Reuben Kraft
Shuman Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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0320 Leonhard
University Park, PA - rhk12@psu.edu
- 814-867-4570
Research Summary
Computational methods and high performance computing to examine brain neurotrauma biomechanics; human structural connectome analysis using physics-based predictions of biomechanical brain injury.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Brain Mechanics Finite Element Method Bone Microstructure Biomechanics Fracture Toughness Modeling Crystal Structure Skull Fibers Modulation Model Head Biomechanical Phenomena Electrodes Polycrystals Bone And Bones Tissue Wounds And Injuries Neurons Statistics Osteoblasts Osteogenesis AxonsMost Recent Papers
Development of optically controlled “living electrodes” with long-projecting axon tracts for a synaptic brain-machine interface
Dayo Adewole, Laura Struzyna, James Harris, Ashley Nemes, Justin Burrell, Dmitriy Petrov, Reuben Kraft, Issac Chen, Mijail Serruya, John Wolf, Kacy Cullen, 2021, Science Advances
Fatigue damage prediction in the annulus of cervical spine intervertebral discs using finite element analysis
Adhitya V. Subramani, Phillip E. Whitley, Harsha T. Garimella, Reuben H. Kraft, 2020, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering on p. 773-784
A computational model of bidirectional axonal growth in micro-tissue engineered neuronal networks (micro-TENNs)
Toma Marinov, Haven A. López Sánchez, Liang Yuchi, Dayo O. Adewole, D. Kacy Cullen, Reuben H. Kraft, 2020, In Silico Biology on p. 15-29
Embedded Finite Elements for Modeling Axonal Injury
Harsha T. Garimella, Ritika R. Menghani, Jesse I. Gerber, Srikumar Sridhar, Reuben H. Kraft, 2019, Annals of Biomedical Engineering on p. 1889-1907
A coupled reaction–diffusion–strain model predicts cranial vault formation in development and disease
Chanyoung Lee, Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Reuben H. Kraft, 2019, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology on p. 1197-1211
Biomechanics of blast TBI with time-resolved consecutive primary, secondary, and tertiary loads
Andrzej Przekwas, Harsha T. Garimella, X. Gary Tan, Z. J. Chen, Yuyang Miao, Vincent Harrand, Reuben H. Kraft, Raj K. Gupta, 2019, Military Medicine on p. 195-205
Computational model of a synovial joint morphogenesis
Andrés Felipe Carrera-Pinzón, Kalenia Márquez-Flórez, Reuben H. Kraft, Salah Ramtani, Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado, 2019, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
Exploring Mechanisms of Cranial Vault Development using a Coupled Turing-Biomechanical Model
Reuben Kraft, Chanyoung Lee, J Richtsmeier, Matthew Dolack, 2019, The FASEB Journal on p. 326.2-326.2
Embedded finite elements for modeling axonal injury.
2018, Annals of Biomedical Engineering
The Multi-Axial Failure Response of Porcine Trabecular Skull Bone Estimated Using Microstructural Simulations
Ziwen Fang, Allison N. Ranslow, Patricia De Tomas, Allan Gunnarsson, Tusit Weerasooriya, Sikhanda Satapathy, Kimberly A. Thompson, Reuben H. Kraft, 2018, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Most-Cited Papers
Combining the Finite Element Method with Structural Connectome-based Analysis for Modeling Neurotrauma
Reuben H. Kraft, Phillip Justin Mckee, Amy M. Dagro, Scott T. Grafton, 2012, PLoS Computational Biology on p. e1002619
Mesoscale modeling of nonlinear elasticity and fracture in ceramic polycrystals under dynamic shear and compression
J. D. Clayton, Reuben H. Kraft, R. B. Leavy, 2012, International Journal of Solids and Structures on p. 2686-2702
Modeling the mechanics of axonal fiber tracts using the embedded finite element method
Harsha T. Garimella, Reuben H. Kraft, 2017, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Fracture toughness of advanced structural ceramics
Jeffrey J. Swab, Jason Tice, Andrew A. Wereszczak, Reuben H. Kraft, 2015, Journal of the American Ceramic Society on p. 607-615
Engineered Axonal Tracts as “Living Electrodes” for Synaptic-Based Modulation of Neural Circuitry
Mijail D. Serruya, James P. Harris, Dayo O. Adewole, Laura A. Struzyna, Justin C. Burrell, Ashley Nemes, Dmitriy Petrov, Reuben H. Kraft, H. Isaac Chen, John A. Wolf, D. Kacy Cullen, 2018, Advanced Functional Materials
A computational analysis of bone formation in the cranial vault using a coupled reaction-diffusion-strain model
Chanyoung Lee, Joan Richtsmeier, Reuben Kraft, 2017, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
A computational analysis of bone formation in the cranial vault in the mouse
Chanyoung Lee, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Reuben H. Kraft, 2015, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Embedded Finite Elements for Modeling Axonal Injury
Harsha T. Garimella, Ritika R. Menghani, Jesse I. Gerber, Srikumar Sridhar, Reuben H. Kraft, 2019, Annals of Biomedical Engineering on p. 1889-1907
Do blast induced skull flexures result in axonal deformation?
Harsha T. Garimella, Reuben H. Kraft, Andrzej J. Przekwas, 2018, PLoS One
Assessing functional connectivity across 3D tissue engineered axonal tracts using calcium fluorescence imaging
Anjali Vijay Dhobale, Dayo O. Adewole, Andy Ho Wing Chan, Toma Marinov, Mijail D. Serruya, Reuben H. Kraft, D. Kacy Cullen, 2018, Journal of Neural Engineering