PhD students win Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
April 21, 2020 — Three Biomedical Engineering PhD students were awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (DDFs) for the 2020-21 academic year in a University-wide competition sponsored by the Graduate School.
The award is designed to give the University's most accomplished PhD candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation. Awards were given to:
Lauren Bersie-Larson
Advisor: Victor Barocas
Co-Advisor: Paolo Provenzano
Thesis Title: Understanding the Role of Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in Cancer Cell Migration
Wei-Han Lin
Advisor: Brenda Ogle
Thesis Title: 3D Bioprinted Myocardial Tissue as a Testbed for Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals
Ryan Mahutga
Advisor: Victor Barocas
Thesis Title: Understanding the Aorta in Health and Disease: Coupling Experiments in Mice with Computational Models of Growth
Congratulations to these doctoral candidates!