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CJ Park
Education: B.A. Harvard University, June 2001
Anticipated Graduation: Ph.D. Material Science, 2009
Project:
Development of
chitosan scaffolds with bFGF loaded gelatin microspheres for the
treatment of chronic cutaneous
ulcers
Home town: Hinsdale, IL
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Sheeny Lan
Education: B.S. University of Washington, June 2003
Anticipated Graduation: Ph.D. Material Science, 2010
Project:
Evaluation of endothelial colony forming cells and adipose-derived stem
cells in an osteoinductive hydroxyapatite scaffold for bone tissue
engineering
Home town: Seattle, WA
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David Hoelzle
Education: B.S. The Ohio State University, June 2005
Anticipated Graduation: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2010
Project: Fabrication of model hydroxyapatite
scaffolds.
Home town: Fremont, OH
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Michael Poellmann
Education: B.S. Marquette University, May 2006
Anticipated Graduation: Ph.D. BioEngineering, 2011
Project: The
effects of strain gradients on bone cell response
Home town: Watertown, WI
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Lucas McIntosh
Education:
B.S. Washington University in St. Louis, May 2000
Anticipated Graduation: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 2007
Project: Material characterization of hydroxyapatite/bone
composite scaffolds using Finite Element based homogenization methods
Home town: Columbia, MO
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Jackie Cordell
Education: B.S. University of Illinois, May 2006
Anticipated Graduation: M.S. BioEngineering, 2008
Project: Characterization of the elastic and failure
properties of bulk hydroxyapatite with varying porosity
Home town: Libertyville, IL
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Amanda
Hilldore
Education: B.S. Hope College, Holland, MI, May 2004
Graduation: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, December 2006
Project:
Quantification of soft tissue on
hydroxyapatite scaffolds using
Micro-CT
Home town: Holland, MI
Scholarship: SURGE Fellowship, University of Illinois,
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Joe Woodard
Education: B.S. University of Oklahoma, December 2003
Graduation: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, August 2006
Project: The effects of
microporosity on the strength, degradation, and damage mechanisms in
hydroxyapatite/tissue composites
Home town: Edmond, OK
Scholarship: SURGE Fellowship, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
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Nilda M. Juan Serrano
Education: BS Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Campus, May 2003
Graduation: MS in Materials Science and Engineering, May
2005
Project: Imaging proteins in a gelatin/gelatin microsphere
composite
Home town: Puerto Rico
Scholarship: Gates Millennium Scholars
Abbey Wojtowicz
(now at GaTech)
Education: B.S. December 2003, UIUC
Major: Honors Biology
Minor: Chemistry
Project: Os-content and its effect on cell and tissue visibility using
x-ray micro-ct
Home town: Danville, IL Brian Quist
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Minor: Bioengineering
Graduation: B.S., May 2005
Project: A
preliminary study on the
response of fibroblasts to a strained, micro-patterned substrate;
literature review and specimen design
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