Hiebing A.A., Culver M.A., LaDisa J.F., Witzenburg C.M. Computational Model of Coarctation of the Aorta in Rabbits Suggests Persistent Ascending Aortic Remodeling Post-Correction. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, (2025).
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Sreedhar S., Pearce D.P., Witzenburg C.M.: Full-Field Measurement of the Heterogeneous Geometry and Collagenous Architecture of Porcine Aortic and Pulmonary Valve Leaflets Using Laser Micrometry and Quantitative Polarized Light Imaging. Journal of Biophotonics, (2025)
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Pearce D.P., Chiariello M., Witzenburg C.M.: Asymmetric Sample Shapes Complicate Planar Biaxial Testing Assumptions by Intensifying Shear Strains and Stresses . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, (2025).
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Alderete N.A., Sarikaya S., Hwang J.W., Asgari M., Benavides R., Halder S., Sun L., Carlson D., Goudie E., Farina D.A., Kim S., Pearce D.P., Witzenburg C.M., Patankar N.A., Yang G., Pandolfino J.E., Espinosa H.D.: Ex-Vivo Mechano-Structural Characterization of Fresh Diseased Human Esophagus. Acta Biomaterialia, (2025).
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Pearce D.P., Witzenburg C.M.: Evaluation of an Inverse Method for Quantifying Spatially Variable Mechanics. Journal of Biomechical Engineering, (2024).
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Yun J.C., Cho M.C., Culver M., Pearce D.P., Kim C., Witzenburg C.M., Murphy W.L., Gopalan P.: Characterization of Decellularized Plant Leaf as an Emerging Biomaterial Platform. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, (2024).
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Colebank M.J., Oomen P.A., Witzenburg C.M., Grosberg A., Beard D.A., Husmeier D., Olufsen M.S., Chesler N.C.: Guidelines for mechanistic modeling and analysis in cardiovascular research. American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, (2024).
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Kozitza C.J., Colebank M.J., Gonzalez-Pereira J.P., Chesler N.C., Lamers L., Roldán-Alzate A., Witzenburg C.M.: Estimating pulmonary arterial remodeling via an animal-specific computational model of pulmonary artery stenosis. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, (2024).
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Stellon M., Gober L., Culver M.A., Hermsen J., Irrer D., Witzenburg, C.M., Roldán-Alzate, A., Lamers, L.: Surgically induced aortic coarctation in a neonatal porcine model allows for longitudinal assessment of cardiovascular changes. American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology, (2024).
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Hiebing A.A., Pieper R. G., Witzenburg C.M.: A Computational Model of Ventricular Dimensions and Hemodynamics in Growing Infants. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, (2023).
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Pearce D.P., Nemcek M.T., Witzenburg C.M.: Don’t go breakin’ my heart: cardioprotective alterations to the mechanical and structural properties of reperfused myocardium during post‑infarction infammation. Biophysical Reviews, (2023).
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Pearce D., Nemcek M., Witzenburg C.: Combining Unique Planar Biaxial Testing with Full-Field Thickness and Displacement Measurement for Spatial Characterization of Soft Tissues. Current Protocols, (2022).
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Caggiano L.R., Holmes J.W., Witzenburg C.M.: Individual variability in animal-specific hemodynamic compensation following myocardial infarction. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, (2021).
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Shih E., Provenzano P., Witzenburg C.M., Barocas, V.H., Grande A., Alford, P.W.: Characterizing Tissue Remodeling and Mechanical Heterogeneity in Cerebral Aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Research, (2021).
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Kim A.S., Witzenburg C.M., Conaway M.R., Vergales J.E., Holmes J.W., L’Ecuyer T.J., Dean P.N.: Trajectory of right ventricular indices is an early predictor of outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Congenital Heart Disease. 14:6, 1185-1192, (2019).
Witzenburg, C.M., Holmes, J.W.: Predicting the time course of ventricular dilation and thickening using a rapid compartmental model. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 11:2, 109-122, (2018).
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Witzenburg, C.M., Holmes, J.W.: Biomechanics of Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction. In: Ogden, R.W. and Holzapfel, G.A. (ed.) Biomechanics: Trends in Modeling and Simulation. Springer, New York, 20, 233-269, (2017).
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Witzenburg, C.M., Dhume, R.H., Shah, S.B., Korenczuk, C.E., Wagner, H.P., Alford, P.W., Barocas, V.H.: Failure of the Porcine Ascending Aorta: Multidirectional Experiments and a Unifying Microstructural Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 139, 31005–3 (2017).
Shah, S. B., Witzenburg, C.M., Hadi, M. F., Wagner, H. P., Goodrich, J. M., Alford, P. W., & Barocas, V. H. Prefailure and Failure Mechanics of the Porcine Ascending Thoracic Aorta: Experiments and a Multiscale Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 136:2, 021028, (2014).

Raghupathy, R., Witzenburg, C.M., Lake, S. P., Sander, E. A., & Barocas, V. H. Identification of regional mechanical anisotropy in soft tissue analogs. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133:9, 091011, (2011).
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