The Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's biomedical engineering faculty.
Submissions from 2023
Relationships Among Shoulder Rotational Strength, Range of Motion, Pitching Kinetics, and Pitch Velocity in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers, Janelle A. Cross, Austin William Higgins, Cody C. Dziuk, Gerald F. Harris, and William G. Raasch
When Intercepting Moving Targets, Mid-Movement Error Corrections Reflect Distinct Responses to Visual and Haptic Perturbations, Pablo Gonzalez Polanco, Leigh A. Mrotek, Kristy A. Nielson, Scott A. Beardsley, and Robert A. Scheidt
Development of Fibroblast/Endothelial Cell-seeded Collagen Scaffolds for in vitro Prevascularization, Daniela S. Masson-Meyers, Fahimeh Tabatabaei, Lane Steinhaus, Jeffrey M. Toth, and Lobat Tayebi
Extended Training Improves the Accuracy and Efficiency of Goal-Directed Reaching Guided by Supplemental Kinesthetic Vibrotactile Feedback, Valay A. Shah, Ashiya Thomas, Leigh A. Mrotek, Maura Casadio, and Robert A. Scheidt
Submissions from 2022
Assessment of Protection Offered By the NRF2 Pathway Against Hyperoxia-Induced Acute Lung Injury in NRF2 Knockout Rats, Said H. Audi, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, Taheri Pardis, Swetha Ganesh, and Anne V. Clough
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Delays Responses to Lateral Balance Perturbations Regardless of Predictability, T. F. Boerger, L. McGinn, M. C. Wang, Brian Schmit, and Allison S. Hyngstrom
The Value of High Intensity Locomotor Training Applied to Patients With Acute-Onset Neurologic Injury, Meghan Fahey, Gabrielle Brazg, Christopher E. Henderson, Abby Plawecki, Emily H. Lucas, Darcy S. Reisman, Brian D. Schmit, and T. George Hornby
Training the Responsible Conduct of Research and Design, Jay R. Goldberg
EEG and fMRI Coupling and Decoupling Based on Joint Independent Component Analysis (jICA), Nicholas Heugel, Scott A. Beardsley, and Einat Liebenthal
Neural Control of Stopping and Stabilizing the Arm, Shanie A. L. Jayasinghe, Robert A. Scheidt, and Robert L. Sainburg
Fluorescein Clearance Kinetics in Blood and Bile Indicates Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats, Joohyun Kim, Yongquiang Yang, Seung-Keun Hong, Jacek Zielonka, Ranjan K. Dash, Said H. Audi, Suresh N. Kumar, Amit Joshi, Michael W. Zimmerman, and Johnny C. Hong
Acute Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictors of Chronic Motor Function and Tissue Sparing in Rat Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Seung-Yi Lee, Brian D. Schmit, Shekar N. Kurpad, and Matthew D. Budde
Recent Advances in Intraoperative Lumpectomy Margin Assessment for Breast Cancer, Thomas Luo, Tongtong Lu, Bing Yu, and Tina Yen
Vibrotactile Perception for Sensorimotor Augmentation: Perceptual Discrimination of Vibrotactile Stimuli Induced by Low-Cost Eccentric Rotating Mass Motors at Different Body Locations in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults, Ella Pomplun, Ashiya Thomas, Erin Corrigan, Valay A. Shah, Leigh A. Mrotek, and Robert A. Scheidt
Reduced Chest Computed Tomography Scan Length for Patients Positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019: Dose Reduction and Impact on Diagnostic Utility, Sara Principi, Stacy D. O'Connor, Frank Luba, and Taly Gilat Schmidt
The Relationship between Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Cerebral Oxygenation during Hemodialysis, W. T. Richerson, Brian D. Schmit, and D. F. Wolfgram
