Research Interests
Innovations in undergraduate engineering education, particularly new pedagogical methods that broaden students’ problem solving skills and design thinking.
Selected Grants
KeyScope: The Key to Sustainable Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027Kern Foundation (KEEN) Annual Supplement 2023
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kern Family Foundation · 2020 - 2025NeoNest: A Low-Cost Infant Warmer for Ugandan Ambulances
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2023 - 2024LowCostomy: A low-cost colostomy appliance for sub-Saharan Africa ostomy patients
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2022 - 2023Saving Intestines at Birth: Gastroschisis Silos for Sub-Saharan Africa
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2020 - 2023KeyScope: The Key to Sustainable Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027Kern Foundation (KEEN) Annual Supplement 2023
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kern Family Foundation · 2020 - 2025NeoNest: A Low-Cost Infant Warmer for Ugandan Ambulances
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2023 - 2024LowCostomy: A low-cost colostomy appliance for sub-Saharan Africa ostomy patients
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2022 - 2023Saving Intestines at Birth: Gastroschisis Silos for Sub-Saharan Africa
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2020 - 2023Containing Design: Rethinking Design Instruction to Support Biomedical Device Development for Low-Income Countries
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VentureWell · 2019 - 2022Gastroschisis Silos for Sub-Saharan Africa
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by HealthRoots Foundation for Global Health · 2021 - 2022External Relationships
- Biomedical Engineering Society (editor in chief for BIomedical Eng Education)
- Makerere University
- Malawi University of Business and Applied Science (Malawi), Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (Tanzania)
- Pearson Education
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