Journal Articles/Chapters*

Under Review

  1. Mathur M, Mettelsiefien H, Rausch MK, Yoganathan AP, Raghav V. Progress in the Development of Prosthetic Heart Valves. Submitted.

  2. Bechtel GN, Sugerman GP, Eades T, Parast L, Saber H, Chang A, Bush AM, Rausch MK. Biomechanical Profiling of In Vitro Blood Clots: Sensitivity to Sex, Age, and Blood Composition. Submitted

  3. Kostelnik CJ, Meador WD, Lin C-Y, Mathur M, Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Malinowska Z, Piekarska B, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Tricuspid valve maladaptation in sheep with biventricular heart failure: The posterior and septal leaflets. Submitted.

  4. Haese CE, Dubey V, Mathur M, Pouch AM, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Valvular Edge-to-Edge Repair Simulations are Highly Sensitive to Annular Boundary Conditions. Submitted.

  5. LaRue TG, Haese CE, Pouch AM, Fugh JN, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Tricuspid Valve Leaflet Strains in Full Heart Preparations via Digital Image Correlation. Submitted.

  6. Bechtel GN, Sugerman GP, Eades T, Malinowska Z, Bush AM, Saber H, Parekh SH, Rausch MK. Mechano-lysis in Whole Blood Clots: On How Mechanics Affect Clot Lysis, and How Lysis Affects Clot Mechanics. Submitted.

  7. Tong Z, Froklin D, Shi H, LaRue TG, Rausch MK, Yang J. 3D Stereo Adaptive Mesh Augmented Lagrangian Digital Image Correlation. Submitted.

2025

  1. Jones S, Gilbert I, Lin C-Y, Lohr MJ, Baek P, Midkiff C, Longbottom N, Oyebanji Z, Birur R, Horn SJ, Clubb F, Rausch MK, McBride-Gagyi S, Cosgriff-Hernandez E. Design of an Electrospun Wrap for Improved Durability and Infection Control in Masquelet’s Induced Membrane Technique. Cell Biomaterials, 2025.

  2. Lohr MJ, Bechtel GN, Dortdivanlioglu B, Rausch MK. How to Measure Fracture Toughness of Soft Materials: A Comparison of Six Different Approaches using Blood Clot as a Model Material. International Journal of Fracture, 2025.

2024

  1. Liu S, Bahmani A, Sugerman GP, Yang Z, Rausch MK, Ghezelbash F, Li J. Adhesive and cohesive fracture of blood clots: Experiments and modeling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024. (PDF)

  2. Kania-Olejnik P, Malinowski M, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Ovine tricuspid annular dynamics and three-dimensional geometry during acute atrial fibrillation. PloS one, 2024.

  3. Peirlinck M, Hurtado JA, Rausch MK, Tepole AB, Kuhl E. A universal material model subroutine for soft matter systems. Engineering with Computers, 2024.

  4. Hicks AJ, Roberts C, Robinson A, Wilson K, Kotamreddy V, LaRue T, Veyssi A, Beltran F, Hakim J, Rausch MK, Grunlan M, Cosgriff-Hernandez E. Polycaprolactone-based shape memory foams as self-fitting vaginal stents. Acta Biomaterialia, 2024. (PDF)

  5. Tandon I, Woessner AE, Ferreira LA, Shamblin C, Vaca-Diez G, Walls A, Kuczwara P, Applequist A, Nascimento DF, Tandon S, Kim JW, Rausch MK, Timek T, Padala M, Kinter MT, Province D, Byrum SD, Quinn KP, Balachandran K. A three-dimensional valve-on-chip microphysiological system impicates cell cycle progression, cholesterol metabolism and protein homeostasis in early calcific aortic valve disease progression. Acta Biomaterialia, 2024. (PDF)

  6. Bechtel GN, Kostelnik CJ, Rausch MK. How Well do 3D-Printed Tissue Mimics Represent the Complex Mechanics of Biological Soft Tissues? An Example Study with Stratasys’ TissueMatrix Material. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. (PDF)

  7. Gaweda B, Goodyke A, Prokop J, Arora S, Iwasieczko A, Piekarska M, Zagorski J, Widenka K, Rausch MK, Aguirre A, Timek TA. Differential gene expression of leaflet tissue in chronic ovine functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2024. (PDF)

