Nicole Veit Biomedical Engineering nveit@ufl.edu [expand title=”Read more”]Nicole is a third year biomedical engineering student with a minor in computer science. She is currently researching the role of electrode-site size on intracortical implantable devices. She is planning on pursuing a PhD and is interested in developing neural technologies for degenerative disorders.[/expand]
Brandon Badamtchian Biomedical Engineering bbadamtchian@ufl.edu [expand title=”Read more”]Brandon is a third-year biomedical engineering student specializing in neural engineering. He is researching the electrical properties of shape-memory polymer nerve cuff electrodes for use as neural implants. After graduating, Brandon plans to pursue an MD/PhD program.[/expand]
Florida Congressman Ted Yoho came to visit UF and toured the BME labs.
The Otto lab had a great time in Atlanta connecting with people and seeing cool science. Shout-out to some of our awesome undergrads that presented at the conference:
Aaron Czeiszperger Biomedical Engineering [expand title=”Read more”]Aaron is a fifth year Biomedical Engineering student in the Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree at the University of Florida and is seeking a minor in Electrical Engineering. His work is concentrated about the foreign body response to neural implants in the peripheral nervous system.[/expand]
Adrienne Widener Materials Science and Engineering Adriennejan25@ufl.edu Neural Interfaces and Drug Delivery [expand title=”Read more”]Adrienne is a fourth-year materials science and engineering student with a specialization in biomaterials and a minor in trumpet music performance. She is currently studying conductive polymers and their effect as a neural interface in the central nervous system. After graduating, […]
Dr. Scott Thourson Post-Doc Biomedical Engineering sthourson@ufl.edu Neural electrodes [expand title=”Read more”]Scott received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bradley University in Peoria, IL in 2013. His undergraduate research studied how the concentration used for primary protein adsorption affected the binding efficiency of secondary analyze binding for biosensing applications. Scott also designed and tested custom MEMS […]
Felicia Sedwick Biomedical Engineering [expand title=”Read more”]Felicia Sedwick is a fifth year biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida. She is working on the TEENI project and will be focusing on nerve regeneration through the threads.[/expand]
Nicolas Kunigk Biomedical Engineering [expand title=”Read more”]Nicolas Kunigk is a third year biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida with minors in computer science and bioinformatics. He plans on pursuing a PhD and is interested in studying neuroprosthetics.[/expand]
Annie Gormaley Biomedical Engineering agormaley@ufl.edu [expand title=”Read more”]Anne is a fourth year biomedical engineering student at the University of Florida. Her work focuses on the evaluation of the foreign body response to neural implants in the peripheral nervous system.[/expand]
