Ann’s poster title “Prevascularization of Tissue-Engineered Cardiac Patch using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Endothelial Cells” was selected as Outstanding Junior Poster at the 5th Annual Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium (GVRC) meeting. Congratulations!
Award
Special Interest Group Member Spotlight
Dr. Feng Zhao is featured on the Society For Biomaterials – Cardiovascular Biomaterials Special Interest Group Newsletter [Winter 2022]!
Dhavan received Outstanding Dissertation Graduate Student Award
Dhavan Sharma was selected as the recipient for the Department of Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Graduate Student Award for the 2022-2023 academic year. This award is given to students in recognition of a dissertation of superior quality during the year prior to the nomination deadline. All nominees are reviewed and selected by the BME Graduate Committee. Congratulations!
Sameeksha awarded 1st place in the artistic engineering contest!
Sameeksha Sharma’s art work awarded first place in the 2nd Annual Artistic Engineering Contest. The images were submitted by graduate students, undergraduate students and faculty and included both research images as well as unique student artwork. Congratulations!
Dhavan received BME Graduate Student Scholarship
Dhavan Sharma was awarded a BME Graduate Student Scholarship for the fall 2022 semester from the department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M. Dhavan received scholarship of $1,000 and a non-resident tuition waiver for fall 2022, spring 2023 and summer 2023. Congratulations!
Eric accepted by Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Eric Wang was awarded an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) of $5,000 to work with Dr. Zhao and Dr. Avaz in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Congratulations!