Rachael Dillon (BME '25, University of Galway) and Alexis Kelerchian (BIOE '26, Lehigh) and joined our lab this semester as undergraduate researchers. Rachael is currently a BME student at the University of Galway joining our lab and the TGF Lab as a visiting scholar this semester. She is working with Chiebuka Okpara to develop scaffolds... Continue Reading →
Gerry Ortega Oviedo passed the Bioengineering qualifying exam and wowed the committee this week! Many thanks to the qualifying exam committee members for their time and support. We are very proud and excited for everything Gerry will accomplish during his PhD and beyond. Congratulations, Gerry!
Dr. John Tolbert and co-authors Tyler French, Andrew Kitson, Chiebuka Okpara, Diana Hammerstone and our collaborators Prof. Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez in Lehigh BIOE and Santiago Lazarte, Tomas Babuska, and Prof. Brandon Krick at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering published a paper titled, “Solvent-cast 3D printing with molecular weight polymer blends to decouple effects of scaffold architecture and mechanical properties... Continue Reading →
We welcomed two new graduate students to the lab during the Fall 2023 semester! Korina Vida Sinad is a PhD student in Chemistry who received her BS in Chemistry and MS in Biochemistry from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Christie Ortega is a MS student in Bioengineering who received her BS in Materials... Continue Reading →
Dr. John Tolbert and Natasha Hunt graduated in Summer 2023! Dr. John Tolbert defended his dissertation titled, "Investigating and Controlling the Mechanical Properties of Solvent-Cast Constructs for Tunable Biomaterial Scaffolds" in July 2023 and is currently a postdoc at Colgate-Palmolive. Huge thank you to his committee members Professors Eric Daniels, Brandon Krick, Sabrina Jedlicka, and... Continue Reading →
This summer, our Bioengineering department tasked each lab with making a fun video to showcase our lab on social media. We took this opportunity to celebrate our recent graduates, new members, and alumni and are very pleased with how it turned out! Congratulations to recent graduates Dr. John Tolbert and Natasha Hunt, welcome to new... Continue Reading →
Juan Mendoza (MSE '24) presented his work titled, "Characterizing Solvent-Cast 3D-Printed Biodegradable Polymer Constructs" in our department's 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium on October 19. He shared how he is optimizing 3D printing parameters with different molecular weight polymer blends to fabricate scaffolds with larger filament diameters. Congratulations on a great talk!
Fenet Demissie (IDEAS '24), Samantha Mapps (BIOE '24), and Santiago Lazarte (FAMU/FSU BME '24) represented our lab at BMES 2023 in Seattle, Washington last week! Fenet presented her work in collaboration with BIOE PhD student Gerry Ortega Oviedo and former Chow Lab member Kelly Seims titled, "Controlling the Presentation of Growth Factor-Mimetic Peptides in 3D-Printed... Continue Reading →
The Chow Lab hosted three STEM-SI undergraduate researchers in our lab this summer! Devon Ennis (Lehigh BIOE ’25), Santiago Lazarte (FSU BME ’24), and Juan Mendoza (Lehigh MSE ’24) presented their research at the Lehigh Expo on August 3, 2023. Juan also received a poster award and gift card for his work! Special thanks to... Continue Reading →
The end of the semester may have flown by, but we can't miss this opportunity to congratulate and celebrate Tyler French (BS ’23, Materials Science and Engineering) who graduated this May 2023! Tyler has had a huge impact at Lehigh as an exceptional student-athlete and this year's Bradley Stoughton Student Award winner, which is given... Continue Reading →
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