Dr. Youngjae Chun is a Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, with a secondary appointment in Swanson’s Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, Dr. Chun’s research interests include designing/manufacturing the metallic medical devices, investigating biocompatibility, analyzing the mechanical and physical behaviors, and testing biomedical devices. In current research, Dr. Chun combines the comprehensive knowledge from diverse fields such as material processing, MEMS/Nano fabrication, biomedical science, and surface engineering that is crucially important to successfully fulfill the goal of interdisciplinary projects of metallic biomaterial-based medical devices for vascular repair. Dr. Chun has developed various metallic biomaterial-based endovascular devices for treating brain/aortic aneurysms, cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, vascular injuries, and trauma. Dr. Chun is also interested in bio-hybrid composites, diagnostic vascular implants, and micro-bio-systems, as well as fundamental device-associated biocompatibility and development of experimental methods.

Mohamed Ibrahim, MS

Mohamed is a Ph.D. student in the Department of industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his master’s degree from Cairo University in 2021. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, he worked as a research assistant for three years at Cairo University in Egypt. His research areas of interest include design and testing of fluid film bearings, modelling of high speed rotors, MEMS fabrication, and designing/manufacturing the metallic medical devices.

Hassan Beheshti Seresht, MS

Hassan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of industrial Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his master’s degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran in 2021 and bachelor's degress from Amikabir University of Technology, Tehran in 2018. His research areas of interest include design and mechanics analysis of the metallic medical devices.

Kara X. Nghiem

Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Kara is a recipient of the Swanson School of Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) program funding for 2022. The Michael G. Wells Awards was co-sponsored for the project. She is an undergraduate Bioengineering student in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research areas of interest include bioabsorbable cardiovascular devices, metallic stents, and in vitro blood tests.

Enya is an undergraduate Bioengineering student in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research areas of interest include cardiac valves, medical products design and optimization. 

Mia is a recipient of the Swanson School of Engineering Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) program funding for 2023. She is an undergraduate Bioengineering student in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research areas of interest include mechanical property characterization of various cardiovascular devices, in vitro cellular behavior studies and blood tests.