Mofrad MRK and Kamm RD Eds. "Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Models and Measurements", Cambridge University Press, Aug. 2006.
	Mofrad MRK and Kamm RD Eds. "Cellular Mechanotransduction: Diverse Perspectives From Molecules to Tissues", Cambridge University Press, Dec. 2009.
	De S, Guilak F, Mofrad MRK Eds. "Computational Modeling in Biomechanics", Springer, Dec. 2009.

Molecular Cell Biomechanics & Mechanotransduction

• Bao G, Kamm RD, Thomas W, Hwang W, Fletcher DA, Grodzinsky A, Zhu C, Mofrad MRK. "Molecular Biomechanics: The Molecular Basis of How Forces Regulate Cellular Function", Cellular & Molecular Bioeng. In Press
• Chen HS*, Kolahi KS*, Mofrad MRK. Phosphorylation Facilitates the Integrin Binding of Filamin Under Force. Biophysical Journal Volume 97 December 2009 1-10
• Kolahi KS, Mofrad MRK. Mechanotransduction: A major regulator of homeostasis and development. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine. In Press
• Chandran PL, Mofrad MRK. Averaged Implicit Hydrodynamic Model of Semiflexible Filaments. Physical Rev. E In Press.
• Mofrad MRK. Rheology of the Cytoskeleton, Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 2009, 41:433-453
• Golji J, Collins R, Mofrad MRK. Molecular Mechanics of the alpha-Actinin Rod Domain: Bending, Torsional, and Extensional Behavior, PLoS Computational Biology, In Press
• Chandran PL, Mofrad MRK. Rods-on-string idealization captures semiflexible filament dynamics, PHYSICAL REVIEW E 79, 011906 2009
• Chandran PL, Wolf CB, Mofrad MRK. Band-like Stress Fiber Propagation in a Continuum and Implications for Myosin Contractile Stresses
• Wolf CB, Mofrad MR. On the Octagonal Structure of the Nuclear Pore Complex: Insights from Coarse-Grained Models. Biophysical Journal. 2008 Aug. 15 [Cover Story]
• Lee SE, Chunsrivirot S, Kamm RD, Mofrad MRK. Molecular Dynamics Study of Talin-Vinculin Binding, Biophysical Journal, August 2008]
• Mandadapu KK, Govindjee S, Mofrad MRK. On the Soft Glassy Rheology and Cytoskeletal Mechanics, Journal of Biomechanics, 2008;41(7):1467-78.
• Kolahi KS, Mofrad MRK. Molecular Mechanics of Filamin Rod Domain. Biophysical Journal, February 2008.
• Lee SE, Kamm RD, Mofrad MRK. "Force-induced activation of Talin and its possible role in focal adhesion mechanotransduction", Journal of Biomechanics, 2007.
• Vaziri A, Xue Z, Kamm RD, Mofrad MRK. "A Computational Study on Power-Law Rheology of Soft glassy Materials with Application to Cell Mechanics", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Special Issue on Computational Bioengineering, 2007 (In Press)
• Vaziri A, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "Mechanics and Deformation of the Nucleus in Micropipette Aspiration Experiment", Journal of Biomechanics, 2006.
• Vaziri A, Lee H, Kaazempur Mofrad MR. "Deformation of the Nucleus under Indentation: Mechanics and Mechanisms", Journal of Material Research, 21(8):1-10, Aug, 2006.
• Karcher H, Lee SE, Kaazempur Mofrad MR, Kamm RD. "A Coarse-grained Model for Force-induced Protein Deformation and Kinetics", Biophys J. 2006 Apr 15;90(8):2686-97, 2006.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Abdul-Rahim NA, Karcher H, Mack PJ, Yap B, Kamm RD. "Exploring the molecular basis for mechanosensation, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal remodeling", ActaBioMaterialia, 1:281-193, 2005.
• Zaman MH, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "How Flexible is alpha-Actinin's Rod Domain?", Mechanics & Chemistry of Biosystems. 1(4), 2004.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Golji J, Abdul Rahim NA, Kamm RD. "Force-induced Unfolding of the Focal Adhesion Targeting Domain and the Influence of Paxillin Binding", Mechanics & Chemistry of Biosystems. 1(4), 2004.
• Dai G, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Natarajan S, Zhang Y, Vaughn S, Blackman BR, Kamm RD, Garcí a-Cardena G, Gimbrone MA, Jr. "Distinct Endothelial Phenotypes Evoked by Arterial Waveforms Derived from Atherosclerosis-Susceptible and Resistant Regions of Human Vasculature", Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 101(41): 14871-14876, 2004.
• Kamm RD and Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "On the Molecular Basis for Mechanotransduction", Mechanics & Chemistry of Biosystems, Vol. 1(3): 201-210, 2004.
• Mack PJ, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Karcher H, Lee RT, Kamm RD. "Force-induced Focal Adhesion Translocation: Effects of Force Amplitude and Frequency", American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 287(4):C954-62, 2004.
• Karcher H, Lammerding J, Huang H, Lee RT, Kamm RD, and Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "A Three-Dimensional Viscoelastic Model for Cell Deformation with Experimental Validation", Biophysical Journal, 2003, Vol. 85:3336-3349, 2003.

