Name
Major/Year
Title of Project (s)
Worked for me
Meetings Attended
Where are they now?
Amanda Malone
Engr ‘02
"The response of collagen sponges seeded with corneal cells to applied stress"
AY 2001-02
 
Graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, Stanford University
Emily Henage
Physics ‘04
"Measurement of Stress and Strain in an In Vitro Corneal Model"
Spring 2002
 
Full-time mom
Chris Raub
Bio ‘04
"Optical Coherence Microscopy for the Evaluation of Transparency in Glutaraldehyde-Treated Tissue-Engineered Corneal Constructs."

"Imaging Corneas and Fibroblasts with the OCM"

"Optical Coherence Microscopic and Phenotypic Labeling Studies of Corneal Cells in A Tissue-Engineered Cornea"
Summer 2002

AY 2002-03

AY2003-04
California Tissue Engineering Meeting, UCLA, Oct. 2002.

Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2003.

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA Sept. 2004.
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering, UCIrvine
Melanie Lee
Bio ‘04
"Optical Coherence Microscopy for the Evaluation of Transparency in Glutaraldehyde-Treated Tissue-Engineered Corneal Constructs."

"Development of Transparency Assays for Tissue-Engineered Corneal Replacements"
Summer 2002

AY 2003-04
California Tissue Engineering Meeting, UCLA, Oct. 2002.

Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2003.
MD/PhD program, Caltech/USC
Tonya Icenogle
Engr ‘04
"Optical Coherence Microscopy for the Evaluation of Transparency in Glutaraldehyde-Treated Tissue-Engineered Corneal Constructs."

"Tissue Engineering of Corneal Transplants"

"MTS Testing of Collagen Sponges Crosslinked by Different Methods"
Summer 2002

Summer 2003

AY 2002-03
California Tissue Engineering Meeting, UCLA, Oct. 2002.

Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2003.
Biomedical Engineer, FDA
Andrea Crofut
Bio ‘03
"The Use of a 2-D Elastin Matrix and Mechanical Stimulation in Tissue Engineering of Meniscal Cartilage"

"The Impact of Dynamic Loading in Tissue Engineering of Meniscal Cartilage." Funded by TissueGenesis, Inc.
Summer 2002

AY 2002-03
Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, California Institute of Technology, Nov. 2002.
Researcher, Caltech Applying to Masters in Public Policy Programs
Amy Bentow
Engr ‘02
"The Use of a 2-D Elastin Matrix and Mechanical Stimulation in Tissue Engineering of Meniscal Cartilage" Funded by TissueGenesis, Inc.
Summer 2002
 
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering, SUNY Stonybrook
Rachel Lovec
Physics ‘04
"Tissue Engineering of Corneal Transplants"
Summer 2003
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2003.
LightLab Imaging, Inc., Boston, MA
Angie Cho
Engr ‘05
"Tissue Engineering of Corneal Transplants"

"Design of a Bioreactor System to Study the Effect of Intraocular Pressure on Corneal Replacement Tissue"
Summer 2003

AY 2003-04
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2003.
Graduate Student in Civil Engineering, CalTech
Megan Arman
Physics ‘06
"Tissue Engineering of Corneal Transplants"

"Design of a Bioreactor System to Study the Effect of Intraocular Pressure on Corneal Replacement Tissue"

“Methods for creating reproducible gold nanoparticles"

“Development of stable gold-antibody conjugates for Immunogold labeling of Corneal Stromal Cells"
Summer 2003

AY 2003-04

Spring 2005

Summer 2005
Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2003.
HMC Student
Nikhil Gheewala
Engr ‘04
"Cytocompatibility Testing of Plastics."
Spring 2004
 
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering, Rice University
Laura Moyer
Engr ‘06
“Examination of Immunogold labeling Methods for Tagging Corneal Stromal Cells"
Summer 2004
 
HMC Student
Jamie Shoffeitt
Bio ‘07
“Examination of Immunogold labeling Methods for Tagging Corneal Stromal Cells"

“Development of stable gold-antibody conjugates for Immunogold labeling of Corneal Stromal Cells"
Summer 2004

Summer 2005
 
HMC Student
Ajay Shah
Engr ‘06
“The Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Bioreactor System to Study the Effects of Intraocular Pressure on Corneal Replacement Tissue Growth."

“Cytotoxicity of Several Materials for use in a Corneal Tissue Bioreactor."

“Evaluation of Modified Chitosan Matrices for Wound Healing Properties" Funded by HemCon.
Summer 2004

AY 2004-05

Summer 2005
California Tissue Engineering 3rd Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, Oct 2004.

UCLA Biomedical Engineering Society Symposium, Jan 2005.
HMC Student
Andy Voorhees
Bio ‘06
“The Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Bioreactor System to Study the Effects of Intraocular Pressure on Corneal Replacement Tissue Growth."

“Cytotoxicity of Several Materials for use in a Corneal Tissue Bioreactor."

“Development of Molecular Biology Techniques for the Assessment of Corneal Cell Phenotype."
Summer 2004

AY 2004-05

Summer 2005
California Tissue Engineering 3rd Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, Oct 2004.

UCLA Biomedical Engineering Society Symposium, Jan 2005.
HMC Student
Madineh Sarvestani
Engr ‘05
“Electrospinning a Nanofibrous Tropoelastin Backing for Chitosan Bandages." Funded by Oregon Medical Laser Center

“Electrospinning Collagen Nanofibers."
Summer 2004

AY 2004-05
 
HMC Student
Hansford Hendargo
Physics ‘06
“Electrospinning a Nanofibrous Tropoelastin Backing for Chitosan Bandages." Funded by Oregon Medical Laser Center

“Design of a Mandrel System for Electrospinning Oriented Collagen Fibrils."
Summer 2004

AY 2004-05
 
HMC Student
Erika Strandberg
Bio ‘05
“Protein Expression in Human Corneal Fibroblasts when Grown Under Applied Stress."
AY 2004-05
 
Researcher, City of Hope
Rob Chambers
Engr ‘06
“Orientation of Collagen Fibrils using Spin Coating."
Fall 2004
 
HMC Student
Lindsay Wray
Math –Bio ‘08
“Electrospinning Oriented Collagen Nanofibers"
Summer 2005
 
HMC Student
Brandon Smith
Engr ‘07
“Electrospinning Oriented Collagen Nanofibers"
Summer 2005
 
HMC Student
Megan Little
 
“Electrospinning Oriented Collagen Nanofibers"
Summer 2005
 
Student, Loyola Marymount
Sarah Rodenburg
Chem-Bio ‘06
“Development of Molecular Biology Techniques for the Assessment of Corneal Cell Phenotype."
Summer 2005
 
HMC Student
Annie Tan
Chem-Bio ‘06
“Development of Molecular Biology Techniques for the Assessment of Corneal Cell Phenotype."
Summer 2005
 
HMC Student
Nicole Esclamado
Bio ‘07
“Evaluation of Modified Chitosan Matrices for Wound Healing Properties" Funded by HemCon.
Summer 2005
 
HMC Student
Jens Gardner
Engr ‘07
“Evaluation of Modified Chitosan Matrices for Wound Healing Properties" Funded by HemCon.
Summer 2005
 
HMC Student