
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)

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

Adele Kazemi Alamouti
PhD student, ME
Email: akazemialamo2022@fau.edu
Research topic: impedance spectroscopy for intracellular Hb analysis

Oladiran Oladokun
Master student, BioMedE
Research topics: biomechanics of malaria

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