Anthony Aguilera
Anthony worked in the Dickerson Lab. His project was to find the best design for the cellular structure in myocardial tissue. More specifically, he designed and printed 3D structures and then tested them to see which most closely mirror the characteristics of an actual heart. Learn more about Anthony and his work below!
Sharvari Apte
Sharvari worked in the Chen Lab with graduate student mentor, Xining Gao. During this project, her lab partnered with Harvard Medical. Sharvari did a lot of cell work with cardiomyocytes and aimed to create a 2D assay that normalizes the heart cells in a high-throughput manner. Watch below to hear more about Sharvari’s REU experience!
Nicole Bacca
Nicole Bacca did two summer research experiences with CELL-MET. In 2018, she worked in the White Lab where the team is worked to design 3D-printed scaffolding used to grow cells. This research required intensive reading and tricky software to get used to (COMSOL), but she gained valuable scientific experience through her participation in this program. […]
Maxwell Barrueta
Maxwell worked in the Bifano Lab on a project called Making Heart Tissue Dance. He created an electrical pacemaker for heart tissue engineering. Learn more about Max’s REU experience below!
Elisa Bravo
For two summers in 2018 and 2019, Elisa worked in the Nanometer Scale Engineering Laboratory under Dr. Kamil Ekinci and mentored by Mustafa Cagatay Karakan at Boston University. Her research projects focused on exploring microfluidics and new techniques to fabricate 3D electrodes using Gallium-based liquid metals, which is done with much greater ease and results […]
Dana Brown
Dana worked in the Bishop Lab in the summer of 2021. She learned how to use circuit boards and work with nano machines seeking to create an electrical area that is consistent with specialized stem cells. Learn more about Dana and her work below!
Kent Burgoing
Kent Burgoing worked at the Forrest Lab focusing on nanofabricating organic electronic materials for precise cell attachment in the summer of 2021. In this time, he developed a quantitative model for the evaluation of organic electronic device packaging by conducting research on the process of performing an Electrical Calcium Test. Learn more about Kent and […]
Briana Canet
Briana was an REU in the Agarwal Lab at FIU, researching biopolymer scaffolds for arranging cardiac cells. The following summer, she interned at Al-Farooq Corporation in Miami, FL focusing on coding.
Yenifer Lemus Cardoza
Yenifer worked in White Lab with mentor Oliver McRae. She worked on modeling and control of stainless-steel syringe liquid delivery. The aim of the study is to increase knowledge and understanding of flow rates of highly viscous liquids such as blood from stainless-steel syringe pump systems. Learn more about Yenifer’s REU experience!
Tamia Carter
In 2019, Tamia worked in the Ekinci Lab dealing with a microfluidic optical partical sorter. Her research focused on isolating microparticles using a laser and controlled the flow rate at which they would be input into the frame that the laser went through. She also aided in the beginning stages of developing a microfluidic particle […]