Ph.D. Graduate Students

Chen, Cheng
Advisor: Gustavo Rohde
Thesis Topic: Image registration of MRI and histology images
Office: Hamerschlag Hall C119
Email Name: chengche
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 5235

Chu, Bur
Advisor: Phil Campbell and Lee Weiss
Thesis Topic: Bioprinted Growth Factor Patterns to Control Heterogeneity of Stem Cell Differentiation
Office: Mellon Institute 297
Email Name: bchu
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 4316

Delubac, Daniel
Advisor: Stefan Zappe
Thesis Topic: MEMS technology for high-throughput screenings
Office: Mellon Institute 189
Email Name: dd
Server: cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3478

Didier, Jonathan
Advisor: Philip LeDuc
Thesis Topic: Achieving spatiotemporal control over mechanical interactions with biological material-based approaches
Office: Hamerschlag Hall D304
Email Name: jonathan
Server: andrew.cmu.edu

Dur, Onur
Advisor: Kerem Pekkan
Thesis Topic: Development of a cyber-enabled pre-surgical cardiovascular planning tool to evaluate and optimize post operative hemodynamics
Office: PTC 4319
Email Name: odur
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3651

Gaspard, Sanna
Advisor: Todd Przybycien         
Thesis Topic: The development of a point of care diagnostic device for stage I pressure ulcers
Office: Doherty Hall 2022
Email Name: sgaspard
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 5213
Web Site: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~sgaspard/

Glass, Paul
Advisor: Metin Sitti
Thesis Topic: Engineering adhesives and devices for gastrointestinal disease diagnosis and therapy
Office: Hamerschlag Hall B120
Email Name: pglass
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Web Site: http://nanolab.me.cmu.edu/members/paul/

Highley, Christopher
Advisor: Stefan Zappe   
Thesis Topic: Technologies for the construction of high resolution tissue engineering scaffolds based on natural biopolymers
Office: Mellon Institute 189
Email Name: chighley
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3478

Kalinowski, Agnieszka
Advisor: Kris Dahl
Thesis Topic: Molecular determinants of lamin A accumulation in human aging and disease
Office: Doherty Hall 2208
Email Name: akalinow
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 9545

Kellog, Ryan
Advisor: Stefan Zappe
Thesis Topic: Screening technologies for probing nervous system development and disease
Office: Mellon Institute 189
Email Name: rkellogg
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3478

Kuppuswamy, Usha
Advisor: Stefan Zappe
Thesis Topic: Development of Micro/Nanotechnology Experimental Platforms for Neural Stem Cell Research
Office: Mellon Institute 189
Email Name: ukuppusw
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3478

Li, Jieyue
Advisor: Robert Murphy
Thesis Topic: Protein subcellular location pattern recognition
Office: Hamerschlag Hall C119
Email Name: jieyuel
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3478

Liu, Peng
Advisor: Ender Finol
Thesis Topic: Mechanical properties of stem cells
Office: Hamburg Hall 1210
Email Name: pengliu
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 889 6428
Web Site: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~finol/peng.htm

Mittal, Rowena
Advisor: Marcel Bruchez, Phil Campbell
Thesis Topic: Nano/biomaterials, quantum dots, nanoparticles for stem cell therapy research, tissue engineering, drug delivery
Office: Mellon Institute
Email Name: rowena
Server: cmu.edu
Web Site: http://alum.mit.edu/www/rowena

Peng, Tao
Advisor: Robert Murphy
Thesis Topic: 3D generative model for cellular and subcellular location patterns
Office: Hamerschlag Hall C119
Email Name: tpeng
Server: cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 8379

Qiu, Minhua
Advisor: Ge Yang
Thesis Topic: Computational Analysis and Modeling of Axonal Cargo Transport
Office: Mellon Institute 401
Email Name: mqiu
Server: andrew.cmu.edu

Rape, Andrew
Advisor: Yu-li Wang
Thesis Topic: Cellular responses to substrate mechanical signals
Office: PTC 4204
Email Name: arape
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 4439

Ribeiro, Alexandre
Advisor: Kris Dahl
Thesis Topic: Mechanics of the nucleus in differentially uncommitted cells
Office: Doherty Hall 2208
Email Name: asantosr
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 9545

Ruder, Warren
Advisor: James Antaki and Philip LeDuc
Thesis Topic: Predicting in vivo cell behavior based on characterization and analysis of biomechanical responses
Office: Hamerschlag Hall D304
Email Name: wruder
Server: andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 3671
Web Site: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~wruder/

Schutte, Lyndsey
Advisor: Jeffrey Hollinger
Thesis Topic: Bone Tissue Engineering
Office: PTC 4212
Email Name: ljs1
Server:cmu.edu
Telephone: 301 219 9888

Sharma, Aditi
Advisor: Jeffrey Hollinger
Thesis Topic: Development of targeting mechanism for siRNA
Office: PTC 4216
Email Name: aditis
Server:cmu.edu

Shum, Judy
Advisor: Ender Finol
Thesis Topic: Semi-automatic vessel wall detection and quantification of wall thickness in clinical images of human abdominal aortic aneurysms
Office: Hamburg Hall 1210
Email Name: jshum
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 5213
Web Site: http://www.ices.cmu.edu/~finol/judy.htm

Siewiorek, Gail
Advisor: Ender Finol
Thesis Topic: Clinical outcome of endovascular treatment of carotid artery occlusive disease
Office: Hamburg Hall 1210
Email Name: gailms
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 5213
Web Site: http://www.ices.cmu.edu/vascular-biomechanics/gail.htm

Sun, Liang Tso (Steve)
Advisor: Newell Washburn
Thesis Topic: Interactive biomaterials that modulate inflammation and promote tissue regeneration
Office: Mellon Institute 536
Email Name: stevesun
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 5988

Taylor, Portia
Advisor: Takeo Kanade and Jessica Hodgins
Thesis Topic: Using accelerometers for the classification of human motion quality
Office: Newell Simon Hall 4505
Email Name: pet
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 4211
Web Site: http://andrew.cmu.edu/~pet/portia

Wang, Wei
Advisor: Gustavo Rohde
Thesis Topic: Statistical shape analysis for biomedical images
Office: Hamerschlag Hall C119
Email Name: wwang2
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 8017

Wang, Yajuan
Advisor: James Antaki
Thesis Topic: Control and weaning algorithm of left ventricular assist devices for heart recovery
Office:  PTC 4218
Email Name: yajuanw
Server:andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone: 412 268 8598