The lab got together to decorate cookies and gingerbread houses to celebrate the last day of classes for our undergrads!
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Andrew successfully defended his dissertation and can now proudly add PhD to the end of his name! We are so proud of you and excited for your next chapter at DSM-Firmenich in Philly. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors!
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Abbey passed her proposal and is now in the final stage of her dissertation research!
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Graduate students honed their science communication skills during a fun outing at the Moxy hotel! Following their 3-minute research pitches, undergraduates engaged with questions to gain deeper insights into the lab’s diverse projects.
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Sarah wowed judges with her 2-minute research pitch at the Annual BioInterface Symposium
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Professor Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernández has been awarded the medal for her impactful research in biomaterials and commitment to expanding representation in materials science. She will receive the award at the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting in April 2025.
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Our lab had a great time connecting with fellow biomaterials researchers and sharing our latest work at the SFB Regional Conference in Austin!
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Sarah showcased her intriguing research - Suspension Electrospinning of Decellularized Extracellular Matrix: A New Approach to Retain Bioactivity
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Congratulations to Dr. Green on his new faculty position as Assistant Professor at Tulane University; we are excited to see him flourish in his new role, though we will miss his contributions and presence here in this lab.
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Our undergraduate students presented their research at the BME Spring Symposium!
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Abbey Nkansah awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations Abbey!
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Exciting news from our research team! Our latest manuscript, now available in Nature Communications, unveils a pioneering development in cardiac care - injectable hydrogel electrodes specifically designed to restore native pacing in ventricular arrhythmias. This breakthrough represents a significant advancement in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
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Taylor presented her work on developing an in vitro decellularized bone marrow model.
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Sarah Jones impressed a panel of P&G Recruiters and Senior Technologist at this year's poster competition.
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Phillip Baek and Ashauntee Fairley secured funding for their new app BoBo which revolutionizes how we live with roommates. Congrats!
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez and the BME UNITE group publish a guide on how to increase diverse of engineering faculty.
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We had our largest science communication event yet!
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Andrew presented his work on engineering heart valves to industry researchers.
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Sarah Jones successfully passed her proposal exam this summer. Dissertation here we come!
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Dana Jenkins successfully defend her Ph.D. dissertation this summer.
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The ACSPMSE fellowship recognizes the great contribution of top-tier PMSE members to the science and engineering of polymeric materials
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Congratulation to Dr. Green on his well-deserved grant!
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A Science communication journalist wrote an article on our injectable conductive hydrogel project: Cosgriff-Hernandez lab in collaboration with the Razavi lab at the Texas Heart Institute have created a "liquid wire" that, when injected into pig hearts, can guide the organs to a normal rhythm
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Congratulations to Andrew on winning the AHA Fellowship!
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Megan Wancura (Meg) successfully defended their Ph.D. dissertation this summer
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Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation this summer
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Maddie presented her summer research work in the Texas Materials Institute REU poster session
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez will serve as President of the Society for Biomaterials during the year 2022-2023
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Dana Jenkins received Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin (July 2022)
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Undergraduate student Aparajith Kannapiran (Jeetu) received the Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship
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Dr. Green will serve as the DEI chair for the SFB Young Scientist Group for the year 2022 to 2023
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Gabriel was recognized as a devoted student activist by Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program and entered the Academic Leaders Hall of Fame
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Arian Veyssi will serve as 2022 SFB secretary/treasurer-elect and fulfill the duty of SFB secretary/treasurer in 2023
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Dr. Green shared his exciting work on developing injectable hydrogel carrier to improve bone marrow transplantation and won first place in 2022 SFB-PRA
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Gabriel and Sarah won the second and third places in the SFB 3-minute thesis competition.
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Andrew Robinson received the 2022 student leader award for his excellence in academic performance and leadership
Read moreRecognized by the UT chemistry department, Megan Wancura received the Faraday Teaching award for the best teacher-student interaction and education passion
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Dr. Green was invited to share his experience on The Science of Mentoring episode of The National Academies Podcast
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Our research collaboration with the Texas Heart Institute highlighted on the EP Lab Digest journal
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Dr. Mykel Green joined the lab from the UT Austin Provost Early Career Fellowship program He will receive support for three years to develop a research and teaching portfolio in the area of health care disparities
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was elected 2021-2022 President-elect of the Society for Biomaterials
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Prachi Dhavalikar and Taneidra Buie graduated after successfully defending their PhD dissertations this year (2020-2021)
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Undergraduate students from our lab received their degrees in Biomedical Engineering (right to left): Megan, Jason Shenoi, Christina Waldron, Robnit Kar, Anupryia Jose and Nicholas Ray (not in the photo)
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Undergraduate student Annika Balakrishnan received the Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship.
