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Current Students:

Sevan Abahian
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Advisor: Stephen Knisley
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: UNC-Chapel Hill: BS
Research interests: Electrophysiology, Device Design

Elyse Baum
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Advisor: Weinhold
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: Georgia Tech: BS
Research interests: Tendon Biomechanics

Russ Behler
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Advisor: Caterina Gallippi
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Butler
Research interests: Ultrasound, Medical Imaging

Matthew Berginski
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Advisor: Shawn Gomez
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Georgia Institute of Technology: BS
Research interests: Computational Biology

Josie Bodle
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Advisor: Loboa
Degree in progress: PhD
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Sarah J Boyce
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Michael Brady
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Advisor: Oleg Favorov
Degree in progress: MD, PhD
Previous universities: NC State University: BS Comp. Engr.
Research interests: Signal Analysis, Medical Devices

Justin Braveboy-Wagner
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Peppie Browne
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Adam Burkholder
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Adisri (Audrey) Charoenpanich
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Advisor: Loboa
Degree in progress: MS-PhD
Previous universities: Silpakorn University, Thailand, BS
Research interests: Cell mechanics

Punita Christopher
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Advisor: Dr. Charles Finley
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: UNC-Chapel Hill, MS
Research interests: Cochlear Implants, Medical Devices

Sangwon Chung
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Rachel Clipp
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Advisor: Dr. Brooke Steele
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Clemson University, Clemson, SC: BS
Research interests: Cardiovascular Modeling

Amber Collins
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Advisor: Dr. Paul Weinhold
Degree in progress: MS, PhD
Previous universities: North Carolina State University: BS
Research interests: Orthopaedics

Jeremy Cribb
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Previous universities: Francis Marion
Research interests: Micro- and macro- rheology of biomaterials

Kristen Dang
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Jon Edwards
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Laura Faulconer
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Advisor: Etta Pisano
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Virginia Commonwealth University: BS
Research interests: Medical Imaging

Kris Ford
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Theresa Forshey
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Eric Franscisco
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Brandon Frederick
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Wei Gao
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Ryan Gessner
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Joe Giallo
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Advisor: Edward Grant
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: NCSU:BSEE, UNC- CH:MBA
Research interests: Medical robotics, instrumentation and devices

Shaun Gittard
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Advisor: Roger Narayan
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: Washington University, St. Louis: BS
Research interests: Biomaterials, Microbiology, Tissue Engineering

Brian Gonzales
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Advisor: Dr. Lalush
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Rochester Institute of Technology
Research interests: Medical Imaging, X-ray

Carla Haslauer
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Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Loboa
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge: BS
Research interests: Bone Tissue Engineering Using Microporous Scaffolds

Meghan Hegarty
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Advisor: Dr. Edward Grant
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: University of Hartford; W. Hartford, CT
Research interests: Rehabilitation Robotics

Denny Himel, PhD
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Advisor: Stephen B. Knisley
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Southeastern Louisiana University
Research interests: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiac Ablation

Jameson Holden
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Advisor: Mark Tommerdahl
Degree in progress: MS + PhD
Previous universities: UNC, CH: BS
Research interests: Medical Devices

Jordan Hutchinson
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Nilesh Ingle
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Terah Anne Jackson
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Shawn Janairo
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Previous universities: UNC-CH
Research interests: Cell Biology

Rex Jeffries
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Advisor: Jeffrey Macdonald
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: North Carolina A&T State University, BSEE, MSEE
Research interests: Metabolomics, Computational Biology

Erin Jerkins
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Sara Johnson
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James Jordan
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Advisor: Mark Tommerdahl
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: UNC Chapel Hill: BS
Research interests: Bioinformatics

Mark Joseph
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Advisor: Finley
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Erica Lee
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Advisor: Denis Marcellin-Little, Ola Harrysson
Degree in progress: MS/PhD
Previous universities: UNC-CH, BS
Research interests: Limb Sparing

Jaekwang Lee
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Jamal Lewis
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Advisor: Roger Narayan
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: FSU/FAMU College of Engineering
Research interests: Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering

