Nine students presented their master’s thesis work in Biomedical Engineering this semester.

Kai Akinloye-Brown (Advisors: Marissa Gray & Celinda Kofron)
A Dynamic Rocking Wheelchair for Reducing Symptoms of Agitation Associated with Dementia and Delirium in Elderly Patients

Tobias Clevinger (Advisor: Edith Mathiowitz)
Insights into Pressure-Temperature Induced Mesophase Formation and Morphology in the Non-Mesogenic Polymer Polyethylene Oxide

David Edgar (Advisor: Braden Fleming)
Defining the Laws’ Texture Signature of Magnetic Resonance CISS and T2* Sequenced Images of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Mateo Frare (Advisor: Michelle Dawson)
Using Clinical Samples to Understand Heterogeneity in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells

Kevin LoGiudice (Advisor: Vikas Srivastava)
Responsive Hydrogel-Based pH Regulation to Reduce Malignant Phenotypes in Breast Cancer Cells

Joshua Manning (Advisor: Jeffrey Morgan)
Comparison of Single Cell Volume Between Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Cell Culture

David Olaleye (Advisor: Joseph Crisco)
Trailfinder wheelchair

Becka Padgett (Advisor: Jeffrey Morgan)
The Effect of Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors on Three-Dimensional Dermal Fibroblast Tissue Rings

Shailen Sampath (Advisor: Vikas Srivastava)
Shape Memory Nitinol Based Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Novel Advancement for Pain Relief