  8. Gueltekin O, Lohr MJ, Bechtel GN, Rausch MK. What makes blood clots break off? A back-of-the-envelope computation to de-mystify blood clot embolization. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2024. (PDF)

  9. Mathur M, Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Leaflet Remodeling Reduces Tricuspid Valve Function in a Computational Model. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2024. (PDF)

  10. Taç, V, Rausch MK, Billions I, Sahli Costabal F, Tepee AB. Generative Hyperplasticity with Physics-informed Probabilistic Diffusion Fields. Engineering with Computers, 2024. (PDF)

  11. Sugerman GP, Bechtel GN, Malinowska Z, Parekh SH, Rausch MK. Mechanical properties of clot made from human and bovine blood differ significantly. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2024. (PDF)

  12. Lin C-Y, Sugerman GP, Kakaletsis S, Meador WD, Buganza AT, Rausch MK. Sex- and Age-dependent Skin Mechanics - A Detailed Look in Mice. Acta Biomaterialia, 2024. (PDF)

  13. Haese CE, Mathur M, Lin C-Y, Malinowski M, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Impact of Tricuspid Annuloplasty Device Shape and Size on Valve Mechanics - A Virtual Case Study. JTCVS Open, 2024. (PDF)

  14. Haese CE, Mathur M, Malinowski M, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Geometric Data of Commercially Available Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty Devices. Data in Brief, 2024. (PDF)

  15. Pickett MR, Chen YI, Kamra M, Kumar S, Kalkunte N, Sugerman GP, Varodom K, Rausch MK, Zoldan J, Yeh HC, Parekh SP. Assessing the impact of extracellular matrix fiber orientation on breast cancer cellular metabolism. Cancer Cell International, 2024. (PDF)

2023
Vijay Dubey joined the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory
Colton Kostelnik joins as second postdoctoral fellow
Gabriella (Ella) Sugerman and Sotiris Kakaletsis defend PhD
Received ONR DURIP Award
Received Collaborative NSF MOMS grant with Berkin Dortdivanlioglu (UT Austin) and Ashley Brown (NC State)
Received NSF MRI (Co-PI)
Received CDMRP Discovery Award with Dr. Bush

  1. Kakaletsis S, Lejeune E, Rausch MK. The mechanics of embedded fiber networks. JMPS, 2023. (PDF)

  2. Kakaletsis S, Malinowski M, Mathur M, Sugerman GP, Luci J, Snider C, Kostelnik CJ, Jazwiec T, Bersi MR, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Untangling the mechanisms of pulmonary hypertension-induced right ventricular stiffening in a large animal model. Acta Biomaterialia, 2023. (PDF)

  3. Moreno-Flores O, Rausch MK, Tepee AB. The role of interface geometry and appendage on the mesoscale mechanics of the skin. BMMB, 2023. (PDF)

  4. Rausch MK, Grundmann S, Libera P, Bothe W. Image-based machine learning supporting surgical mitral annuloplasty ring sizing—a four-dimensional perspective. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2023. (PDF)

  5. Giolando P, Kakaletsis S, Zhang Xuesong, Weickenmeier J, Castillo E, Dortdivanlioglu B, Rausch MK. AI-dente: An Open Machine Learning Based Tool to Interpret Nano-indentation Data of Soft Tissues and Materials. Soft Matter, 2023. (PDF)

  6. Sugerman GP, Yang J, Rausch MK. A Speckling Technique for DIC on Ultra-Soft, Highly Hydrated Materials, Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2023. (PDF)

  7. Callahan G, Veith A, Madariaga A, Rausch MK, Stromberg D, Baker AB. Drug eluting chest tube with sustained release of local anesthetic agents for pain reduction. Applied Materials Today, 2023. (PDF)

  8. Tac V, Sree VD, Rausch MK, Tepole AB. Data-driven modeling of the mechanical behavior of anisotropic soft biological tissue. Engineering with Computers, 2023. (PDF)

  9. Varner H, Sugerman GP, Rausch MK, Cohen T. Elasticity of whole blood clots measured via volume controlled cavity expansion. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2023. (PDF)

  10. Iwasieczko A, Gaddam M, Gaweda B, Goodyke A, Mathur M, Lin C-Y, Zagorski J, Solarewicz M, Cohle S, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Valvular complex and tissue remodelling in ovine functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2023. (PDF)

