Selected Publications

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• Nerurkar, M, Denend, L, Venook, R, Pamnani, RD, Towles, J, Azagury, D (2025). Prototyping the Need: Using Prototyping Early in the Design Process to Strengthen Understanding of the Need and Increase Student Engagement.  Biomedical Engineering Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-025-00198-2.

• Garcia, O*, Towles, JD (2025). Multiple, not single, recipient muscle tendon transfers produce well-directed thumb-tip forces in lateral pinch grasp: a simulation study with application to restoration of improved grasp after tetraplegia. Journal of Biomechanics, 191 (2025) 112882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112882. 

• Smith, CD*, Towles, JD (2025). Multiple, not single, recipient muscle tendon transfers produce well-coordinated thumb-tip movement in lateral pinch grasp: a simulation study with application to restoration of improved grasp after tetraplegia. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 13:1532424. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2025.1532424. 

• Denend, L, Spielman, S, Venook, R, Pamnani, RD, Camarillo, D, Wall, J, Towles, J (2024).  Lessons from Developing a Rubric for Evaluating Need Statements on Health Technology Innovation Projects.  Biomedical Engineering Education Journal. doi.org/10.1007/s43683-024-00153-7.    

• Yang, J*, Towles, J, Sheppard, S, Atwood, S (2024).  Barbed-Wire Boundaries: The Hidden Curriculum, First-Generation and Low-Income Engineering Students, and Internship Acquisition. Journal of Women and Minorities. doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2023046383.   

• Denend, L, Spielman, S, Venook, R, Pamnani, RD, Camarillo, D, Wall, J, Towles, J (2023).  Using an Accelerated Undergraduate Needs Finding Course to Build Skills, Inspire Confidence, and Promote Interest in Health Technology Innovation. Biomedical Engineering Education Journal. doi.org/10.1007/s43683-023-00109-3. 

• Towles, J (2023).  The Sensitivity of the Endpoint Forces of Thumb Extrinsic and Intrinsic Muscles to Changes in Joint Angles, Muscle Moment Arms and Bone Lengths in Flexed Thumb. Paper presented at 2023 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Annual Conference Jul; 2023:1-7. doi: 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340552. PMID: 38083462. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10340552. 

• Towles, J (2023).  Measurement of the Three-Dimensional Muscle Endpoint Forces in the Extended Thumb and Its Application to Determining Muscle Combinations that Enable Lateral Pinch Force Production Throughout the Plane of Flexion-Extension. Paper presented at 2023 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Annual Conference Jul; 2023:1-5. doi: 10.1109/EMBC40787.2023.10340817. PMID: 38083628. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10340817. 

• Ghambi, S, Taylor, AR, Phiri, JC, Henriques, JJ, Towles, J (2023).  Toward Bidirectional Faculty Development: A Collaborative Model for Designing and Implementing Faculty Trainings on Evidence-Based Strategies for Supporting Student Learning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.  Paper presented at 2023 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.  https://peer.asee.org/44506. June; 2023. doi: 10.18260/1-2—44506.

• Yang, J*, Towles, J, Sheppard, S, Atwood, S (2022).  Internships’ Impact on Recognition for First-Generation and/or Low-Income Engineering Students.  Paper presented at 2022 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/40755. Aug; 2022. doi: 10.18260/1-2--40755.

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