KINESIN-MICROTUBULE INTERACTIONS DURING GLIDING ASSAYS UNDER MAGNETIC FORCE BY TODD L. FALLESEN A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Physics December 2010 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Approved By: Jed Macosko, Ph.D., Advisor Roy R. Hantgan, Ph.D., Chairman Keith D. Bonin, Ph.D. Eric D. Carlson, Ph.D. George M. Holzwarth, Ph.D.