Abbey Nkansah

This study shows that substrate stiffness promotes integrin expression and endothelialization, while mechanical history has a transient effect on cell behavior.

This paper develops multilayer vascular grafts with damage-resistant hydrogel coatings that promote endothelialization and maintain thromboresistance, showing durability after sterilization and physiological loading.

This study identifies sex-based differences in integrin expression and endothelial cell adhesion to bioactive hydrogels, highlighting the need to consider biological sex in biomaterial design.

The paper develops a multilayer vascular graft with a polymeric coil to improve kink resistance while maintaining compliance, using advanced manufacturing and finite element modeling to optimize biomechanical performance.

This paper develops a computational framework to optimize vascular graft design by balancing compliance and buckling resistance through finite element analysis and optimization.

This study designs PEG-based hydrogels with ionic conductivity by optimizing salt concentration, water content, and network structure to achieve desired mechanical and conductive properties.

This paper develops a hydrogel-polyurethane fiber composite for heart valve replacement, showing reduced platelet and bacterial attachment and calcification compared to pericardium, with promising hemodynamic performance.

This study evaluates conductive hydrogels as a medium for RF ablation in atrial fibrillation, showing reduced steam pops, improved lesion homogeneity, and better esophageal protection.