PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Joseph D Towles, PhD
Emerging Leader, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Associate Editor, Biomedical Engineering Education Journal
ABET Program Evaluator for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering and (by courtesy) Cognitive Science Program
email: joseph.towles@swarthmore.edu
meet with me (zoom option): calendar
address: Swarthmore College, Dept of Engineering
500 College Ave, Swarthmore PA 19081
(610) 328-8076
I am always eager to have curious students work in the lab. The ideal candidate will have an inclination towards mechanics or mechatronics; biology or medicine; and experimental, computational or design work. Experience with MATLAB, Python or the like is a plus. Please contact me at joseph.towles@swarthmore.edu if you are interested in joining the lab.
ALUMNI
Steven Jungers '26 (Neuroscience & Engineering), SP 2026
Iver Jiang '29 (Engineering & Computer Science), SP 2026
Kayhaan Mohamed '29 (Engineering, Applied Math & Gender and Sexuality Studies), SP 2026
Lydia Witnaigoonlaud '29 (Engineering & Biology), SP 2026
Megan Quan '29 (Engineering & Math), FA 2025, SP 2026
Matthew Kim '29 (Engineering & Computer Science), SP 2026
Ben Greenberg '29 (Engineering), FA 2025, SP 2026
Keith Brennan '27 (Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering & Electrical Engineering), SU 2025, FA 2025, SP 2025
Bradley Johnson '27 (Engineering & Applied Math), SU 2025
Jacey Koh '28 (Engineering), SU 2025
Owen Lord '28 (Engineering & Economics), SU 2025
Jasper Mosely '28 (Engineering), SU 2025
Chisom Obiora-Egbuziem '25 (Engineering, Astronomy & Computer Science), FA 2024
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Rafael Quinodoz '27 (Engineering & Economics), SU 2024
Paolo Bosques-Paulet '27 (Engineering & Applied Math), SP 2024, SU 2024, FA 2024, SP 2026
Oscar Caino '27 (Engineering), SU 2024
Sarah Jabir '28 (Engineering), SU 2023
Magdelana Jordan '27 (Engineering), SU 2024
Justin Gonzalez '25 (Engineering & Applied Math), FA 2023, FA 2024, SP 2025
MS Student, Biomedical Engineering, Yale
Jorge Padillo '24 (Peace and Conflict Studies, Music, Environmental Studies), SP 2024, SU 2024
MS Student, Music/Vocal Arts, Julliard
Gillian Will '26 (Engineering & Applied Math), SP 2024, FA 2025
FA 2026, Business Consultant, Transformation Architecture & Delivery Practice, Ernst & Young
Georgi Mathews '25 (Engineering & Ancient History), SP 2024, FA 2024
MS Student, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech
Oliver Garcia '24 (Engineering), SU 2023, FA 2023
Jalyn Miller '26 (Engineering & Black Studies), SU 2023, FA 2023, SP 2024
FA 2026, MS Student, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University
Howard Wang '26 (Engineering & Applied Math), SU 2023, FA 2023, SP 2024
FA 2026, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering [Neural Engineering], Rice University
Jules Kyung Lee-Zacheis '24 (Biology & Theatre), FA 2022, SP 2023
Bhaavana Oruganty '23 (Engineering & Chemistry), SP 2023
Research Assistant, Broad Institute, Harvard & MIT
FA 2026, Medical Student, Temple University Medical School
Jackie Le '24 (Engineering & Math), FA 2023, SP 2024
Data Analyst, Precision Medicine Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital
William Lee '26 (Biology & Religion), FA 2022, SP 2023, SU 2023
FA 2026, Junior Specialist [lab reseacher], University of California Davis Medical Center
Cole Smith '23 (Engineering & Psychology), SU 2022, FA 2022, SP 2023
PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech & Wake Forest