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  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jeremy L. Gilbert
Founder, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B
Professor of Biomaterials
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University

Address: 303C Bowne Hall

Phone: 315.443.2105

Email: gilbert@syr.edu

Research Interests: Dr. Gilbert's research interest is the study of Biomaterials, that is, the study of materials used to repair, replace, or augment structures within the body. Specific research areas within this field include: development of novel bone cements; electrochemical phenomenon associated with metallic implant materials including corrosion, oxygen reactions, cell response to electrochemistry, protein-electrochemistry interactions and electric field generation; material-biological environment interaction including protein-surface interactions; micromechanics of surfaces and viable biological tissues; orthopedic implant design and degradation mechanisms; fracture and fatigue processes in biomaterials, medical device retrieval and failure analysis; performance testing of medical devices; novel instrumentation development for biomaterials characterization; in-situ AFM; nanoindentation of polymeric biomaterials.

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  GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Viswanathan Swaminathan
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: MS Biomedical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2007
                  B.S in Electrical Engineering, Madras University, India, 2003

Address: 412 Bowne Hall

Email: viswamin@syr.edu

Research Interests: Viswa's research interest is in understanding the degradation mechanisms associated with metallic medical devices. Specific research interests include, corrosion performance of metallic biomaterials, wear assisted corrosion degradation of materials, surface micromechanics, development of novel techniques for corrosion testing/monitoring, and medical device performance testing and retrieval analysis.

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Shiril Sivan
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: BE Biomedical Engineering, Mumbai University, India

Address: 412 Bowne Hall

Email: ssivan@syr.edu

Research Interests: Shiril's research interest mainly revolves around how cathodic voltages on metallic biomaterials can alter cell behavior and ultimately affect its biocompatibility. Other interests include electrochemical and surface characterization of biomaterials, time lapse imaging of cell behavior and failure analysis of retrieved implants.

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Morteza Haerihosseini
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: MS Biomedical Engineering from AmirKabir University of Technology
                  BSc Ceramics Engineering

Address: 411 Bowne Hall

Email: sedmorteza@syr.edu

Research Interests: Morteza's research interest is in the study of cell/biomaterial interaction, electrochemistry and biosensors.

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Sachin A. Mali
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: MS Chemical Engineering from University of Lousiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
                  BE Chemical Engineering, Gujarat University, India

Address: 418 Bowne Hall

Email: samali@syr.edu

Research Interests: Sachin's research interest is the study of fretting-crevice corrosion mechanisms of metallic medical devices, Implant retrieval study and failure analysis and medical devices performance testing.

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Eric S. Ouellette
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: BS Biomedical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2010

Address: 408 Bowne Hall

Email: esouelle@syr.edu

Research Interests: Eric's research interest involves melt-spinning of polymer fibers, and characterizing the structural and mechanical changes that take place in the processing of these fibers. Additionally, I am interested in hot compaction processes to produce self-reinforced composites (SRC's) and the relationship between fiber properties and those of the resulting composite.

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Jua Kim
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education:

Address: 410 Bowne Hall

Email: jkim90@syr.edu

Research Interests: Jua's research interest is the therapeutic effects of Mg-Ti bimetallic microparticles by studying the interactions of microparticles with bacterial and tumor-like cells.

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Yang Ping
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education:B.S, Materials Science and Engineering , Central South University, China

Address: 408 Bowne Hall

Email: yliusr@syr.edu

Research Interests: Yang ping's research interest is in fretting corrosion of Medical devices.

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Jin Guo
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: B.S. Biological Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China 2010

Address: 408 Bowne Hall

Email: jguo02@syr.edu

Research Interests: Jin's research interest is the study of Electrochemical phenomenon associated with titanium alloy including E.coli cell response to electrochemistry. Investigation of how electrochemical changes in and around Ti6Al4V implants in organic systems effect bacterial biofilm formation

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Tiatian Hui
Doctoral Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

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Andrew J Ferrel
MS Thesis Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: B.S, Bioengineering, Syracuse Univesity, Syracuse, New York

Email: ajferrel@syr.edu

Research Interests: Andrew's research interest is the study of medical devices.

Steve Chiu
MS Thesis Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: B.S, Bioengineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

Email: stchiu@syr.edu

Research Interests: Currently working on extending the shelf life of a novel two solution bone cement through different methods and composition.

Yingying Shen
MS Thesis Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

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Research Interests: Yingying's research interest is the study of Biomaterials,

Seth Del Prato
MS Project Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

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Dan Whitney
MS Project Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Education: BS Biochemistry, Syracuse University

Email: dgwhitne@syr.edu

Research Interests: Dan's research interest is in metal oxide patterning.

Alex Weiss
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

Email: arweis02@syr.edu

Research Interests:I am interested in bacterial biofilm interaction with metal implant surfaces. I am currently working on my Honors Capstone, “Escherichia Coli HM22 Biofilm Viability When In Contact With Implant-Grade, Titanium 6Al-4V Alloy Under Varied Electrochemical Conditions.” In the past, I have done work to characterize the morphological differences between normal and metabolically inactive persister cell variants within E. coli HM22 cell populations using atomic force microscopy.

Amber Schweitzer
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

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Kenny Nam
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

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  ALUMNI

 
 
1. Dei-Re. Dong , Phd (1992) Now: Professor in Taiwan
2. Samuel M. Smith , Phd (1993) Now: Private dental practice
3. Christine A. Buckley , Phd (1994) Now: Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rose Hulman
4. Peter Monaghan , Phd (1996) Now: Private dental practice
5. Jay R. Goldberg , Phd (1994) Now: Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Rose Hulman
6. Debra D. Wright , Phd (1999) Now: Professor of Michigan Technological Institute
7. Julie M. Hasenwinkel , Phd (1999) Now: Professor of Bioengineering at Syracuse University
8. Jane Bearinger , Phd (2000) Now: Principal Scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
9. Spiro Megremis , Phd (2001) Now: Director of Research and Standards Development, American Dental Association
10. Joseph Kunnel, (Co-advised with Paula H. Stern) , Phd (2001) Now: Professor of Dentistry at University of Illinois at Chicago
11. Jaebum Shin , Phd (2007) Now: Director of Research at Korean Medical Device Company
12. Robert Gettins, Phd (2007) Now: Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Western New England College
13. James Wernle , Phd (2008) Now: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Upstate Medical University
14. Mark Ehrensberger , Phd (2008) Now: Director of Research, Department of Orthopedics at SUNY at Buffalo
 
 
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