Publications

Teaching and Educational Research Publications

1. R.H. Parsons, J. Steigler, K.C. Dee, G. Judd, “Developing graduate training programs,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (1996), session 2655.

2. *T. Webster, K.C. Dee, “Supplemental Instruction benefits students in an introductory engineering course,” Proceedings of the Frontiers In Education Conference (1997).  *Received a Best Paper Award.  

3. T. Webster, K.C. Dee, “Supplemental Instruction integrated into an introductory engineering course,” Journal of Engineering Education, 87(4):377-383, 1998.

4. K.C. Dee, “Advising student organizations: penance or privilege?” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (1999), session 1375.

5. C. Mullenax, K.C. Dee, “To be or not to be: A decision process for the creation of an ASEE student chapter,”  Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2001), session 2655.

6. K.C. Dee, “Preparing for your third-year review,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2001), session 2275.

7. K.C. Dee, E.A. Nauman, G.A. Livesay, J. Rice, “Research report: Learning styles of biomedical engineering students,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 30:1100-1106, 2002.

8. L. Hites Jr., K.C. Dee, G.A. Livesay, E.A. Nauman, E. O’Neal, “The Tulane University Biomedical Assessment Instrument: Preliminary Validity and Reliability Data,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2002).

9. K.C. Dee, “Reducing the workload in your class won’t buy you better teaching evaluation scores: Re-refutation of a persistent myth,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2004).

10. K.C. Dee, G.A. Livesay, “First-year students who leave engineering: learning styles and self-reported perceptions,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2004).

11. J.M. Karp, E.A. Friis, K.C. Dee, H. Winet, “Opinions and trends in biomaterials education: report of a 2003 Society for Biomaterials survey,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 70A:506-513, 2004.

12. G.A. Livesay and K.C. Dee, “Test-retest reliability of the index of learning styles for first-year engineering students,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2005).

13. K.C. Dee, “Developing performance criteria and rubrics for biomedical engineering outcome assessment,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2006).

14. K.C. Dee, “Student perceptions of high course workloads are not associated with poor student evaluations of instructor performance,” Journal of Engineering Education, 96(1):69-78, 2007.

15. K.C. Dee, structured summary and reflective essay (“Where do research questions come from?”) regarding “Student perceptions of high course workloads are not associated with poor student evaluations of instructor performance,” Annals of Research on Engineering Education, Issue 3(1), Winter 2007. 

16. *K.C. Dee, G.A. Livesay, R.D. Rogge, “Development of a supplemental course evaluation for capstone design,” Proceedings of the Capstone Design Conference (2007).  *Received a Best Paper Award.  

17. G.A. Livesay, R.D. Rogge, K.C. Dee, “Development of a supplemental evaluation for engineering design courses,” in press, Advances in Engineering Education, 2008.

18. K.C. Dee, A. White, G.A. Livesay, P. Cornwell, D. Richards, “Putting theory into practice: Supplemental learning opportunities to match student learning styles,” Proceedings of the 2008 IL/IN Section ASEE Conference.

19. K.C. Dee, A. White, G.A. Livesay, P. Cornwell, D. Richards, “Seeking evidence of the effects of supplemental learning opportunities designed to engage different learning styles,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2008).

20. A. White, G.A. Livesay, K.C. Dee, “Development of kinesthetic-active exercises for a transport phenomena course,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference (2008).

Biomedical Publications

1.  K.C. Dee, D.A. Puleo, R. Bizios, An Introduction to Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, (2002) - second edition forthcoming.

2.  K.C. Dee, T.T. Andersen, R. Bizios, “Cell function on substrates containing immobilized bioactive peptides,” in Biomaterials for Drug and Cell Delivery: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings,  vol. 331 (A.G. Mikos, R.M. Murphy, H. Bernstein, N.A. Peppas, eds.), pgs. 115-119, 1994.

3.  K.C. Dee, T.T. Andersen, R. Bizios, “Enhanced endothelialization of substrates modified with immobilized bioactive peptides,” Tissue Engineering, 1:135-145, 1995.

4.  K.C. Dee, T.T. Andersen, D.C. Rueger, R. Bizios, “Conditions which promote mineralization at the bone/implant interface: a model, in vitro study,” Biomaterials, 17:209-215, 1996.

5.  K.C. Dee, R. Bizios, “Proactive biomaterials and bone tissue engineering,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 50:438-442, 1996.

6.  K.C. Dee, T.T. Andersen, R. Bizios, “Design and function of novel osteoblast-adhesive peptides for chemical modification of biomaterials,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 40:371-377, 1998.

7.  K.C. Dee, T.T. Andersen, R. Bizios, “Osteoblast population migration characteristics on substrates modified with immobilized adhesive peptides,” Biomaterials, 20(3):221-227, 1999.

