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Leighton Riess Graduate Fellowship in Engineering
The Leighton Riess Graduate Fellowship in Engineering program supports outstanding graduate students who have been admitted to Penn State as candidates for a graduate degree in the College of Engineering and who are conducting research in biological or biomedical-related areas of inquiry. The Riess Fellowship program is coordinated by the Center for Biodevices. The request for nominations for AY 23-24 Fellows is available here.
2023-2024 Leighton Riess Graduate Fellows in Engineering
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Sumant Dilip Rokade
School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Adviser: Jared Butler
Research: A Dynamic Orthotic Brace for Pectus Carinatum using Compliant Mechanisms
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Hang-Ling Wu
Mechanical Engineering
Adviser: Jason Z. Moore
Research: Advanced Colonoscopt Training System
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Saman Zavari
Chemical Engineering
Adviser: Amir Sheikhi
Research: 3D printed implantable soft devices to enable hierarchical vascularization: Toward thick tissue engineering
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2022-2023 Leighton Riess Graduate Fellows in Engineering
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Grace Wood
Graduate Program in Acoustics
Adviser: Julianna C. Simon
Research: Developing Focused Ultrasound to Treat Tendinopathies
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Connor Huxman
Mechanical Engineering
Adviser: Jared Butler
Research: Design of Mechanically Compliant (Flexible) Orthopedic Implants to Facilitate Faster and Stronger Bone Healing
Learn more about Connor's research »
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Wenjing Song
Engineering Science Mechanics
Adviser: Cunjiang Yu
Research: Soft bio-integrated electronic and sensing system
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2021-2022 Leighton Riess Graduate Fellows in Engineering
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Chriss Siew Mei Chin
Biomedical Engineering
Adviser: Pak Wong
Research: A Single Cell Biosensing Device for Rapid Dysbiosis Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients
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Vinay Chandrasekhar Kammarchedu
Electrical Engineering
Adviser: Seyedehaida (Aida) Ebrahimi
Research: Developing and testing multiplex wearable electronic and electrochemical devices and systems for monitoring biochemical and physiological health markers
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Ritam Pal
Mechanical Engineering
Adviser: Amrita Basak
Research: 4D Biomechanical Performance Evaluation of Patient-Specific Metallic Implants
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Ferdousi Rawnaque
Acoustics
Adviser: Julianna Simon
Research: Investigating the distribution of bubble nuclei in biological tissues to improve ultrasound diagnosis and monitoring of decompression sickness
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Spring 2021 Leighton Riess Graduate Fellows in Engineering
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Sumit Agrawal
Biomedical Engineering
Adviser: Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli
Research: Development of smart multimodal ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging systems integrated with artificial intelligence for diagnosing cancer and neurodisorders
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Evan Heatherington
Mechanical Engineering
Adviser: Mary Frecker
Research: Designing and testing devices to protect surgeons and other hospital personnel from aerosols generated during endoscopic skull surgery
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Bowen Li
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Adviser: Huanyu “Larry” Cheng
Research: Analyzing data from wearable and flexible sensors for human health monitoring, disease diagnosis and evaluation with machine learning and deep learning
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Ferdousi Rawnaque
Acoustics
Adviser: Julianna Simon
Research: Investigating the distribution of bubble nuclei in biological tissues to improve ultrasound diagnosis and monitoring of decompression sickness
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Yichun Tang
Mechanical Engineering
Adviser: Jing Du
Research: Building and validating clinical image-based numerical models for the patient-specific prediction of the micromechanical environment around implants
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Leighton Riess Graduate Fellows Archive »
Spring 2023 Capstone Design Teams
Four capstone design teams are currently working on biodevice-related projects this semester, sponsored by the Center for Biodevices Innovation Grants.
Design considerations of impact monitoring in contact sports
- Advisor: Reuben Kraft, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
- Students:
Natalie Romano - Biomedical Engineering
Sybil Owusu-Bempah - Biomedical Engineering
Gabriel Hartke - Biomedical Engineering
Addison King - Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Lauren Kiss - Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Donjeta Ahmetaj – Mechanical Engineering
Efe Sahin – Computer Science
Dominic Capaci – Computer Science
Wearable shear wave elastography device for evaluation of muscle function
- Advisor: Daniel H. Cortes, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Students:
Chizbel Oham - Electrical Engineering
Gabriel Valentin - Biomedical Engineering
Megan Cheng - Biomedical Engineering
Menghan Li - Biomedical Engineering
Josiah Minotto - Biomedical Engineering
Garret W. Campbell – Biomedical Engineering
Almadelia Cardona – Biomedical Engineering
Capstone Design Teams Archive »
