Upcoming BME Graduate Student Comprehensive Exams and Thesis Defenses

Spring 2024 tHESIS DEFENSES 
DateNameThesis Title

March 29

4030 SC

1:00 p.m.

Rion WendlandEmerging Considerations in Tissue Engineering: Developing Bio-sourced Photoinitiator Systems and Understanding the Impact of Substrate Stiffness

April 1

01600 PFP (Pomerantz Family Pavillion-Radiology Oncology)

1:00 p.m.

Laura BennettAccurate and Efficient Dose Calculation and Treatment Planning for the Dynamic Collimation System for Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy

April 5

2174 Westlawn 

10:00 a.m.

Tyce MarquezUtilizing Weight Bearing CT to Evaluate PTOA Risk After ACL Reconstruction

April 8

5620 SC

9:00 a.m. 

Myles EvangelistaDevelopment of an Aerosolized Photo-biopolymer for Ocular Cell Monolayer Engineering

April 10

2174 Westlawn

8:30 a.m.

Tristan MillerPredictors of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Risk After Tibial Pilon Fracture

April 10

5602 SC

3:00 p.m.

Marissa McFaddenDesign and Characterization of a Variable-Stiffness Ankle-Foot Orthosis Powered by Twisted and Coiled Artificial Muscles

April 16

5620 SC

9:30 a.m.

Nathan WittMultiscale Modeling of the Skin's Biomechanics, Damage Mechanisms, and Aging

April 16

5602 SC

3:00 p.m.

Demir TukenUtilizing Weight Bearing CT to Evaluate PTOA Risk After ACL Reconstruction
Spring 2024 comprehensive exams
DateName

March 21

5602 SC

10:00 a.m.

Rushdi Zahid Rusho

April 17

5602 SC

10:00 a.m.

Erattakulangara Subin