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Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Rivera received the Ford Foundation 2021 Dissertation Fellowship. This fellowship is administered by the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Jason Shenoi received Undergraduate Research Fund to build a Lateral Translation Device for Precise Coil Fabrication of Kink Resistant Vascular Grafts
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Dana Jenkins earned her Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering.
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Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Rivera received the Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Student Leadership Award for his work with G.U.M.
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez joined a group of biomedical engineers in a commentary that argues that racial funding disparity by the NIH remains a significant barrier to the success of Black biomedical engineers
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Taneidra received the 2021 SFB Student Award for Outstanding Research
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was inducted as Fellows of Biomaterial Science and Engineering (FBSE) at the World Biomaterials Congress held virtually from Glasgow, Scotland, on December 2020
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Prachi Dhavalikar successfully completed her dissertation: Development of PolyHIPE Scaffolds for Improved Bone Regeneration. Cogratulations Dr. Dhavalikar.
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Taneidra Buie successfully defended her dissertation: Development of Multifunctional Electrospun Wraps for Bone Healing. Congratuations Dr. Buie
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Meg was awarded for her exemplary performance as an introductory chemistry Teaching Assistant
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Taneidra Buie received Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin
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Alejandra Perez-Nava is a visiting scholar from the Michoacana University of San Nicolas of Hidalgo (Mexico). Her research was related to the development of electrospun scaffolds for cardiovascular applications
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The award is a professional distinction conferred by the BMES Board of Directors to a member that has made significant contributions within the biomedical engineering field and exhibit leadership within the field but also has served within the Society.
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Undergraduate Ronit Kar (Papai) placed as semi-finalist in University Co-op Mitchell Scholarship based on electrophysiology research
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Three undergraduates students from ECH lab received Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS).
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We are proud to announce that Ph.D student, Dana Jenkins, and undergraduate, Josh McCune, have been offered the 2020 NSF-GRFP award
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez was selected to be one of the Gilbreth Lecturers at the National Academy of Engineering's National Meeting on February 13, 2020 at the National Academies Beckman Center
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Gabriel Rodriguez-Rivera won a Graduate Student Travel Award to present his research at the CMBE 2020 Conference at Rio Grande, PR.
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Our undergraduates students presented their research at the BME Fall Symposium
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Taneidra Walker won the first place for graduate student poster competition during the symposium
Read moreTaneidra Walker won the first place on the graduate student poster contest at the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium
Read moreTaneidra Walker and Stacy Cereceres received the TAMU NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Fellowship
Read moreAllison Post won the award for best oral presentation at the 2017 Gulf Coast Consortia on Regenerative Medicine! Taneidra Walker and and Alysha Kishan from our lab also won second and third place.
Read moreTaneidra Walker won first place in the graduate student poster competition at the Pathways Annual Symposium
Read moreTaneidra Buie won the 1st place graduate student poster awardee at the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium
Read moreTaneindra Buie won 2nd place in the graduate student poster presentation
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Stacy Cereceres and Taneidra Walker awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
Read moreMichael Talanker, Karim Salhadar, Jennifer Yoon, and Joshua McCune participated in the Spring BME Poster Competition with Michael winning 3rd place.
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Congratulations to Joshua McCune and Anupriya Jose for placing 1st and 3rd at the annual BME poster competition!
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Prachi Dhavalikar wins first place in at the Biointerfaces Poster Session! Congrats Prachi!
Read moreAlysha Kishan, Karli Gold, and Allison Post were awarded first place in the Education Challenge, as well as the People's Choice Award at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting
Read moreAlysha Kishan and Allison Post were awarded the Presidential Service Award for our work in teaching Biomaterials to underserved middle school students with Citizen Schools
Read moreMike Whitely was awarded the TAMU Dissertation Fellowship (2017-2018). A fellowship awarded by the Texas A&M Office of Graduate and Professional Studies to support students in the final stages of their doctoral program.
Read moreGabriel Rodriguez-Rivera was awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship in Spring 2018
Read moreAlysha Kishan was presented with the Student Award for Outstanding Research, PhD Candidate at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting
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Dr. Cosgriff-Hernandez presented this January at the Orthopedic Research Society Annual Meeting in Austin.
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Our graduate students attended the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition this April
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