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Grace O'Connell

Graduate Student in Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania

HOMETOWN
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION
BS Aerospace Engineering 2004, University of Maryland College Park

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS
Intradiscal strain quantification, annulus fibrosus fiber architecture and orientation

PUBLICATIONS

1. Johannessen W., Cloyd J.M., Vresilovic E.J., O'Connell G.D., Elliott D.M. 2006. Trans-Endplate Nucleotomy Increases Deformation and Creep Response in Axial Loading. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 34(4), 687-96.
2. O'Connell, G.D., Vresilovic, E.J., and Elliott, D.M. 2007. Comparison of Animals Used in Disc Research to Human Lumbar Disc Geometry. Spine 32(3), 328-33.
3. O'Connell, G.D., Johannessen, W., Vresilovic, E.J., and Elliott, D.M. 2007. Human Internal Disc Strains in Axial Compression Measured Non-Invasively Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Spine Human Internal Disc Strains in Axial Compression Measured Non-Invasively Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In Review.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1. O'Connell, GD; Vresilovic, EJ; Elliott, DM. Comparative Intervertebral Disc Anatomy Across Several Animal Species. Abstract for podium presentation, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Chicago, IL, March 19-22, 2006.
2. O'Connell, GD; Johannessen, W; Vresilovic, EJ; Elliott, DM. Human Disc Internal Strains Under Compression Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Abstract for podium presentation, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, February 11-14, 2007.
3. O'Connell, G.D., Sen, S., Baker, B.M., Mauck, R.L., and Elliott, D.M. 2007. Biaxial Mechanics of Musculoskeletal Tissue and Fiber-Reinforced Scaffolds. Abstract for podium presentation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Conference, Keystone, CO.
4. Baker, B.M., O'Connell, G.D., Sen, S., Nathan, A.S., Elliott, D.M., and Mauck, R.L. 2007. Multi-Lamellar and Multi-Axial Maturation of Cell-Seeded Fiber-Reinforced Tissue Engineered Constructs. Abstract for podium presentation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Conference, Keystone, CO.
5. O'Connell, GD; Guerin, HL; Elliott, DM. A Anisotropic Hyperelastic Model Applied to Nondegenerate an Degenerate Annulus Fibrosus. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Summer Bioengineering Conference 2008 (submitted).