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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

Google Scholar Profile

 

Graduate Students

Nisha Khatiwada, PhD Student (2021 -)
B.S.  Biomedical Engineering, Purbanchal University, Nepal, 2017
Research: Cell mechanics and migration in cardiovascular diseases
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

 

 

Rakibul Islam, PhD Student (2023 -)
B.S.   Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2017
Research: Cell dynamics and migration
Email: rakislam@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                                                                   

Ryan Winters, 2024





                  

James Mclean, 2024            




                                   

Micky Gnaruko, 2024  

 

Alumni

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

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

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

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

Alex Rickel,
PhD, University of South Dakota (2016 - 2022)
Senior scientist, SAB Biotherapeutics, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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

Undergraduate                                                         

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

Jonathon Dambrauskas
Peru State College, NE (2017)                                                                                   

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

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

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

Hayley Grace Vogel    
University of South Dakota (2022)