Constitutive modeling for biodegradable polymers for application in endovascular stents

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Sacks, Modeling the enhancement of extracellular matrix quantity and quality in large-deformation mechanically-conditioned heart valve tissue engineering, Proceedings of the BMES Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2014. 5) J.S. Soares, M.S. Sacks, Modeling the role of dynamic mechanical conditioning on dense connective tissue formation in heart valve tissue engineering, 7 World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA, 2014. 6) D. Bluestein, P. Zhang, C. Gao, J. Sheriff, S. Pothapragada, N. Zhang, M. Livelli, J.S. Soares, M.J. Slepian, Y. Deng, Multiscale modeling of flow induced thrombosis using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) and coarse grained molecular dynamics (CGMD), 7 World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA, 2014. 7) J.S. Soares, T.L. Bao, F. Sotiropoulos, M.S. Sacks, Modeling the role of oscillatory flow and dynamic mechanical conditioning on dense connective tissue formation in mesenchymal stem cell derived heart valve tissue engineering, Proceedings of the WCCM-ECCM-ECFD2014, Barcelona, Spain, 2014. 8) J.S. Soares, T.L. Bao, F. Sotiropoulos, M.S. Sacks, The role of oscillatory flow and dynamic mechanical conditioning on dense connective tissue formation in mesenchymal stem cell derived heart valve tissue engineering, Proceedings of the BMES 2014 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Conference (CMBE), La Jolla, CA, 2014. João Silva Soares Curriculum Vitae page 4 of 10 9) J.S. Soares, T.L. Bao, F. Sotiropoulos, M.S. Sacks, The role of cyclic flexure and oscillatory shear stress on mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and extracellular matrix production in engineered heart valve tissue formation, Proceedings of the BMES Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2013. 10) C. Gao, P. Zhang, M. Livelli, J. Sheriff, J.S. Soares, S. Pothapragada, N. Zhang, Y. 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