Visual Oscillation Effects on Dynamic Balance Control in People with Multiple Sclerosis, Lara I. Riem, Scott A. Beardsley, Ahmed Z. Obeidat, and Brian Schmit
Chemical Thermodynamic Principles and Computational Modeling of NOX2-Mediated ROS Production on Cell Membrane, Shima Sadri, Said H. Audi, Namrata Tomar, Allen W. Cowley Jr., and Ranjan K. Dash
Neural Correlates of Multisensory Integration for Feedback Stabilization of the Wrist, Aaron J. Suminski, Raymond C. Doudlah, and Robert A. Scheidt
A Comparison of the Inflammatory Host Response to Particulate Debris Adjacent to Unlocked and Locked Screws of a Growth Guidance System for Early Onset Scoliosis, Jeffrey M. Toth, Felix Ankomah, Noriaki Kawakami, and Koki Uno
Hepatic artery Flow, Inspired Oxygen, and Hemoglobin Determine Liver Tissue Saturation Measured with Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (vis-DRS) in an in Vivo Swine Model, Stylianos Voulgarelis, Faraneh Fathi, Bing Yu, Barbara Palkovic, Nikolaos A. Chatzizacharias, Kenneth P. Allen, and Astrid G. Stucke
Intergrader Agreement of Foveal Cone Topography Measured Using Adaptive Optics scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy, Niamh Wynne, Jenna A. Cava, Mina Gaffney, Heather Heitkotter, Abigail Scheidt, Jenny L. Reiniger, Jenna Grieshop, Kai Yang, Wolf M. Harmening, Robert F. Cooper, and Joseph Carroll
Comparison of Cone Mosaic Metrics From Images Acquired With the SPECTRALIS High Magnification Module and Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy, Niamh Wynne, Heather Heitkotter, Erica N. Woertz, Robert F. Cooper, and Joseph Carroll
Submissions from 2021
Biological Resurfacing in a Canine Model of Hip Osteoarthritis, Bradley T. Estes, Masataka Enomoto, Franklin T. Moutos, Megan A. Carson, Jeffrey M. Toth, Peter Eggert, Jonathan Stallrich, Vincent P. Willard, Deborah J. Veis, Dianne Little, Farshid Guilak, and B. Duncan X. Lascelles
Identifying Alternate Resources and Adjusting Expectations for Senior Design Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020, Jay R. Goldberg
Somatosensory Deafferentation Reveals Lateralized Roles of Proprioception in Feedback and Adaptive Feedforward Control of Movement and Posture, S.A.L. Jayasinghe, F. R. Sarlegna, Robert A. Scheidt, and R. L. Sainburg
Enhancing Reproductive Organ Segmentation in Pediatric CT via Adversarial Learning, Chi Nok Enoch Kan, Taly Gilat-Schmidt, and Dong Hye Ye
Contributions of Implicit and Explicit Memories to Sensorimotor Adaptation of Movement Extent During Goal-Directed Reaching, Devon D. Lantagne, Leigh A. Mrotek, Rebecca Slick, Scott A. Beardsley, Danny G. Thomas, and Robert A. Scheidt
Changes in Cerebral Volume and White Matter Integrity in Adults on Hemodialysis and Relationship to Cognitive Function, W. T. Richerson, L. G. Umfleet, Brian D. Schmit, and D. F. Wolfgram
The Effect of Visual Field Manipulations on Standing Balance Control in People with Multiple Sclerosis, Lara I. Riem, Scott A. Beardsley, and Brian D. Schmit
Electroencephalography Resting-state Networks in People with Stroke, Dylan B. Snyder, Brian D. Schmit, Allison S. Hyngstrom, and Scott A. Beardsley
Evaluation of Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy in Liver Tissue: Validation of Tissue Saturations Using Extracorporeal Circulation, Stylianos Voulgarelis, Faraneh Fathi, Astrid G. Stucke, Kevin D. Daley, Joohyun Kim, Michael W. Zimmerman, Johhny C. Hong, Nicholas Starkey, Kenneth P. Allen, and Bing Yu
