Dave Sillitti defends MS thesis
Dave Sillitti successfully defended his thesis for the Masters of Science degree. Dave studied the influence of electrospun fibers on neural cell behaviors. Congratulations, Dave!
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Han Chen defends her MS thesis
Han Chen defended her Masters thesis, entitled reactive astrogliosis on electrospun nanoscale/microscale fiber scaffolds. She is now a Research Associate at UCLA. Congratulations, Han!
Chris Lowe defends PhD Thesis
Chris Lowe successfully defended his PhD thesis, entitled “Sustained presentation of therapeutic factors.” Congratulations, Dr. Lowe!
TechAdvance Funding awarded to Professor Shreiber
A TechAdvance award of $92,000 has been granted to a team led by David Shreiber. The funding, which is through the Rutgers Office of Research and Economic Development, is to … Read More
Dr. Shreiber appointed as BME Chair
School of Engineering professor David Shreiber has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Shreiber, whose three-year term commenced on July 1, 2017, replaces … Read More
Yoliem wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Second-year student Yoliem Miranda Alarcon was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides tuition and a $34,000 stipend for three years. Yoliem is developing new, bioactive, collagen-based scaffolds.Congratulations, Yoliem!
Sagar defends PhD thesis
Sagar Singh successfully defended his PhD thesis, where we examined axon mechanics AND the biomechanics of neural probes for brain computer interfaces. Congratulation, Sagar!
Lowe wins NJCBIR Fellowship
Christopher Lowe, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a 3-year, $100,000 fellowship from the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research (NJCBIR). Chris aims to improve neural … Read More
Shreiber and Gaudet patent photo-active collagen
David Shreiber and Ian Gaudet have been awarded a patent for collagen methacrylamide, a type-I collagen derviative that matinains the self-assembly properties of type-I collagen but is also highly reactive … Read More
Kathryn Drzewiecki earns honorable mention at SBC
Kathryn Drzewiecki received honorable mention in the PhD Student Paper Competiton. at the 2013 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Sun River, OR. Kathryn’s paper on the thermoreversibility of collagen methacrylamide was selected … Read More