Author: Vitali Maldonado | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Vitali Maldonado, and I am finishing my junior year as a biomedical engineering student. On May 4th, 2022, I had the opportunity to go to the International Society for Cell...
Author: Jenova Kempkes | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Summer 2022 I recently spent the summer of 2022 in Kisumu, Kenya. When I left the country, I quite frankly had no idea what I was going to be doing for the next two months. After arriving in the country, I was...
Author: Loren Hedgecock | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2022 Hello, my name is Loren Hedgecock, and I am a biomedical engineering student. Over the course of the 2022 spring grant term, I had the pleasure of working alongside my honors research...
Author: Daniel Maxenberger | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2022 Over the course of the 2022 Spring grant term, I continued to work in the lab of my honors mentor, Dr. Christopher Nelson, researching the possible polarization of macrophages using...
Author: Andrew Stark | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2022 As a recent graduate, reflecting back on my experience in earning my B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, I feel fortunate to have selected the University of Arkansas. I was provided the...
Author: Emma Smith | Majors: Biomedical Engineering and Marketing Mesenchymal stem cells are an essential component to regenerative medicine, which explores the use of different cells and biomaterials to regrow and repair tissues. Stem cell research is a relatively...
Author: Megan Wilkerson | Major: Biomedical Engineering During the spring 2022 semester and earlier, I worked with Dr. Mostafa Elsaadany of the Biomedical Engineering Department to conduct research on the use of virtual reality (VR) as an educational tool. VR videos...
Author: Abdussaboor Muhammad | Major: Biomedical Engineering Abdussaboor Muhammad is an honors college student in the College of Engineering studying Biomedical Engineering. He researched the relationship that a certain type of protein, MMP14, has with gene expression...
Author: Isabel Powers | Major: Biomedical Engineering I am researching the role of pancreatic cancer in Schwann cell activation. Schwann cells are a type of supporting cells for the nervous system that can help repair damaged nerves among other functions. It is...
Author: Abby Denison | Major: Biomedical Engineering This summer, I spent 5 weeks in England as a part of the Medieval England U of A faculty-led program. Even though I’m majoring in engineering, I chose this program specifically because I have always loved history;...