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 Microstructure Electrodes Biomechanics Bone Axons Fracture Toughness Modeling Crystal Structure Fibers Modulation Model Neurons Head Biomechanical Phenomena Polycrystals Morphogenesis Simulation Wounds And Injuries Growth Strain Skull OsteoblastsMost Recent Papers
Computation of history-dependent mechanical damage of axonal fiber tracts in the brain: towards tracking sub-concussive and occupational damage to the brain
Jesse Gerber, Reuben Kraft, Harsha Garimella, bioRxiv
Development of optically controlled "living electrodes" with long-projecting axon tracts for a synaptic brain-machine interface
Dayo O. Adewole, Laura A. Struzyna, Justin C. Burrell, James P. Harris, Ashley D. Nemes, Dmitriy Petrov, Reuben H. Kraft, H. Isaac Chen, Mijail D. Serruya, John A. Wolf, D. 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
Implications of statistical spread to experimental analysis in a novel miniature kolsky bar
Thomas Hannah, Reuben H. Kraft, Valerie Martin, Stephen Ellis, 2020,
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 T. 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
Computational morphogenesis of embryonic bone development
Matthew E. Dolack, Chanyoung Lee, Ying Ru, Arsalan Marghoub, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Ethylin Wang Jabs, Mehran Moazen, Diego A. Garzón-Alvarado, Reuben H. Kraft, 2019, on p. 197-219
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
Modeling the mechanics of axonal fiber tracts using the embedded finite element method
Harsha T. Garimella, Reuben H. Kraft, 2017, Communications in Applied Numerical Methods
Mesoscale modeling of nonlinear elasticity and fracture in ceramic polycrystals under dynamic shear and compression
J. D. Clayton, R. H. Kraft, R. B. Leavy, 2012, International Journal of Solids and Structures on p. 2686-2702
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
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
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
Development of optically controlled "living electrodes" with long-projecting axon tracts for a synaptic brain-machine interface
Dayo O. Adewole, Laura A. Struzyna, Justin C. Burrell, James P. Harris, Ashley D. Nemes, Dmitriy Petrov, Reuben H. Kraft, H. Isaac Chen, Mijail D. Serruya, John A. Wolf, D. Kacy Cullen, 2021, Science advances
A computational analysis of bone formation in the cranial vault using a coupled reaction-diffusion-strain model
Chanyoung Lee, Joan T. Richtsmeier, Reuben H. Kraft, 2017, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
Do blast induced skull flexures result in axonal deformation?
Harsha T. Garimella, Reuben H. Kraft, Andrzej J. Przekwas, 2018, PLoS One
Effects of torso-borne mass and loading severity on early response of the lumbar spine under high-rate vertical loading
Jiang Yue Zhang, Andrew C. Merkle, Catherine M. Carneal, Robert S. Armiger, Reuben H. Kraft, Emily E. Ward, Kyle A. Ott, Alexis C. Wickwire, Christopher J. Dooley, Timothy P. Harrigan, Jack C. Roberts, 2013, on p. 111-123