Adrian Buganza Tepole
Purdue University
UT Department Host - Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Adrian Buganza Tepole is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the School of Mechanical Engineering and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His group studies the interplay between mechanics and mechanobiology of soft tissue, with skin as a model system. Using computational simulation, machine learning, and experimentation, his group seeks to characterize the multi-scale mechanics of tissues to understand the fundamental processes of mechano-adaptation in order to improve clinical diagnostics and interventional tools. His current work focuses on data-driven methods for modeling tissues that satisfy physics by default through the design of novel machine-learning architectures. A central application of these tools is the creation of predictive models of breast reconstruction after mastectomy and lumpectomy treatments for breast cancer, the most common cancer in women.
Xiaoyun Ding
University of Colorado Boulder
UT Department Host - Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Xiaoyun Ding is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a member of the Biomedical Engineering program, Materials Science and Engineering Program, and BioFrontiers Institute at CU Boulder. His lab investigates physical approaches to biomedical challenges. His work leverages advances in the development of cutting-edge micro/nanotechnologies to improve diagnosis/therapeutics and explores our understanding of mechanisms underlying biological systems. Specifically, he creates novel biomedical microdevices and instruments for i) manipulation of biomolecules, cells and organisms, ii) Cell mechanics and mechanical biomarkers, and iii) intracellular drug delivery for cell-based immunotherapy and biomanufacturing.
Piran R. Kidambi
Vanderbilt University
UT Department Host - Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
Piran R. Kidambi is an assistant professor in the departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. His research leverages the intersection between i) bottom-up nanomaterial synthesis, ii) in-situ metrology, and iii) process engineering for advancing energy, healthcare, and environmental remediation applications. His current research focuses on nanoscale mass transport in 1D and 2D materials for next-generation proton exchange membranes, isotope separations, dialysis, and advancing nanoscale imaging to new frontiers including biology.
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