About the Authors

Sudhir P. Deosarkar

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States of America

Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian

Affiliation Biomedical Technology, CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama, 35806, United States of America

Bin Wang

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, 19013, United States of America

Joel B. Sheffield

Affiliation Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States of America

Barbara Krynska

Affiliation Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States of America

Mohammad F. Kiani

mkiani@temple.edu

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States of America, Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States of America

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPD BP BK BW MFK. Performed the experiments: SPD JBS. Analyzed the data: SPD BP BW BK MFK. Wrote the paper: SPD BP BK MFK.