Research Interests
Materials science, mechanical properties, metals and polymers. Specialties: Shape memory materials, biomaterials, 3D printing.
Selected Grants
Boston Children's/UCLA/Duke Next Generation Regeneration for Osteoarthritis (BUD NextGenRegen for OA)
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health · 2024 - 2029Duke KURe Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028Resorbable, Phsophorylated Poly(ester urea) Surgical Adhesive to Enhance Fracture Healing
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2021 - 2026Title: NRT-FW-HTF: NSF Traineeship in the Advancement of Surgical Technologies
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipants · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2026A Biomechanical Evaluation of Nitinol Memory Staple Augmentation for Internal Fixation of Transverse Humeral Shaft Fractures
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2021 - 2025Duke Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2020 - 2025Partnership to establish a practice based network to assess for head and neck cancers using a low-cost portable flexible nasopharyngoscope
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025An acoustofluidic device for high-resolution 3D imaging and sorting of C. elegans without anesthetics
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2025PFI-TT: 3D Printing and Magnetic Assembly for Cardiac Surgery
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2022 - 2025An acoustofluidic device for diagnosing preclinical Alzheimer's disease
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2024Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024An Acoustofluidic Device for Biocompatible Platelet Separation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2024Acoustofluidic Separation, Purification and Raman Spectral Fingerprinting of Single EVs: From Cell of Origin to Target Cell and Biofluids
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2019 - 2023Development of an Anesthesia Free Tonometer Tip
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2022 - 2023In Vivo Assessment of 3D Printed Spinal Cage Endplate Designs
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2020 - 2021Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Discovery for Extreme Environments (CAMMDE2)
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Texas A&M University · 2018 - 2021An acoustofluidic device for diagnosing preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2020 - 2021Development of a novel ventricular catheter for hydrocephalus
ResearchPD/PI · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2017 - 2018External Relationships
- Deep Blue Medical Advances
- Reselute
- Sparta Biomedical
- restor3D
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