People

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering, 2011 (Advisor: Dr. Souran Manoochehri)
  • M.S. and B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University, 2005/2002

Professional Experience

  • 4/2022 – current, Co-director, Center for SMART Health
  • 8/2019 – current, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University
  • 8/2014 – 7/2019, Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University
  • 4/2011 – 7/2014, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT (Advisors: Drs. Subra Suresh and Ming Dao)

Awards

  • Researcher of the Year Award at the rank of Associate Professor, FAU (2022)
  • Engineers’ Council STEM Educator Award (2019)
  • Researcher of the Year Award at the rank of Assistant Professor, FAU (2018)
  • Faculty Research Mentoring Program award, FAU (2015)
  • NIH mHealth Scholar, NIH-UCLA (2015)
  • James Harry Potter Award for outstanding performance in doctorate program, Stevens Institute of Technology (2011)

E (Sarah) Du, PhD

Principal Investigator

Email: edu@fau.edu

Linkedin, Google Scholar, NCBI

Darryl Dieujuste

PhD Candidate, ME


Email: ddieujus@fau.edu


Research topics: sickle cell disease

Samaneh Rikhehgaran

PhD candidate, Physics

Email: srikhtehgara2016@fau.edu

Research topic: blood impedance spectroscopy

Mustafa Ayanoglu

PhD Candidate, ME

Email: mayanoglu2012@fau.edu


Research topics: composite materials

Samaneh Rikhehgaran

PhD candidate, Physics

Email: srikhtehgara2016@fau.edu

Research topic: blood impedance spectroscopy

Oladiran Oladokun

Master student, BioMedE


Research topics: biomechanics of malaria

Hongyuan Xu

Research Technician

Email: hchou@health.fau.edu

 

Collaborators

Prof. Ofelia Alvarez, M.D., Professor of Clinical; Director, Pediatric Sickle Cell Program, University of Miami

Prof. Leif A. Carlsson, Ph.D., J.M. Rubin Foundation Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Ming Dao, Ph.D., Principal Investigator & Director, Nanomechanics Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prof. Jeff Dvorin, M.D., Ph.D., Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Prof. Erik Engeberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Xuejin Li, Ph.D., ZJU-100 Young Professor, Zhejiang Universitty

Prof. Andrew V. Oleinikov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Claudia O Rodrigues, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, University of Miami

Dr. Tim Satchwell, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol

Prof. Subra Suresh, Ph.D., Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering Emeritus, MIT; NTU President and Distinguished University Professor

Prof. Jianning Wei, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Emmanuelle Tognoli, Ph.D., Research Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Prof. Doug Hutchinson, M.D., Professor, University of Utah

Alumni

Graduate Students

Babak Mosavati (PhD 2022, RA of the Year at the 3rd COECS Graduate Academic Excellence Event), Senior Scientist, WellSIM Biomedical Technologies Inc

KNU Galpayage Dona (PhD 2020), Postdoc at Temple University

Jia Liu (PhD 2019, RA of the Year at the 1st COECS Graduate Academic Excellence Event), Postdoc at University of Connecticut

Yuhao Qiang (PhD 2019), Postdoc at MIT

Yining(Evan) Tian (MS 2019), Charpie Intelligence Tech.

Darryl Dieujuste (MS 2018, best Poster Award at the 1st COECS Graduate Academic Excellence Event), PhD Candidate

Jiaran Zhou (MS 2016)

Undergraduate Students

Joshua Donjuan (2022- 2023), REU researcher, ME, FAU

Connor Hopgood (2023 Spring), REU researcher, ME, FAU

Brandon Yu (2022 Spring), ME, FAU

Delaney Dobson (2021 Summer), ME, FAU

Guillermo Gayoso (2021 Summer), ME, FAU

Ladd Brown (2020 – 2021), ME, FAU

Roberson Robert (2021 Spring), NSF learn scholar, FAU

Anthony Nguyen (2021 Spring), NSF learn scholar, FAU

Napatarong (Bill) Wannaphaschaiyong (2018), ME, FAU

Lyndsey Mandelare (2016), ME, FAU

Katrina Ramsamooj (2016), Chemistry, FAU, 2nd place -poster presentation in engineering, at the 8th FAU undergraduate research symposium

Rachel Zhuang (2015), Biomedical engineering, University of Southern California

Michal Mian (2015- 2016), ME, FAU

Sara Zima (2015), Biology, FAU

High School Students

Diya Jain (2022), Pine Crest School

Deeksha Kumaresh (2021-2022), American Heritage School, Ying Scholar, 1st place at the 2022 Florida State Science and Engineering Fair

Kofi Meighan (2020), Pine Crest School

Eeshani Behara (2019-2020), American Heritage School, Ying Scholar, 1st place in the 2018 Engineering and Induction, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, 1st place at the 2019 Florida State Science and Engineering Fair

Visiting Scholars

Dr. Shaofeng Wu (2019-2020), Lecturer, Hangzhou Dianzi University

Jinrong Zhang (2018), Associate professor, Chang’an University

Fan Yang (2017-2018), PhD student, Nanjing University of Science and Technology