FELLOWS 2006

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Richard Bouchard, Duke University

Host Country, Institution: Netherlands, Erasmus MC
Project Title: Supplementing IVUS Elastography with ARFI Elasticity Imaging for Improved Atherosclerotic Plaque Assessment

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Brett Byram, Duke University

Host Country, Institution: Denmark, Technical University of Denmark
Project Title: Investigations into synthetic aperture, beam forming, and adaptive imaging for medical ultrasound

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Sean Cheng, Johns Hopkins University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Cambridge
Project Title: Design of a Collapsible Descending-Aortic Micropump

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Sean Coyer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
Project Title: Subtractive Contact Printing of Fibronectin and EGF in Nanopatterned Cell Adhesion Arrays

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Andrew Franklin, University of Pennsylvania

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University College London
Project Title: Course work in Biochemical Engineering to facilitate future research in Tissue Engineering

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Elaine Hillenmeyer, Case Western Reserve University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Liverpool
Project Title: Synthetic and Naturally Derived Scaffolds for Ligament Engineering

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Matthew Major, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Salford
Project Title: User-Responsive Prosthetic for Lower Extremities

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David Nordsletten, University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Oxford
Project Title: Cardiac Fluid Mechanics and Fluid-Solid Coupling in the Left Ventricle

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Samuel Pickerill, Northwestern University

Host Country, Institution: South Africa, University of Cape Town
Project Title: Diagnosis, treatment, and management of tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa

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Lucas Timmins, Texas A&M University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Queen Mary University of London
Project Title: Arterial Elasticity: Histological and Histochemical Analysis

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Virginia Woods, Cornell University

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, Imperial College London
Project Title: An Implantable Biosensor for the Personalized Management of Epilepsy

SCHOLARS 2006

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Alaa Ahmed, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Host Country, Institution: United Kingdom, University of Cambridge
Project Title: Modular Decomposition in Human Sensorimotor Learning and Control

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J. Brandon Dixon, Texas A&M University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Project Title: Quantification of lipid uptake in mesenteric lymphatics

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Travis Klein, University of California, San Diego

Host Country, Institution: Australia, Queensland University of Technology
Project Title: Technological Advancement of Cartilage Tissue Engineering

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Adrian Shieh, Rice University

Host Country, Institution: Switzerland, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Project Title: Synergistic Roles of the Cellular and Biophysical Microenvironments on Breast Cancer Cell Invasion