Publications
Patents issued
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2024Harnessing 3D Printing and Electrospinning for Multiscale Hybrid Patches Mimicking the Native Myocardium. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16:37596-37612.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06505 Web of Science: 001276277700001
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2024Is Carla grumpy? Analysis of peer evaluations to explore microaggressions and other marginalizing behaviors in engineering student teams. Journal of Engineering Education. 113:603-634.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jee.20606 Web of Science: 001249910700001
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2024Special Section: Advancing Inclusivity in Biomechanical Engineering Research. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 146.Full Text via DOI: 10.1115/1.4065310 Web of Science: 001209558300005
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2024Instructors’ Understanding of Teaching First-Year Engineering Teaming: Characterization and Redirection. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA).Full Text via DOI: 10.24908/pceea.2023.17019
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2023Novel Osteochondral Biotemplate Improves Long-term Cartilage Repair Compared With Microfracture in an Ovine Model. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 51:3288-3303.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/03635465231189808 Web of Science: 001061499800001
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2020Extrusion 3D Printing of Porous Silicone Architectures for Engineering Human Cardiomyocyte-Infused Patches Mimicking Adult Heart Stiffness. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3:5865-5871.Full Text via DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00572 Web of Science: 000604600600034
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2018Functional MRI can detect changes in intratissue strains in a full thickness and critical sized ovine cartilage defect model. Journal of Biomechanics. 66:18-25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.10.031 Web of Science: 000424172200003
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2013In vitro and in vivo evaluation of orthopedic interface repair using a tissue scaffold with a continuous hard tissue-soft tissue transition. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-8-18 Web of Science: 000320923400001
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2012Osteochondral defect repair using a novel naturally derived biomaterial scaffold. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 20:s131.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.02.173
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2008Modeling the mechanical consequences of vibratory loading in the vertebral body: microscale effects. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 7:191-202.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10237-007-0085-y Web of Science: 000257103300003
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2003Mechanical characterization of collagen fibers and scaffolds for tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 24:3805-3813.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00206-0 Web of Science: 000183992700019
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Book Chapter
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2022Diversity Professionals' Perspectives on Building Belonging in STEM Education. 77-94.Full Text via DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4803-8.ch005
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Conference
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2024Towards a Distributed Model of Teaming: Instructor-driven Lessons from I-MATTER. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2023On Faculty Responsibility for Increasing Students' Sense of Support in the Classroom: Lessons from I-MATTER about Black and Brown Students. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2023Quantitative Methodological Approaches to Understand the Impact of Interventions: Exploring Black Engineering Student Success. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2023Making Engineering Education More Inclusive Through the Power of Defaults. Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343085
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2022“I Don't Like Thinking About this Stuff”: Black and Brown Student Experiences in Engineering Education. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2021How Can We Identify Teams at Risk of Marginalizing Minoritized Students, at Scale?. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2019The MEP Census: Characterizing essential programmatic and intrastructural elements of minority engineering programs (MEP) nationwide. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2017Exploring the association of a cultural engineering student organization chapter with student success. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2015Transitioning students navigating engineering identities. Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344092
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2015A description of the statistics behind analyzing perfor-mance data: A Five-Year Study of an Summer Bridge Program for Incoming URM Freshman. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
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2015Transitioning Students Navigating Engineering Identities. Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE. 431-435.Web of Science: 000371705200077
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2014Can an engineering summer bridge program effectively transition underrepresented minority students leading to increased student success?. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.Web of Science: 000383779704057
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2014Development of Non-Cognitive Skills in Minority Engineering Outreach Programs. Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE.Web of Science: 000380490602013
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2012
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2002Effects of sterilization techniques and culture time on the creep of collagenous ligament analogues. 63-64.Full Text via DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-32499
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Preprint
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Review
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2023Advancing Engineered Heart Muscle Tissue Complexity with Hydrogel Composites. Advanced Biology.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202200067 Web of Science: 000843376700001
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Research
principal investigator on
- CAREER: Harnessing Multiscale Biophysical Cues for Engineering Adult Heart Tissue awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2027
- Culturally Responsive Engineering Design and Development through Teacher-Undergraduate Engineering Student Partnerships awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2026
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2024 - 2025
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2024 - 2025
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2024 - 2025
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2024 - 2025
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2024 - 2025
- CELL-MET SEED: Innovative Asymmetrical Probes and Meso-Indentation Setup for Ultrasoft Tissues: Unveiling Biomechanics and Viscoelasticity awarded by National Science Foundation 2023 - 2025
- Identifying Marginalization + Allying Tendencies to Transform Engineering Relationships awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2025
- Concepts for Indoor Farming awarded by University of Central Florida 2021 - 2022
co-principal investigator on
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Grant
- Advancing Regenerative Approaches for Myocardial Infarction through a Standardized ex-vivo Diagnostic Platform for Cardiac Patches awarded by Florida Heart Research Foundation Inc 2025 - 2028
- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2023 - 2024
- Bioinspired Flexible Helical Electrospun Mat for Cardiac Patch Application awarded by Wallace H. Coulter Foundation 2022 - 2024
- JEDI Audio for Inclusion awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2023
- REM Summer 2022 (Supplement EWD) awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2023
investigator on
- ERC CELL-MET Goal 5: University Education awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2023
- ERC CELL-MET Goal 6: Pre-College Outreach awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2023
- ERC CELL-MET Goal 7: Diversity and Culture of Inclusion awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2023
- Thrust 2: NSF ERC: Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2022
- WDE: NSF ERC: Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2022
- CELL MET Summer REU/RET Cohort awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2021
- CELL MET: EWD (Dickerson Subproject) awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2021
- NST ERC: Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Directed Multiscale Assembly of Cellular Metamaterials with Nanoscale Precision: CELL-MET awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2020
