RESEARCH FOCUS

Biomaterials and bioengineering, surface modification of bio-metallic alloys, biodegradable metallic Implants, 3D printing of biomaterials, tissue engineering, nanotechnology, drug delivery, design and optimization of bio-devices.

RESEARCH FUNDING (updated May 2022)

GRANTS RECEIVED: secured funding over $2.5 million (PI and collaborative efforts)

  1. 鈥淏ioprinter Equipment Grant鈥�, NIH KINBRE, Role PI, March 2022
  2. 鈥淧lant Based Materials for Stereolithography 3D Printers鈥�, John See Innovation Award, Role PI, 03/01/2020-02/28/2021
  3. 鈥淣ovel Smart Skin Biomedical Sensor for Monitoring Crew Health Parameters in a Wireless, Passive, Lightweight, Robust, and Non-invasive Fashion鈥�, NASA No Cost Extension, 10/01/2019-09/30/2020, Role CoI.
  4. 鈥淣ovel Smart Skin Biomedical Sensor for Monitoring Crew Health Parameters in a Wireless, Passive, Lightweight, Robust, and Non-invasive Fashion鈥�, NASA, 10/01/2016-09/30/2019, Role CoI.
  5. 鈥淏iodegradable Metallic Cardiovascular Stent鈥�, John A See Innovation Award, 04/2016-12/2017, Role PI
  6. 鈥淟aser Modified Nano/Micro Surfaces of Tantalum for Better Biocompatibility鈥�, WSU, Multidisciplinary Research Project Award (MURPA), 05/2016-08/2016, Role Co-PI.
  7. 鈥淚ncorporation of Preliminary Market Assessment in BME 477-Introduction to Biomaterials Course鈥�, WSU COE Brenton Myers Innovation in Engineering Education Award, 12/20/15-12/20/2016, Role PI.
  8. 鈥淏one Health Sensor for Monitoring Early Onset of Osteoporosis Due to Spaceflight鈥�, NASA EPSCoR, Role-CoPI, 10/02/2015-09/17/2016
  9. 鈥淢ultifunctional Biodegradable Theranostic Nanoparticles for Cancer Nanomedicine鈥�, Flossie E West Memorial Foundation, 05/01/2015-04/30/2016, Principal Investigator (PI).
  10. 鈥淒evelopment of Biodegradable Metallic Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering鈥�, Regional Institute on Aging, 09/2013-12/2014, Principal Investigator
  11. 鈥淓lectrochemical deposition of Aluminum and niobium on magnesium alloy using novel B4-based ionic liquid,鈥� NSF Kansas EPSCoR, 05/2012 - 07/2013, Principal Investigator
  12. 鈥淢etallic Scaffolds for tissue engineering鈥�, WSU, SERF, College of Engineering, 06/2012- 12/2012, Principal investigator.
  13. 鈥淐orrosion evaluation of self-assembled monolayers on magnesium alloy鈥�, WSU, URCA, 07/2012-06/2013, Principal investigator.
  14. 鈥淩esearch and Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) to Support the Establishment of the Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at NSU鈥�, NSF, 08/2007-07/2009, Subproject Co-investigator (PI: Dr. Suely Black )
  15. 鈥淣anosized Self Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) on Nitinol for Biomedical Applications鈥� Norfolk State University's Faculty / Staff Research Initiation Award (F/S RIA), 08/07-07/08, Principal Investigator.

OTHER FUNDED PROJECTS:

(Total: $67,310. This amount is not included in total grants secured)

  1. 鈥淢aterials for Bioprinting鈥�, I-Corps Program, Role Academic Lead, 02/21/2020-05/22/2020
  2. 鈥淏ioinks for use in Organoid Development鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-Faculty PI and Sponsor to Kaetlyn Byers, 06/2019-08/2019
  3. 鈥淐omparative analysis of Stereolithography (SL) based 3D Printing Technique (UV Laser Light) Versus Digital Light Processing 3D Printing鈥� NIH KINBRE, Role-Faculty PI and Sponsor to Zaid Alashqar, 08/2018-05/2019.
  4. 鈥淐ellsus鈥�, Shocker Innovation Corps, Role: Academic Lead, 09/2017-02/2018.
  5. 鈥淭issue Engineered Blood Vessels鈥�, McNairs Scholars program, Role-Faculty PI and Sponsor to Martina Salerno, 11/2016-08/2017
  6. 鈥淚nteraction of endothelial and smooth muscle cells with laser surface modified bio-metal samples for cardiac stenting鈥�, NIH KINBRE Star Trainee Award, Role-Faculty PI and Sponsor to Martina Salerno, 05/2016-04/2017.
  7. 鈥淧orous metallic coatings on magnesium鈥�, WSU Undergraduate Student Research Grants, Role-PI and Faculty Sponsor to Jesus Gonzalez, 03/2016-02/2017
  8. 鈥淟aser Surface Treatment to Enhance Biointegration of Orthopedic Implants鈥�, WSU Undergraduate Student Research Grants, Role-PI, 05/2015-04/2016
  9. 鈥淒ynamic Electrochemical Corrosion Evaluations in Simulated Body Fluid Conditions鈥�, Bridge for Engineering and Engineering Technology Students (BEETS) Program, Role-PI, 05/2015-08/2015
  10. 鈥淟aser assisted surface modification of orthopedic implants for enhanced bone integration鈥�, McNairs Scholars program, Role-PI, 05/2015-08/2015
  11. 鈥淢athematical modeling of paclitaxel diffusion from biodegradable PLDLA microspheres鈥�, McNairs Scholars program, Role- PI, 05/2014-08/2014
  12. 鈥淏io-corrosion evaluations of Magnesium (Mg) in accelerated dynamic electrochemical conditions鈥�, NIH KINBRE, Role-PI, 09/2014-12/2014.
  13. 鈥淔abrication of Polymeric Brushes on Metallic Biomaterials鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-PI, 06/2014-08/2014
  14. 鈥淒esign and fabrication of a dynamic electrochemical corrosion test bench鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-PI, 06/2014-08/2014
  15. 鈥淧olymer Coatings on Magnesium for Biodegradable Implant Applications鈥�, NIH KINBRE, Role-PI, 08/2013-12/2013.
  16. 鈥淣iobium coatings on magnesium alloy鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-PI, 06/2013-08/2013
  17. 鈥淓ffect of Polymer Coating Characteristics on the Degradation Behavior of Magnesium Alloy鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-PI, 06/2013-08/2013
  18. 鈥淐omputer aided design of drug delivery systems鈥�, McNairs Scholars program, Role-PI, 05/2013-08/2013
  19. 鈥淚nvestigation of the Effect of Polyelectrolyte Charge on Biodegradation of Mg Alloy鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-PI, 06/2012-08/2012
  20. 鈥淒esign of Dynamic Corrosion Test Bench for Evaluating Potential Cardiovascular Biodegradable Stent Materials鈥�, WSU College of Engineering, Role-PI, 06/2012-08/2012