People

Graduate Students

Md. Mehadi Hassan Sagor

Degree Pursuing: PhD
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, BUET 2023
Area of Research: I am researching the development of porous scaffolds using freeze-gelation method for spinal cord injury treatment.
Favorite Food: Pudding, Oven baked pasta
Fun Fact: Reverse Engineering in Cooking.

Undergraduate Students

Stephanie Armengolt

Major: Biomedical Engineering 
Graduation Year: 2027
Research: Mechanical stimulation of cells
Favorite Food: Indomie Bechamel
Fun Fact: I love weightlifting

Happy Boutrus

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Graduation Year: 2029
Research: Biomaterials for VML repair
Favorite Food: Macarona
Fun Fact: I love to oil paint!

Alumni

Natalie Kozan, PhD (Biomedical Engineering), Aligned collagen sponges with sustained release of IGF-1 for treatment of volumetric muscle loss

Jarin Tusnim, PhD (Biomedical Engineering), Engineering a 3D hollow collagen gel model to explore potential therapeutics for peripheral nerve regeneration

Drew Diel, MS (Biomedical Engineering), Effects of different sourced endothelial cells on axonal regeneration

Sandra Raju, MS (Biomedical Engineering), The effects of uniaxial mechanical stimulation on skeletal muscle maturity and formation

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Marlin Abdelmasih (Biology), In vitro skeletal muscle constructs

Faith Adams (Biomedical Engineering), Cross-linked collagen scaffolds

Simone Bishara (Biochemistry), Biomaterial scaffolds for muscle regeneration

Shreyas Bolla (Biology), Biological response of material scaffolds for muscle regeneration

Karthik Budharaju (Biology, Accelerated BA/MD), Role of extracellular matrix proteins in determining neurite growth

Sean Caswell (Biomedical Engineering), Volumetric tissue regeneration

Karl Chelala (Biology), In vitro models of peripheral nerve regeneration

Neeraja Dave (Biomedical Engineering), Investigating alignment of myoblasts within ECM-hydrogels

Jasmine Guliani (Biomedical Engineering, BS/MD), Skeletal muscle regeneration

Noor Haque (Biology), Effects of post geometry on alignment in in vitro skeletal muscle constructs

Shaikh Hassan (Biomedical Engineering), CNS models of neural regeneration within collagen hydrogels

Hans Pocholo Hugo (Biomedical Engineering), Collagen-fibrin composite materials

Girisha Kaetheeswaran (Biomedical Engineering), In vitro skeletal muscle constructs

Kankana Karmakar (Heritage Institute of Technology), Impact of macrophages on axonal growth

Peter Kutuzov (Biochemistry), In vitro models of peripheral nerve regeneration

Aman Mittal (Biomedical Engineering), Silk-collagen composite hydrogels

Nyssa Nixon (Biomedical Engineering), In vitro models of peripheral nerve regeneration

Vivian Ojeda (Biomedical Engineering), Biomaterial scaffolds for muscle regeneration

Sheetal Padhi (Biomedical Engineering), Use of NSAIDs for PNS repair in hollow collagen channels

Yash Parikh (Biology), Myoblast growth and alignment

Milan Patel (Biomedical Engineering), Biomimetic scaffolds for skeletal muscle regeneration

Shree Sankar (Biomedical Engineering), ECM extraction for tissue regeneration and alignment

Selma Shifa (Biomedical Engineering), Maintenance and long-term methods for myoblast hydrogel culture

Adrian Sudol (Biomedical Engineering), Investigation of the effects of fibroblasts on axonal growth and repair

Rashmi Venkatarama (Biomedical Engineering), Exercise models that enhance reinnervation

Juliana Yang (Biomedical Engineering), Endothelial cell growth in microfluidic collagen hydrogels

Noah N. Youssef (Biomedical Engineering, BS/MD), Skeletal muscle regeneration