Author: Alyssandra Navarro | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2024 Over the course of the 2023-24 academic year, I have had the privilege of working under my faculty mentor Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany to develop 3D printed scaffolds made from a novel...
Understanding Macrophage Behavior
Author: Julliana Renales | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2024 During the Spring of 2024, I worked with Dr. Nelson from the Biomedical Engineering Department, in understanding the results of my initial study of macrophages in muscle wounds using the...
Assessment and Impact of a Clinical Observations and Needs Finding Service-learning Course on Biomedical Engineering Outcomes
Author: Jacquelynn Horsey | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 Jacquelynn Horsey is a senior biomedical engineering student, pursuing research in the field of engineering education, under Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany of the Department of Biomedical...
Preparation: The Key to Successful Research
Author: Thomas McGehee | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2023 At the end of the Spring 2023 semester, I reached out to Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany after completing his biomedical engineering course, biomechanical engineering, with an interest in pursuing...
Assessing the effects of mRNA silencing of PIEZO1 gene
Author: Addison McLaughlin | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 Background My name is Addison McLaughlin and I am going into my junior year of biomedical engineering. This summer concluded my first year of research. This year, I studied the PIEZO 1...
Seoul Searching
Author: Hyunseo Seok | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Winter 2023-2024 Academics In 2002, I was born in South Korea. However, due to my father’s employment, our family immigrated to the United States when I was about two years old. Ever since, I visited...
Research at the Mechanobiology and Soft Materials Laboratory at the University of Arkansas
Author: Abigail Lakey | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 This spring I had the opportunity to work as a research assistant in the Mechanobiology and Soft Materials Laboratory (MSML) under Dr. Kartik Balachandran. My role is to complete...
Discovering my path through Research
Author: Jenova Kempkes | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 As a junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering on the Pre-med track, I found an interest in understanding the differences between men and women in terms of cognition and aging. In a world...
Assessing the effects of mRNA silencing of PIEZO1 gene
Author: Addison McLaughlin | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 Background My name is Addison McLaughlin and I am going into my junior year of biomedical engineering. This past semester was my first full semester of research. This semester, I...
How do Stem Cells Change Over Time?
Author: Vitali Maldonado | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2023 Hello everyone. My name is Vitali Maldonado. I am in the College of Engineering studying biomedical engineering. My mentor is Dr. Rebekah Margaret Samsonraj from the Department of...