Four members of the lab received best paper awards at the 2008 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference in Marco Island, FL. Margaret Julias received 2nd place and Harini Sundaraghavan 3rd place in the PhD Podium Competition, Tissue Engineering division. Lowell Edgar received 2nd place in the Bachelor’s Competition. Gary Monteiro received Honorable Mention in the PhD Poster Competition, Tissue Engineering division.