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C.5.Book chapters

1. 
   R.E. Taylor*, V. Mukundan* and B.L. Pruitt, "Tools for studying biomechanical interactions in cells(pdf)," in Mechanobiology of Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions Handbook, Springer 2011. (*equal contribution)
   
2. 
   K.L. Lamers, B.L. Pruitt, “Design Methods for MEMS,” submitted August 2009, in HandBook of MEMS Materials and Processes, Springer expected publication Springer 2011.
   
3. 
   J.C. Doll, S.-J. Park, A.J. Rastegar, N. Harjee, J.R. Mallon Jr., G. Hill, A. A. Barlian and B. L. Pruitt, “Force sensing optimization and applications,” Advanced Materials and Technologies for Micro/Nano-Devices, Sensors and Actuator, Springer 2010.
   

C.6.Patents

1. 
   U.S. Patent US7715699, "Electrically Addressable Liquid Dispenser." Kristina Lamers, Patrick Chiang, Roger Flynn, Yang-ren Rau, Aikaterina Ioakeimidi, Beth Pruitt
   
2. 
   US Patent US 2010/0176465 A1,” In-plane inertial and force sensing using epitaxially grown piezoresistors,” Gary Yama, A. Alvin Barlian, Beth Pruitt, Issued July 15, 2010
   
3. 
   Patent Application, “Strain Array for Cell Culture.” Beth Pruitt, Chelsey Simmons, Philipp Baechtold, Joo Yong Sim, pending.
   
4. 
   Provisional Patent Application, “Strain-Actuated Origami.” Rebecca Taylor, Beth Pruitt, filed March 2013.
   
5. 
   Provisional Patent Application, “Fabrication of Silicon Coaxial Tips.” Alexandre Haemmerli, Nahid Harjee, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Beth Pruitt
   
6. 
   Provisional Application: S15-461, A micro-fabricated chemical gas sensor for detection of volatile pollutants and explosives, Beth Pruitt, Pierre Gross, Tom Larsen, Frederic Loizeau, Tom Jaramillo
   
7. 
   Provisional Application: S15-437, High Throughput Cardiotoxicity Screening Platform, Beth Pruitt, Alexandre Ribeiro, Robin Wilson
   

C.7.Keynote and Invited Conference Talks

1. 
   Invited Speaker, Cell-Matrix Workshop, Berlin, Pushing and Pulling on Life: Engineering Systems for Mechanobiology, November 2016
   
2. 
   Invited Speaker, Workshop on Integrated Cellular Systems, Chicago, Progress and Barriers: Emergent Systems as Organ-on-Chip models, August 2016
   
3. 
   Invited Speaker, Myofilament Meeting, Engineering sarcomeres through cellular tension, Madison, Wi, June 2016
   
4. 
   Invited Speaker, Engineered hiPSC-CM models, UC System-wide Bioengineering Symposium: Bioengineering Precision Medicine, June 2016
   
5. 
   Keynote Speaker, Regenerative Medicine Workshop, Engineering Cells and Microsystems to Study Mechanobiology, Hilton Head, SC March 2016
   
6. 
   Keynote Speaker, Microengineering for Mechanobiology, AVS Multiscale Phenomena & Interactions in Micro- and Nano-Systems Symposia, San Jose, CA October 2015
   
7. 
   Invited speaker, Micromechanical systems to study force dynamics and mechanotransduction in cardiomyocytes, International Society for Heart Research, Seattle, WA June 2015
   
8. 
   Invited speaker, MEMS for Cell Mechanobiology, IEDM Special Focus Session, San Francisco, CA Dec 2014
   
9. 
   Invited speaker, Biotechnology, Micro and Nanotechologies in Medicine Conference, Turtle Bay, HI Dec 2014
   
10. 
    Keynote, MicroMetrologies for Quantitative Mechanobiology, World Congress of Biomechanics, Jul 10 2014
    
11. 
    Invited talk, World Congress of Biomechanics, Elongated cell shapes enhance maturation of iPSC-CMs cultured on polyacrylamide hydrogels: cell structure and biomechanics, Jul 9 2014
    
12. 
    Invited Speaker: INSERM workshop on Experimental approaches in mechanotransduction: from molecules to tissues and pathology, Advanced tissue culture systems to study mechanotransduction pathways, Bordeaux, FR May 21-23, 2014
    
13. 
    Invited Speaker: ASCB Interdisciplinary Session: Open Problems in Biology Requiring the Physical Sciences, New Orleans, LA, Mechanosensation, December 5, 2013
    
14. 
    Invited panelist, CTO Forum, Advanced Manufacturing, San Francisco, 11 Nov 2013
    
15. 
    Keynote Speaker: ASME IDETC 2013 MEMS Track, Portland, OR, Microtechnology, Metrology, Mechanobiology, August 5, 2013
    
16. 
    Invited speaker, Transducers 2013, Barcelona, Spain, Microsystems and Functional Assays for Mechanobiology, June 18, 2013
    
17. 
    Invited speaker, Siebel Stem Cell Institutes Workshop, Platforms for functional assessment and engineering of cardiovascular cells, 27 March 2013
    
18. 
    Invited plenary speaker, Nanomechanical Sensing Workshop, Piezoresistive Cantilevers for Biological Force Measurements, Mumbai, India, June 2012
    
19. 
    Invited plenary speaker, AMRITA Institute NanoBio2012, Engineered Microenvironments to Study in vitro cardiac tissue models, Cochin, Kerala, India, February 2012
    
20. 
    Invited speaker Grace Hopper Convention, Engineering at the Interface of Biology, Portland, OR, November 10, 2011.
    
21. 
    Keynote, Society of Engineering Sciences, Mechanobiology of cell contacts, Evanston, IL, October 13, 2011.
    
22. 
    Invited symposium speaker at IEEE Sensors 2010, Optimization with Process Limits and Application Requirements for Force Sensors, Waikaloa, HI, November 4, 2010.
    
23. 
    Invited speaker Grace Hopper Convention, MEMS, at the intersection of disciplines, Atlanta, GA, October 1, 2010.
    
24. 
    Invited speaker, MEMS Summit, Review of Piezoresistive Sensing, Palo Alto, CA, October 19, 2010.
    
25. 
    Invited symposium speaker at 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, Micromechanical Environments for Imaging Mechanobiology, Singapore, August, 2010.
    
26. 
    Invited speaker at MRS Fall Meeting, “Piezoresistive Force Sensing,” Symposium DD: Microelectromechanical Systems--Materials and Devices III, Boston, MA, November, 2009.
    
27. 
    Keynote speaker, MicroElectronics Packaging & Test Engineering Council (MEPTEC) Annual Symposium 2009, “A Look at MEMS for Biology and Medicine”, May 14, 2009.
    
28. 
    NSF-IMEC Workshop, Micro/Nanoelectronics: Devices and Technologies for Biomedical Applications, “Dissecting the Sense of Touch (Mechanotransduction) via Micro/Nanotechnology,” September 25-26 2008, Leuven, Belgium.
    
29. 
    NSF Workshop, The Cell as a Machine, “Critical Issues and Challenges of Engineering Tissues from Cells,” December 20-21, 2007, Arlington, VA.
    
30. 
    Gordon Research Conference on MEMS Technologies & Biomedical Applications, “Microsystems for the Study of Mechanotransduction,” June 2006
    
31. 
    MEMS Alliance Workshop, Laurel, MD, “Probing at the Microscale,” April 19, 2005
    
32. 
    Keynote speaker at School of Engineering Opportunity Job Fair, “Mechanical Engineering Today,” January 2005