iBMF - People

Xiaolong Luo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering | The Catholic University of America 

G37 Pangborn Hall | Email: luox@cua.edu | Tel: 202-319-6952

Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 2008

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Temple Univ., 2003

B.E., Mechatronics, Zhejiang University, China, 2001


Provost Young Faculty Scholar's Award, CUA, 2017

NSF CAREER award, 2016

Kaman Excellence in Research Award, SOE, CUA, 2016

Burns Junior Faculty Fellowship, 2013

Graduate Students:


Long Duong

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

1/2024 - 

Claire Wang

B.S. in Biochemistry at UMD

1/2023 - 

Emma Wallace 

B.S. in BME

6/2023 - 

Priscilla Ye

B.S. in Chemistry at Cornell

1/2024

Louis Nwuha 

B.S. in BME

1/2024

Maria Hargrave 

B.S. in BME

4/2024

Alumni (Degree, graduation time; immediate after/current position):


PhD --

Khanh Ly (co-advised with Dr. Raub), PhD in BME, 09/2023; NIH postdoc

Le Hoang Phu Pham, PhD in ME, 02/2023;  WellSIM Biomedical Technologies 

Piao Hu, PhD in ME, 11/2021; Credit Suisse 


Masters -- 

Mireille Muhoza, MS in Materials Science, 05/2021

Khanh Ly, MS in BME (with thesis), 01/2020; current lab member

Seyed Ali Rooholghodos, 10/2019; PhD student at U Nebraska-Lincoln 

Piao Hu, MS in ME (with thesis), 05/2018; PhD student in iBMF

Thinh Lee, MS in ME (with thesis), 01/2018; PhD student at U Connecticut

Manal Alsamiri, MS in ME, 10/2017, US  Patent and Trademark Office 

Thanh Vo, MS in ME (with thesis), 10/2017

Laurie Wei, MS in ME, 01/2018; PhD student at CUA

Phu L.H. Pham, MS in ME (with thesis), 05/2017; current lab member

Fahad I. Jambi, MS in ME, 05/2017; Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI)

Kathleen Sheridan, BS & MS in BME, 05/2017; GWU Medical School

Luis Bautista, MS in ME (with thesis), 10/2015; Primerica


Undergraduates -- 

Maria Erquiaga, BS in ME, 6/2022 - 5/2024; TAMU Medical School

Hanh Hoang, BS in BME, 2021; CUA graduate program

Anne Perry, BS in ME, 05/2019; NET Ministries

Alexa Guittari, BS in BME, 05/2020; Transferred to UVa. 

Saba Owens, BS in BME, 05/2019; National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare

Jesse Williams, BS in ME, 05/2019; CUA graduate school

Kuanyu Li, BS in ME & Philosophy, 05/2018; John Hopkins graduate school

Colleen Cahill, BS in ME, 05/2017; MECCO Inc

Alex Quicksell, BS in ME, 05/2016; Mid Atlantic Contracting

Alex Laprade, BS in ME, 05/2016; Boston Scientific

Elizabeth Coyle, BS in BME, 05/2016; MS student GIT

Dominic Renner, BS in ME, 05/2015; PhD student in GIT

Deyvid Carniel Vargas, BSMP, 2015; Bosch

Daniele De Avila, BSMP, 2015


High Schoolers -- 

Priscilla Ye, Reservoir High School, 2023, 2022

Jabez Luo, Reservoir High School, 2022

Abigail Vanasse, Elizabeth Seton High School, 2021

Taisia Mertz, Rockville HS, 2019

Zach Hsieh, Dematha Catholic HS, 2016 - 2017

Aaraj Vij, Sophomore at TJHSST, 2016 - 2017

Vishnu Murthy, TJHSST, 2016



Other Short-term Students (Degree, graduation time):

Emma Needham, BS in ME, 2015

Ali Alshafai, MS & BS in ME, 2015

Yao Dejiepor, MS in ME, 2015

Frances Mackinnon, BS in ME, 2014

Jason Quisberth, BS in ME, 2014

Summer 2017

Winter 2016

Summer 2016

Summer 2015