Comparison of Whole-Head Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy With Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Potential Application in Pediatric Neurology, Julie C. Wagner, Anthony Zinos, Wei-Liang Chen, Lisa Conant, Marsha Malloy, Joseph Heffernan, Brendan Quirk, Jeffrey Sugar, Robert W. Prost, Julian B. Whelan, Scott A. Beardsley, and Harry T. Whelan
Prediction of EMG Activation Profiles from Gait Kinematics and Kinetics During Multiple Terrains, Erika V. Zabre-Gonzalez, Diego Amieva-Alvarado, and Scott A. Beardsley
Continuous Myoelectric Prediction of Future Ankle Angle and Moment Across Ambulation Conditions and Their Transitions, Erika V. Zabre-Gonzalez, Lara I. Riem, Philip A. Voglewede, Barbara Silver-Thorn, Sara R. Koehler-McNichols, and Scott A. Beardsley
Submissions from 2020
An Orthotic Joint Design for Enhancing Ankle Mobility With Ankle Foot Orthoses Use, Eileen Baker, Philip A. Voglewede, Thomas Current, and Barbara Silver-Thorn
Two Weeks of Remote Ischemic Conditioning Improves Brachial Artery Flow Mediated Dilation in Chronic Stroke Survivors, Allison Hyngstrom, Jennifer Nguyen, Michael Wright, Sergey Tarima, Brian Schmit, David D. Gutterman, and Matthew J. Durand
The Neural Foundations of Handedness: Insights from a Rare Case of Deafferentation, S.A.L. Jayasinghe, F. R. Sarlegna, Robert A. Scheidt, and R. L. Sainburg
Task-Specific Versus Impairment-Based Training on Locomotor Performance in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Crossover Study, Jennifer K. Lotter, Christopher E. Henderson, Abby Plawecki, Molly E. Holthus, Emily H. Lucas, Marzieh M. Ardestani, Brian Schmit, and George Hornby
Rapid Assessment of Breast Tumor Margins Using Deep Ultraviolet Fluorescence Scanning Microscopy, Tongtong Lu, Julie M. Jorns, Mollie Patton, Renee Fisher, Amanda Emmerich, Todd Doehring, Taly Gilat-Schmidt, Dong Hye Ye, Tina Yen, and Bing Yu
Deep UV Fluorescence Scanning Microscopy for Breast Tumor Margin Detection, Tongtong Lu, Julie M. Jorns, Mollie Patton, Renee Fisher, Amanda Emmrich, Todd Doehring, Taly Gilat-Schmidt, Dong Hye Ye, Tina Yen, and Bing Yu
Cone Identification in Choroideremia: Repeatability, Reliability, and Automation Through Use of a Convolutional Neural Network, Jessica I.W. Morgan, Min Chen, Andrew M. Huang, Yu You Jiang, and Robert F. Cooper
Association of Liver Tissue Optical Properties and Thermal Damage, Vivek K. Nagarajan, Jerrold M. Ward, and Bing Yu
The Effect of Discrete Visual Perturbations on Balance Control during Gait, Lara I. Riem, Brian D. Schmit, and Scott A. Beardsley
Indirect Structural Connectivity Identifies Changes in Brain Networks After Stroke, Miguel Renato Sotelo, Benjamin Kalinosky, Karin Goodfriend, Allison Hyngstrom, and Brian D. Schmit
Real-Time Optical Monitoring of Endotracheal Tube Displacement, Ramzan Ullah, Karl Doerfer, Pawjai Khampang, Faraneh Fathi, Wenzhou Hong, Joseph E. Kerschner, and Bing Yu
A Size‐Modified Poisson–Boltzmann Ion Channel Model in A Solvent of Multiple Ionic Species: Application to Voltage‐Dependent Anion Channel, Dexuan Xie, Said H. Audi, and Ranjan K. Dash
Submissions from 2019
Kinematic foot types in youth with pes planovalgus secondary to cerebral palsy, Juliet Amene, Joseph J. Krzak, Karen M. Kruger, Logan Killen, Haluk Altiok, Peter A. Smith, and Gerald F. Harris
Differential Cortical Activation During the Perception of Moving Objects Along Different Trajectories, Finnegan J. Calabro, Scott A. Beardsley, and Lucia M. Vaina
Pharmacokinetics of 99mTc-HMPAO in Isolated Perfused Rat Lungs, Anne V. Clough, Katherine Barry, Benjamin Michael Rizzo, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, and Said H. Audi
