Sareena Karim (BioE '22), a Thalheimer Grand Prize Finalist, pitched her custom hair product company FoliQ at the Thalheimer Grand Prize and People's Choice Competition hosted by the Baker Institute last night! She was awarded two prizes: the RK Laros Foundation Endowed Prize for Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Innovation and the Michael W. Levin ’87 Advanced... Continue Reading →
John Tolbert has a new co-authored paper out in Soft Matter! This work was led by Dr. ChyaYan Liaw and Prof. Murat Guvendiren at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Check out their paper titled, "Interlayer Bonding Strength of 3D Printed PEEK Specimens" today! We enjoyed collaborating with the Guvendiren lab and look forward to... Continue Reading →
Nate Yuchimiuk (BioE '21) presented his work on "Developing Techniques to Characterize Solvent-Cast 3D-Printed Scaffolds" at Lehigh Engineering's annual David and Lorraine Freed Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 7, 2021. Thanks to the virtual format, you can learn more about Nate's awesome work directly from him. Check it out here. Congratulations on being nominated by our... Continue Reading →
Paula Camacho, Matthew Fainor, Kelly Seims, and John Tolbert have a new paper out in the Journal for Biological Methods! If you'd like to find out how we 3D print our spatially functionalized scaffolds, check out their open-access publication "Fabricating spatially functionalized 3D-printed scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering" today! Many thanks for Dr. James Armstrong... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Natasha Hunt on being awarded a Grant for Experiential Learning in Health (GELH)! This GELH grant will fund her research project titled, "Synthesizing Peptide-Polymer Conjugates with Enzyme-Cleavable Sequences for Cell-Mediated Degradation." This work is in collaboration with the Grayson Lab at Johns Hopkins University and the Pashuck Lab at Lehigh.
Nicole Malofsky passed her qualifying exam today and has now entered candidacy. Congratulations, Nicole!
Yaa Donkor has been awarded the National Action Council For Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Scholarship! This scholarship recognizes Yaa's academic achievements and provides "support in the form of grants and professional development programs to partner institutions who commit to ensure increased enrollment, and successful matriculation of under-represented minority students in the fields of engineering and computer... Continue Reading →
Based on the inspiring work by @SammyKatta, we adapted a poster to represent our lab ethos and biomaterials focus and took the pledge. The ongoing pandemics have shown us how our role as scientists, engineers, and life-long learners goes far beyond our research in the lab. We are dedicated to upholding all of these values,... Continue Reading →
Congratulations are in order for Paula Camacho, Sareena Karim, and Nate Yuchimiuk! Paula has been inducted in the Rossin Professional Development Program! This program is designed to prepare high-achieving Lehigh engineering doctoral students for successful future academic careers. Sareena won a Stage 3 Eureka Pitch competition to fund her start-up venture Foli-Q that offers a... Continue Reading →
Diana Hammerstone has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! Diana is currently a senior in Materials Science and Engineering and has been working in the Chow Lab since 2018. She is also a Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholar and Division I athlete on Lehigh's Cross Country and Track and Field... Continue Reading →
