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Mark Miller

Mark Miller, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles - Published/In Press

  1. Miller, M.S., M.D. Fortney, and T.S. Keller (In Press): “An Infrared System for Monitoring Drosophila Motility During Microgravity”. Journal of Gravitational Physiology.

  2. Miller, M.S., J.P. Peach, and T.S. Keller (2001): “Electromyographic Analysis of a Human Powered Stepper Cycle During Seated and Standing Riding”. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 11(6), 413-423.

Refereed Journal Articles – Submitted

  1. Miller, M.S. and T.S. Keller (Submitted): “Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Locomotion During a Sounding Rocket Flight”. Behavioural Processes.

  2. Miller, M.S. and T.S. Keller (Submitted): “Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Locomotion at Microgravity and Hypergravity During Parabolic Flight”. Animal Behaviour.

Papers In Preparation

  1. Swank, D.M., M.S. Miller, J. Suggs, S.I. Bernstein, and D.W. Maughan (In preparation): “Alternative Drosophila Myosin S-2 Hinge Regions Influence Muscle Stiffness and Power Output”.

  2. Miller, M.S., S.M.C. Lee, and S.M. Schneider (In preparation): “Cardiac Output Reproducibility using Acetylene Rebreathing during Upright and Supine Cycle Exercise”.

  3. Miller, M.S., D. Lackey, and T.S. Keller (In preparation): “Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Spontaneous Locomotor Activity During Microgravity and Hypergravity”.

  4. Miller, M.S. and T.S. Keller (In preparation): “Effects of Geotaxic Response on Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Locomotion at Microgravity and Hypergravity During Parabolic Flight”.

Conference and Technical Papers

  1. Miller, M.S. and T.S. Keller (1999): “Measuring Drosophila (Fruit Fly) Activity During Microgravity Exposure”. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 6(1), 99-100.

  2. Miller, M.S., J.A. Martin, J.P. Peach, S. Lindsay, and T.S. Keller (1999): “Electromyographic Analysis of a Human Powered Stepper Bike”. In: Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference (Nowak, M.D., Adrezin, R.S., and Leone, D.J., Ed.), University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, April 8-9, p. 120-121.

  3. Ayers, R.A., M. Miller, S.J. Simske, R.W. Norrdin (1996): “Correlation of Flexural Structural Properties with Bone Physical Properties: A Four Species Survey”. In: Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Volume 32 (Valenta, H.L., Ed.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 12-13, p. 251-260.

  4. Shipley, D.E., M.S. Miller, and M.C. Robinson (1995): “Dynamic Stall Occurrence on a Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine Blade”. In: Wind Energy 1995: Proceedings of the Energy and Environmental Expo ‘95, Energy-Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, January 29 - February 1, SED-Vol. 16, p. 167-173, and NREL/TP-442-6912, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 7 pages.

  5. Robinson, M.C., R.A.McD. Galbraith, D.E. Shipley, and M.S. Miller (1995): “Unsteady Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines”. Presented at the AIAA 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 9-12, AIAA 95-0526, 23 pages.

  6. Miller, M.S., D.E. Shipley, T.S. Young, M.C. Robinson, M.W. Luttges, and D.A. Simms (1995): “Combined Experiment Phase II Data Characterization”. NREL/TP-442-6916, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 116 pages.

  7. Miller, M.S., D.E. Shipley, T.S. Young, M.C. Robinson, M.W. Luttges, and D.A. Simms (1995): “The Baseline Data Sets for Phase II of the Combined Experiment”. NREL/TP-442-6915, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 25 pages.

  8. Shipley, D.E., M.S. Miller, M.C. Robinson, M.W. Luttges, and D.A. Simms (1995): “Techniques for the Determination of Local Dynamic Pressure and Angle of Attack on a Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbine”. NREL/TP-442-7393, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 56 pages.

