About the Authors

Thembi Mdluli

tmdluli@purdue.edu (TM); rundell@purdue.edu (AR)

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

Gregery T. Buzzard

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

Ann E. Rundell

tmdluli@purdue.edu (TM); rundell@purdue.edu (AR)

Affiliation Weldon School of Biomedical 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: TM GTB AER.