Numerical Simulation of Biological Structures

IASS-IACM 2008 Session: Numerical Simulation of Biological Structures -- Session Organizer: Wilkins AQUINO (Cornell University) -- Keynote Lecture: "Computational modeling of glucose distribution in hollow fiber membrane bioreactors" by G.U. UNIKRISHNAN, V.U. UNIKRISHNAN, J.N. REDDY (Texas A and M University) -- "Characterization of viscoelastic properties of cylindrical vessels using the velocity response produced by an impulsive force" by Daniel E. ROSARIO, Wilkins AQUINO (Cornell University) -- "Solid versus membrane finite elements in analysis of the mitral valve: A case study" by Victorien PROT , Bjorn SKALLERUD (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) -- "An inverse problem approach for elasticity imaging through vibroacoustics" by Miguel AGUILO, Wilkins AQUINO (Cornell University) -- "Proper orthogonal decomposition model reduction for inverse problems in acoustic-structure interaction" by John C. BRIGHAM, Wilkins AQUINO (Cornell University) -- "Shell analysis of elliptical guard cells in higher plants: A review" by J. Robert COOKE , Richard RAND (Cornell University), Herbert MANG (TU Vienna), Josse DeBAERDEMAEKER (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Jae Young LEE (Chonbuk National University) -- "In vivo ultrasound bone property determination through inverse finite element modeling" by Mija HUBLER , Wilkins AQUINO, Christopher EARLS (Cornell University) -- "Finite element analyses of palm leaf petiole-sheath junctions in simple bending and twisting and in dynamic (oscillatory) flexure" by Karl NIKLAS , J. Robert COOKE (Cornell University), Jae Young LEE (Chonbuk National University) -- "Modeling pipette aspiration of biological membranes" by Philip BUSKOHL (Cornell University) -- "A new model for nucleation in two-phase lipid bilayer membrane vesicles" by Sanjay DHARMAVARAM , Timothy HEALEY (Cornell University