  11. Iwasieczko A, Jazwiec T, Gaddam M, Gaweda B, Piekarska M, Solarwicz M, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Septal annular dilation in chronic ovine functional tricuspid regurgitation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023. (PDF)

  12. Kakaletsis S, Lejeune E, Rausch MK. Can machine learning accelerate soft material parameter identification from complex mechanical test data? Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2023. (PDF)

  13. Mathur M, Brozovich JM, Rausch MK. A brief note on building augmented reality models for scientific visualization, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2023. (PDF)

2022
Received first NIH R01 Award with Collaborator Tomasz Timek Collin Haese and Grace Bechtel joined the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory
Osman Gültekin joins as first postdoctoral fellow

  1. Lin C-Y, Mathur M, Malinowski M, Timek TA, Rausch MK. The impact of thickness heterogeneity on soft tissue biomechanics: A novel measurement technique and a demonstration on heart valve tissue, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2022. (PDF)

  2. Richbourg NR, Rausch MK, Peppas NA. Fundamental prediction and multi-method cross-evaluation of stiffness for structurally varied hydrogels. Polymer, 2022. (PDF)

  3. Meador W, Mathur M, Kakaletsis S, Lin C-Y, Bersi M, Rausch MK. Biomechanical phenotyping of miniscule soft tissues. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022. (PDF)

  4. Lohr M, Sugerman GP, Kakaletsis S, Lejeune E, Rausch MK. An Introduction to the Ogden Model in Biomechanics -- Benefits, Implementation Tools, and Limitations. Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society A, 2022. (PDF)

  5. Mathur M, Meador WD, Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Texas TriValve 1.0 : A reverse-engineered, open model of the human tricuspid valve. Engineering with Computers, 2022. (PDF)

  6. Rausch MK, Meador WD, Tubon JT, Moreno-Flores O, Tepole AB. The biaxial mechanics of thermally denaturing skin - Part II: Modeling. Acta Biomaterialia, 2022. (PDF)

  7. Meador WD, Sugerman GP, Tepole AB, Rausch MK. The biaxial mechanics of thermally denaturing skin - Part I: Experiments. Acta Biomaterialia, 2022. (PDF)

  8. Kumar S, Wang Y, Rausch MK, Parekh SH. Structural control of fibrin bioactivity by mechanical deformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2022. (PDF)

  9. Schibilsky D, Scheumann J, Julian Koester PJ, Demir H, Rausch MK, Puiu P, Benk C, Maier S, Neudorf S, Diel P, Grundmann S, Kaier K, Beyersdorf F, Bothe W. A novel adapter enables less-invasive LVAD implantation via the LV apex without cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs. ASAIO, 2022. (PDF)

  10. Iwasieczko A, Malinowski M, Solarewicz M, Bush J, MacDougall B, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Impact of reductive tricuspid ring annuloplasty on right ventricular size, geometry and strain in an ovine model of functional tricuspid regurgitation. Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2022. (PDF)

  11. Mehta JN, Rausch MK, Rylander CG. Convection Enhanced Delivery with Controlled Catheter Movement: A Parametric Finite Element Analysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2022. (PDF)

2021
Received NSF CAREER Award
Received NSF Award with Friend & Colleague Sapun H. Parekh
Received NIH R21 Award
Received the Dean’s Award for Excellent Teaching
Chien-Yu Lin, Matt Lohr, and Alberto Madariaga joined the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory

  1. Rausch MK, Parekh SH, Dortdivanlioglu B, Ronsales AM. Synthetic hydrogels as blood mimicking wound healing materials. Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2021. (PDF)

  2. Sugerman GP, Rausch MK. Teaching material testing and characterization with an open, accessible, and affordable mechanical test device. Biomedical Engineering Education, 2021. (PDF)

  3. Sugerman GP, Rausch MK. Preparation and mounting of whole blood clot samples for mechanical testing. Current Protocols, 2021. (PDF)

  4. Rausch MK, Sugerman GP, Kakaletsis S, Dortdivanlioglu D. Hyper-viscoelastic damage modeling of whole blood clot under large deformation. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2021. (PDF)

