Analysis of Brain Microstructure Following Blunt and Blast Trauma, Journal of Biomechanics. 2014, 47. PMID: 25446270

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Johnson, K.L., Trim,M.W., Horstemeyer, M.F., Lee, N., Williams, L.N., Liao, J., Rhee, H., Prabhu, R., Geometric Effects on Stress Wave Propagation, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2013, 12. PMID: 24362893

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Wang, B., Wang, G., To, F., Butler, J.R., Claude, A., McLaughlin, R.M., Williams, L. N.,  de Jongh Curry, A.L., Liao, J. . Myocardial Scaffold-based Cardiac Tissue Engineering: Application of Coordinated Mechanical and Electrical Stimulations. Langmuir. 2013, 29. PMID: 23923967

Weed B.C., Borazjani, A., Patnaik, S.S., Prabhu, R., Horstemeyer, M.F., Ryan, P.L., Franz, T., Williams, L. N., Liao, J. Stress State and Strain Rate Dependence of the Human Placenta, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2012, 40. PMID: 22581478

Wang, B., Tedder, M.E., Perez, C.E., Wang, G., Curry, A.L., To, F., Elder, S. H., Williams, L. N., Simionescu, D. T., Liao, J. Structural and Biomechanical Characterizations of Porcine Myocardial Extracellular Matrix, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine.  2012, 23. PMID: 22584822

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Bertucci, R., Gilbrech, R., Mao, M., Prabhu, R., Horstemeyer, M.F., Liao, J., Williams, L.N. Development of a Lower Extremity Model at Blast Conditions HFM-207, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Symposium on Blast Injury. No. 17, 2011. Undisclosed Department of Defense Publication.

Trim, M.W., Horstemeyer, M.F., Rhee, H., Liao, J., Williams, L.N. The effects of water and microstructure on the mechanical properties of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) horn keratin, Acta Biomaterialia.  2011, 7. PMID: 21095245

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Liao, J., Joyce, E.M., Merryman, D.W., Jones, H.L., Tahai, M., Horstemeyer, M.F., Williams, L.N., Hopkins, R.A., Sacks, M.S. The Intrinsic Fatigue Mechanism of the Porcine Aortic Valve Extracellular Matrix, Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. 2012, 3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13239-011-0080-4

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Clemmer, J., Liao, J., Davis, D., Horstemeyer, M., Williams, L.N., A Mechanistic Study for Strain Rate Sensitivity of Rabbit Patellar Tendon, Journal of Biomechanics. 2010, 43. PMID: 20678772

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Prabhu, R., Horstemeyer, M., Marin, E., Bouvard, J-L., Tucker, M., Sherburn, J., Liao, J., Williams, L.N., Coupled Experiment / Finite Element Analysis on the Mechanical Response of Porcine Brain under High Strain Rates, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biological Materials. 2011, 4. PMID: 26067742

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Begonia, M., Liao, J., Horstemeyer, M., Williams, L.N., Structure-Property Relations of Porcine Brain Tissue: Strain Rate and Stress-State Dependence, Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 38(10), 2010:3043-57

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Subramanian, S., Elder, S. H., Horstemeyer, M.F., Williams, L.N. Experimental Investigations of Anisotropic Shear Properties of Rabbit Patellar Tendon, Biological Engineering. 2008, 1. https://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=25334

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Williams, L.N., Elder, S. H., Bouvard, J.L., Horstemeyer, M.F., The Anisotropic Compressive Mechanical Properties of the Rabbit Patellar Tendon, Biorheology. 2008,45. PMID: 19065006

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Williams, L.N., Elder, S.H., Harbarger, D., Horstemeyer, M.F., Variation of diameter distribution, number density, and area fraction of fibrils within five areas of the Rabbit Patellar Tendon, Annals of Anatomy. 2008, 19. PMID: 18710799

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Claude, L.N., Solomonow, M., Zhou, B., Baratta R.V., Zhu, M. Neuromuscular Disorder Elicited by Cyclic Lumbar Flexion. Muscle and Nerve. 2003, 27. PMID: 12635122

Foreman, J.M., Claude, L.N., Albright, A.M., Lima, M. The Design of Enriched Animal Habitats from a Biological Engineering Perspective. Transactions of the ASAE. 2001, 44. https://elibrary.asabe.org/azdez.asp?JID=3&AID=6414&ConfID=t2001&v=44&i=5&T=2&redirType=