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Alumni
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. Meet Pastakia, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2016). Project Title: Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Bioglass Incorporated Electrochemically Aligned Collagen Fibers. Current Position: Senior Engineer, BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA
4. 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
5. Amina Iqbal, BS in Chemical Engineering (Spring 2017). Project Title: MSC Morphology and Proliferation on Bioglass Incorporated Electrochemically Aligned Collagen Fibers. Current Position: Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
6. 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: Senior Scientist I, Novartis, Boston, MS
7. Athela Frandsen, MS in Biomedical Engineering (Fall 2017). Project Title: Electrocompacted Collagen Matrices for Corneal Repair. Current Position: Aerospace Technologist, NASA, FL
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. Nilabh 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
13. Sarah Ali, BS in Biomedical Engineering (Spring 2022). Project Title: Species-Based Differences in Mechanical Properties, Cytocompatibility and Printability of Methacrylated Collagen Hydrogels. Current Position: Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
14. 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.
15. 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
16. 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