Sarah L. Kieweg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Kansas University School of Engineering

Ph.D., Duke University, 2005

kieweg@ku.edu

Overview of Research Interests:

• Drug delivery of microbicides to the lower female reproductive tract for the prevention of HIV transmission
• non-Newtonian fluid mechanics
• squeezing flows and gravity-driven flows
• rheology
• transport phenomena.

Selected Publications

Singh V, Misra A, Marangos O, Park J, Ye Q, Kieweg SL, Spencer P. Viscoelastic and fatigue properties of model methacrylate-based dentin adhesives. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2010 Nov;95(2):283-90.

Muffly TM, Boyce J, Kieweg SL, Bonham AJ. Tensile strength of a surgeon's or a square knot. J Surg Educ. 2010 Jul-Aug;67(4):222-6.

Park J, Ye Q, Topp EM, Misra A, Kieweg SL, Spencer P. Effect of photoinitiator system and water content on dynamic mechanical properties of a light-cured bisGMA/HEMA dental resin. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2010 Jun 15;93(4):1245-51.

Kieweg SL, Katz DF. Interpreting properties of microbicide drug delivery gels: analyzing deployment kinetics due to squeezing. J Pharm Sci. 2007 Apr;96(4):835-50.

Owen DH, Peters JJ, Kieweg SL, Geonnotti AR, Schnaare RL, Katz DF. Biophysical analysis of prototype microbicidal gels. J Pharm Sci. 2007 Mar;96(3):661-9.

Kieweg SL, Katz DF. Squeezing flows of vaginal gel formulations relevant to microbicide drug delivery. J Biomech Eng. 2006 Aug;128(4):540-53.

Kieweg SL, Geonnotti AR, Katz DF. Gravity-induced coating flows of vaginal gel formulations: in vitro experimental analysis. J Pharm Sci. 2004 Dec;93(12):2941-52.