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  1. Spatially Mapping the Mechanical and Structural Properties of the Seedling Uterine Fibroid-Myometrium Interface

    Article • November 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  2. Harnessing huge data from pregnancy natural experiments

    Article • Science Advances, March 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  3. Time-Dependent Material Properties and Composition of the Nonhuman Primate Uterine Layers Through Gestation

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  4. Beyond 2D: Novel biomaterial approaches for modeling the placenta

    Article • Placenta, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  5. FDA Modernization Act 2.0 and reproductive research

    Article • Nature Reviews Bioengineering, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  6. Evaluation of gelatin bloom strength on gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel properties

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  7. Material properties of nonpregnant and pregnant human uterine layers

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  8. Material Properties of Nonpregnant and Pregnant Human Uterine Layers

    Article • August 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  9. Physical Properties of Biomimetic Fibrous Gelatin Networks

    Article • JOM, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  10. Optical coherence tomography of human fetal membrane sub-layers during dynamic loading

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  11. Biomaterials science and engineering to address unmet needs in women’s health

    Article • MRS Bulletin, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  12. Computational modeling in pregnancy biomechanics research

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  13. Multiscale Mechanics of Eggshell and Shell Membrane

    Article • JOM, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  14. Load-Relaxation Characteristics of Chemical and Physical Hydrogels as Soft Tissue Mimics

    Article • Experimental Mechanics, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  15. On the failure and fracture of hydrogels for cartilage replacement

    Article • Journal of Physics Materials, January 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  16. Bioengineering Approaches for Placental Research

    Article • Annals of Biomedical Engineering, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  17. Bioengineering in women's health, volume 2: pregnancy—from implantation to parturition

    Article • Interface Focus, August 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  18. Fracture toughness of human amniotic membranes

    Article • Interface Focus, August 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  19. Bioengineering in women's health: part I

    Article • Interface Focus, June 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  20. Relationship between permeability and diffusivity in polyethylene glycol hydrogels

    Article • AIP Advances, October 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  21. Interrelated chemical-microstructural-nanomechanical variations in the structural units of the cuttlebone of Sepia officinalis

    Article • APL Materials, November 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  22. Chemical-microstructural-nanomechanical variations in the structural units of the cuttlebone of Sepia officinalis

    Article • June 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  23. A microfluidics assay to study invasion of human placental trophoblast cells

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, May 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  24. Strong and tough nanofibrous hydrogel composites based on biomimetic principles

    Article • Materials Science and Engineering C, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  25. Computational modeling of the structure-function relationship in human placental terminal villi

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  26. Three-dimensional modeling of human placental terminal villi

    Article • Placenta, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  27. Advances in Nanotechnology and the Environment

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  28. Engineering Approaches for Understanding Osteogenesis: Hydrogels as Synthetic Bone Microenvironments

    Article • Hormone and Metabolic Research, April 2016, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  29. Toughening in electrospun fibrous scaffolds

    Article • APL Materials, January 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  30. Nanofibrous hydrogel composites as mechanically robust tissue engineering scaffolds

    Article • Trends in Biotechnology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  31. In vitrocharacterisation of the elasticity and the permeability of the mouse cartilage during growth using microindentation

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  32. Time-dependent fracture toughness of cornea

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  33. Measuring the compressive viscoelastic mechanical properties of human cervical tissue using indentation

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  34. Investigation of the Young’s modulus and thermal expansion of amorphous titania-doped tantala films

    Article • Applied Optics, May 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  35. Bone permeability via nanoindenation

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen, Dr Naiara Rodriguez-Florez

  36. Nanobiomechanics of living materials

    Article • Interface Focus, February 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Michelle L Oyen, Dr Isaac LIU

  37. Viscoelastic analysis of single-component and composite PEG and alginate hydrogels

    Article • Acta Mechanica Sinica, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  38. Separating viscoelasticity and poroelasticity of gels with different length and time scales

    Article • Acta Mechanica Sinica, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  39. Mechanical behaviour of electrospun fibre-reinforced hydrogels

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  40. Award Winner in the Young Investigator Category, 2014 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, Colorado, April 16-19, 2014: Periodically perforated core-shell collagen biomaterials balance cell infiltration, bioactivity, and mechani

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  41. Mechanical characterisation of hydrogel materials

    Article • International Materials Reviews, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  42. Gelatin nanofiber-reinforced alginate gel scaffolds for corneal tissue engineering

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  43. Failure mechanisms in fibrous scaffolds

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  44. Inverse Finite Element Analysis of the Indentation Response of Human Cervical Tissue

    Article • June 2013, ASME International

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  45. Multi-Scale Permeability of Murine Bone Measured by Nanoindentation

    Article • June 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Dr Michelle L Oyen, Dr Naiara Rodriguez-Florez

  46. Composite electrospun gelatin fiber-alginate gel scaffolds for mechanically robust tissue engineered cornea

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  47. Hydrogel Composite Materials for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

    Article • JOM, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  48. Nanoindentation of bone

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen, Dr Naiara Rodriguez-Florez

  49. Separating poroviscoelastic deformation mechanisms in hydrogels

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  50. Biomimetic calcium carbonate–gelatin composites as a model system for eggshell mineralization

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, November 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  51. Branching toughens fibrous networks

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  52. Erratum: Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate

    Article • Nature Materials, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  53. Composite hydrogels for nucleus pulposus tissue engineering

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  54. Time-Dependent Indentation Response of Human Cervical Tissue

    Article • June 2012, ASME International

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  55. Ultra-structural defects cause low bone matrix stiffness despite high mineralization in osteogenesis imperfecta mice

    Article • Bone, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  56. Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate

