Eduardo Abreu, D. Eng.
Current Position: Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston , MA.
Dissertation Title: The Effect of Mechanical Unloading on Cultured Tendon Fascicles.
Graduation Year: 2005

Caroline Androjna, D. Eng.
Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Natural Extracellular Matrices for Tendon Tissue Engineering.
Graduation Year: 2005

Jing Bian, D. Eng.
Current Position: Research Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Engineering Cell Therapy for Heart Failure.
Graduation Year: 2006

Yan Chen, D.Eng.
Current Position: Industry
Dissertation Title: The Influence of Diabetes on Mechanical Properties of the Skin.
Graduation Year: 2003

Yin Fang, D.Eng.
Current Position: Senior Research Engineer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Differential CNS Control Strategies for Eccentric and Concentric Contractions.
Graduation Year: 2002

Lei Gu, D.Eng.
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Mechanical Fragility Calibration of Red Blood Cells(RBCs).
Graduation Year: 2002

Haibin Huang, D.Eng.
Current Position: Research Scientist, Siemens Ltd., Beijing, China
Dissertation Title: Neural Network-Based Pattern Classification of Human Brain fMRI Data.
Graduation Year: 2006

Serkan Inceoglu, D.Eng.
Current Position: Research Associate, Spine Research Laboratory, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Failure of Pedicle Screw-Bone Interface: Biomechanics of Pedicle Screw Insertion and Pullout.
Graduation Year: 2004

Jun Liao, D.Eng.
Current Position: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering, Pittsburgh, PA
Dissertation Title: Mechanical and Structural Properties of Mitral Valve Cordae Tendineae.
Graduation Year: 2003

Wenfeng Lu, D. Eng.
Current Position: Research Engineer, Cook Group, Pfafftown, NC
Dissertation Title: Experimental and Computational Study on Volute Housing for a Rotary Blood Pump.
Graduation Year: 2006

Alvaro Mata, D.Eng.
Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Dissertation Title: Microfabricated Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering.
Graduation Year: 2005

Tammy M. Owings, D. Eng.
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Biomechanical Responses to Externally-Imposed Stimuli.
Graduation Year: 2006

Rudolph Pienaar, D.Eng.
Current Position: Assistant in Biomedical Imaging, HMS Athinoula A.Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Instructor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Dissertation Title: Adaptive Control of Human Posture Using Reinforcement Learning.
Graduation Year: 2002

Solomon S. Praveen, D.Eng.
Current Position: Director, Orthopedic Research Program, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Dissertation Title: Fluid – Solid Interaction in Cancellous Bone.
Graduation Year: 2004

Zuyao Shan, D.Eng.
Current Position: Research Associate, Division of Translational Imaging Research, Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Dissertation Title: Quantitatively Automated Analysis of Human MR Head Images and Studies on Human Age-Related Brain Volume Changes.
Graduation Year: 2003

Yaling Shi, D.Eng.
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Cardiothoracic Surgery Research, Saban Research Institute Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Dissertation Title: Development of Tissue Engineered Mitral Valve Chordae Using Directed Collagen Gel Shrinkage.
Graduation Year: 2003

Azita Tajaddini, D.Eng.
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Investigation of Coronary Artery Mechanics Using "Intravascular Ultrasound”.
Graduation Year: 2003

Mirela Visinescu, D.Eng.
Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow Division of Anesthesiology Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Dissertation Title: Analysis of ECG to predict Atrial Fibrillation in Post-Operative Cardiac Surgical Patients.
Graduation Year: 2005

Haosen Zhang, D.Eng.
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Dissertation Title: In Vitro Quantification of Mitral Regurgitant Flow with Fast MRI.
Graduation Year: 2003