Former Students

Nahhson Bawolin PhD

PhD thesis title: Modelling and In Vivo Monitoring of the Time Dependent Mechanical Properties of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds (Mechanical Engineering, 2015)


Ning Cao MSc

MSc thesis title: Fabrication of Alginate Hydrogel Scaffolds and Cell Viability in Calcium-Crosslinked Alginate Hydrogel (Biomedical Engineering, 2011)


Yu Cao PhD

PhD thesis title: Discrete Modeling and Sliding Mode Control of Piezoelectric Actuators (Mechanical Engineering, 2013)


Rui Fang BSc, MSc

July 2019, “Injectable Alginate Hydrogels with Growth Factors/Living Cells for Myocardial Infarction Repair”, M.Sc. Thesis.


Ryan Griffin MSc

MSc thesis title: Tool Condition Monitoring and Replacement for Tubesheet Drilling (Mechanical Engineering, 2013)


Xue Han MSc

MSc thesis title: Fabrication and Optimal-Design of Biodegradable Stents for Aneurysms Treatment (Mechanical Engineering, 2016)


Manouchehr Hashemi MSc

MSc thesis title: Modeling of the Rotary-Screw Dispensing System (Mechanical Engineering, 2006)


Shakhawath Hossain PhD

PhD thesis title: Mathematical Modelling and Computational Simulation of In Vitro Tissue Culture Processes (Mechanical Engineering, 2015)


Huishu Hou MSc

MSc thesis title: Design of an Animal Model for Using Alginate Tissue Repair Scaffolds in Spinal Cord Injury (Biomedical Engineering, 2015)


Zohreh Izadifar BSc, MSc, PhD

PhD thesis title: Development of Hybrid-Construct Bioprinting and Synchrotron-based Non-Invasive Assessment Techniques for Cartilage Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2015)


Mohammad Izadifar BSc, MSc, PhD

PhD thesis title: Development of Nanoparticle Rate-Modulating and Synchrotron Phase Contrast-based Assessment Techniques for Cardiac Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2016)


Christopher J. Little MSc

MSc thesis title: Fabrication of Composite Scaffolds Impregnated with an Optimized Fibrin-Alginate Hydrogel for Cartilage Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2012)


Jun Kai MSc

MSc thesis title: Modeling Positive-Displacement Dispensing Processes (Mechanical Engineering, 2008)


Dong Kang MSc

MSc thesis title: Modeling Piezoelectrical-Driven Stick Slip Actuators (Mechanical Engineering, 2007)


Hui Ke MSc

MSc thesis title: Investigation into the Dispensing-Based Fabrication Process for Tissue Scaffolds (Mechanical Engineering, 2006)


Jingwen Li MSc

MSc thesis title: In Vitro Characterization of Injectable Collagen and Collagen-Genipin Hydrogels for Neural Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2016)


Minggan Li PhD

PhD thesis title: Modeling of the Dispensing-Based Tissue Scaffolds Fabrication Processes (Mechanical Engineering, 2010)


Chenglin Liu MSc

MSc thesis title: Synchrotron-Based Imaging and Tomography of Hydrogel Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, 2014)


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Dr. Adam McInnes MSc, MD MSc Biomedical Engineering/Biomaterials and Solid Organ Scaffold Designs

December 2019, “Development of a Novel Protein-Based Hydrogel for 3D Bioplotting”, M.Sc. Thesis.


Ethan McKibben MSc

MSc thesis title: Identification of Toll Breakage in a Drilling Process (Mechanical Engineering, 2015)


Ethan McKibben MSc

MSc thesis title: Identification of Toll Breakage in a Drilling Process (Mechanical Engineering, 2015)


Reza Moazed MSc

MSc thesis title: Experimental Studies of a Two-DOF Five Bar Closed-Loop Mechanism (Mechanical Engineering, 2006)


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Saman Naghieh BSc, MSc Design Engineer (Engineer-In-Training) & Research Assistant

Research Area(s): Additive Manufacturing, Tissue Engineering, 3D Bioprinting , Numerical Analysis, Costume-made Scaffolds


Liqun Ning MSc, PhD Post-Doctorate fellow

PhD thesis title: 3D Bioprinting Tissue Scaffolds with Living Cells for Tissue Engineering Applications (Mechanical Engineering, 2018)


Adeola Olumbamiji PhD

PhD thesis title: Development of 3D-Printed Cartilage Constructs and Their Non-Invasive Assessment by Synchrotron-Based Inline-Phase Contrast Imaging Computer Tomography (Biomedical Engineering, 2016)


Jingyang Peng PhD

PhD thesis title: Modeling and Control of Piezoelectric Actuator (Mechanical Engineering, 2012)


Ajay Rajaram PhD

PhD thesis title: 3D Bioprinted Hydrogel Scaffolds Laden with Schwann Cells for Use as Nerve Repair Conduits (Biomedical Engineering, 2015)


Md Ariful Islam Sarker Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

August 2019, “Bioprinting and Characterization of Medium Viscosity Alginate Scaffolds for Nerve Tissue Regeneration” Ph.D. Thesis.


Xiaoyu Tiao PhD

PhD thesis title: Modeling the Process of Fabricating Cell-Encapsulated Tissue Scaffolds and the Process-Induced Cell Damage (Biomedical Engineering, 2013)


Zhen Wang MSc

MSc thesis title: Axiomatic Design of Bearing Packaging Automation (Mechanical Engineering, 2014)


Xia Wu MSc

MSc (Biomedical Engineering, 2018)


Xin Yan MSc

MSc thesis title: Modeling of Mass Transfer and Fluid Flow in Perfusion Bioreactors (Mechanical Engineering, 2011)


Bowen Yang

M Eng (Mechanical Engineering, 2018)


Farhana Yasmin MSc

MSc thesis title: Development of Alginate Nanospheres as a Protein Delivery Device for Cartilage Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2018)


Fu You MSc, PhD

PhD thesis title: Bioprinting of Chondrocyte-Laden Hydrogel Constructions and their In-Vitro Characterization for Cartilage Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2017)


Peng Zhai MSc

MSc thesis title: Alginate Microspheres for Protein Delivery in Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2012)


Qingshu Zhang MSc

MSc thesis title: Development and Characterization of a Novel Piezoelectric-Driven Stick-Spip Actuator with Anisotropic-Friction Surfaces (Mechanical Engineering, 2008)


Zhiming Zhang MSc

MSc thesis title: Modeling and Studying of Directional Friction on the Fully Lubricated Surface with Regular Anisotropic Asperities (Mechanical Engineering, 2010)


Ning Zhu PhD

PhD thesis title: Development and In Vitro Characterization of Three Dimensional Biodegradable Scaffolds for Peripheral Nerve Tissue Engineering (Biomedical Engineering, 2012)