We are very pleased to welcome two new lab members to the Chow Lab this semester: Bioengineering undergraduate students Devon Ennis and Samantha Mapps! Stay tuned to learn more about the exciting projects they are working on...

Tyler French (Lehigh MSE '23) presented his research at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) 2022 Technical Meeting sponsored by TMS and the Society for Biomaterials in Pittsburgh on Monday, October 10, 2022. His talk titled, "Solvent Cast 3D Printing with Different Molecular Weight Polymers" describes how he can modifying scaffold mechanical properties independently of... Continue Reading →

We are very pleased to welcome four new lab members to the Chow Lab this semester: Bioengineering PhD students Chiebuka Okpara (joint with the TGF Lab) and Gerardo Ortega Oviedo, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering undergraduate student Juliana Forero Arevalo, and Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate student Juan Mendoza. Can't wait to see all the exciting... Continue Reading →

Diana Hammerstone passed her qualifying exam with flying colors today! Many thanks to her qualifying exam committee members Dr. Eric Daniels, Dr. Sabrina Jedlicka, and Dr. Raymond Pearson for their time and support. Congratulations, Diana!

Natalie Condon, Daphna Fertil, Sareena Karim, Orlaith Kennedy, and Kelly Seims all graduated earlier this year and are moving on to their next steps! Natalie is joining IVIVA Medical as a Research AssociateDaphna is heading to the National Institutes of Health as a Postbaccauleareate Scholar in Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler's labSareena is continuing to build her... Continue Reading →

John Tolbert defended his dissertation proposal titled, “Investigating and Controlling the Mechanical Properties of Solvent-Cast Constructs for Tunable Biomaterial Scaffolds” with flying colors! It was exciting to see how much he has done over the past four years and how big of an impact he has had on the group. Many thanks to his committee... Continue Reading →

Late to post this! Diana Hammerstone, Kelly Seims, and John Tolbert presented their latest work at the 2022 Society for Biomaterials meeting in Baltimore, MD in April. Diana presented a rapid-fire talk and poster titled, "Characterizing physical properties of constructs 3D printed with peptide-polymer conjugates." John gave a talk titled, "Characterizing properties of solvent-cast 3D-printed... Continue Reading →

Dr. Camacho Sierra gave a fantastic defense presentation on Tuesday, May 17 highlighting her work investigating how multi-peptide organization in 3D-printed scaffolds drives osteochondral tissue regeneration. It was exciting to see everything she has accomplished in the past five years! Many thanks to all who came to support Dr. Camacho Sierra in person and via... Continue Reading →

Our lab has been very lucky to have fantastic undergraduate researchers that contribute significantly to our research progress every academic year. This year was no different with six undergraduate students from Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and the Integrated Degree in Engineering, Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) program. Here, we highlight their... Continue Reading →

Huge congratulations to Kelly Seims on fulfilling all requirements for her MS degree. Her thesis titled, “Effect of Growth Factor-Mimetic Peptides on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis” describes how she developed this new research direction in our group. Stay tuned for future publications on this! We are so proud and thankful to have... Continue Reading →