  5. Meador WD, Zhou J, Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Calve S, Timek TA, Rausch MK. The effects of a simple optical clearing protocol on the mechanics of collagenous soft tissue. Journal of Biomechanics, 2021. (PDF)

  6. Kakaletsis S, Meador WD, Mathur M, Sugerman GP, Jazwiec M, Lejeune E, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Right ventricular myocardial mechanics: Multi-modal deformation, microstructure, and modeling. Acta Biomaterialia, 2021. (PDF - data)

  7. Sugerman GP, Kakaletsis S, Thakkar P, Chokshi A, Parekh SH, Rausch MK. A whole blood clot thrombus mimic: Constitutive behavior under simple shear. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2021. (PDF)

  8. Rausch MK, Nguyen TC. Commentary: On the basis of stasis: Mechanistic insight into TAVR thrombosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021. (PDF)

  9. Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Ferguson H, Bush J, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Tricuspid leaflet kinematics after annular size reduction in ovine functional tricuspid regurgitation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021. (PDF)

  10. Wang Y, Kumar S, Nisar A, Bonn M, Rausch MK, Parekh SH. Probing fibrin’s molecular response to shear and tensile deformation with coherent Raman microscopy. Acta Biomaterialia, 2021. (PDF)

2020
Received Moncrief Grand Challenge Award

  1. Meador WD, Mathur M, Sugerman GP, Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Wang X, Lacerda C, Timek TA, Rausch MK. The tricuspid valve also maladapts: A multiscale study in sheep with biventricular heart failure. eLife, 2020.(PDF - data)

  2. Sugerman GP, Parekh SH, Rausch MK. Nonlinear, dissipative phenomena of whole blood clot mechanics. Soft Matter, 2020. (PDF)

  3. Jazwiec T, Malinowski M, Ferguson H, Parker J, Mathur M, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Tricuspid valve anterior leaflet strains in ovine functional tricuspid regurgitation. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020. (PDF)

  4. Mathur M, Meador WD, Jazwiec T, Malinowski M, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty Alters Leaflet Mechanics. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2020. (PDF)

  5. Rausch MK. Growth and remodeling of the atrioventricular heart valves: A potential target for pharmacological treatment? Current Opinions in Biomedical Engineering, 2020. (PDF)

  6. Smith KJ, Mathur M, Meador WD, Philips-Garcia B, Sugerman GP, Menta AK, Jazwiec T, Malinowski M, TImek TA, Rausch MK. Tricuspid Chordae Tendineae Mechanics: Insertion Site, Leaflet, and Size-Specific Analysis and Constitutive Modelling. Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2020. (PDF)

  7. Meador WD, Mathur M, Jazwiec T, Malinowksi M, Bersi MR, Timek TA, Rausch MK. A detailed mechanical and microstructural analysis of the ovine tricuspid valve leaflets. Acta Biomaterialia, 2020. (PDF)

  8. Mathur M, Meador WD, Jazwiec T, Malinowski M, Timek TA, Rausch MK. The effect of downsizing on the normal tricuspid annulus. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2020. (PDF)

  9. Meador WD, Sugerman GP, Story HM, Seifert AW, Bersi MR, Tepole AB, Rausch MK. The regional-dependent biaxial behavior of young and aged mouse skin: A detailed histomechanical characterization, residual strain analysis, and constitutive model. Acta Biomaterialia, 2020. (PDF)

  10. Mathur M, Malinowski M, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Tricuspid annuloplasty rings: A quantitative comparison of size, non-planar shape, and stiffness. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2020. (PDF)

2019
Received NSF Grant with Friend & Colleague Adrian B. Tepole
Ella P. Sugerman joined Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory

  1. Jazwiec T, Malinowski M, Ferguson H, Wodarek J, Quay N, Bush J, Goehler M, Parker J, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Effect of variable annular reduction on functional tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular dynamics in an ovine model of tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019. (in print: PDF)

  2. Ahmadzadeh H, Rausch MK, Humphrey JD. Modeling lamellar disruption within the aortic wall using a particle-based approach. Scientific Reports, 2019. (PDF)

  3. Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Quay N, Goehler M, Rausch MK, Timek TA. The influence of tricuspid annuloplasty prostheses on ovine annular geometry and kinematics. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019. (in print: PDF)