Cardiovascular Biomechanics & Mechanotransduction

• Weinberg EJ, Mack PJ, Schoen FJ, Garcia-Cardena G, Mofrad MRK. Hemodynamic environments from opposing sides of human aortic valve leaflets evoke distinct endothelial phenotypes in vitro. Cardiovasc. Eng. In press
• Weinberg EJ, Shahmirzadi D, Mofrad MRK. On the Multiscale Modeling of Heart Valve in Health and Disease. Biomechanics & Modeling in Mechanobiology. In Press
• Weinberg EJ, Schoen FJ, Mofrad MRK. A Computational Model of Aging and Calcification in the Aortic Heart Valve. PLoS ONE, 2009
• Weinberg EJ, Kaazempur Mofrad MR. A Multiscale Computational Comparison of the Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Valves in Relation to Calcific Aortic Stenosis. Journal of Biomechanics, 2008
• Weinberg EJ, Kaazempur Mofrad MR. Transient, Three-dimensional, Multiscale Simulations of the Human Aortic Valve. Cardiovasc Eng. Nov 16, 2007;
• Karimi R, Zhu T, Bouma BE, Kaazempur Mofrad MR. "A Combined FEM/Genetic Algorithm for Vascular Soft Tissue Elasticity Estimation", Cardiovasc Eng., [Epub ahead of print], 2008
• Khalil AS, Bouma BE, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "A Combined FEM/Genetic Algorithm for Vascular Soft Tissue Elasticity Estimation", Cardiovasc Eng., [Epub ahead of print], 2006
• Weinberg EJ, Kaazempur Mofrad MR. "A finite shell element for heart mitral valve leaflet mechanics, with large deformations and 3D constitutive material model", J Biomech. 2006 Mar 28; [Epub ahead of print], 2006.
• Khalil AS, Chan RC, Chau AH, Bouma BE, Kaazempur Mofrad MR. "Tissue Elasticity Estimation with Optical Coherence Elastography: Toward Complete Mechanical Characterization of In Vivo Soft Tissue", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 33(11):1631-1639, 2005.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Wada S, Myers JG, and Ethier CR. "Blood Flow and Mass Transfer in Arteries with Axisymmetric and Asymmetric Stenoses", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48:4510-4517, 2005.
• Weinberg EJ, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "A Large-Strain Finite Element Formulation for Biological Tissues with Application to Mitral Valve Leaflet Tissue Mechanics", Journal of Biomechanics, 2005 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print], 2005.
• Weinberg EJ, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "On the Constitutive Models for Heart Valve Leaflet Mechanics", Cardiovascular Engineering, 5(1): 37-43, 2005.
• Chan RC, Chau AH, Karl WC, Nadkarni S, Khalil AS, Shishkov M, Tearney GJ, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Bouma BE. "OCT-based Arterial Elastography: Robust Estimation exploiting Tissue Biomechanics", Optics Express, Vol. 12(19):4558-4572, 2004.
• Chau AH, Chan RC, Shishkov M, MacNeill, B, Iftima N, Tearney GJ, Kamm RD, Bouma B, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR. "Mechanical Analysis of Atherosclerotic Plaques based on Optical Coherence Tomography", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 32(11):1492-1501, 2004.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Younis HF, Isasi AG, Chan RC, Hinton DP, Sukhova G, LaMuraglia GM, Lee RT and Kamm RD. "Characterization of the Atherosclerotic Carotid Bifurcation using MRI, Finite Element Modeling and Histology", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 32(7):932-946, 2004.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Younis HF, Patel S, Isasi AG, Chung C, Chan RC, Hinton DP, Lee RT, Kamm RD. "Cyclic Strain in Human Carotid Bifurcation and its Potential Correlation to Atherogenesis: Idealized and Anatomically-Realistic Models", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2003, Vol. 47(3-4):299-314, 2003.
• Younis HF, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Chan R, Chung C, Kamm RD. "Computational Analysis of the Effects of Exercise on Hemodynamics in the Carotid Bifuration", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 31:1-12, 2003.
• Younis HF, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Chan R, Chau AH, Hinton DP, Isasi AG, Kim LA, and Kamm RD. "Hemodynamics and Wall Mechanics in Human Carotid Bifuraction and its Consequences for Atherogensis: Investigation of Inter-individual Variation", Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2004, In Press.
• Williamson SD, Lam Y, Younis HF, Huang H, Patel S, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Kamm RD. "On the Sensitivity of Wall Stresses in Diseased Arteries to Variable Material Properties", Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125(1):147-155, 2003.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR and Ethier CR. "Mass Transport in an Anatomically Realistic Human Right Coronary Artery", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Volume 29, No. 2, P.121-7, 2001.