Jae Yong Lim
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Advisor: Dr. Lubkin
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: KAIST : BS, MS
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Qingwei Liu
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Oswaldo Lozoya
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Advisor: Dr. Reid & Dr. Lubkin
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Texas at El Paso: BSME, MSME
Research interests: Application of mathematical modeling towards predictive tissue engineering

Skylar Marvel
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Advisor: Elizabeth Loboa
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Colorado State, Fort Collins, CO
Research interests: Tissue Engineering

Seth McCullen
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Advisor: Dr. Loboa
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: NC State
Research interests: scaffold development, functional tissue engineering

Ryan McCullouch
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Advisor: Peter Mente
Degree in progress: MS,PhD
Previous universities: NCSU:BS, Old Dominion:MS
Research interests: Biomechanics

Tyler McLawhorn
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Advisor: Dr. Peter Mente
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: North Carolina State University: BS
Research interests: Biomechanics

Amy McPherson
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Advisor: Glenn Walker
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: NC State
Research interests: Microfluidics

Gemma Mendel
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Advisor: Loboa
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: Mass. Instit of Tech, Cambridge: BS
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Benjamin Moody
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Advisor: G. McCarty
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Virginia Tech
Research interests: Raman Spectroscopy

Lee Burke Mullin
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Mary Beth Nebel
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Advisor: Mark Tommerdahl & Greg Essick
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Duke University, B.S.E.
Research interests: OA, Sensory information processing

Richard Nguyen
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Peter Nicholas
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Adrian O'Neill
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Advisor: Glenn Walker
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests: Microfluidics / Toxicology

Matthew Penny
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Advisor: Mente
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: NCSU
Research interests: Biomechanics, Medical Device Design

Lucy Elizabeth Perkins
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Stewart Peters
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Previous universities: UNC Charlotte
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Wayne Pfeiler
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Advisor: Elizabeth Loboa
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Tennessee-Knoxville: BS, MS
Research interests: Finite Element Analysis, Biomechanics, Tissue Engineering

Tuyen Phan
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Advisor: Gomez
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Bonnie Pierson
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Advisor: Narayan
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Suneel Potiny
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Enzhuo Quan
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Advisor: David Lalush
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Tsinghua University
Research interests: Medical imaging

Kayvan Rahimi-Keshari
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Advisor: Macdonald
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Berkeley
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Venkat Ramshesh
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Advisor: John J. Lemasters/Stephen B. Knisley
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: MS
Research interests: Confocal, Multiphoton, Fluorescence imaging

Aaron Richardson
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Advisor: Gallipi
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Florida, Gainesville: BS
Research interests: Imaging

Meghan Samberg
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Advisor: McCord
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Georgia: BS, Yale University: MS
Research interests: Biomedical textiles

Stacia Sawyer
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Sunita Sayeram
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Advisor: Dr. David Lalush
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Toronto
Research interests: Medical Imaging

Theresa Schehl
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Mallory Renee Scola
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Rich Shoge
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Advisor: Dr. Peter Mente
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research interests: Biomechanics, Orthopedics

Jared Sims
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Advisor: Stephen B. Knisley
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Vanderbilt University
Research interests: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Defibrillation

Krishi Siravuri
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Advisor: Dr. Peter Mente
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: NIT Jalandhar
Research interests: Biomechanics, Tissue engineering, Computer applications

Robert Snyder
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Advisor: Donald Bitzer
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Maryland College Park
Research interests: Protein Translation

Jeffrey Soo Hoo
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Advisor: Glenn Walker
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Hofstra BE, Rutgers MS
Research interests: Microfluidics

Tabitha Staniszewski
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Advisor: McCord
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Jason Streeter
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Suja Thomas
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Advisor: Todd Vision (Biology)
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: UNC, CH
Research interests: Mathematical Modeling of Genome Structure Evolution

Camille Thompson
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Rachael Turner
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Advisor: Dr. Lola Reid
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Arizona
Research interests: Liver Tissue Engineering

