| Current - Graduate Students |
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PhD candidate in BioEngineering
co-supervisor: Ben Shapiro, Aerospace Engineering
Aug. 2006 – present
Research Topic: On-chip PCR |
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PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Jan. 2008 – present
Research Topic: Dielectric elastomer actuators |
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PhD candidate in BioEngineering
co-supervisor: Pamela Abshire, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sept. 2006 – present
Research Topic: On-chip fluorescence sensing Winner of the 2008 Fischell Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering!
1. M. Dandin, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Optical filtering technologies for integrated fluorescence sensors," Lab Chip, 7 (8), 955-977 (2007).
M. Dandin, P. Abshire, and E. Smela, "Polymer filters for integrated fluorescence detection," (in preparation).
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PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering
Feb. 2008 – present
Research Topic: Dielectric elastomer actuators |
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MS candidate in BioEngineering
co-supervisor: Ben Shapiro, Aerospace Engineering
Sept. 2006 – present
Research Topic: Conformational relaxation in PPy(DBS)
Jason West, Toribio F. Otero, Benjamin Shapiro, and Elisabeth Smela,
“Chronoamperometric Study of Conformational Relaxation in PPy(DBS)”
(in preparation).
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| Current - Postdocs |
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June 2007 – present
Research Topic: Nastic actuators |
| Current - UnderGraduate Students |
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Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2008 A. James Clark School of Engineering Dean's List
Dec. 2007 – present
co-supervisor: Sean Humbert, Aerospace Engineering
Research Topic: Hooks to hold fruit flies in a magnetic field
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undeclared freshman
Sept. 2007 – present
Assistant to Dr. Smela |
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Mechanical Engineering
Winner of the 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Senior Award
Jan. 2008 – present
Research Topic: Nastic actuators
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