Grace took first place in the Student Paper Competition in Biotransport at the Proceedings of the Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2025. Her talk was titled: “Mechano-lysis in whole blood clots: on how mechanics affect clot lysis, and how lysis affects clot mechanics“. Congratulations, Grace!
On Thursday, May 22, Shreya passed the oral examination of her qualifying exam. Congratulations Shreya!
Grace successfully passed the oral presentation of her dissertation proposal. Congratulations, Grace!
Dr. Su Guvenir Torun has joined the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab as a post-doctoral fellow. Welcome Su! We are excited to have you with us.
Christina and Colton have been awarded pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships, respectively. Congratulations both! We are proud of you.
Shreya Sreedhar, a first year BME PhD student, has officially joined the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab. Welcome to the lab, Shreya!
Alberto successfully passed the oral presentation of his dissertation proposal. Congratulations, Alberto!
Matt successfully completed the oral presentation for his dissertation proposal. Congratulations Matt!
Dr. Mrudang Mathur has successfully defended his dissertation titled "Towards Understanding Tricuspid Valve Mechanics & Function in Health, Disease, and Repair."
Congratulations Dr. Mathur!
Dr. Sotirios Kakaletsis has successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Histomechanical Characterization and Microstructure-Based Modeling of Right Ventricular Myocardium.”
Congratulations, Dr. Kakaletsis!
Christina has passed her written and oral dissertation proposal.
Congratulations, Christina!
Dr. Manuel Rausch has been promoted to the position of associate professor. Congratulations Dr. Ruasch!
Dr. Gabriella (Ella) Sugerman successfully defended her dissertation titled, ”Exploring Blood Clot Mechanics: Scientific and Educational Tools for Comprehensive Understanding” .
Congratulations Dr. Sugerman!
Grace Bechtel, 1st year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, passed her oral qualifying exam.
Congratulations Grace!
Alberto was awarded the Engineering Foundation Endowed Graduate Presidential Scholarship.
Grace was awarded the Temple Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
Congratulations Alberto and Grace!
Collin Haese, 2nd year MS student in EM, won runner-up in the MS Student Poster Competition for his work titled “The Role of Annuloplasty Ring Shape and Size on Tricuspid Valve Repair”.
Congratulations Collin!
Collin Haese, 2nd year MS student in EM, will present his work titled “The Role of Annuloplasty Ring Shape and Size on Tricuspid Valve Repair” as a finalist in the MS Student Poster Competition.
Mrudang Mathur, 5th year PhD candidate in ME, will present his work titled “Suppressing Leaflet Thickening and Stiffening May Restore Tricuspid Valve Function” as a finalist in the PhD Student Paper Competition.
Good luck to them both!
Ella Sugerman and Mrudang Mathur, 5th year doctoral candidates in BME and ME, respectively, received travel awards to attend the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting being held from 16-19 October 2022 in College Station, TX.
Congratulations to them both!
Matthew Lohr, 1st year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, passed his oral qualifying exam.
Congratulations Matt!
Ella was awarded the Alton R. and Doris A. Hagedorn Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Engineering
Matt was awarded the Uniden Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Engineering 2022-2025
Sotiris was awarded the Eric Baker Becker III Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Congratulations to them all!