Research Group
Present and past members of the M.D.-ERL lab
Present:
- Kaela Leonard – Ph.D.Student: Dielectrophoretic Determination of Blood Cell Behaviors for Medical Microdevice Applications
- Soumya Keshavamurthy – PhD Student: DC – Dielectrophoretic Sorting of ABO Blood
- Aytug Gencoglu – PhD Student: Fluorescent Detection of pH Gradients in a 20 micron Capillary MicroDevice
- Chung-ja Yang – Ph.D. Student: Bio-oil deoxygenation by electrocatalysis
- Eric Rutan – Undergraduate: Red Blood Cell Rupture in Dielectrophoretic Microdevice
- Emily Cotton - Undergrad: pH Gradients in Zwitterionic 20μm Capillary MicroDevice
- Anell Pullen - Undergraduate: Pt Electrode Aging Effects
Past:
- Sarah Thompson – High school student from Mississippi School for Math and Science, graduated May 2008, attending Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.
- Eric Beauregard, Process/Manufacturing Engineer at Aspen Aerogels, East Providence, RI
- B.Selin Tosun, beginning graduate student, Department of Chemical and Material Science, University of Minnesota
- Christopher Dawson, expected graduation May 2009
- Megan Walton, – REU Bonds Participant, transferred to MSU from Itawamba Community College, expected graduation May 2010
- Florian Schulz, – REU Bonds Participant, University of Hamburg, Germany.
- Georgio Proctor, – REU Bonds Participant, transferred to MSU from Mississippi Delta Community College, expected graduation May 2010
- Patrick Jouben, – REU Bonds Participant, graduated May 2007, process engineer, Goodyear.
- Michael Queen, 2nd year medical school student, Louisiana State University
- Kellie Smith, graduated May 2004, Process Engineering, Masonite, Hattiesburg, MS
- Marc Forbes, expected graduation, May 2009.
- James Kelly, NSF – REU Bonds Participant, graduate student in Chemistry at University of Pittsburgh
- Ashley Pate, NSF – REU Bonds Participant, Pharmacy School
- Alexis Walton, graduated 2006, process engineer, Bayer Healthcare
- Chris Habuda, graduated 2006, process engineer, Dow Chemical
- Sheena Reeves, Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University
- Ebonye Allen, graduated 2005, process engineer, Bayer Healthcare
- Nick Wyckoff, graduated May 2007, process engineer, Houston, TX
- Eleenaw Jefferson – REU Bonds Participant, Christian Brothers Alum 2006
This lab has proactively provided opportunities for underrepresented students in Engineering. From 2003 to 2008, 8 African-American students and 11 female students have participated in research. Also, 7 NSF REUs have conducted research in M.D.-ERL.
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