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NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers Completes 5th Successful Year!
This summer, WPI labs hosted 8 middle-school teachers in the 5th year of our NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers program. Teachers worked closely with faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates on research projects in cutting-edge Biomedical Engineering applications. In addition to completing a research project, each teacher designed a lesson to implement in their middle-school classrooms. […]
Farewell to Kellie!
Kellie just finished her last day in the lab and the group was able to get together to celebrate. After completing her MS degree in Chemical Engineering in May, Kellie finished working on her manuscripts and will soon be joining Genzyme in Cambridge, MA. We wish her all the best!
Collaboration with Physics leads to video publication
Recent work on measuring the mechanical properties of living cells using atomic force microscopy, by physics graduate student Gawain Thomas, and Professors Wen, Burnham, and Camesano, was published in the JoVE. According to their website JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) “is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and […]
Welcome Middle-School Teachers!
The WPI Research Experience for Teachers program began today at the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center. Eight middle-school teachers will be spending the next 6 weeks working on a hands-on laboratory project with WPI faculty and graduate students. Projects this year include topics such as “Design of a Microthread Crosslinking Device” with Professor George Pins […]
New publication on action of antimicrobial peptides against spores
The Camesano lab recently published an article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, “Interactions of antimicrobial peptide chrysophsin-3 with Bacillus anthracis in sporulated, germinated, and vegetative states“, with lead author lab alum Paola A. Pinzon-Arango. This work describes how an antimicrobial peptide isolated from the gills of the red sea bream was used to […]
Celebrating a Successful Academic Year
The Camesano Lab visited the Museum of Science in Boston on 5/1/13, to celebrate our many accomplishments of this year. Highlights include: -Todd Alexander completed his first year as an IGERT Fellow, and placed 2nd in the i3 Innovation Competition at WPI -Lindsay Lozeau completed her first year as a pre-IGERT Fellow, and is preparing […]
Prof. Camesano graduates from ELATE Executive Leadership Program
Terri Camesano, Professor of Chemical Engineering, has graduated from the inaugural class of the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE at Drexel™) Fellowship program. The ELATE program provides academic leadership training and support for women through a one-year fellowship program. Fellows received instruction in different dimensions of leadership, such as personal and professional […]
AweSTEM 2013!
The WPI Bioengineering Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program recently participated in the 2nd annual STEM Education Center’s networking event. The program was well attended with much enthusiasm present in the room. Attendees were informed by STEM Center director Martha Cyr that the theme this year was to develop dialogue about what STEM means. One […]
Undergraduate Research with ENSIC in Nancy, France is Published
Research by former WPI undergraduate students working with Professor Camesano and Professor Thompson has been accepted for publication in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. The work was done in the laboratory of Dr. Marie-Noelle Pons at ENSIC in Nancy, France. Alumni Rebecca Bygerg and Jesse Cobb spent 8 weeks conducting an intense research project. The […]
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Almost 60 girls participated in Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on February 19, 2013! Professor Camesano’s group participated by talking to the girls about engineering and performing a very popular demonstration involving liquid nitrogen ice cream. PhD students Kathleen Wang, Lindsay Lozeau, and Todd Alexander led an activity for the girls. The group was […]
