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Kate Gleason College of Engineering Graduates

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D.

* cum laude    ** magna cum laude    *** summa cum laude    § Honors Program
DistinctionsNameDegreeCeremony
Laura Yineth Galeano Tirado Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Engineering Materials Function with Reconfigurable Colloids
Advisor: Jairo A. Díaz Amaya, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Indranil Mandar Joshi Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Engineering Tunable Collagen Fiber Alignment Gradients to Quantify Contact Guidance Effects on Cell Migration
Advisor: Vinay Abhyankar, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Panteha Torabian Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles in Endothelial Inflammation and Sepsis: Effects of Antibiotic Stress and Shear Flow
Advisors: Tom Gaborski, Ph.D., and Lea Michel, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Louis P. Widom Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Engineering Human Microphysiological Models to Investigate Bacterial Extracellular Vesicle–Driven Endothelial and Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction
Advisor: Thomas Gaborski, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR