Alumni of BME & BME Faculty

Click on a year below to see those who graduated in that year. If you are an alumni, please update us with your current information by emailing bme@uc.edu. Thank you!

2008

  • Saurabh Datta, PhD
  • Department: BME
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Balaji Kalyanaraman, MD, PhD
  • Resident, Department of Urology
  • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Denise A. B. Smith, PhD
  • UCIII Medical Student
  • Karthik Swaminathan, PhD
  • Post-doctoral Scientist
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
  • Xin Wang, PhD

2007

  • Kevin Biddell, PhD
  • Saurabh Datta, PhD
  • Department: BME
  • Post-doc
  • Ranga Chandra Gudivada, PhD
  • Senior Information Consultant
  • Biomedical Scientist Discovery Informatics
  • Vinod Kaimal, PhD
  • Scientist
  • MIR (Molecular Imaging Research) Clinical Services
  • Sanjit Nirmalanandhan, PhD (Victor)
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Scientific consultant for a startup company
  • Postdoc at University of Kansas, Medical Center
  • Victor Nirmalanandhan, PhD
  • "Effects of Cell Density, Scaffold Type and Mechanical Stimulation
    on Rabbit Tendon Tissue Engineered Constructs"
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: BME
  • Post-doc

2005

  • L.Natalia Juncosa-Melvin, PhD
  • “The Use of Functional Tissue Engineering and Mesenchymal Stem Cell
    Seeded Constructs for Patellar Tendon Repair"
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: BME
  • Scientific Director
  • CardioEnergetics Inc.

2004

  • Matthew R. Dressler
  • “Functional Tissue Engineering: Age-Related Changes and
    Cell-Based Repair of the Patellar Tendon”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM

2003

  • Jeffrey Vaitekunas
  • "Ultrasonic Surgical Instruments:
    A Multivariate Study for Cutting-Rate Effects"
  • Mentor: Dr. Grood
  • Department: AsE/EM

2002

  • Shawn Hunter, PhD
  • “Matrix Stabilization using Glutaraldehyde and Glycation:
    Effects on the Material Properties of the Knee Meniscus”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • L. Natalia Juncosa, MS
  • “Design Parameters for Tissue Engineered Implants for
    Rabbit Patellar Tendon and Achilles Tendon Repairs”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM

2001

  • Balakrishna Haridas, PhD
  • “Anisotropic Poro-Hyperplastic Constitutive Models of Soft Connective Tissues:
    Application to the Study of Age and Stress Modulated Fibrocartilage Metaplasia in Tendons”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • J. David Holtzclaw, PhD
  • “Characterization of Light Sickle Erythrocyctes
    Derived from Dense Erythrocytes In Vitro”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Eric J. Schantz, Ms
  • “A New Dynamic Culture System Designed To Provide Controlled Strain
    To Cell Seeded Collagen Constructs For Tendon Repair”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Jason Shearn, PhD
  • Research Assistant Professor
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • University of Cincinnati

2000

  • Herbert Schwartz, PhD
  • “Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Biomechanics and Biochemistry
    of Caprine ACL Allografts and Reconstructed Knees”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • President and CEO, Schwartz Biomedical, LLC
  • Fort Wayne, IN

1999

  • Hani A. Awad, PhD
  • “Mesenchymal Stem Cell Seeded Collagen Scaffolds for Tendon Repair”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Ying Wu, MS
  • “A Cultured Tendon Implant Composed of
    Mesenchymal Stem Cells with a Collagen Gel:
    Preliminary Morphological Study”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM

1996

  • Prasanna Malaviya, PhD
  • “Toward a Wolff's Law for Soft Connective Tissues:
    Load-Induced Remodeling in the Flexor Tendon Model"
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Senior Scientist
  • DePuy Orthopaedics
  • Warsaw, IN
  • Huicong (James) Wang, PhD
  • "Responses of the Cells on Smooth and Microgrooved Substrata Subjected to Cyclic Deformations"
  • Mentor: Dr. Grood
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Assistant Professor
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Musculoskeletal Research Center
  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

1995

  • John Cummings, PhD
  • Mentor: Dr. Grood
  • Department: AsE/EM

1994

  • John Holden, PhD
  • Mentor: Dr. Grood
  • Department: AsE/EM

1993

  • Seth M. Feder, MS
  • “The Effects of 4 Mrad Gamma Irradiation on the Structural
    and Material Properties of Human Patellar Tendon Allografts”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Eric C. Lange, MS
  • “The Effects of Fibular Restoration on Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Stephanie Samuel, MS
  • "The Development and Evaluation of a Negative Cast Method
    for Determining Ligament and Tendon Cross-Sectional Area"
  • Mentor: Dr. Grood
  • Department: AsE/EM

1991

  • Yuning Guan, PhD
  • “Structually-Based Mathematical Model for the Anterior Cruciate Ligament”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Eric C. Lange, MS
  • "The Design and Performance of an In-Vitro Test System
    for Conducting Load-Displacement Tests on the Knee Joint"
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM

1987

  • Aric D. Kaiser, MS
  • “An Examination of Location-Dependent Material Properties
    in Human Patellar Tendon-Bone Subunits”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM
  • Edward T. Martin, MS
  • “The Effects of Flexion, Tibial Rotation and Depth
    on the 3-D Orientation, Length and Straightness of the Human Cruciate Ligaments”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM

1985

  • Diaa M. Hosny, MS
  • “A Non-Linear Structually Based Constitutive Equation
    for Modeling Crimp Unfolding and Refolding of Human Patellar Tendon-Bone Units”
  • Mentor: Dr. Butler
  • Department: AsE/EM

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