8.  R.S. Cargill II, K.C. Dee, S. Malcolm, “An assessment of the strength of NG108-15 cell adhesion to chemically modified surfaces,” Biomaterials 20(23/24):2417-2425, 1999.

9.  S. Kouvroukoglou, K.C. Dee, R. Bizios, L.V. McIntire, K. Zygourakis, “Endothelial cell migration on surfaces modified with covalently-bound adhesive peptides,” Biomaterials 21(17):1725-1733, 2000.

10. D.C. Giliberti, K.K. White, K.C. Dee, "Control of cell-biomaterial interactions,"  Chapter 14 in Polymeric Biomaterials (2nd edition; S. Dumitriu, ed.), Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, pgs. 361-375, 2001.

11. D.C. Giliberti, K.A. Anderson, K.C. Dee, “A jet impingement investigation of osteoblast adhesion,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 62:422-429, 2002.

12. A.M. Bilek, K.C. Dee, D.P. Gaver, “Mechanisms of surface-tension induced epithelial cell damage in a model of pulmonary airway reopening,” Journal of Applied Physiology, 94:770-783, 2003.

13. K.L. Kirkwood, B. Rheude, Y.J. Kim, K.K. White, K.C. Dee, “In vitro mineralization studies with substrate-immobilized bone morphogenetic protein peptides,” Journal of Oral Implantology, 29(2):57-65, 2003.

14. E.D. Gentleman, A.N. Lay, D. A. Dickerson, E.A. Nauman, G.A. Livesay, K.C. Dee, “Mechanical characterization of collagen fibers and scaffolds for tissue engineering,” Biomaterials, 24:3805-3813, 2003.

15. E.D. Gentleman, E.A. Nauman, K.C. Dee, G.A. Livesay, “Short collagen fibers provide control of contraction and permeability in fibroblast-seeded collagen gels,” Tissue Engineering, 10(3):421-427, 2004.

16.  E.A. Sander, D.A. Shimko, K.C. Dee, E.A. Nauman, “Examination of continuum and micro-structural properties of human vertebral cancellous bone using combined cellular solid models,” Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2(2):97-107, 2003.

17. D.A. Shimko, K.K. White, E.A. Nauman, K.C. Dee, “A device for long term, in vitro loading of three-dimensional natural and engineered tissues,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 31:1347-1356, 2003. 

18.  E.D. Gentleman, G.A. Livesay, K.C. Dee, E.A. Nauman, “Tissue engineering of ligament,” in Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (G.E. Wnek, G.L. Bowlin, eds.), Marcel Dekker, 2004.

19. S. Kay, A.M. Bilek, K.C. Dee, D.P. Gaver, “Pressure gradient, not exposure duration, determines the extent of epithelial cell damage in a model of pulmonary airway reopening,” Journal of Applied Physiology, 97:269-276, 2004.

20. E.A. Sander, A. Alb, W. Reed, E.A. Nauman, K.C. Dee, “Solvent effects on the microstructure and properties of 75/25 poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) tissue scaffolds,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 70A: 506-513, 2004.

21. D.A. Shimko, C. Burks, K.C. Dee, E.A. Nauman, “Comparison of in vitro mineralization by murine embryonic and adult stem cells cultured in an osteogenic medium,” Tissue Engineering, 10(9/10):1386-1398, 2004.

22. A. Sorkin, K.C. Dee, M.L. Knothe Tate, “Culture shock from the bone cell perspective: mechanobiological considerations to emulate physiologic conditions in culture,” American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 287(6):C1527-C1536, 2004.

23. J. Haarer, K.C. Dee, “Proteins and amino-acid derived polymers,” Chapter 8 (pages 121-138)  in An Introduction to Biomaterials, J. Hollinger and S. Guelcher, eds., CRC Press, 2006.

24. E.D. Gentleman, G.A. Livesay, K.C. Dee, E.A. Nauman, “Development of ligament-like structural organization and properties in cell-seeded collagen scaffolds in vitro,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering,  34(5):726-736, 2006.

25. D.P. Gaver, A-M. Jacob, A. Bilek, K.C. Dee, “The significance of air-liquid interfacial stresses on low-volume ventilator-induced lung injury,” Chapter 7 (pages 157-203) in Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury, D. Dreyfuss, G. Saumon and R.D. Hubmayer, eds., Taylor & Francis, 2006.

26. E.D. Gentleman, G.A. Livesay, E.A. Nauman, K.C. Dee, “Collagen composite biomaterials resist contraction while allowing development of adipocytic soft tissue in vitro,” Tissue Engineering, 12(6):1639-1649, 2006.

27.  E.D. Gentleman, K.C. Dee, G.A. Livesay, E.A. Nauman,  “Operating curves to characterize the contraction of fibroblast-seeded collagen gel/collagen fiber composite biomaterials,” 119(2):508-516, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2007.

Last updated 07/08.