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Biomedical Engineering Graduate Interdisciplinary Program Graduates
Name Degree Faculty Advisor Thesis/Dissertation Title Post-Degree Appointment
Renata Ramos PhD Dan Stamer    
Dominique Jennings PhD Robert Gillies Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescence Microscopy of Tumor Microvascular Permeability (Online)  
Carlos Chang PhD Jay Hoying Development of In Vitro Three-Dimensional Microvascular Tissues (Online) Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Therapeutics Division - Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, Louisville KY
Alex Tumlinson PhD/ June 2007 Jennifer Barton Ultrahigh-Resolution Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography for In Vivo Mouse Colonoscopy (Online)  
Cody Bliss PhD/ May 2007 John Szivek Sensate Scaffolds for Articular Cartilage Repair (Online) Product Specialist
W. L. Gore and Associates
Lida Hariri PhD/ May 2007 Jennifer Barton Evaluation of Mouse Models of Colorectal Cancer Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (Online) Medical School
Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal PhD/ May 2007 Stu Williams Development and Utilization of a Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Mimic to Assess the Neointimal Response to Intravascular Stents (Online) Assistant Professor, Biomedical and General Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Nathaniel Kirkpatrick PhD/ December 2006 Urs Utzinger Functional Biological Spectroscopy and Multiphoton Imaging Using Endogenous Optical Contrast (Online) Research Fellow, Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology MGH, Harvard Medical School
Patrick Marcus PhD/ December 2006 Andrew Fuglevand Electrotactile Feedback System Using Psychophysical Mapping Functions (Online) Executive with General Plasma Inc.
Joelle Sarlls PhD/ August 2006 Ted Trouard

High-Resolution Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Development and Application of Novel Radial Fast Spin-Echo Acquisitions (Online)

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health
jsarlls@gmail.com
Kevin Greer PhD/ December 2005 Jay Hoying Design and Analysis of Large Scale Gene Expression Experiments and the Application to Angiogenesis and Blood Vessel Maturation (Online) Vice President,Product Development, Vision7, Tucson, AZ
Samantha Powis PhD/ December 2005 Stu Williams

Chlorine Dioxide for the Prevention of Biomaterial-Associated Infections (Online)

Product Specialist, W.L. Gore and Associates, Flagstaff, AZ
Mark Schwartz PhD/ December 2005 Jay Hoying/ Stu Williams

Molecular and Cellular Dynamics of the Healing Responses Associated with Implanted Expanded Polytetrafluorothylene (Online)

Executive Director of Product Development, Pare Technologies, Tucson, AZ
Cynthia Smith PhD/ December 2005 Stu Williams

A Direct-Write Three Dimensional Bioassembly Tool for Regenerative Medicine (Online)

 
Paul Rigby PhD/ December 2004 Bruce Simon Characterization of Arteries and Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts Using Experimental and Finite Element Models Research Engineer, Titan/L-3, San Diego, CA
prigby@titan.com
858-720-4139
Jonathan Alberding PhD/ August 2004 Ann Baldwin Nonsteady Pressure Affects Large Arteries and Endothelium Post-doctoral Research Associate, Arizona Research Laboratories-Microcirculation Division
Kirk Gossage PhD/ May 2004 Jennifer Barton Optical Coherence Tomography and Texture Analysis: Non-Invasive Monitoring of Tissue Responses to Glaucoma Implants Principle Engineer, C R I, Woburn MA
Gabriel Gruionu PhD/ May 2004 Jay Hoying/
Timothy Secomb
Structural Adaptation of Arcade Arteries to Changes in Blood Flow Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Physiology, University of Arizona
Brooke McGuire
PhD/ December 2003 Timothy Secomb Mathematical Modeling of Oxygen Transport in Skeletal Muscle Under Conditions of High Oxygen Demand Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Physiology, University of Arizona
         
Bill Brands

MS/ November 2007

Urs Utzinger

Optical Studies of Collagen Crosslinking, Angiogenesis and Matrix Metalloproteinases

Senior Manufacturing Associate, Ventana Medical Systems, Tucson, AZ
Brandi Tellis MS/ December 2006 John Szivek

Utilizing micro computed tomography data to produce implantable scaffolds for orthopedic tissue engineering.

Research Engineer, Advanced Ceramics Research
Greg Dion MS/ December 2005 Jay Hoying

Bacteria-Based Molecular Assay Detection System (B-MAD)

 
Tara Burke MS/ Summer 2005 Ann Baldwin

Does Nitric Oxide from S-Nitrosohemoglobin Reduce Hemoglobin-Induced Microvascular Damage?

 
Anora Burwell MS/ Summer 2005 Ann Baldwin

Cardiovascular and Behavioral Effects of Sound and Ultrasound in Rats

 
Jamie Dibble MS/ Summer 2005 Molly Brewer

Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression in the Development of Ovarian Cancer

 
Lindsay Goeller MS/ Summer 2005 Mark Riley

Detecting Viruses in Drinking Water with Raman Spectroscopy and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

 
Elizabeth Kanter MS/ Summer 2005 Jennifer Barton

Dual Modality Imaging of a Novel Rat Model for Ovarian Carcinogenesis

 
Maurice Jabbour MS/ May 2005 Hugh Barnaby/ Jay Hoying

Integrating Biological Materials with Microelectronic Devices for the Development of Effective and Low Cost Biosensors

 
Sarah Swaim MS/ May 2004 Robert Gillies Perfusion Imaging of Angiogenic Response Drug Therapy in Murine Carcinoma Personal Trainer, Fitness Together, Tucson AZ
Mansooreh Tanooryran MS/ August 2003 Paul Calvert Adhesion of Myoblasts to RGD-aliginate  
Heather Seifert MS/ December 2001 Andrew Fuglevand Prediction of Finger Position from EMG Population Vectors using Bayesâ Rule Process Engineer - Cholestech, Hayward, CA
Lin Lin MS/ August 2001 Olivia Liu Sheng Incremental Data Mining for Active and Adaptive Knowledge Base for Patient Image Retrieval Doctoral Candidate, Management & Information Systems, Univ of AZ
Kristi Hansen MS/ August 2000 Jennifer Barton Recruitment of Tendon Crimp with Applied Tensile Strain Experimental Design Engineer ö SEBRA, Tucson AZ
Adam Budoff MS/ June 2000 Jay Hoying Transcription Profiling of Angiogenesis Using DNA Microarrays Engineer - AGY Therapeutics, San Francisco CA
Nicholas Cordaro MS/ May 2000 John Szivek Accelerated Bone Bonding to Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Coated Strain Gauges: An Experimental and Computational Study Manager of Product Development, Spinal Implants - SeaSpine Inc., Riverside, CA