Nicholas Pancheri

The reasons I am passionate about biological engineering mirror the values and goals of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program, serving people and society through knowledge and engineering. I have always been interested with aerospace, but it was not until several summers ago when I toured NASA Ames Research Center that this interest became a true passion. From this experience, I became invested in space medicine, how humans are affected by space travel, and the engineering that is necessary to maintain human health in outer space. This project subsequently evolved into my current research topic, tendon tissue engineering. My research on tendon development and mechanics has been disseminated in journal publications, the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES) proceedings, as well as, through posters at various regional and state conferences. Please click through the five program component tabs at the top of this page for a better understanding on how I am tackling this project and developing myself as a biological engineer.