2023 Stories in Biomedical Engineering

Project Title: “Sticky Slime Made by Bacteria”
  • Name: Gabriel Bulacan 
    • Hometown: Clifton, NJ 
    • Home Institution: The Pennsylvania State University 
    • Fun Fact About Me: I have played the violin for 15 years. 
  • Name: Paige Campbell  
    • Hometown: Bowie, MD 
    • Home Institution: Messiah University 
    • Fun Fact About Me: I love rock climbing & have a certification in high adventure!
Project Title: “Helping Premature Babies Breathe”
Project Title: “Making Particles to Deliver Medicine to Human Heart Tissue”
  • Name: Kendra Santillan Hernandez  
    • Hometown: Atlanta, GA 
    • Home Institution: Mercer University  
    • Fun Fact About Me: My favorite thing to do on a rainy day is to go for a walk.
  • Name: Devin Wong 
    • Hometown: Chappaqua, NY 
    • Home Institution: University of Rochester 
    • Fun Fact About Me: My favorite comfort food is coffee ice cream.
Project Title: “Studying Jumping to Prevent Ankle Injuries” 
Project Title: “Looking at Vein Cells to Tell If You Are Sick”
  • Name: Diana Herrera-Diaz 
    • Hometown: Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico 
    • Home Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio 
    • Fun Fact About Me: I have had the incredible opportunity of growing up in six different countries and becoming fluent in Spanish, English, and French. 
  • Name: Madelyn Stilwell 
    • Hometown: Independence, MO 
    • Home Institution: Wichita State University  
    • Fun Fact About Me: I love to figure skate.
Project Title: “Exploring How Cancer Cells React to Different Forces in Their Environment: Cells on Gels”
Project Title: “Helping Your Brain to Move Your Body with Shocks”
  • Name: Julia Rothschild 
    • Hometown: Natick, MA
    • Home Institution: University of Rochester  
    • Fun Fact About Me: I love to dance 
  • Name: M. Joseph Garza 
    • Hometown: Converse, TX (near San Antonio, TX) 
    • Home Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio 
    • Fun Fact: I love practicing kickboxing forms and drawing. 
Project Title: “Improving Limb Replacement Using Robots” 
Project Title: “Finding the Best Ways to Understand Certain Sounds”
  • Name: Gidey Gezae 
    • Hometown: Burtonsville, MD 
    • School: Pennsylvania State University  
    • Fun Fact About Me: My favorite book/TV/movie genre is anything zombie apocalypse.  
  • Name: Makayla Strzelewicz  
    • Hometown: Oxford, MA
    • Home Institution: Quinsigamond Community College  
    • Fun Fact About Me: I have a Lego collection!  
Project Title: “Helping Cells Fix an Injured Heart”
Project Title: “Packing Particles with Firefly Glow”
  • Name: Anna Gwozdz 
    • Hometown: South Wales, NY (near Buffalo, NY) 
    • Home Institution: Alfred University  
    • Fun Fact About Me: I’m a violinist at my university. 
  • Name: Salma Riad 
    • Hometown: Cairo, Egypt 
    • Home Institution: WPI 
    • Fun Fact About Me: I lived in Switzerland for 5 years 
Project Title: “Testing MRI Guided Surgical Robot”

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