Congratulatory Announcements

Jul 27, 2024

Congratulations, Dr. Cook!

We are excited to announce that Taylor ‘Suh Hee’ Cook has just leveled up to Doctor – she’s officially Dr. Cook now! Her dissertation, with a title longer than a CVS receipt, “In Vitro Stimulation-Conduction Platforms to Mature Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes for Cardiac Tissue Engineering,” was a smashing success under the fabulous Dr.…

Jul 2, 2024

Congratulations Dr. Ziyu Wang!

Hold onto your lab coats, folks! Ziyu Wang has officially leveled up to Dr. Ziyu Wang with her mind-blowing dissertation, “An Antibacterial and Antioxidant Hernia Mesh Using S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine (SNAP) Loaded Chitosan-Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel.” This isn’t just any mesh – it’s the superhero of hernia meshes, fighting bacteria and oxidants with the power of SNAP! A…

Jun 10, 2024

Congratulations, Dr. Daxian Zha!

Sound the trumpets and release the confetti cannons! Our beloved Daxian (Ada) Zha has ascended to the ranks of the doctorate elite as of February 7, 2024, with her epic dissertation, “Design of Collagen and Tropoelastin Functionalized Three-dimensional Electrospun Scaffolds for Co-culture of Skin Cells for Dermal Tissue Engineering.” It’s the gold standard of skin…

Nov 9, 2020

Congratulations to Suh Hee and Alaowei on Publishing a new article!

PhD Student Suh Hee, Alaowei and Dr.Gluck are focusing on regenerating Cardiac Tissue by using induced pluripotent stem and electrospun scaffolds. And their new article “Electrospun Scaffolds and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes for Cardiac Tissue Engineering Applications” has been published on the journal of Bioengineering 2020. For more information about the article, please use the following…

Nov 9, 2020

Congratulations to Monica Deshpande on Publishing her paper!

PhD Student Monica Deshpande and professor Martin King are fabricating and evaluating biodegradable textile scaffolds for regeneration of skeletal muscle in treatment of Craniofacial Microsomia. The research article regarding this study “Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Resorbable Auxetic Designed Knitted Scaffolds for Craniofacial Skeletal Muscle Regeneration” was published online in Bioengineering 2020. For more information about the article, please use…

Oct 28, 2020

Congratulations to Dr.Jiyang Chen passed his Doctoral Final Oral Examination!

Dr. Jiyang Chen passed his doctoral oral examination on Oct.27 2020 by impressing the five members of his Examining Committee. His interdisciplinary research project was entitled “Preclinical Evaluation of a Biodegradable Knitted Heart Cap for the Delivery of Cardiosphere-derived Cells to Induce Reverse Remodeling of a Failing Left Ventricle”. He recently completed a rat study of his implantable…

Oct 19, 2020

Congratulations to Fan Zhang on her new publication!

We are so pleased to announce that graduate student Fan Zhang and Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science professor Martin King designed a prototype of a vascular graft to replace a damaged or blocked coronary artery. The graft would act as a scaffold to aid in the regeneration of the patient’s own blood vessels. …

Aug 21, 2020

Congratulations to Hamid Hamedi on publishing a review paper!

Congratulations to Hamid Hamedi on publishing his review paper on hydrogels material related to wound dressings. We are so pleased to announce that one of our group member’s(Hamid Hamedi) paper has been posted in the carbohydrate polymer journal website (impact factor =7.18) as one of the most cited papers since 2017. This paper has received…

Feb 5, 2020

Congratulations to Fan Zhang, Yihan Huang and Monica Deshpande!!

Congratulations to Fan Zhang, Yihan Huang and Monica Deshpande for their outstanding achievements in winning grants for their research projects!This is wonderful news!!Their research projects are obviously of a high caliber and clearly presented as it convinced the members of the AATCC Review Committee to provide them with some of the funds they will need…

Jan 10, 2020

Congratulations to Dr. Bhavya Singhi!!!

On Monday, August 12, 2019, Dr. Bhavya Singhi successfully passed her PhD oral exam! Her dissertation topic focused on the ‘Wet Spinning of Poly (4-hydroxybutyrate) to Produce Drug-loaded Fibers for Controlled Drug Delivery Applications.’ The research work involved identifying suitable wet spinning conditions for Poly(4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB), a novel biopolymer, studying the feasibility of preparing drug-loaded…