Suzy Vasa
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Advisor: Morgan Giddings
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Iowa State University
Research interests: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Scott Vu
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Advisor: Donald Bitzer
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: North Carolina State University
Research interests: Bioinformatics and Biotechnology

David Wagner
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Advisor: Dr. Glenn Walker
Degree in progress: MS
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Xiaohu Wan
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Justin Warren
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Amy Webb
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Advisor: Kirk Wilhelmsen
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: University of Kentucky
Research interests: Genetics, Bioinformatics

Amy Renee West
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Michael James Whitley
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Kristal Wilson
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Advisor: Simon Roe
Degree in progress: MS
Previous universities: NCSU
Research interests: Biomechanics

Jason Winnike
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Advisor: Macdonald
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: UNC/NCSU: MS, UNC: BS
Research interests: Metabolomics

Stephen Wolfe
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Lauren Woods
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Previous universities: UNC Chapel Hill
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Tong Ying Wu
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Advisor: David Lalush, Alex Tropsha
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: North Carolina State University: BS (Bio. Eng)
Research interests: Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics

Ray Yao
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Matthew Zachek
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Previous universities: UNC Chapel Hill
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Helen Zhai, PhD
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Advisor: Weili Lin
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Shanghai Jiaotong University
Research interests: MRI

Zheng Zhang
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Advisor: Dr. Mark Tommerdahl
Degree in progress: PhD
Previous universities: Tsinghua University
Research interests: stimulator design, Psychophysics



Recent Graduates:

Daniel Brooks
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Advisor: Dr. Peter Mente
Degree: MS
Previous universities: University Of Maine, Orono: BS
Research interests: Orthopedics, biomodeling, and Bone metastasis

Olgha Davis
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Advisor: Brooke Steele
Degree: MS
Previous universities: Boston University: BS
Research interests: Computational Modeling

Andy Doraiswamy
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Advisor: Roger Narayan
Degree: PhD
Previous universities: Georgia Tech, University of Arizona
Research interests: CAD/CAM Rapid Prototyping, Medical Devices

John Dumas
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Advisor: Stephen B. Knisley
Degree: PhD
Previous universities: Washington and Lee University: BS
Research interests: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Medical Device Design

Ann Marie Fox
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Advisor: Albert Banes
Degree: PhD
Previous universities: Philadelphia University
Research interests: Mechanotransduction, Tissue Engineering

Vidya Goli
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Advisor: Glenn Walker
Degree: MS
Previous universities: UNC-Chapel Hill: BS
Research interests: Microfluidics, Liver Tissue Engineering

Ariel Hanson
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Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Loboa
Degree: MS
Previous universities: Northeastern University
Research interests: Tissue Engineering

Elizabeth Laureano
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Advisor: David Needham (Duke)
Degree: MS
Previous universities: UNC-Charlotte: BSME
Research interests: Biomaterials, Polymer based Drug Delivery

John McGlade
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Advisor: John Muth
Degree: MS then?
Previous universities: Pennsylvania State University, State College: BS
Research interests: Optical Imaging

Carey Merritt
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Advisor: Eddie Grant
Degree: PhD
Previous universities: NC State Univ., Raleigh: BS, MS in CPE
Research interests: Biomedical sensors, Electronic Textiles, Instrumentation

Ajit Moghe
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Advisor: Bhupender Gupta
Degree: PhD
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Research interests: Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering

Andy Richards
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Advisor: Gregory Buckner
Degree: MS
Previous universities: Clemson University, BS
Research interests: Medical Devices

Jillian Rouse
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Advisor: Nancy Monteiro-Riviere
Degree: MS
Previous universities: N.C. State
Research interests: Nanoparticle Toxicity

Chris Seagle
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Advisor: Dr. MacDonald
Degree: PhD
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William Turner
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Advisor: Dr. Reid
Degree: PhD
Previous universities: NC State
Research interests: Liver Tissue Engineering

Bryan Yoder
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Advisor: Dr. David Lalush
Degree: PhD
Previous universities: Vanderbilt
Research interests: Medical Imaging