    Article • Nature Materials, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen, Professor Fiona M Watt

  57. Electrospun Fiber - Hydrogel Composites for Nucleus Pulposus Tissue Engineering

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  58. Biomimetic Mineral-Protein Composites formed by an Automated Alternate Soaking Process

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  59. Biomimetic layer-by-layer assembly of artificial nacre

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  60. Size effects in indentation of hydrated biological tissues

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, October 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  61. Biomimetic bone-like composites fabricated through an automated alternate soaking process

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  62. Estimating material elasticity by spherical indentation load-relaxation tests on viscoelastic samples of finite thickness

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  63. Poroviscoelastic characterization of particle-reinforced gelatin gels using indentation and homogenization

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  64. Nanoindentation of Biological and Biomimetic Materials

    Article • Experimental Techniques, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  65. Bone as a Composite Material

    Article • November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  66. Transplantation of human fetal blood stem cells in the osteogenesis imperfecta mouse leads to improvement in multiscale tissue properties

    Article • Blood, November 2010, American Society of Hematology

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  67. Handbook of Nanoindentation

    Article • October 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  68. Preparation of polymeric samples containing a graduated modulus region and development of nanoindentation linescan techniques

    Article • Polymer Testing, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  69. Nanomechanical properties of modern and fossil bone

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  70. Viscous-elastic-plastic behavior of bone using Berkovich nanoindentation

    Article • Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  71. Bone Composite Mechanics Related to Collagen Hydration State

    Article • October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  72. Special issue on nanoindentation of biological materials

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  73. Nanoindentation of the insertional zones of human meniscal attachments into underlying bone

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen, Gregory Odegard

  74. A practical guide for analysis of nanoindentation data

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  75. Comparative materials differences revealed in engineered bone as a function of cell-specific differentiation

    Article • Nature Materials, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  76. Creep properties from indentation tests by analytical and numerical techniques

    Article • International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde), July 2009, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  77. Do we know the strength of the chorioamnion?

    Article • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  78. Viscoelastic and poroelastic mechanical characterization of hydrated gels

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, March 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  79. Viscoelastic Properties of Membranes Measured by Spherical Indentation

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  80. Relating viscoelastic nanoindentation creep and load relaxation experiments

    Article • International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde), August 2008, Carl Hanser Verlag

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  81. Composite bounds on the elastic modulus of bone

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  82. Interest in Bone-Like Materials Includes Thermal Qualities

    Article • MRS Bulletin, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  83. Spherical indentation of a finite poroelastic coating

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, July 2008, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  84. Poroelastic nanoindentation responses of hydrated bone

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  85. Indentation variability of natural nanocomposite materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, March 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  86. Viscoelastic properties of the cervical spinal ligaments under fast strain-rate deformations

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  87. Indentation stiffness of aging human costal cartilage

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  88. Sensitivity of polymer nanoindentation creep measurements to experimental variables

    Article • Acta Materialia, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  89. Examination of local variations in viscous, elastic, and plastic indentation responses in healing bone

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  90. Microstructure and Mechanics of the Chorioamnion Membrane with an Emphasis on Fracture Properties

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  91. Failure Properties of Cervical Spinal Ligaments Under Fast Strain Rate Deformations

    Article • Spine, January 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  92. Viscoelastic Behavior of a Centrally Loaded Circular Film Being Clamped at the Circumference

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Isaac LIU, Dr Michelle L Oyen

  93. Indentation of Nonlinearly Viscoelastic Solids

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  94. Viscoelastic effects in small-scale indentation of biological materials

    Article • International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering, January 2007, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  95. Mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of biomimetic hydroxyapatite-gelatin nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, December 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  96. Viscoelastic properties of bone as a function of hydration state determined by nanoindentation

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, November 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  97. Analytical techniques for indentation of viscoelastic materials

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, November 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  98. Spherical indentation load-relaxation of soft biological tissues

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, August 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  99. Premature rupture of the fetal membranes: Is the amnion the major determinant?

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  100. Introduction

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, August 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  101. Hydration effects on the micro-mechanical properties of bone

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, August 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  102. Nanoindentation hardness of mineralized tissues

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  103. Uniaxial and biaxial mechanical behavior of human amnion

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, November 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  104. Spherical Indentation Creep Following Ramp Loading

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  105. A Model for Nonlinear Viscoelastic Mechanical Responses of Collagenous Soft Tissues

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  106. Effects of gelatin on mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite-gelatin nano-composites

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  107. Nanoindentation Measurements of Bone Viscoelasticity as a Function of Hydration State

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  108. Erratum: “Indentation responses of time-dependent films on stiff substrates” [J. Mater. Res. 19, 2487 (2004)]

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, October 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  109. Indentation responses of time-dependent films on stiff substrates

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, August 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  110. Mechanical failure of human fetal membrane tissues

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  111. Uniaxial stress–relaxation and stress–strain responses of human amnion

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  112. Spherical Indentation Creep Following Ramp Loading

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  113. Finite Element Modeling of Bone Ultrastructure as a Two-phase Composite

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  114. Uniaxial and Biaxial Mechanical Behavior of Human Amnion

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  115. Variability of Nanoindentation Responses of Bone and Artificial Bone-Like Composites

    Article • January 2004, ASME International

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  116. Cell death after cartilage impact occurs around matrix cracks

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, September 2003, Wiley

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  117. Technique for estimating fracture resistance of cultured neocartilage

    Article • Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  118. Load-Displacement Behavior During Sharp Indentation of Viscous-Elastic-Plastic Materials

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle L Oyen

  119. Patellar tendon augmentation after removal of its central third limits joint tissue changes

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, January 1999, Wiley

    Dr Michelle L Oyen