Alumni
Ph.D. Students
1. Thuy-Uyen Nguyen, PhD in Chemical Engineering (Summer 2019). Dissertation Title: Electrochemical Fabrication of Elastin Containing Bi-layered Scaffold for Vascular Tissue Engineering Applications. Current Position: Scientist III, Matica Biotechnology, TX
2. Likitha Somasekhar, PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2021). Dissertation Title: Bioink Optimization and Effects of Microgravity of 3D Bioprinted Cell Laden Constructs. Current Position: Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (Coadvisor)
3. Nilabh S. Kajave, PhD in Chemical Engineering (Fall 2021). Dissertation Title: 3D Printed Bioglass Incorporated Collagen Matrices for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering. Current Position: Product Development Lead Scientist, Humabiologics, AZ
4. Maria Albaqami, PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Fall 2022). Dissertation Title: Investigating the Role of Cryptochrome Activity in Arabidopsis Plant and Blue light exposure in Saos-2 Cell-Mediated Mineralization.
5. Nashaita Patrawalla, PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Fall 2024). Dissertation Title: Advancing Biofabrication Methodologies to Develop Biomimetic Tissue Scaffolds for Musculoskeletal Applications. Current Position: Scientist, Poseidon Medical, Inc
M.S. Thesis Students
1. Gengbo Liu, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2015). Thesis Title: Saos-2 Cell Mediated Mineralization on Collagen Gels: Effect of Densification and Bioglass Incorporation. Current Position: AI Scientist, Genentech, San Francisco, CA
2. Ranjani Iyer, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2015). Thesis Title: Electrochemically Compacted Collagen Matrices for Corneal Repair. Current Position: Staff Systems Engineer, BD-RCI, Galway, Ireland
3. Thuy-Uyen Nguyen, MS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2016). Thesis Title: Elastin Incorporated Electrochemically Aligned Collagen Fibers for Vascular Applications. Current Position: Scientist III, Matica Biotechnology, TX
4. Christopher Bridgeman, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2017). Thesis Title: Effect of Tannic Acid on Mechanical Properties of Collagen Scaffolds and Melanoma Cell Proliferation. Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Maryland
5. Madhura Nijsure, MS in Chemical Engineering (Fall 2017). Thesis Title: Effect of Bioglass Incorporation into Electrochemically Aligned Collagen Threads on Mechanical Properties and Cell-Mediated Mineralization. Current Position: Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
6. Kori Watkins, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2018). Thesis Title: Photochemical Crosslinking of Methacrylated Collagen Hydrogels: Effect of I2959 vs. VA086 on Mechanics and Cellular Response. Current Position: Optometric Resident, Salt Lake City VA and Moran Eye Center
7. Thais Sousa, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Fall 2020). Thesis Title: 3D Printed Microporous Collagen Constructs Using the Freeze-FRESH Methodology. Current Position: Production Engineer, Advanced Biomatrix, CA
8. Nashaita Patrawalla, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2021). Thesis Title: A Comparative Study to Assess the Osteogenic Potential of Competing Bioceramics for Bone Tissue Engineering. Current Position: Scientist, Poseidon Medical, Inc
9. Bayan Saleh, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2023). Thesis Title: Xeno-Free Biomimetic ECM Model for Investigation of Matrix Properties on Astrocyte Cell Response. Current Position: QA Engineer at ReactDx, Melbourne, FL
10. Kathryn Bock, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2023). Thesis Title: Investigating the effects of collagen alignment and tricalcium phosphate incorporation on osteoblast cell response. Current Position: Project Engineer for Jacobs/ERC at Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
11. Karly Liebendorfer, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2024). Thesis Title: Innovative 4D Printing of Biomimeic Collagen-TCP Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration. Current Position: Graduate Student, Bioengineering, Georgia Tech
12. Jamielyn Jarvis, MS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2025). Thesis Title: Effects of Different Blue Light Conditions on Saos-2 Cell Viability, Differentiation, and Mineralization. Current Position: Materials Scientist, DuPont
M.S. Project Students
1. Sheetal Tiwari, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2016). Project Title: Elecrochemically Aligned Collagen Fibers Crosslinked with Chemical and Natural Agents. Current Position: Product Development Engineer II, Siemens, New York
2. Athela Frandsen, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Fall 2017). Project Title: Electrocompacted Collagen Matrices for Corneal Repair. Current Position: Investigative Chemist/Engineer, NASA, FL
3. Nilabh S. Kajave, MS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2018). Current Position: Product Development Lead Scientist, Humabiologics, AZ
Undergraduate Students
1. Ryan Mclay, BS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2014).
2. Meet Pastakia, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2016). Current Position: Staff Engineer, BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA
3. Jillian Collins, BS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2019). Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
4. Thais Sousa, BS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2019). Current Position: Production Engineer, Advanced Biomatrix, CA
5. Clay Womack, BS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2020).
6. Kjel Johnson, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2020). Current Position: Engineer, Olympus, Tampa, FL
7. Sharon Adkins, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2020). Current Position: Medical Scribe, Brevard Physician Associates, PLLC
8. Marcello Mattei, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2022). Current Position: Junior Engineer, ReactDx, Melbourne, FL
9. Sarah Ali, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2022). Current Position: Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
10. Jamielyn Jarvis, BS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2023). Current Position: Materials Scientist, DuPont
11. Ravi Raj, BS in Biomedical Science (Spring 2024). Current Position: Graduate Student at Florida Tech
12. Karly Liebendorfer, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2024). Current Position: Graduate Student, Bioengineering, Georgia Tech