  4. Sree VD, Rausch MK, Tepole AB. Linking microvascular collapse to tissue hypoxia in a multiscale model of pressure ulcer initiation. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2019. (PDF)

  5. Sree VD, Rausch MK, Tepole AB. Towards understanding pressure ulcer formation: coupling an inflammatory regulator network to a tissue scale finite element model. Mechanics Research Communications, 2019. (PDF)

  6. van Kelle MAJ, Rausch MK, Kuhl E, Loerakker S. A computational model to predict cell traction-mediated prestretch in the mitral valve. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2019. (PDF)

  7. Meador WD, Mathur M, Rausch MK. Tricuspid Valve Biomechanics: A Brief Review. In: Advances in Heart Valve Biomechanics, Springer, 2019. (PDF)

  8. Mathur M, Jazwiec T, Meador WD, Malinowski M, Goehler M, Ferguson H, Timek TA, Rausch MK. Tricuspid valve leaflet strains in the beating ovine heart. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2019. (PDF)

  9. Elenes EY, Rausch MK, Rylander CG. Parameteric study of the design variables of an arborizing catheter on dispersal volume using a biphasic computational model. Journal of Medical Diagnostics, 2019. (PDF)

  10. Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Goehler M, Bush J, Quay N, Ferguson H, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Impact of tricuspid annular size reduction on right ventricular function, geometry and strain. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 2019. (PDF)

  11. Bothe W, Escobar Kvitting JP, Rausch MK, Timek TA, Swanson JC, Liang DH, Walther M, Kuhl E, Ingels NB, Miller DC. Do Annuloplasty Rings Designed to Treat Ischemic/Functional Mitral Regurgitation Alter Left-Ventricular Dimensions in the Acutely Ischemic Ovine Heart? Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019. (PDF)

  12. Rausch MK, Mathur M, Meador WD. Biomechanics of the Tricuspid Annulus: A Review of the Annulus’ In-Vivo Dynamics With Emphasis on Ovine Data. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2019 (PDF).

  13. Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Goehler M, Quay N, Bush J, Jovinge S, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Sonomicrometry Derived Three-Dimensional Geometry of the Human Tricuspid Annulus. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019. (PDF)

2018
Received AHA Career Development Award
Mrudang Mathur joined Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory
Sotiris Kakaletsis joined Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory

  1. Ahmadzadeh H, Rausch MK, Humphrey JD. Particle-based computational modelling of arterial disease. Royal Society Interface, 2018. (PDF)

  2. Meador WD, Malinowski M, Jazwiec T, Goehler M, Quay N, Timek TA, Rausch MK. A fiduciary marker-based framework to assess heterogeneity and anisotropy of right ventricular epicardial strains in the beating ovine heart. Journal of Biomechanics, 2018. (PDF)

  3. Rausch MK, Malinowski M, Meador WD, Wilton P, Khaghani A, Timek TA. The effect of acute pulmonary hypertension on tricuspid annular height, strain, and curvature in sheep. Cardiovascular Engineering & Technology, 2018. (PDF)

  4. Malinowski M, Schubert H, Wodarek J, Ferguson H, Eberhart L, Langholz D, Jazwiec T, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Tricuspid Annular Geometry and Strain after Suture Annuloplasty in Acute Ovine Right Heart Failure. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2018. (PDF)

  5. Malinowski M, Proudfoot AG, Eberhart L, Schubert H, Wodarek J, Langholz D, Rausch MK, Timek TA. Large Animal Model of Acute Right Ventricular Failure with Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation. International Journal of Cardiology, 2018. (PDF)

2017
Joined UT Austin as an Assistant Professor in January 2017
William D. Meador joined the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory

  1. Rausch MK, Malinowski M, Wilton P, Khaghani A, Timek TA. Engineering Analysis of Tricuspid Annular Dynamics in the Beating Ovine Heart. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2017. (PDF)

  2. Rausch MK, Genet M, Humphrey JD. An augmented iterative method for identifying a stress-free reference configuration in image-based biomechanical modeling. Journal of Biomechanics, 2017. (PDF)

  3. Rausch MK, Humphrey JD. A computational model of the biochemomechanics of evolving occlusive thrombus. Journal of Elasticity, 2017. (PDF)

  4. Rausch MK, Karniadakis GE, Humphrey JD. Modeling soft tissue damage and failure using a hybrid particle/continuum approach. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2017. (PDF)

