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Project Description This project, supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, aims to develop new methods to design composite materials with a microstructure that is optimized for a given application or set of loading conditions. The manufacturing of such materials will leverage advances in 3D printing and rapid...

Project Description In this research effort we aim to assess the engineering students’ cultural wealth at three selected institutions (Â鶹ӰԺ, James Madison University and Angelo State University) and to understand how engineering students’ personal values relate to beliefs about engineering. Findings from this research will tremendously assist...

Project Description In this project, you will learn to 3D print unique tissue based biomaterials. You will learn to process tissues to remove the cell contents and leave behind the extracellular matrix (ECM). You will then learn to process the ECM from a variety of tissues (bone, cartilage, muscle, etc.)...

Project Description In this project, you will learn to decellularize materials, combine tissues with hydrogel polymers, and create biomaterials that can be used for tissue engineering, tissue culture, or 3D printing. You will learn to process tissues to remove the cell contents and leave behind the extracellular matrix (ECM). You...

Project Description In this project you will learn to synthesize and modify upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) for protein conjugation. You will analyze different methods of chemically conjugating photoreactive proteins to the UCNPs. Once conjugated, you will explore the distribution of photoreactive fusion protein-UCNP conjugates in in vitro cell models including tumor...

Project Description Student will work with the Hannigan Lab to develop and refurbish air and soil quality environmental monitors which use low-cost sensors to measure soil and air quality indicators in rural high schools in Colorado. Student will be working with low costs sensors, embedded systems and we based data...

Project Description In this project, you will learn how to synthesize mesoporous silica nanoparticles, hydrophobically modify their surface, and attach phospholipids to the hydrophobic surface. In addition, you will learn how to synthesize Janus phospholipid capped, hydrophobically modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles. After learning to synthesize these particles, you will learn...

Project Description Prof. Crimaldi runs the Ecological Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, where we use a combination of experimental and numerical approaches to study fluid stirring, mixing, and reactions, and to investigate how organisms have evolved and adapted to opportunities and constraints associated with their physical environment. We have a particular interest...

Project Description Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive brain imaging method, where images of the electrical activity inside the brain can be generated. It measures the magnetic field that comes out of the head with an array of magnetic field sensors placed all around the head. We are developing quantum magnetometers...

Project Description This project is part of larger studies that aim to understand soft tissue injury susceptibility. In these studies, we quantify the differences in injury mechanics of knee ligaments from multiple mouse model comparisons, including genetically-modified mice and treadmill exercised mice vs. caged controls. These differences in mechanical function...