Effect of Bisphosphonates on Function and Mobility Among Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Systematic Review, Christopher Constantino, Joseph Krzak, Alissa Fial, Karen M. Kruger, Jacob Rammer, Katarina Radmanovic, Peter A. Smith, and Gerald F. Harris
Two Weeks of Ischemic Conditioning Improves Walking Speed and Reduces Neuromuscular Fatigability in Chronic Stroke Survivors, Matthew J. Durand, Timothy F. Boerger, Jennifer Nguyen, Saad Z. Alqahtani, Michael T. Wright, Brian D. Schmit, David D. Gutterman, and Allison S. Hyngstrom
Attitudes Toward Failure in Capstone Design Projects, Jay R. Goldberg
Estimating the Spectrum in Computed Tomography Via Kullback–Leibler Divergence Constrained Optimization, Wooseok Ha, Emil Y. Sidky, Rina Foygel Barber, Taly Gilat Schmidt, and Xiaochuan Pan
Computational Characterization of the Cellular Origins of Electroencephalography, Shane Hesprich and Scott A. Beardsley
Method for Spatial Overlap Estimation of Electroencephalography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Responses, N. Heugel, E. Liebenthal, and Scott A. Beardsley
A Dual-modality Smartphone Microendoscope for Quantifying the Physiological and Morphological Properties of Epithelial Tissues, Xiangqian Hong, Tongtong Lu, Liam Fruzyna, and Bing Yu
A Two Alternative Forced Choice Method for Assessing Vibrotactile Discrimination Thresholds in The Lower Limb, Riccardo Iandolo, Marta Caré, Valay Shah, Simona Schiavi, Giula Bommarito, Giacomo Boffa, Psiche Giannoni, Matilde Inglese, Leigh A. Mrotek, Robert A. Scheidt, and Maura Casadio
CT Automated Exposure Control Using A Generalized Detectability Index, P. Khobragade, Franco Rupcich, Jiahua Fan, Dominic J. Crotty, Naveen M. Kulkarni, Stacy D. O'Connor, W. Dennis Foley, and Taly Gilat Schmidt
Human Genotyping and An Experimental Model Reveal NPR-C as A Possible Contributor to Morbidity In Coarctation Of The Aorta, John F. LaDisa Jr., Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Karl D. Stamm, Kathleen Bazan, Donna K. Mahnke, Mary A. Goetsch, Brandon Wegter, Jesse W. Gerringer, Kathryn Repp, Oleg Palygin, Adrian P. Zietara, Mary M. Krolikowski, Thomas J. Eddinger, Abdel A. Alli, and Michael E. Mitchell
The Relationship Between Blood Flow and Motor Unit Firing Rates in Response to Fatiguing Exercise Post-stroke, Spencer Murphy, Matthew J. Durand, Francesco Negro, Dario Farina, Sandra K. Hunter, Brian D. Schmit, David D. Gutterman, and Allison S. Hyngstrom
Exercise-Induced Alterations in Sympathetic-Somatomotor Coupling in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, Tanya Onushko, Gordhan B. Mahtani, Gabrielle Brazg, T. George Hornby, and Brian D. Schmit
Supplemental Vibrotactile Feedback of Real-Time Limb Position Enhances Precision of Goal-Directed Reaching, Nicoletta Risi, Valay Shah, Leigh A. Mrotek, Maura Casadio, and Robert A. Scheidt
Vibration Propagation on the Skin of the Arm, Valay A. Shah, Maura Casadio, Robert A. Scheidt, and Leigh A. Mrotek
Spatial and Temporal Influences on Discrimination of Vibrotactile Stimuli on The Arm, Valay Shah, Maura Casadio, Robert A. Scheidt, and Leigh A. Mrotek
Role of The Cortex in Visuomotor Control of Arm Stability, Dylan B. Snyder, Scott A. Beardsley, and Brian D. Schmit
Cerebellar Source Localization using Event-Related Potentials in a Simple Motor Task, Efrain Torres and Scott A. Beardsley
