Program

1:30-3:00 p.m. Thursday February 9, 2006          Hawaiian Village Room		Vascular Function and Flow Chair: Craig J. Hartley — Baylor College of Medicine Co-chair: Anilkumar K. Reddy — Baylor College of Medicine
	Finite Elements and Operator Splitting Method for the Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow in Deformable Domains with Application to Blood Flow
		G. Guidoboni, R. Glowinki and T-W. Pan — University of Houston
	Numerical Simulation of Cell Detachment from Surface by Shear Flow
		R. Glowinski, J. Hao and T-W. Pan — University of Houston
	Intravascular Ultrasound-based Imaging of Vasa Vasorum for the Detection of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque
		S.M. O'Malley1, M. Vavuranakis2, R. Metcalfe1, C.J. Hartley3, M. Naghavi4 and I.A. Kakadiaris1 — 1University of Houston, 2University of Athens, 3Baylor College of Medicine and 4Association for Eradication of Heart Attack
	Numerical Determination of Atherosclerotic Plaque Temperature in a Stenotic Artery
		O. Ley and T. Kim — TAMU, College Station
	Models of Aging: What Do They Mean ?
		G.E. Taffet, C.J. Hartley and A.K. Reddy — Baylor College of Medicine