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Principal Investigator

Zhongkui Hong, PhD
Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Texas Tech University
805 Boston AveLubbock, TX 79409
Tel: (806) 834-5395
Email: Zhongkui.hong@ttu.edu

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Graduate Students

Nisha Khatiwada, PhD Student (2021 -)
B.S.  Biomedical Engineering, Purbanchal University, Nepal, 2017
Research: Cell mechanics and migration
Email: nikhatiw@ttu.edu

 

 

Hashem Saker, PhD Student (2023 -)
B.S.  Mechanical Engineering, Texas tech University, 2022 Research: Biomaterials and tissue engineering
Email: hsaker@ttu.edu

 

 

Iyad Abuhammam, PhD Student (2024 -)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and
Technology, Jordan, 2019
Research: Neural Tissue Engineering
Email: iyad.a.hammam@ttu

Undergraduate Students                                                  

James Mclean, 2024-            




                                   

Micky Ngaruko, 2024- 

Cristian Ragland, 2024-

Amelia Medina, 2024-

Glen Ebenezer See, 2024-

Alumni

Postdoc
Na Li,
University of South Dakota (2017 - 2019)
Associate Professor at the Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Graduate

Rakibul Islam, (2023 -2024)
Transfered to other lab
Texas Tech University

Alex Rickel, (2016 - 2022)
PhD, University of South Dakota 
Patent examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Xiajun Deng, (2020 - 2022)
Master, University of South Dakota 
Senior GMP Manufacturing Tech, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, Duke School of Medicine, North Carolina 

Hanna Sanyour, (2015 - 2019)
PhD, University of South Dakota 
Senior Clinical Account Specialist II & Field Trainer at Johnson & Johnson, Omaha, Nebraska

Courtney Kinser, (2017 - 2019)
Master, University of South Dakota 
Technical Project Manager, Zoetis Animal Health, Lincoln, Nebraska

Josh Childs, Master, (2015 - 2017)
University of South Dakota 
Principal Quality Engineer, Varex Imaging Corporation, Salt Lake, Utah

Mariah Hoffman (2015 - 2016)
Tranfered to other lab
University of South Dakota

Undergraduate                                                         

Ryan Winters (Summer 2024)
Texas Tech University

Hayley Grace Vogel (Spring 2022)
University of South Dakota 

Betty Fanta, (Summer 2019)
University of South Dakota, BioSNTR Summer Research Scholarship 

Chase Wallace, (Summer 2018)   
Arizona State University, BioSNTR Summer Research Scholarship 

Neil Leyda, (Summer 2018) 
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, BME Department Summer Research Scholarship                                                                                

Jonathon Dambrauskas, (Summer 2017)  
Peru State College, NE                                                                                       

Miranda Holtquist (Miles), (Summer 2016) 
South Dakota State University, BioSNTR Summer Research Scholarship