An Evaluation of The Host Response to An Interspinous Process Device Based on A Series of Spine Explants: Device for Intervertebral Assisted Motion (DIAM®), Jeffrey M. Toth and Justin D. Bric
A fast, linear Boltzmann transport equation solver for computed tomography dose calculation (Acuros CTD), Adam Wang, Alexander Maslowski, Todd Wareing, Josh Star-Lack, and Taly Gilat-Schmidt
Submissions from 2018
Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide Production in the Isolated Rat Lung Using Amplex Red, Said H. Audi, Nina Friedly, Ranjan K. Dash, Andreas M. Beyer, Anne V. Clough, and Elizabeth R. Jacobs
Tactile-STAR: A Novel Tactile STimulator And Recorder System for Evaluating and Improving Tactile Perception, Giulia Ballardini, Giorgio Carlini, Robert A. Scheidt, Ilana Nisky, and Maura Casadio
Papaverine and its Derivatives Radiosensitize Solid Tumors by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Metabolism, Martin Benej, Xiangqian Hong, Sandip Vibhute, Sabina Scott, Jinghai Wu, Edward Graves, Quynh-Thu Le, Albert C. Koong, Amato J. Giaccia, Bing Yu, Ching-Shih Chen, Ioanna Papandreou, and Nicholas C. Denko
Distribution of Segmental Foot Kinematics in Patients With DegenerativeJoint Disease of the Ankle, Karl Canseco, Karen M. Kruger, Jessica M. Fritz, Katherine A. Konop, Sergey Tarima, Richard Marks, and Gerald F. Harris
Motor Output Variability Impairs Driving Ability in Older Adults: Reply to Stinchcombe, Dickerson, Weaver, and Bedard, Evangelos A. Christou, Basma Yacoubi, Changki Kim, Hwasil Moon, Tanya Onushko, and Neha Lodha
Stepping Responses to Treadmill Perturbations vary with Severity of Motor Deficits in Human SCI, Virginia W. T. Chu, T. George Hornby, and Brian Schmit
Posterior Cervical Spine Crisscross Fixation: Biomechanical Evaluation, Joseph F. Cusick, Frank A. Pintar, Joseph S. Cheng, Jason I. Lifshutz, and Narayan Yoganandan
A Histological Assessment of the Mechanism of Early-Stage Healing of a Biphasic Calcium Phosphate in an In vivo Rabbit Model, Ian R. Dunkley, Scott M. Vickers, Jeffrey M. Badura, and Jeffrey M. Toth
Will the Real Designer Please Stand Up? [Senior Design], Jay R. Goldberg
A Student-Centered Learning Approach to Design for Manufacturability: Meeting the Needs of an Often- Forgotten Customer, Jay R. Goldberg and David Rank
High-Intensity Variable Stepping Training in Patients With Motor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Series, Carey L. Holleran, Patrick W. Hennessey, Abigail L. Leddy, Gordhan B. Mahtani, Gabrielle Brazg, Brian D. Schmit, and T. George Hornby
Ischemic Conditioning Increases Strength and Volitional Activation of Paretic Muscle in Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Study, Allison S. Hyngstrom, Spencer A. Murphy, Jennifer Nguyen, Brian D. Schmit, Francesco Negro, David D. Gutterman, and Matthew J. Durand
Opioids Delay Healing of Spinal Fusion: A Rabbit Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Model, Nikhil Jain, Khaled Himed, Jeffrey M. Toth, Karen C. Briley, Frank M. Phillips, and Safdar N. Khan
Application of Fractal Dimension for Quantifying Noise Texture in Computed Tomography Images, P. Khobragade, Jiahua Fan, Franco Rupcich, Dominic J. Crotty, and Taly Gilat Schmidt
Effects of Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis on Lower Body Kinematics During Gait, Karen M. Kruger, Christina R. Garman, Joseph J. Krzak, Adam Graf, Sahar Hassani, Sergey Tarima, Peter F. Sturm, Kim W. Hammerberg, Purnendu Gupta, and Gerald F. Harris
Effect of Sensory Attenuation on Cortical Movement-Related Oscillations, Joseph J. Lee and Brian Schmit
