Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications (supervised students are underlined)
Selected Journal Publications (out of 38)  

• Zhao, S., and Gu, L.X., 2014.Implementation and Validation of Aortic Remodeling in Hypertensive Rats. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering-Transactions of the ASME. 136(9), 091007 (8 pages). DOI: 10.1115/1.4027939
• Hua, Y., Akular, P., Gu, L.X., Berg, J., and Nelson, C.A., 2014. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Mechanism of Blast Wave Transmission through a Surrogate Head, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics-Transactions of the ASME. 9(3), 031010 (9 pages). DOI: 10.1115/1.4026156
• Hua, Y., Akular, P., and Gu, L.X., 2014. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Carbon Fiber Sandwich Panels Subjected to Blast Loading. Composites Part B-Engineering, 56, 456-463. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.08.070
• Zhao S., Gu, L.X., and Froemming, S.R., 2013. Experimental Investigations of the Stent-Artery Interaction. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 37(7), 463-469. DOI: 10.3109/03091902.2013.831491
• Hua, Y., Gu, L.X. and Watanabe H., 2013. Micromechanical Analysis of Nanoparticle- Reinforced Dental Composites. International Journal of Engineering Science, 69, 69-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2013.04.001
• Hua, Y., and Gu, L.X., 2013. Prediction of the Thermomechanical Behavior of Particle-reinforced Metal Matrix Composites. Composites Part B-Engineering, 45, 1464-1470. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.09.056
• Zhao, S., Gu, L.X., and Froemming, S.R., 2012. On the Importance of Modeling Stent Procedure for Predicting Arterial Mechanics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering -Transactions of the ASME. 134, 121005 (6 pages). DOI: 10.1115/1.4023094.
• Zhao S., Gu L.X., and Froemming, S.R., 2012. Effects of Arterial Strain and Stress in the Prediction of Restenosis Risk: Computer modeling of stent trials. Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2(3), 158-163. DOI: 10.1007/s13534-012-0067-6
• Ganpule S., Gu, L.X., Alai, A., and Chandra, N., 2012. Role of Helmet in the Mechanics of Shock Wave Propagation under Blast Loading Conditions. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 15(11), 1233-1244. DOI:10.1080/10255842.2011.597353
• Gu, L.X., Chafi, M.S., Ganpule S., and Chandra, N., 2012. The Influence of Heterogeneous Meninges on the Brain Mechanics under Primary Blast Loading. Composites Part B-Engineering, 43(8), 3160-3166. DOI:10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.04.014
• Zhao S., Gu, L.X., and Froemming, S.R., 2012. Performance of Self-expanding Nitinol Stent in a Curved Artery: Impact of stent length and deployment orientation. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering-Transactions of the ASME. 134, 071007 (6 pages) DOI: 10.1115/1.4007095
• Zhao S., Gu L.X., and Froemming, S.R., 2012. Finite Element Analysis of the Implantation of a Self-Expanding Stent: Impact of Lesion Calcification. ASME Journal of Medical Device 6(2),021001. DOI: 10.1115/1.4006357
• Gu, L.X., Zhao, S., and Froemming, S.R., 2012. Arterial Wall Mechanics and Clinical Implications after Coronary Stenting: Comparisons of Three Stent Designs. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 4(2). 1250013 (14 Pages). DOI: 10.1142/S1758825112500135
• Zhao S., Liu, C., and Gu, L.X., 2012. The Impact of Wire Stent Fabrication Technique on the Performance of Stent Placement. Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, 6(1), 011007 (4 pages) DOI: 10.1115/1.4005788
• Gu, L.X., Kasavajhala, A.R.M., Lang, H.L., and Hammel, J.M., 2012. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Vascular Suture Closure. Biomedical Engineering Letters, 2(1), 46-51, DOI: 10.1007/s13534-012-0046-y
• Zhao S., Gu L.X., and Froemming, S.R., 2011. Assessment of Shape Memory Alloy stent Deployment in a Stenosed Artery. Biomedical Engineering Letters, 1(4), 226-231, DOI: 10.1007/s13534-011-0036-5.
• Kasavajhala, A.R.M., and Gu, L.X., 2011. Fracture Analysis of Kevlar-49/Epoxy and E-Glass/Epoxy Doublers for Reinforcement of Cracked Aluminum Plates. Composite Structures, 93(8), 2090-2095, DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.02.012  
• Chafi, M.S., Ganpule S., Gu, L.X., and Chandra, N., 2011. Dynamic Response of Brain Subjected to Blast Loadings: Influence of Frequency Ranges. International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM), 3(4), 803-823. DOI: 10.1142/S175882511100124X
• Gu, L.X., Zhao, S., Muttyam A.K., and Hammel, J.M., 2010. The Relation between the Arterial Stress and Restenosis Rate after Coronary Stenting. ASME Journal of Medical Device 4(3), 031005(7 pages). DOI:10.1115/1.4002238
• Gu, L.X., Kumar, A.V., Santra, S., and Mericle, R.A., 2005. Finite Element Analysis of the Covered Microstent. Journal of Biomechanics, 38(6), 1221-1227. DOI:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.06.008

Selected Conference Proceedings (out of the 45 in total)

• Lin, S.M., and Gu, L.X., 2013. Effects of turbulent blood flow on abdominal aortic aneurysms: a fluid-structure interaction study. ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2013), November 15-21, San Diego, CA
• Hua, Y., Akular, P.K., and Gu, L.X., 2013. Modeling a surrogate head response under blast loading, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference SBC2013, June 26-29, Sunriver, Oregon, USA.
• Zhao, S., Lin, S.M, and Gu, L.X, 2012. Mechanical characterization of the layer-specific human aorta. ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2012), November 9-15, Huston, TX
• Gu, L.X., Akula, P., Ganpule, S., 2012. Role of opening in the mechanics of shockwave propagation under blast loading conditions. ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 20-23, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
• Kasavajhala, A.R.M., and Gu, L.X., 2011.Computational Modeling of Post-Sutured Tissue Performance. ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2011), November 11-17, Denver, CO
• Zhao,S., Liu, X., and Gu, L.X., 2011. Performance of braided stent. 2011 NHLBI/VCU International Conference on Mathematical Modeling & Computational Simulation of Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Dynamics, 31 May – 3 June 2011, Williamsburg, VA.
• Zhao,S., Liu, X., and Gu, L.X., 2011. Deployment of interwoven stents in an artery with moderate stenosis. 2011 Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Conference, April 12-14, Minneapolis, MN.
• Zhao,S., Gu, L.X., Hammel, J.M., and Lang, H., 2010. Mechanical Behavior of Porcine Pulmonary Artery. 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2010), November 12-18, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (5-page)
• Gu, L.X., and Muttyam A.K., 2009. The Stent Artery Interaction. 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2009), November 13-19, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
• Ganpule S., Gu, L.X., and Chandra, N., 2009. Role of Helmet in Mitigating Traumatic Brain injury. 2009 BMES Annual Fall Meeting: Bridging Biology, Engineering and Medicine, October 7-10, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Editorial

• Gu, L.X., 2012. Simulation and Optimization of Microcantilever Biosensors, Journal of Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 3:e113. doi:10.4172/2155-6210.1000e113