Graduate Research Innovation Exchange

The annual Graduate Research Innovation Exchange is a poster celebration and competition that highlights the breadth, diversity, and quality of WPI’s graduate research.

Past BME Winners:

2023:

  • First Place:
    • “Fibrin Scaffolds with Tunable Anisotropic Porocity Direct Myoblast Orientation”
      • Bryanna Samolyk
      • Advisors: George Pins, Catherine Whittington
    • “Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Sensory Neural Function, Behavior, and Neural Structure in C. elegans”
      • Hamilton White
      • Advisor: Dirk Albrecht

2022:

  • Second Place:
    • Andre Figureroa Milla

2021:

  • Second Place:
    • “Mechanical Risk Factors for Predicting Stress Fractures in Elite Runners”
      • Andrew Wilzman
      • Advisor: Karen Troy

2017:

  • First Place:
    • “Fabrication of a Functional Fibrin-Based Microvascular Network”
      • Johanna Santos
      • Advisor: George Pins

2016:

  • First Place:
    • “Design of a Fibrin-Based Myocardial Layer for Use in a Modular Cardiac Patch.”
      • Megan O’Brien, PhD
      • Advisor: George Pins
    • “Immunoprivilged Microsphere Gels for Neural Stem Cell Transplantation after Spinal Cord Injury”
      • Dalia Shendi, PhD
      • Advisor: Angana Jain

2014:

  • “Development of a Cell Self-Assembled 3-Dimensional In-Vitro Skeletal Muscle Tissue Model”
    • Jason Forte, PhD
    • Advisor: Raymond Page

2013:

  • “Designing µDERMs: Harnesssing Engineered Microniches to Direct Cellular Function”
    • Amanda Clement
    • Advisor: George Pins

2012:

  • First Place:
    • “Evaluation of a Novel Electrospun Polymer Dermal Regeneration Composite Matrix”
      • Jen Sansom, MS
      • Advisor: George Pins
  • Second Place:
    • “Implementation of a Novel Motion-Artifact Rejection Algorithm in a Forehead Mounted Pulse-Oximeter for Ambulatory Monitoring of Heart Rate and Arterial Oxygen Saturation”
      • Kunal Marwah, MS
      • Advisor: Yitzhak Mendelson

2010:

  • “Conditioning Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Mend the Broken Heart”
    • Jacques Guyette
    • Advisor: Glenn Gaudette

2008:

  • “Improving Bioengineered Skin Substitutes: Controlling the Extracellular Matrix to Direct Epithelialization”
    • Katie Bush, PhD Candidate
    • Advisor: George Pins
    • First Place
  • “Adaptive Noise Cancellation in Pulse Oximetry: Feasibility for Real-Time Applications”
    • Piyush Ramuka, MS Candidate
    • Advisor: Yitzhak Mendelson
    • Third Place

2007:

  • “Collagen and Fibrin Microthreads in a Discrete Thread Model of In-vitro ACL Scaffold Regeneration”
    • Kevin Cornwell, PhD Candidate
    • Advisor: George Pins
    • Second Place