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Project 1:
Processing of Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography data for the Direct Detection of Neural Activity in an Aplysia Model
Student:
Maame Abena Oforiwaa Afrifa
Project Mentors:
Dr. Rosalind Sadleir – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Dr. James Abbas - SBHSE
Project 2:
Calcium Transients in Neurons due to Mechanical Stretch Resulting from Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) Stimulation
Student:
Shahzadi Aimen
Project Mentors:
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Dr. Arati Sridharan – SBHSE
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Project 3:
A Touch Screen Based Associative Learning Task for Examining Visuomotor Learning Arpitha Basaral Udayakumar
Student:
Arpitha Basaral Udayakumar
Project Mentors:
Dr. Christopher Buneo – SBHSE
Dr. Paul VanGilder – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Project 4:
Develop a Pipeline to Utilize Along-Tract Statistics Allowing Tractography Analysis
Student:
Ahmad Basiri
Project Mentors:
Dr. Sydney Y. Schaefer – SBHSE
Dr. Scott Beeman – SBHSE
Dr. Edward Ofori – College of Health Solutions
Project 5:
Treatment of Glioblastoma using Alternating Electric Field Therapy from Subdural Arrays
Student:
Kolby Black
Project Mentors:
Dr. Christopher Buneo – SBHSE
Dr. Rosalind Sadleir – SBHSE
Dr. Ben Hendricks – Barrow Neurological Institute
Project 6:
Drug-Loaded Fibrin Sealant for Traumatic Injury
Student:
Ethan Blank
Project Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Jessica Weaver – SBHSE
Project 7:
Testing the Reproducibility of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) using Computational Models
Student:
Enock Boakye
Project Mentors:
Dr. Rosalind Sadleir – SBHSE
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Dr. Bradley Greger – SBHSE
Project 8:
DNA Repair Capacity of NRAS-Mutant Melanoma Cells under Oxidative Stress and DNA Repair Inhibition
Student:
Earl Brown
Project Mentors:
Dr. Kaushal Rege – SEMTE
Dr. Vikram Kodibagkar – SBHSE
Dr. Jessica Weaver - SBHSE
Project 9:
Creating a Multifunctional Near Infrared Photoacoustic Microscopy Platform
Student:
Matt Chrest
Project Mentors:
Dr. Barbara Smith – SBHSE
Dr. Benjamin Bartelle - SBHSE
Dr. Sarah Stabenfeldt – SBHSE
Project 10:
Examining Unintended Reproductive Tissue Infection by a Common Gene Therapy Strategy
Student:
Elizabeth Delgado
Project Mentors:
Dr. Samira Kiani – University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Mo Ebrahimkhani – University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Chris Plaisier – SBHSE
Project 11:
Utilizing Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors (HDACi) to Alleviate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Pathology
Student:
Glenna Embrador
Project Mentors:
Dr. Sarah Stabenfeldt – SBHSE
Dr. Rachael Sirianni – UTHealth
Dr. Christopher Plaisier – SBHSE
Project 12:
Development of Inertial System for Dynamic Monitoring and Evaluation of Exercise Performance
Student:
Max Fisco
Project Mentors:
Dr. Thurmon E. Lockhart – SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery - SBHSE
Project 13:
Single Cell Characterization of Glioma Stem Cell Response to Irradiation
Student:
Bailey Gasvoda
Project Mentors:
Dr. Christopher Plaisier – SBHSE
Dr. Shewtal Mehta – Barrow Neurological Institute
Dr. Jeffrey Kleim – ASU SBHSE
Project 14:
Quantification of Lower Limb Stiffness in Collegiate Women’s Lacrosse through Force Plate Based Key Performance Indicators
Student:
Daniel Gayton-Jenkins
Project Mentors:
Wenlong Zhang – The Polytechnic School
Dr. Daniel Peterson - College of Health Solutions (CHS)
Dr. Aurel Coza – Digital Sports at Adidas & Center for Engagement Science
Project 15:
Purification of a Polymer Hydrogel for the Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infections
Student:
Daniel Gentry