Hyperoxia Causes Mitochondrial Fragmentation in Pulmonary Endothelial Cells by Increasing Expression of Pro-Fission Proteins, Cui Ma, Andreas M. Beyer, Matthew J. Durand, Anne V. Clough, Daling Zhu, Laura Norwood Toro, Maia Terashvili, Johnathan D. Ebben, R. Blake Hill, Said H. Audi, Meetha Medhora, and Elizabeth R. Jacobs
Automated quantification and evaluation of motion artifact on coronary CT angiography images, Hongfeng Ma, Eric Gros, Scott G. Baginski, Zachary R. Laste, Naveen M. Kulkarni, Darin Okerlund, and Taly Gilat Schmidt
Evaluation of Motion Artifact Metrics for Coronary CT Angiography, Hongfeng Ma, Eric Gros, Aniko Szabo, Scott G. Baginski, Zachary R. Laste, Naveen M. Kulkarni, Darin Okerlund, and Tal Gilat Schmidt
Optimizing Within-Subject Experimental Designs for jICA of Multi-Channel ERP and fMRI, Jain Mangalathu-Arumana, Einat Liebenthal, and Scott A. Beardsley
Inverse Kinematic Assessment of Rehabilitative Therapy in Children Using Orthotics, Michael P. Murphy, Jacob R. Rammer, Kaleb L. Vinohout, Meghan R. Caballero, Christy M. Cornwell, Jessica M. Fritz, and Gerald F. Harris
Real Time Evaluation of Tissue Optical Properties during Thermal Ablation of ex vivo Liver Tissues, Vivek K. Nagarajan, Venkateswara R. Gogineni, Sarah B. White, and Bing Yu
Technical Note: Enhancing Soft Tissue Contrast And Radiation‐Induced Image Changes With Dual‐Energy CT For Radiation Therapy, George Noid, An Tai, Diane Schott, Nilesh Mistry, Yu Liu, Taly Gilat Schmidt, Jared R. Robbins, and X. Allen Li
Promoting global clinical care and research for children with orthopaedic disabilities through motion analysis technology, Jacob R. Rammer, Joycie Eulah Abiera, Monica Arroyo, Luis Fernando Caicedo, Karl Canseco, Christopher Constantino, Filipe Haces Garcia, Jorge Gomez, Nikhil T. Kurapati, Mariano Gonzalez Lugo, Terence Miller, Wilfredo Agredo Rodriguez, Carlo Emmanuel Sumpaico, and Gerald F. Harris
Assessment of a Markerless Motion Analysis System for Manual Wheelchair Application, Jacob Rammer, Brooke A. Slavens, Joseph Krzak, Jack M. Winters, Susan A. Riedel, and Gerald F. Harris
Diffusion Tensor Imaging in a Large Longitudinal Series of Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Correlated With Long-Term Functional Outcome, Avinash Rao, Hesham Soliman, Mayank Kaushal, Olesya Motovylyak, Aditya Vedantam, Matthew D. Budde, Brian D. Schmit, Marjorie C. Wang, and Shekar N. Kurpad
Use of a Dynamic Balance System to Quantify Postural Steadiness and Stability of Individuals with Lower-Limb Amputation: A Pilot Study, M. Barbara Silver-Thorn PhD, Joel Kempfer, Alyssa J. Schnorenberg, and Brooke Slavens
Early Term Effects of rhBMP-2 on Pedicle Screw Fixation in a Sheep Model: Histomorphometric and Biomechanical Analyses, Jeffrey M. Toth, Mei Wang, Chetan Patel, and Akshi Arora
Locomotor Adaptations to Prolonged Step-by-Step Frontal Plane Trunk Perturbations in Young Adults, Eric R. Walker, Allison S. Hyngstrom, Tanya Onushko, and Brian D. Schmit
Submissions from 2017
Macroscopic Anisotropic Bone Material Properties in Children with Severe Osteogenesis imperfecta, Carolyne Albert, John Jameson, Sergey Tarima, Peter Smith, and Gerald Harris
Protection by Inhaled Hydrogen Therapy in a Rat Model of Acute Lung Injury can be Tracked in vivo Using Molecular Imaging, Said H. Audi, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, Xiao Zhang, Amadou K.S. Camara, Ming Zhao, Meetha M. Medhora, Benjamin Michael Rizzo, and Anne V. Clough