8B: Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials 2

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Room: Centennial I

Description

Materials that respond to environmental stimuli, such as heat, light, pH, or biological signals, provide unique tools for environmentally-responsive and/or temporal changes in biomaterial properties over time. This session will focus on materials, including hybrid materials, that can be stimulated with a variety of physiological and external stimuli to achieve desired outcomes. Research related to the use of stimuli-responsive materials that respond to endogenous or exogenous signals to (1) trigger drug delivery, (2) study and control the cellular response to microenvironmental changes, and/or (3) drive tissue regeneration and disease treatment is of particular interest.

Moderators:

Mary Beth Monroe
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University

  • 10:30 AM. 407. Ultrasound-Responsive Biomaterial Platform for Modeling Breast Cancer Progression in the 3D Microenvironment.Kevin Schilling, PhD1, Katherine Huynh, PhD2, Olivia Foster, PhD2, Mary Lowrey2, Alexandra Tihomirov Bukchin, PhD2, Sean Speese, PhD2, Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, PhD2 1Oregon Health& Science University, 2Oregon Health and Science University

  • 10:45 AM. 408. In Vitro Characterization of Shape Memory Polymer Foam Hemostatic Dressings in Compressible and Non-Compressible Wound Models.Maya Yagan1, Ernest Emmanuel Obeng1, Sevde Can1, Mary Beth Monroe1 1Texas A&M University

  • 11:00 AM. 409. Adhesive, Thermoresponsive Hydrogels to Construct Subcutaneous Glucose Biosensors.Carolina Martinez1, Theodore Ferrell1, Varshitha Krishnan1, Melissa Grunlan, Ph.D.1 1Texas A&M University

  • 11:15 AM. 410. Patterning Biological Function in 4D via Irreversible Protein Photoactivation.Naomi Nam1, Cole Deforest, PhD1, Brizzia Munoz-Robles1 1University of Washington

  • 11:30 AM. 411. A Dual-Wavelength Controlled, Photo-Liquifiable, and Photo-Crosslinkable Hydrogel System for Biomedical Applications.Jian Zhang, Ph.D1, Li Wang, Ph.D1, Cong Meng, M.S.1 1NC State University

  • 11:45 AM. 412. Dynamic Gelatin-Based Dithiolane-Norbornene Hydrogels for iPSC Differentiation.Favour Afolabi1, Chien-Chi Lin, PhD1 1Purdue University

  • 12:00 PM. 413. Design of Peptide-Polyester Conjugates for Cell-Directed Scaffold Remodeling.Korina Vida Sinad1, Natasha Hunt1, Srujan Singh2, Kelly Seims1, Yingjie Wu1, E. Thomas Pashuck1, Warren Grayson, PhD2, Lesley Chow1 1Lehigh University, 2Johns Hopkins University

  • 12:15 PM. 414. Impact of Hydrolytic Degradation on Stimuli-Responsive 3D Printed Liquid Crystalline Elastomers.Lorin Danielsen, B.S.1, Jason Burdick, Ph.D.2, Timothy White, Ph.D.2 1CU Boulder, 2University of Colorado Boulder