BioMEMS Applications

• Yoon S, Reyes-Ortiz V, Kim K, Seo YH, Mofrad MRK. Analysis of Circular PDMS Microballoons with Hyper-Deflection for MEMS Design. J. MEMS, In Press
• Zhang MY, Lee PJ, Hung PJ, Johnson T, Lee LP, Mofrad MRK. "Microfluidic environment for high density hepatocyte culture", Biomed Microdevices, 2007
• Weinberg E, Kaazempur-Mofrad M, Borenstein J. Concept and computational design for a bioartificial nephron-on-a-chip. Int J Artif Organs. 2008 Jun;31(6):508-14
• Carraro A, Hsu WM, Kulig KM, Cheung WS, Miller ML, Weinberg EJ, Swart EF, Kaazempur-Mofrad M, Borenstein JT, Vacanti JP, Neville C. In vitro analysis of a hepatic device with intrinsic microvascular-based channels. Biomed Microdevices. 2008 Jul 5. [Epub ahead of print]
• Shin M, Matsuda K, Ishii O, Terai H, Kaazempur-Mofrad M, Borenstein J, Detmar M, Vacanti JP. "Endothelialized networks with a vascular geometry in microfabricated poly(dimethyl siloxane)", Biomedical Microdevices, 6(4):269-78, 2004.
• Fidkowski C, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Borenstein JT, Vacanti JP, Langer R, Wang Y. "Endothelialized Microvasculature Based on a Biodegradable Elastomer", Tissue Engineering, Engineering, 11(1-2): 302-309, 2005.
• King KR, Wang CJ, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Vacanti JP, Borenstein JT. "Biodegradable Microfluidics", Advanced Materials, 16(22):2007-2012, 2004.
• Nasseri BA, Pomeranteseva I, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Perry T, Ochoa E, Thomson CA, Oesterle SN, Vacanti JP. "Dynamic Rotational Seeding and Cell Culture System for Vascular Tube Formation", Tissue Engineering, 9(2):291-299, 2003.
• Borenstein JT, Terai H, King KR, Weinberg EJ, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR and Vacanti JP. "Microfabrication Technology for Vascularized Tissue Engineering", Biomedical Microdevices, 4 (3): 167-175, 2002.
• Powers, MJ, Domansky K, Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Kalezi A, Capitano A, Upadhyaya A, Kurzawski P, Wack KE, Stolz DB, Kamm RD, Griffith LG. "Microfabricated Array Bioreactor for Perfused 3D Liver Culture", Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 78:257-269, 2002.

Computational and Simulation Methods

• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Bathe M, Karcher H, Younis HF, Seong HC, Shim EB, Chan RC, Hinton DP, Powers MJ, Griffith LG, and Kamm RD. "Role of Simulation in Understanding Biological Systems", Computer & Structures, 81(8):715-726, 2003.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR, Minev PD and Ethier CR. "A Characteristic/Finite Element Algorithm for Time-Dependent 3-D Advection-Dominated Transport using Unstructured Grids", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 192(11-12):1281-1298, 2003.
• Kaazempur-Mofrad MR and Ethier CR. "An Efficient Characteristic Galerkin Scheme for the Advection Equation in 3-D", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 191(46):5345-5363, 2002.

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