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Kenneth R. Diller, Sc.D. Professor and Chair

Kenneth R. Diller, Sc.D.

Professor and Chair
Cockrell Family Chair for Departmental Leadership
Robert M. and Prudie Leibrock Endowed Professor in Engineering

• Curriculum Vitae
• Department of Biomedical Engineering
  Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
  The University of Texas at Austin
  1 University Station, BME 4.202A
  Austin, Texas 78712-1084
  (512) 471-7167 (phone)
  (512) 471-0616 (fax)
  
• ASME VaNTH Powerpoint Presentation
• Office Hours: MW 1-2

Research Focus

Low-temperature biology, tissue banking, burn injury, computer vision.

Research Interests

Dr. Diller is an international authority on the application of the principles of heat and mass transfer and thermodynamics to the solution of many different types of biomedical problems and on the use of light microscopy to investigate the dynamics of biological processes at high and low temperatures. The primary areas of focus in his research include the frozen banking of human tissues for transplantation, analysis of the micro vascular basis of burn injury and how it may be exploited for the optimization of therapy, development of thermodynamic models of dynamic processes at the microscopic and macroscopic scales in biological systems, and computer vision techniques for quantitative measurement and interpretation of microscopic images.

Selected Publications

• Merchant, F.A., Aggarwal, S.J., Diller, K.R. and Bovik, A.C., Viability Analysis of Cryopreserved Rat Pancreatic Islets Using Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy, Cryobiology 33, 1996, 236-252. (PDF)
• Diller, K.R., Engineering-Based Contributions in Cryobiology, Cryobiology 34, 1997, 304-314. (PDF)
• deFreitas, R.C., Diller, K.R., Lakey, J.R.T. and Rajotte, R.V. Osmotic Behavior and Transport Properties of Human Islets in a Dimethyl Sulfoxide Solution, Cryobiology 35, 1997, 230-239. (PDF)
• Crutchfield, A.M., Diller, K.R. and Brand, J.J., Cryopreservation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlorophyta), European Journal of Phycology 34, 1999, 43-52. (PDF)
• Nyberg, K.L., Diller, K.R. and Wissler, E.H., Model of Human/Liquid Cooling Garment Interaction for Space Suit Automatic Thermal Control, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 123, 2001, 114-120. (PDF)
• Tanaka, J.Y., Walsh, J.R., Diller, K.R., Brand, J.J. and Aggarwal, S.J., Algae Permeability to Me2SO from -3°C to 25°C, Cryobiology, 42, 2001, 286-300. (PDF)
• Paul, H.L. and Diller, K.R., Comparison of Thermal Insulation Performance of Fibrous Materials for the Advanced Space Suit, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125, 2003, 639-647. (PDF)
• Wang, S., Diller, K.R. and Aggarwal, S.J. Kinetics Study of Endogenous Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 125, 2003, 794-797. (PDF)
• Rylander, C.G., Dave, D.P., Akkin, T., Milner, T.E., Diller, K.R., and Welch, A.J., Quantitative Phase-Contrast Imaging Of Cells With Phase-Sensitive Optical Coherence Microscopy, Optics Letters, vol.29, no.13, July 1 2004, 1509-1511. (PDF)
• Neils, C.M. and Diller, K.R., An Optical-Axis Freezing Stage For Laser-Scanning Microscopy Of Broad Ice-Water Interfaces, Journal of Microscopy, 216, 2004, 249-262. (PDF)
• Walsh, J.R., Diller, K.R. and Brand, J.J., Measurement and Simulation of Water and Methanol Transport in Algal Cells, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 126, 2004, 167-179. (PDF)
• Juan, S. and Diller, K.R., An Optical Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Journal of Microscopy, 218, 2005, 85-93. (PDF)
• Rylander, M.N., Diller, K.R., Wang, S. and Aggarwal, S.J., Correlation of HSP70 Expression and Cell Viability Following Thermal Stimulation of Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 127, 2005, 751-757.(PDF)
• Diller, K.R. Bioheat and Mass Transfer as Viewed Through a Microscope (H.R. Lissner Award Lecture), ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 127, 2005, 67-84. (PDF)
• GEERT W. SCHMID-SCHÖNBEIN1 and KENNETH R. DILLER2, Transport Processes in Biomedical Systems: A Roadmap for Future Research Directions,Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 9, September 2005 (© 2005) pp. 1136-1141 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-5633-y (PDF)
• Ofodike A. Ezekoye, PhD, Kenneth R. Diller, ScD, A Model for Assessing Ignition, Flame Spread, and Burn Hazard Potential of a Multilayered Jacket, Journal of Burn Care & Research Volume 27, Number 4, July/August 2006, pp. 487-495, DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000226265.42538.D4 (PDF)
• Kenneth R. Diller, ScD, Stress Protein Expression Kinetics, Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 2006. 8:403-24, doi:10.1146/annurev.bioeng.7.060804.100449 (PDF)
• J.T. Oden, K.R. Diller, C. Bajaj, J.C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Demkowicz, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, M.N. Rylander, R.J. Stafford, and Y. Zhang, Development of a Computational Paradigm for Laser Treatment of Cancer, V.N. Alexandrov et al. (Eds.): ICCS 2006, Part III, LNCS 3993, pp. 530-537, 2006. (PDF)
• Kenneth R. Diller, Scd, Adapting Adult Scald Safety Standards to Children, Journal of Burn Care & Research Volume 27, Number 3, May/June 2006, pp. 314-322, DOI:10.1097/01.BCR.0000216473.50837.12 (PDF)
• Martin, T, Rivale, S.D. and Diller, K.R., Comparison of Student Learning in Challenge-based and Traditional Instruction in Biomedical Engineering, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35, 2007, 1312-1323. (PDF)
• Rylander, M.N, Feng, Y., Bass, J. And Diller, K.R., Heat Shock Protein Expression and Injury Optimization for Laser Therapy Design, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 39, 2007, 731-746. (PDF)
• Wang, S., Xie, W, Rylander, M.N., Tucker, P.W., Aggarwal, S.J., and Diller, K.R., HSP70 Kinetics Study by Continuous Observation of HSP-GFP Fusion Protein Expression on a Perfusion Heating Stage, Biotechnology and Bioengineering 99, 2008, 146-154. (PDF)
• Brown, F. and Diller, K.R., Calculating the Optimum Temperature for Serving Hot Beverages, Burns 34, 2008, 648-654. (PDF)
  
  
  Extended List of Publications