Project Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Jessica Weaver - SBHSE
Dr. Derek Overstreet - Sonoran Biosciences & SBHSE
Project 17:
Preparation of Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles for the Targeted Delivery of Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Student:
Jared Johns
Project Mentors:
Dr. Mark K.C. Wang – SBHSE
Dr. Scott Beeman – SBHSE
Dr. Sarah Stabenfeldt - SBHSE
Project 18:
Wireless, Injectable Neurostimulators (WINS) for Brain Stimulation
Student:
Dzifa Kwaku
Project Mentors:
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Dr. Bruce Towe – SBHSE
Dr. Arati Sridharan – SBHSE
Project 19:
Modeling Epidural Electrical Stimulation in the Lumbar Spinal Cord for Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury
Student:
Stephen Lane
Project Mentors:
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Dr. Rosalind Sadleir – SBHSE
Dr. Jeffrey Kleim – SBHSE
Project 20:
The Response of Mitochondrial Activity During Ultrasonic Stimulation in Rat Cortical Cell Cultures
Student:
Tyler Mitchell
Project Mentors:
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy – SBHSE
Dr.Bruce Towe – SBHSE
Dr. Arati Sridharan – SBHSE
Project 21:
Testing of a Novel Polymer Microsphere Fabrication Device
Student:
Rex Moore
Project Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Derek Overstreet – Sonoran Biosciences Inc. & SBHSE
Dr. Vincent Pizziconi – SBHSE
Project 23:
Computational Analysis of Firing Patterns of Brain Circuits Involved in Parkinson’s Disease with and without Electrical Stimulation
Student:
Queen E. Nyemekye
Project Mentors:
Dr Jit Muthuswamy- SBHSE
Dr Eric Maass – Medtronic
Dr Arati Sridharan- SBHSE
Project 28:
Bilayer Stretchable Microelectrode Arrays for Peripheral Nerve Interfacing
Student:
Cami Rowan
Project Mentors:
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Oliver Graudejus – BMSEED LLC
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Project 29:
Detection of Falls and Activities of Daily Living from Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors Worn by Subjects with Parkinson’s in a Free-Living Environment
Student:
Maxwell Sakyi
Project Mentors:
Dr. Narayanan Krishnamurthi – CONHI
Dr. James Abbas- SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt- SBHSE
Project 30:
Compensation Mechanism for Fatigue Induced Eye Movement Degradation
Student:
Tudor Sasaran
Project Mentors:
Dr. Aurel Coza – Adidas – ASU Center for Engagement Science
Dr. Marco Santello – SBHSE
Dr. Stephen Helms Tillery – SBHSE
Project 32:
Validation of DIC as an Accurate and Comprehensive Method of Strain Measurement using an ASTM Unilevel Posterior Spinal Fixation Construct Model and Initial Analysis of Effect of Rod Bending Technique on Overall Rod Strain Distribution
Student:
Casey Silva
Project Mentors:
Dr. Brian Kelly – Barrow Neurological Institute
Dr. Vincent Pizziconi – SBHSE
Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Project 35:
Loperamide Encapsulated Nanoparticles for Evaluating Blood Brain Barrier Permeability Post-Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury
Student:
Jordan Todd
Project Mentors:
Dr. Sarah Stabenfeldt – SBHSE
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Rachel Sirianni – SBHSE
Project 36:
Improving the Detection of Heel-Strike and Toe-off during Gait for better Calculation of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters
Student:
Vinisha Venugopal
Project Mentors:
Dr. Narayanan Krishnamurthi – CONHI
Dr. James Abbas- SBHSE
Dr. Claire Honeycutt- SBHSE
Project 38:
Modeling the Particle Size Distributions of Calcium Alginate Beads by the Weibull Distributive Function and Fick’s Diffusion Model, for the Controlled-Release in Oral Drug Delivery Systems
Student:
Swaprakash Yogeshwaran
Project Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon – SBHSE
Dr. Mehdi Nikkah – SBHSE
Dr. David Brafman – SBHSE