Journal Publications

2023

Daca A, Tremblay, Skonieczny K. Expansion and Experimental Evaluation of Scaling Relations for the Prediction of Wheel Performance in Reduced Gravity. Microgravity Science and Technology 36(6).

2022

Daca A, Nassiraei A, Tremblay D, Skonieczny K. Comparison of wheel load application methods in single-wheel testbeds. Journal of terramechanics 99:35-55.

2021

Daca A, Tremblay D, Skonieczny K. The Relationship between Cone Penetration Resistance and Wheel-Soil Interactions in Lunar Gravity. IEEE Aerospace Conference. March 2021.

2015

Haeri A, Tremblay D, Skonieczny K, Holz D, Teichmann M. Efficient Numerical Methods for Accurate Modeling of Soil Cutting Operations. ISARC. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics Construction 37:608-615.

2015

Haase K, Al-Rekabi Z, Guolla L, Hickey R, Tremblay D, Pelling AE. Simultaneous optical and mechanical probes to investigate complex cellular responses to physical cues. Proc. SPIE 9327, Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics II, 93270I (2015).

2014

Tremblay D, Cuerrier CM, Andrzejewski L, O'Brien ER, Pelling AE. A novel stretching platform for applications in cell and tissue mechanobiology. Journal of Visualized Experiments Jun 3 (88). Download PDF

2013

Tremblay D, Chagnon-Lessard S, Mirzaei M, Pelling AE, Godin M. A microscale anisotropic biaxial cell stretching device for applications in mechanobiology. Biotechnology Letters 36(3):657-65. Download PDF

Tremblay D, Andrzejewski L, Leclerc A, Pelling AE. Actin and microtubules play distinct roles in governing the anisotropic deformation of cell nuclei in response to substrate strain. Cytoskeleton 70:837-848. Download PDF

Leclerc A, Tremblay D, Hadjiantoniou S, Bukoreshtliev NV, Pelling AE. Three Dimensional Spatial Separation of Cells in Response to Microtopography. Biomaterials 34:8097. Download PDF

Cuerrier C, Chen X-Y, Tremblay D, McNulty M, Zhao X, Kennedy CRJ, de Belleroche J, Pelling AE, O'Brien ER. Chronic Over-expression of Heat Shock Protein 27 Attenuates Atherogenesis and Enhances Plaque Remodeling: A Combined Histological and Mechanical Assessment of Aortic Lesions. PLOS ONE 8:e55867. Download PDF

2012

Modulevsky DJ, Tremblay D, Gullekson C, Bukoreshtliev NV, Pelling AE. The Physical Interaction of Myoblasts with the Microenvironment During Remodeling of the Cytoarchitecture. PLOS ONE 7, e45329. Download PDF

Rouleau L, Tremblay D, Cartier R, Mongrain R, Leask LR. Regional Variations in Canine Descending Aortic Tissue Mechanical Properties Change with Formalin Fixation. Cardiovascular Pathology, 21:390-7. Download PDF

2011

Tremblay D, Leask RL. Remodeling and Pathology Development Associated with Aneurysmal Ascending Aortic Tissues. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 89:13-22. Download PDF

2010

Tremblay D, Cartier R, Mongrain R, Leask RL. Regional Dependency of the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Contribution to the Mechanical Properties of the Pig Ascending Aortic Tissue. Journal of Biomechanics, 43:2448-2451. Download PDF

2009

Tremblay D, Zigras T, Cartier R, Leduc L, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask RL. A Comparison of the Mechanical Properties of Biological and Synthetic Materials Used in the Aortic Arch Reconstruction. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 88(5):1484-91. Download PDF

Choudhury N, Bouchot O, Rouleau L, Tremblay D, Cartier R, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask RL. Local Mechanical and Structural Properties of Healthy and Diseased Human Ascending Aorta. Cardiovascular pathology, 18(2):83-91. Download PDF

2008

Tremblay D, Cartier R, Leduc L, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask RL. Circumferential Variations in Passive and Active Mechanical Properties of Healthy and Aneurysmal Ascending Aorta. European Congress of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. IFMBE Proceedings, 22:1899-1902. Download PDF

2006

Tremblay D, Choudhury N, Butany J, Cartier R, Mongrain R, Leask RL. Circumferential Variation of Mechanical Properties of Ascending Aorta (AA): A Comparative Study of Healthy and Dilated AA. 5th World Congress of Biomechanics. Journal of Biomechanics, 39:S323.