2016

  1. Rausch MK, Zöllner AM, Genet M, Baillargeon B, Bothe W, Kuhl E. A virtual sizing tool for mitral valve annuloplasty. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 2016. (PDF)

2015
Joined Yale as a Post-Doc

  1. Rausch MK, Humphrey JD. A microstructurally inspired damage model for early thrombus. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2015. (PDF)

  2. Y-U Lee, AY Lee, Humphrey JD, Rausch MK. Histological and biomechanical changes in a mouse model of venous thrombus remodeling. Biorheology, 2015. (PDF)

  3. Genet M, Rausch MK, Lee LC, Choyh S, Zhaoh X, Kassab GS, Kozerke S, Guccione JM, Kuhl E. Heterogeneous growth-induced prestrain in the heart. Journal of Biomechanics, 2015. (PDF)

  4. Baillargeon B, Leach J, Costa I, Lee LC, Genet M, Wenk JF, Rausch MK, Rebelo N, Acevedo-Bolton G, Kuhl E, Navia JL, Guccione JM. Human cardiac function simulator for the optimal design of a novel sub-valvular device for correcting mitral regurgitation. Cardiovascular Engineering & Technology, 2015. (PDF)

  5. Checa S, Rausch MK, Petersen A, Kuhl E, Duda GN. The emergence of extracellular matrix mechanics and cell traction forces as important regulators of cellular organization. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2015. (PDF)

2014

  1. Rausch MK, Kuhl E. On the mechanics of growing thin biological membranes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2014. (PDF)

2013
Graduated from Stanford
Became Director of R&D of Start-Up (Hiatus from Academia)

  1. Rausch MK, Tibayan FA, Ingels NB, Miller DC, Kuhl E. Mechanics of the mitral valve annulus in chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2013. (PDF)

  2. Rausch MK, Kuhl E. On the effect of prestrain and residual stress on the mechanics of thin biological membranes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2013. (PDF)

  3. Rausch MK, Famaey N, O'Brien Shultz T, Bothe W, Miller DC, Kuhl E. Mechanics of the mitral valve: A critical review, an in vivo parameter identification, and the effect of prestrain. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2013. (PDF)

2012

  1. Rausch MK, Tibayan FA, Miller DC, Kuhl E. Evidence of adaptive mitral leaflet growth. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2012. (PDF)

  2. Bothe W, Rausch MK, Kvitting JP, Echtner DK, Walther M, Ingels NB, Kuhl E, Miller DC. How do annuloplasty rings affect mitral annular strains in the normal beating ovine heart? Circulation, 2012. (PDF)

  3. Rausch MK, Bothe W, Kvitting JP, Swanson JC, Miller DC, Kuhl E. Mitral valve annuloplasty - A quantitative clinical and mechanical comparison of different annuloplasty devices. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2012. (PDF)

2011

  1. Rausch MK, Dam A, Goktepe S, Abilez OJ, Kuhl E. Computational modeling of growth: Systemic and pulmonary hypertension in the heart. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2011. (PDF)

  2. Rausch MK, Bothe W, Kvitting JP, Goktepe S, Miller DC, Kuhl E. In vivo dynamic strains of the ovineanterior mitral valve leaflet. Journal of Biomechanics, 2011. (PDF)

  3. Rausch MK, Bothe W, Kvitting JP, Swanson JC, Ingels NB, Miller DC, Kuhl E. Characterization of mitral valve annular dynamics in the beating heart. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2011. (PDF)

  4. Bothe W, Kuhl E, Kvitting JP, Rausch MK, Goktepe S, Swanson JC, Ingels NB, Miller DC. Rigid, complete annuloplasty rings increase anterior mitral leaflet strains in the normal beating ovine heart. Circulation, 2011. (PDF)

  5. Rausch MK. Continuum mechanical modelling of biological growth. Biomedical Computation Review, 2011. (PDF)

2010
Started my PhD at Stanford in June 2010

  1. Kvitting JP, Bothe W, Goktepe S, Rausch MK, Swanson JC, Kuhl E, Ingels NB, Miller DC. Anterior mitral leaflet curvature during the cardiac cycle in the normal ovine heart. Circulation, 2010. (PDF)

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