SPRING 2020
BIOENGINEERING UPDATE
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Bioengineering Department at BMES, October 2019
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: June 6, 2020
2nd Annual BioE Brews & Bites Alumni Reunion
Watch your email for more info coming soon!
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$2M NSF grant fuels research partnership
Anand Jagota and collaborators from Cornell University and tire manufacturer Michelin North America seek to develop two novel mechanisms to improve friction of soft materials based on bio-inspired design of near-surface structures.
"These are two difficult and new approaches to controlling friction of soft material surfaces and interfaces that have come to light through our previous work," says Jagota. "This is our fifth and largest grant in this line of research—we continue to find fresh and exciting ideas to investigate."
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NEW MAJOR LAUNCHING IN FALL 2020
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Lehigh is among the first handful of top-tier U.S. research universities to offer an undergrad major in
Biocomputational Engineering.
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CHOW LANDS NSF CAREER AWARD
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The prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program is supporting
Lesley Chow's work in developing a biomaterial that promotes regeneration of the osteochondral (bone-cartilage) tissue interface. The funding will also enable her to create 3D printing activities and videos to engage students from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM, as well as to increase public awareness of biomaterials.
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Accessible tests for sickle cell anemia
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The
Sickle Cell Anemia Team
is developing a low-cost diagnostic tool for use in screening individuals in low-middle income countries, enabling early intervention and reducing mortality.
Xuanhong Cheng
’s team (
Ashleigh Crawford ’20,
Maria Lancia ’21,
Olivia O'Donnell ’20)
got the
VentureWell E-team phase I grant
in summer 2019.
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FACULTY UPDATES
Javier Buceta visited the Universitat de València in Spain where he was invited to give a seminar at the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a recently created national lab.
Lesley Chow
gave seminars at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Binghamton University (November 2019) and the Centre for Biomedical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin (December 2019).
STUDENT SUCCESS
Student athlete
Miranda Royds ’21 has developed into a standout goalkeeper on the soccer field, while excelling on the track, as she follows the materials and mechanics path in her bioengineering studies.
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ALUMNI UPDATES
Dana Budzyn ’18 is CEO and cofounder of Universal Basic Data Income (UBDI), which is generating buzz with a novel approach to data sharing in the sphere of market research that allows people to profit from their personal information.
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- Madison Licht ’19 accepted a position as a Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Associate II at GSK
- Sidney O’Neal ’18 accepted a new position as an Associate Specialist at Merck
- Brian Pezzuti ’18 accepted a new position as a Specialist Engineer at Merck
- Chelsea Pordzik ’18 was promoted to Engineering Specialist at Merck
- Jeremy Sordan ’18 accepted a new position as a Mfg. Associate II at Hitachi Chemical Advanced Therapeutics Solutions LLC
- Myrna Yehia ’18 accepted a new position as an Assistant Scientist at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
- Danielle Klein ’17 accepted a new position as a Bioengineer at Celularity, Inc.
- Matt McKay ’17 accepted a new position as a Device Development Engineer at Regeneron
- Dennis Moyer ’17 was promoted to Scientist III/Engineer II at Eurofins Professional Scientific Solutions.
- Emily Levenson ’16 was promoted to Managing Consultant at Keyrus
- Halie Carter ’15 accepted a new position as a Physician Assistant at Prisma Health
- Jordan Protchko ’14 accepted a new position as a Quality Manager at Catalent Pharma Solutions
- Peter Sords ’13 accepted a position as a Product Design Engineer at SPR Therapeutics
- Jennika Flothmeier ’10 accepted a new position as a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group.
- Kara Zweizig ’09 accepted a new position as a National Sales Manager at Advanced Medical Solutions
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Gaspar, M., de Sousa, H.,
SEABRA, I.
, Braga, M. 2020. Environmentally-safe scCO
2
P. pinaster branches extracts: Composition and properties.
Journal of CO2 Utilization
,
37
, 74-84
Wang, Y., Chen, W., Zhang, W., Lee-Sundlov, M., Casari, C., Berndt, M., Lanza, F., Bergmeier, W., Hoffmeister, K.,
ZHANG, X.F
.
, Li, R. 2020.
Desialylation of O-glycans on glycoprotein Ibα drives receptor signaling and platelet clearance
.
Haematologica.org
PISAPATI, A.V.
, Wang, Y., Blauch, M.E., Wittenberg, N.J.,
CHENG, X.
,
ZHANG, X.F.
2020. Characterizing Single-Molecule Conformational Changes Under Shear Flow with Fluorescence Microscopy.
Journal of Visualized Experiments
(155)
Moyle, N., Wu, H., Khripin, C., Bremond, F., Hui, C.,
JAGOTA, A.
Enhancement of elastohydrodynamic friction by elastic hysteresis in a periodic structure. 2020.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter,
Advance Article
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