Coulter Undergraduate Research Excellence Program (CURE)

CURE Student Profiles


 

Afreen Jaman

CURE Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua D. Hutcheson

Pablo Boada

CURE Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raj Pulugurtha
Research Summary: Pablo Boada will develop advanced biomedical electronic modulus such as wearable sensor patches or implantable miniaturized neurostimulators.

Ramfel De Los Santos

CURE Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raj Pulugurtha
Research Summary: Conducting research in bioelectronics and electronics manufacturing, focusing on advanced component integration and medical device development in the Electronics Packaging Lab.

Rose Chery

CURE Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Wei-Chiang Lin
Research Summary: Produce tissue phantoms that replicate optical and mechanical properties of human skin and muscle layers for accurate and non-invasive diagnosis of skin cancer.

Karla Vasquez

CURE Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anuradha Godavarty
Research Summary: Processing and analyzing the tissue oxygenation maps of diabetic foot ulcer images taken using our in-house SPOT imaging device.

Yousef Chwihne

CURE Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raj Pulugurtha
Research Summary: Understanding the importance of encasing gap-fill epoxy while designing the circuit structure using a laser, as well as analyzing power consumption, heat transfer, and the structural integrity of vertical packaging compared to horizontal packaging.

Shirel Belilty Benmergui

CURE Researcher

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anuradha Godavarty
Research Summary: To obtain the changes in hemodynamic flow pattern in mice via peripheral imaging using NIRS based imaging techniques.

Laura Guerrero Acosta

CURE Researcher

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anamika Prasad
Research Summary: Bioinspired Approach to Cardiac Tissue Regeneration through Fiber Engineering Techniques.

Charles Policard

CURE Researcher

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anuradha Godavarty
Research Summary: The development, integration and validation of a smartphone-based thermal imaging scanner, aimed at improving wound assessment through multimodal imaging platforms.

Paulina Perez

CURE Researcher

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nikolaos Tsoukias
Research Summary: The development of a GUI for a blood vessel that incorporates the SMC and EC GUI into one.

Valery Butto

CURE Researcher

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua D. Hutcheson
Research Summary: Investigates the effects of the RXFP1 agonist on vascular calcification and protein phosphorylation in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro.

Ana Fonseca

CURE Researcher

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joshua D. Hutcheson
Research Summary:
c-Abl inhibition as a therapeutic to reverse existing atherosclerotic plaque.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For questions and information please contact:

Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director

Office: EC 2612

(305) 348-0157