About the Authors

Michael Pargett

Affiliation Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Ann E. Rundell

Affiliation Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Gregery T. Buzzard

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

David M. Umulis

dumulis@purdue.edu

Affiliation Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: MP AER DMU. Revised manuscript: MP AER GTB DMU. Conceived and designed procedures: MP AER GTB DMU. Performed modeling and analysis: MP.