Tremblay D, Etienne S, Pelletier D. Code Verification and the Method of Manufactured Solutions for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems. Collection of Technical Papers - 36th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2:882-892. Download PDF

2004

Pelletier D, Turgeon E, Tremblay D. Verification and Validation of Impinging Round Jet Simulations Using an Adaptive FEM. International journal for numerical methods in fluids, 44:737-763. Download PDF

Hristova H, Tremblay D, Etienne S, Pelletier D, Borggaard J. Application of a Sensitivity Equation Method to Transient Non-linear Heat Conduction. 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 1205-1215. Download PDF


Book Chapters

Haase K, Tremblay D, Pelling AE. Mechanotransduction: Probing its Mechanisms at the Nanoscale using the Atomic Force Microscope. Takeyasu K, ed. Atomic Force Microscopy in Nano Biology. In Press (2012).

Al-Rekabi Z, Tremblay D, Haase K, Leask RL, Pelling AE. Computational and Experimental Approaches to Cellular and Subcellular Tracking at the Nanoscale. Musa SM, ed. Computational Nanotechnology: Modeling and Applications with MATLAB. New York: CRC Press, pp.333-361 (2011).

Etienne S, Pelletier D, Tremblay D, Garon A. On Monolithic Approaches to Fluid-structure Interactions. Chakrabarti SK, Hernandez S, Brebbia CA, eds. Fluid Structure Interaction and Moving Boundary Problems. p. 339-350 (2005)


Selected Talks

Tremblay D, Andrzejewski L, Pelling AE. Microtubules Contribute to Maintain Nucleus Shape in Epithelial Cell Monolayer. American Physical Society: March Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 2013.

O’Brien E, Chen Y-X, Cuerrier CM, Tremblay D, Zhao X, Pelling AE. Plaque Attenuation and Remodeling With Heat Shock Protein 27 Over-Expression. XVI International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Sydney, Australia, 2012.

Cuerrier CM, Tremblay D, Chen Y-X, Huot-Marchand J-E, deBlois D, Pelling AE, O’Brien ER. Chronic Over-expression of Heat Shock Protein 27 Facilitates Favorable Plaque Remodeling? Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2012 Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, 2012.

Tremblay D, Andrzejewski L., Pelling AE. Un outil de stimulation mécanique et topologique permettant d’imager en temps réel la réponse cellulaire. ACFAS, Sherbrooke, Canada, 2011.

Tremblay D, Cartier R, Leduc L, Butany J, Mongrain, R., Leask, R.L. Local Variations in the Mechanical Properties and Biochemical Composition of Healthy and Dilated Human Ascending Aorta Exhibit Aortic Valve Dependency. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2009.

Meadley SL, Tremblay D, Tripathy U, Wiseman PW, Leask RL. Multiphoton Microscopy of Healthy and Aneurismal Human Ascending Aorta. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA, 2009.

Tremblay D, Cartier R, Leduc L, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask RL. Local Variations in Mechanical Properties of Healthy and Aneurysmal Ascending Aorta. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, St-Louis, USA, 2008.

Tremblay D, Cartier R, Leduc L, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask R. Circumferential Variations of Mechanical Properties of Ascending Aorta (AA): A Comparative Study of Healthy and Dilated AA. Summer Bioengineering Conference, USA, Colorado, 2007.

Tremblay D, Cartier R, Leduc L, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask R. Local Mechanical Properties of Healthy and Aneurysmal Ascending Aorta: Toward a Better Understanding of Aortic Remodeling. CIHR National Research Poster Competition and Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF), Winnipeg, Canada, 2007.

Tremblay D, Zigras T, Lebo N, Choudhury N, Roy R, Leask LR. An Effective Sample Preparation Technique for Accurate Determination of Elastin and Collagen in Aortic Tissue by Measuring Hydroxyproline Content. Eastern Analytical Symposium, New-Jersey, USA, 2006.

Tremblay D, Choudhury N, Cartier R, Butany J, Mongrain R, Leask RL. Circumferential Variation of Mechanical Properties of Ascending Aorta (AA): A Comparative Study of Healthy and Dilated AA. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, USA, Chicago, 2006.

Tremblay D, Etienne S, Pelletier D. The Method of Manufactured Solutions applied to Fluid-Structure Interactions. 14th Annual Conference of the Computational Fluids Dynamics Society of Canada, Kingston, Canada, 2006.