Adam S Zeiger

Adam S Zeiger, B.S.

  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    Materials Science and Engineering

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

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  • Advisor:

    Krystyn J. Van Vliet

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  • Degrees:
     
    B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Bradley E Layton (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
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  • Other Experience:

    2006-2007 Teaching Assistant, Drexel University

    2005-2007 Hess Honors Research Assistant under Dr. Bradley Layton at Drexel University

    2006 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Intern at MIT

    2003-2005 Exponent, Inc. Assistant Engineer (Co-op)

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  • Honors:

    2007-2010 Department of Defense NDSEG Fellow

    2007 Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Service and Outreach Award, Drexel University

    2007 Harry E. Muchnic Scholarship for academic performance, leadership and industry performance

    2007 Boeing Engineering Award, Drexel University

    2007 Hertz Foundation Fellowship, Finalist

    2007 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

    2007 Drexel University Teaching Excellence Award

    2006-2007 Augusta H. Hess Award in recognition of achievement in independent study and research

    2006 Nominated for Teaching Assistant of the Year

    2006 Accepted to NSF REU at MIT

    2005-2007 Alvin Wene Scholarship for academic achievement

    2002-2007 A.J. Drexel Scholarship for Academic Performance

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Adam Zeiger's Publications (9)



Adam Zeiger's Posters and Presentations (20)

  • Macromolecular Crowding Augments Differentiation Of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (poster)

    Felicia C Loe, Adam Zeiger, Clarice Chen, Krystyn J. Van Vliet and Michael Raghunath

    Annual Hilton Head Workshop; 03/2011
  • Pericyte actomyosin-mediated contraction at the cell-material interface can modulate the microvascular niche (presentation)

    A. S. Zeiger, M. Kotecki, J. M. Maloney, I. M. Herman, K. J. Van Vliet

    American Physical Society, March Meeting; 03/2011
  • Biomimetic Photoelectrochemical Complexes Capable of Self-regeneration for Solar energy Conversion (presentation)

    Ardemis Boghossian, Jong Choi, Esther Jeng, Daniel Heller, Aidas Mattis, Timothy Bayburt, Yelena Grinkova, Adam Zeiger, Krystyn Van Vliet, Erik Hobbie, Stephen Sligar, Colin Wraight, and Maichael S. Strano

    Materials Research Society Fall Meeting; 12/2010
  • Compositional dependence of Young’s moduli for amorphous Cu-Zr films measured using combinatorial deposition on microscale cantilever arrays (presentation)

    Guo, Q.A., Zhang, L., Zeiger, A.S., Van Vliet, K.J., and Thompson, C.V.

    Materials Research Society Fall Meeting; 12/2010
  • Influence of Altered Local Effective Concentration on Cytoskeletal and Ecm Structure in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (poster)

    A. S. Zeiger, F. C. Loe, M. Raghunath, K. J. Van Vliet

    50th Annual American Society for Cell Biology Meeting; 12/2010
  • Pericyte actomyosin-mediated contraction at the cell-material interface can modulate the microvascular niche (presentation)

    A. S. Zeiger, M. Kotecki, J. M. Maloney, I. M. Herman, K. J. Van Vliet

    Materials Research Society Fall Meeting; 12/2010
  • Tuning Adhesion Failure Strength For Tissue-Specific Applications (presentation)

    Natalie Artzi, Adam Zeiger, Fiete Boehning, Adriana Ramos, Krystyn Van Vliet

    Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting; 10/2010
  • Pericyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions Can Modulate the Microvascular Niche (poster)

    Zeiger, A.S., Kotecki, M., Herman, I.M., and Van Vliet, K.J.

    De Gennes Days: Physics of Cellular Mechanosensing, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot Israel; 01/2010
  • Chemomechanics of Cell-Material Interaction Kinetics Over Large Ranges of Length and Time Scales (presentation)

    John M. Maloney, Ranjani Krishnan, Adam Zeiger, and Krystyn J. Van Vliet

    Materials Research Society Fall Meeting; 12/2009
  • Physical and Mechanical Properties of Lymphocyte Adhesive Biopolymer Multilayer Films (presentation)

    Fernando C. Vasconcellos, Albert J. Swiston, Adam Zieger, Krystyn Van Vliet, Robert E. Cohen, Marisa M. Beppu and Michael F. Rubner

    11th International Conference on Advanced Materials; 09/2009
  • Tublulin Mechanics: A Molecular Mechanics Study of all Known Tubulin Structures (presentation)

    Adam Zeiger and Bradley Layton

    ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition; 11/2007
  • A Molecular Mechanics Model for Axial Elastic Modulus Prediction of Tubulin (presentation)

    Adam Zeiger and Bradley Layton

    ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, Austin, Texas; 06/2007
  • Tubulin Mechanics (presentation)

    Adam S Zeiger

    Neurobiology and Anatomy Department, Drexel University; 05/2007
  • Developing a Stochastic Model for Microtubule Dynamics in Functioning Cells (presentation)

    Adam S Zeiger

    Drexel University, IEEE-EMBS/ASME Workshop on Nanoscale Modeling; 09/2006
  • A Model of Cell Membrane Deformation Due to Microtubule Structure Mechanics (poster)

    Allen, K., Zeiger, A., Layton, B.E.

    Drexel University, Research Symposium; 04/2006
  • Central Core and Rim Damage in Retrieved Polyethylene Total Disc Replacement Components (poster)

    S.M. Kurtz, A. van Ooij, J. Peloza, L. Ciccarelli, A. Zeiger, and M. L. Villarraga

    Proceedings of the North American Spine Society; 09/2005
  • Polyethylene Wear and Rim Fracture of Retrieved Total Disc Arthroplasty (poster)

    S.M. Kurtz, A. van Ooij, J. Peloza, L. Ciccarelli, A. Zeiger, and M. L. Villarraga

    Annual Meeting of the Spine Society of Europe, Barcelona, Spain,; 09/2005
  • Polyethylene Wear Analysis of Retrieved Total Disc Arthroplasty (poster)

    S.M. Kurtz, A. van Ooij, J. Peloza, L. Ciccarelli, A. Zeiger, and M. L. Villarraga

    12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST); 07/2005
  • Wear and Surface Damage Analysis of Retrieved Charite Total Disc Replacements (presentation)

    S.M. Kurtz, A. van Ooij, J. Peloza, L. Ciccarelli, A. Zeiger, and M. L. Villarraga

    Spine Arthroplasty Society Global Symposium; 05/2005
  • Wear and Surface Damage Analysis of Retrieved Charité Total Disc Replacements (poster)

    S.M. Kurtz, A. van Ooij, J. Peloza, L. Ciccarelli, A. Zeiger, and M. L. Villarraga

    5th Annual Meeting of the Spine Arthroplasty Society, New York, NY; 05/2005

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Pericyte under influence of actin inhibitor latrunculin A.


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