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RIT is spearheading a transformative $7.3 million research hub in collaboration with the University of Rochester. The center will study the lifecycle of microplastics, including its origin as plastic waste, distribution, and movement in the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem.

Next Generation Development of Hybrid Continuous Flow Pediatric TAH Technology: Design-Build-Test” was accepted for publication with the ASAIO Journal.  This is the result of continued collaboration with Drexel on the DragonHeart pump and the first pump related publication for the lab’s Jonathan, Andrew, and Arthur, and William. 

Krittika is now Dr. Goyal! Congratulations, Krittika.

“A power amplification dyad in seahorses”, with C. Avidan and R. Holzman appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.   This is one of my recent favorites - several really complicated methods that come together to show something very interesting.  10.1098/RSPB.2023.0520

“Channel impeller design for centrifugal blood pump in hybrid pediatric total artificial heart: Modeling, magnet integration, and hydraulic experiments”, one of the products of Matthew Hirschhorn’s dissertation work, appeared in Artificial Organs.  Matt is now at the FDA.  DOI: 10.1111/aor.14480

Krittika’s manuscript was recently published in MDPI Sensors.  “Dependence of Skin-Electrode Contact Impedance on Material and Skin Hydration” is her 3rd peer reviewed publication (in 2022!).  https://doi.org/10.3390/s22218510 

Krittika’s recent work has been published in IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics Proceedings. “Unobtrusive In-home Respiration Monitoring using a Toilet Seat” introduces a novel approach to monitor respiration by measuring changes in impedance from the back of the thigh. She also presented this work at the BMES Annual meeting 2022 in San Antonio. DOI:10.1109/BHI56158.2022.9926931.

Adeel Ahmed’s manuscript in Biofabrication, the last in his dissertation work with Vinay Abhyankar, was just published in Biofabrication.  This has some great device fabrication, fluid mechanics, and cell culture.  Well done, Adeel! It was fun working with you on this.  DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ac7824

Nayeem Imtiaz and William Stoddard presented project updates at the 67th ASAIO conference in Chicago.  William presented “Advancements of DragonHeart BiVentricular Assist Device”, an update on our first tandem operation of the Dragonheart concept, on behalf of the RIT / Drexel / Jefferson team and Nayeem presented “Development of a Miniaturized Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Device on a Microfluidic Platform”, an update on the research to develop a Microfluidic Oxygenation device, which will have the potential to supplement long term oxygenation, on behalf of the RIT / SiMPore team.

Our manuscript that was recently submitted to Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine has been accepted: C.S. Fox, T.C. Palazzolo, M. Hirschhorn, R.M. Stevens, J. Rossano, S.W. Day, V. Tchantchaleishvili, and A.L. Throckmorton. “Development of the Centrifugal Blood Pump for a Hybrid Continuous-Flow Pediatric Total Artificial Heart: Model, Make, Measure.” Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (IF 6.05) 2022,

Krittika Goyal’s first publication, recently submitted to Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical has been accepted and is now published online. “A biomimetic skin phantom for characterizing wearable electrodes in the low-frequency regime” demonstrates a method for making a skin mimicking “phantom” that replicates the electrical properties of skin interacting with dry electrodes.  Well done, Krittika! 

RIT has an emerging new hotspot for interdisciplinary research about 25 minutes from the main campus. The Tait Preserve includes a 60-acre lake and a private mile of Irondequoit Creek adjacent to Ellison Park, offering endless opportunities for research, education, and conservation activities.