TTU BioMed Journal Club

Current Faculty Members

ECE

Research Areas:

Spintronics; Magnetic biosensors; Magnetic imaging; Magnetic nanomaterials and nanodevices; Magnetic neuromodulation and recording

Dr. Jingfei Liu

ME

Research Areas:

Acoustics/ultrasonics; Biomedical ultrasound imaging; Biomedical ultrasound therapy; Medical devices; Biomechanics; Signal & imaging processing; Ultrasound nondestructive testing/evaluation

Dr. Zhaoming He

ME

Research Areas:

Heart−Valve Tissue Mechanics; Cardiovascular Mechano−Biology; Cardiovascular Medical Devices

Dr. Indrajit Srivastava

ME

Research Areas:

Targeted Delivery of Nanotherapeutics; Multi-Modal Image-Guided Surgical Interventions for Cancer; Nanosensors for Early Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring

Dr. Emily Pereira

ECE

Research Areas:

Control theory; Cyber-Physical Systems; Complex Networks; Dynamical Systems; Fractional-Order Systems; Epilepsy

Dr. Jenifer Gomez Pastora

ChE

Research Areas:

Microfluidics; Magnetophoresis; Blood Cells; CFD; Biosensors

Dr. Changxue Xu

IMSE

Research Areas:

Rheology of biopolymer solutions/cell suspensions; Fabrication of microspheres/nanofibers; 3D bioprinting of living cells/tissues; 3D printing of functional materials; Electrohydrodynamic jet printing

Dr. