Former Group Members

Arthur Wood (2002-2004, Undergraduate Student, BME)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 2004
Project: Modeling response of cardiac tissue to rapid pacing
Robert A. Oliver photo (1996-2003, Graduate Student; 2003-2004, Research Associate, BME)
Degree: Ph.D., May 2003
Project: Bistability and arrhythmogenesis in rapidly paced cardiac muscle: experiments and modeling
Kyle Smith photo (2002-2003, Pratt Engineering Undergraduate Fellow, BME)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 2003
Project: Modeling electroporation-mediated DNA delivery (Helmholtz Award)
Andrew Brohl photo (2001-2002, Pratt Engineering Undergraduate Fellow, BME and Mathematics)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 2002
Project: Chaos control in the heart
Dr. Kirill B. Skouibine photo (1998-2000, Research Associate, Mathematics and BME)
Projects: Mathematical modeling of nonlinear waves in excitable media, propagation of electrical potentials in cardiac muscle, mechanism of defibrillation
Anna O. Bilska (1998-1999, Undergraduate Student)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 1999
Project: Effects of shock strength, duration, and frequency on the degree of electroporation
Katherine A. DeBruin (1995-1999, Graduate Student)
Degree: Ph.D., May 1999
Project: Effects of electroporation in spatially extended tissues
James Wall (Summer 1998, REU Fellow from Tulane)
Project: The role of alteration of transmembrane potential due to an electric field in the induction of reentry in cardiac tissue
Bradley A. Stone (1995-1997, Graduate Student)
Degree: M.S., April 1997
Thesis: Activation thresholds for chick heart cells during field stimulation, modeled and measured
David Cash (1996-1997, Undergraduate ERC Fellow)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 1997
Project: Macroscopic gating variables of a single cell in an external electric field (Helmholtz Award)
Felipe Aguel (Summer 1996, REU Fellow from Tulane)
Project: Effects of electroporation on the transmembrane potential distribution in a two-dimensional bidomain model of cardiac tissue
R. Stephen Preissig (1995-1996, Undergraduate Student)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 1996
Project: Modeling electrophysiological phenomena: A modular approach using C++
Meenakshi Swaminathan (1995-1996, Undergraduate ERC Fellow)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 1996
Project: The role of spatial interactions in creating the dispersion of transmembrane potential by premature electric shocks (Helmholtz Award)
Srinivas Ganesh (1994-1995, Undergraduate ERC Fellow)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 1995
Project: Biphasic stimuli have greater efficacy than monophasic stimuli in prolonging the action potential duration in a computer model of the ventricular myocardium
Gbolahan Amusa (1994-1995, Undergraduate ERC Fellow)
Degree: B.S., May 1995
Project: Choosing the optimal waveform for defibrillation
Lara G. Villaneuva (1991-1992, Undergraduate ERC Fellow)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), December 1992
Project: Computer simulation of shock-induced transmembrane potential for pre-frozen rabbit's heart
Ivan P. Parra (1991-1992, Undergraduate ERC Fellow)
Degree: B.S. (with distinction), May 1992
Project: Detecting activation during sinus rhythm and ventricular fibrillation using finite element model

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