Hongli Ni
Dr. Hongli Ni was a graduate student in the Cheng Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Automating and Integrating Additive Manufacturing of Nanoengineered Materials (2022)
Mustafa Cagatay Karakan
Dr. Mustafa Cagatay Karakan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Biological Design Center. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Developing Anchoring Methods to Generate and Mature 3D-Engineered Tissues (REU, 2025) Microfluidic Platform for Electrical Measurements on Biofilms (2022) Microhydraulic actuation of PDMS microchannels (2018) Scaffolds for Heart Tissue Engineering and their Mechanical Responses (2018)
Kamil Ekinci
Professor Kamil Ekinci’s research focuses on physical and biological phenomena at the nanometer length scales. His group uses state-of-the-art nanofabrication techniques to create functional micro and nanostructures. They use these small structures along with highly sensitive electrical and optical measurement techniques to study diverse fundamental phenomena in solid mechanics, fluid dynamics and biological physics. They […]
Catherine Klapperich
Dr. Klapperich’s research is focused on engineering medical devices for trans women’s and women’s health, use in low resource settings, and at the point of care. Current projects include on-body physiological monitoring, disposable microfluidic diagnostics and minimally instrumented devices to enable molecular testing. Her work includes diagnostics for CT-NG, HPV and other sexually transmitted infections. […]
Hiba Kobeissi
Hiba Kobeissi is a graduate student in the Lejeune Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Extracting Average Region Strain Signatures from Cardiac Microtissue (2022)
Emma Lejeune
Emma Lejeune is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University. Professor Lejeune’s background is in the area of computational mechanics and computational biomechanics. Her research is focused on leveraging the state of the art in computational mechanics to investigate multiscale emergent behavior in biological systems and inform patient-specific medical protocols. Current areas of […]
Leah Gaeta
Leah Gaeta is a graduate student in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: A Soft Jet Propulsion System for Underwater Navigation (2022) Utilizing Magnetorheological Fluid and Jamming Materials in Stiffening Wearable Applications (2022)
Kayla Wolfe
Kayla Wolfe was a research assistant in the Additive Assembly Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Automated Hybrid Manufacturing of Electrical Objects (2023)
Jacob Rogatinsky
Jacob Rogatinsky is graduate student in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Robotic Stabilization for Beating Heart Procedures (2023) Design of a Soft Manipulator for Beating Heart Procedures (2023)
Oliver McRae
Dr. Oliver McRae was a graduate student in the Fluid Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Characterizing Flow Through Cylindrical Constriction Devices (2023) Modelling and Control of Stainless-steel Syringe Liquid Delivery (2022) Linking Cell Viability and Stress Events Using a Microfluidic Platform (2017)