  9. Shipley, D.E., M.S. Miller, M.C. Robinson, M.W. Luttges, and D.A. Simms (1994): “Evidence that Aerodynamic Effects, Including Dynamic Stall, Dictate HAWT Structural Loads and Power Generation in Highly Transient Time Frames”. In: Windpower ‘94: Proceedings of the AWEA Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 9-13, p. 615-626, and NREL/TP-441-7080, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 12 pages.

  10. Robinson, M.C., M.W. Luttges, M.S. Miller, D.E. Shipley, and T.S. Young (1994): “Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamics: The Analysis of Field Test Data”. Presented at the 13th ASME/ETCE Wind Energy Symposium, New Orleans, LA, January 23-26, and NREL/TP-441-7108, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 8 pages.

  11. Robinson, M.C., M.W. Luttges, M.S. Miller, D.E. Shipley, and T.S. Young (1994): “Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamics: The Combined Experiment”. Presented at the Windpower ‘93 Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 12-16, 1993, and NREL/TP-441-7107, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 8 pages.

  12. Miller, M.S. and D.E. Shipley (1994): “Structural Effects of Unsteady Aerodynamic Forces on Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines”. Presented at the AIAA Region V Student Conference, St. Louis, MO, April 8-11, 1992, and NREL/TP-441-7078, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 9 pages.

Conference Abstracts

  1. Miller, M.S., G.P. Farman, T.C. Irving, and D.W. Maughan (2003): “Effect of Lattice Spacing Change on Power Generation in Chemically Skinned Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscle”. Biophysical Journal 84(2), 448a.

  2. Liu, H., D.M. Swank, M. Miller, M. Mardahl-Dumesnil, S. T. Sweeney, C. J. O'Kane, D. W. Maughan and S. I. Bernstein (2002): “Paramyosin is Important for Muscle Development, Myofibrillogenesis, and Muscle Contraction”. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13: 460a.

  3. Miller, M.S., D.M. Swank, J.A. Suggs, S.I. Bernstein, and D.W. Maughan (2002): “Effects of an Alternative Myosin S2 Hinge Region on Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscle”. Gordon Research Conference (Muscle: Contractile Proteins), New London, NH, June 9-14.

  4. Liu, H., D. Swank, M. Miller, D. Maughan, and S. Bernstein (2002): “Paramyosin is Important for Muscle Structure and Function”. In: Proceedings of the 43rdAnnual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA, April 10-14, p. A79.

  5. Miller, M.S., D.M. Swank, J.A. Suggs, S.I. Bernstein, and D.W. Maughan (2002): “Alternative Myosin S2 Hinge Regions Influence Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscle Power Generation”. Biophysical Journal 82(1), 369a-370a.

  6. Keller, T.S., M.S. Miller, and J. Jordan (2001): “Musculoskeletal Modeling and Countermeasures to Space Flight”. In: Texas Space Grant Consortium Spring Meeting Program, Houston, TX, May 17-18. Section 3, p. 9-10.

  7. Miller, M.S.and T.S. Keller (2000): “Effects of Short Duration Microgravity on Drosophila Melanogaster (Fruit Fly) Activity”. Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin 14(1), p. 17.

  8. Miller, M.S.and T.S. Keller (1999): “Measuring Drosophila (Fruit Fly) Activity During Microgravity Exposure”. In: Final Program and Abstracts of the 20thAnnual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 6-11. p. 78.

  9. Nathan, M., T.S. Keller, P. Wessberg, J.G. Beliveau, and M.S. Miller(1996) “Dynamic Response of the Lumbar Spine: Measurement and Modelling”. In: Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society 42ndAnnual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 19-22, p. 649.

  10. Fleet, M.L., M.S. Miller, D.E. Shipley, and J.D. Smith (1992): “Autonomous Support for Microogranism Research in Space”. In: Abstract book of the 8th NASA/USRA Summer Conference, Washington, D.C., June 15-19, p. 7.

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