Education
Ph.D, Bioengineering , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1999 |
MSE, BioMedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1994 |
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1992 |
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Sep 2001 - present |
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Joint Faculty Member of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Piscataway and Newark, NJ, Sep 2001-present |
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Consultant, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, MD Sep 2001-March 2002 | |
Senior Development Engineer, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, MD 2000- September 2001 | |
Development Engineer II/Project Leader, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, MD May 1999-2000 | |
Graduate Research Assistant, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1994-1999 | |
Teaching Assistant, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1994-1995 | |
Graduate Research Assistant, Bioengineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 1992-1994 · | |
Process Engineering, Merck & Company, Sterile Operations, West Point, PA Summer 1993 | |
Mechanical Engineer, Merck & Company, Sterile Operations, West Point, PA Summer 1992 | |
Summer Intern, Summer Undergraduate Program for Engineering Research at Berkeley (SUPERB), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Summer 1991 | |
Summer Intern - Mechanical Engineer, G. E. Astro Space, Freehold, NJ Summer 1990 |
Professional Activities/Organizations
Member - Orthopaedic Research Society, 2000 - present | |
Member - Society for Biomaterials, 1996 - present | |
Reviewer for Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, 2002, 2003 | |
Moderator for Session on Tissue Engineering, 2002, 2003 | |
Member - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1990 - present | |
Member - National Society of Black Engineers, 1990 - present | |
Reviewer for the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs Journal (ASAIO J) | |
Reviewer for Biomaterials |
Major Teaching Experience
Biomaterials and Biocompatibility, Undergraduate level. Developed course and Instructor (Spring 2002- present) | |
Principles of Tissue Engineering, Graduate Level. Developed course and Instructor (Fall 2002-present) |