About the Authors

Marilyn M. Dysart

Affiliation The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Boris R. Galvis

Affiliation The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Armistead G. Russell

Affiliation The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Thomas H. Barker

thomas.barker@bme.gatech.edu

Affiliations The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD AR TB. Performed the experiments: MD. Analyzed the data: MD BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR TB. Wrote the paper: MD AR TB.