Analysis and Simulation of PTMA Device Deployment Into the Coronary Sinus: -- Impact of Stent Strut Thickness -- Mechanical Identification of Hyperelastic Anisotropic Properties of Mouse Carotid -- Arteries -- An Inverse Method to Determine Material Properties of Soft Tissues -- Estimation of the 3D Residual Strain Field in the Arterial Wall of a Bovine Aorta Using Optical Full-field Measurements and Finite Element Reconstruction -- Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity in Vivo Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography -- Comparison of Iterative and Direct Inversion MR Elastography Algorithms -- Brain Response to Extracranial Pressure Excitation Imaged in vivo by MR -- Elastography -- Mechanical Properties of Abnormal Human Aortic and Mitral Valves -- Bio-prosthetic Heart Valve Stress Analysis: Impacts of Leaflet Properties and Stent Tip Deflection -- Mechanical Properties of Human Saphenous Vein -- The Scleral Inflation Response of Mouse Eyes to Increases in Pressure -- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dungeness Crab Exoskeletons -- The Mechanical Properties of Tendril of Climbing Plant -- A Multiscale Triphasic Biomechanical Model for Tumors Classification -- Developing Hyper-viscoelastic Constitutive Models of Porcine Meniscus From Unconfined Compression Test Data -- The Mechanical Performance of Teleost Fish Scales -- Effects of Processing Conditions on Chitosan-hydroxyapatite Biocomposite Mechanical Properties -- Mechanical Properties of a Nanostructured Poly (KAMPS)/Aragonite Composite -- Nanoscale Fracture Resistance Measurement of a Composite Bone Cement -- Impact Resistance of Antibiotic-impregnated Orthopedic Bone Cement -- Use of Nanoindentation for Investigating the Nanostructure of Dentin Tissue -- Epinephrine Upregulates Sickle Trait Erythrocyte Adhesion to Laminin and Integrins -- Organ Culture Modeling of Distraction Osteogenesis -- Mechanical Properties of Tooth Enamel: Microstructural Modeling and Characterization -- A Novel Biomimetic Material Duplicating the Structure and Mechanics of Natural Nacre -- Keynote Presentation (40 minutes) -- Adaptive Hybrid Control for Low Resolution Feedback Systems With Application on a Novel Microinjector: Ros-drill -- Design of a Mechatronic Positioner for Holographic Otoscope System -- Characterization of Shape and Deformation of Tympanic Membranes by Dual-wavelength Lensless Digital Holography -- Investigating Mechanical Properties of Porcine Articular Cartilage by Flat Plate Compression Tests -- Characterization of Tendon Mechanics Following Subfailure Damage -- Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue With Repair -- Modeling Sickle Hemoglobin Fibers as one Chain of Coarse-grained Particles.

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011.  The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, MEMS and Nanotechnology; Optical Measurements, Modeling and Metrology; Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging, and Engineering Applications of Residual Stress.