Biomedical Engineering Research Projects
• Biomaterials: surfaces for enhanced cell function; block co-polypeptide hydrogels; plasma-assisted film formation
• Bioreactors: large-scale production of engineered tissues for human implantation
• Combinatorial Synthesis: polymeric tissue engineering materials
• Drug Delivery: intracellular and transdermal delivery of drug and genes
• Hemodynamics: effects on vascular endothelial biology
• High-Throughput Screening: development of cell-surface assays
• Mathematical Modeling: processes at the cellular, tissue, and physiologic levels
• Microfabrication: lithographic methods for tissue scaffold fabrication; microneedles for drug delivery
• Neural Science and Engineering:development of assays to study neural development, neural circuits, and behavior
• Sickle Cell Anemia: mechanisms of sickle red blood cell adherence to endothelium
• Tissue Engineering: blood vessel substitutes; bioartificial pancreas; novel tissue scaffolds
• Ultrasound: effects on transmembrane transport and cellular processes