Rika Wright Carlsen

e-mail: rikawc (AT) cmu.edu
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
M.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Minor: Bioengineering), University of Pittsburgh
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Research Projects

• Swimming Micro Robots

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Publications (Last update: March 2013)

Journal Publications

• Wright, R., A. Post, B. Hoshizaki, and K. T. Ramesh, "A computational approach to estimate axonal damage under inertial loading of the head," J Neurotrauma 30, 102-118 (Jan 2013).
• Mo, C., R. Wright, R. R. Knight, and W. W. Clark, "Finite element analysis of unimorph rectangular piezoelectric diaphragm actuators with experimental verification," Smart Mater Struct 21, 085025 (July 2012).
• Hosemane, S., A. Fournier, R. Wright, L. Rajbhandari, R. Siddique, I. Yang, K. T. Ramesh, A. Venkatesan, and N. Thakor, "Valve-based microfluidic compression platform: single axon injury and regrowth," Lab on a Chip, doi: 10.1039/c1lc20549h (Sept 2011).
• Wright, R. and K. T. Ramesh, "An axonal strain injury criterion for traumatic brain injury," Biomech Mod Mechanobio, doi: 10.1007/s10237-011-0307-1 (March 2011).
• Mo, C., R. Wright, W. S. Slaughter, and W. W. Clark, "Behaviour of a unimorph circular piezoelectric actuator," Smart Mater Struct 15, 1094-1102 (Aug 2006).
• Mo, C., R. Wright, and W. W. Clark, "The effect of electrode pattern on the behavior of piezoelectric actuators in a circular diaphragm structure," J. Intel Mater Sys Struct 18, 467-476 (May 2007).

Conference Proceedings

• Wright, R. and K. T. Ramesh, "Effect of anisotropy in a model of traumatic brain injury," Proceedings of USNCTAM2010, USNCTAM2010-623 (June 27 - July 2, 2010).
• Wright, R. and K. T. Ramesh, "The use of a cellular strain injury criterion and diffusion tensor imaging in a computational model of traumatic brain injury," Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2010-19562 (June 15-19, 2010).
• Wright, R. and K. T. Ramesh, "Application of diffusion tensor imaging in modeling diffuse axonal injury," Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2009-206626 (June 17-21, 2009).
• Wright, R. and K. T. Ramesh, "Anisotropic modeling of fibrous white matter," Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2008-192582 (June 25-29, 2008).
• Wright, R., C. Mo, and W. W. Clark, "Effect of electrode pattern on the performance of unimorph piezoelectric diaphragm actuators," Proceedings of SPIE 5764, 42-49 (May 2005).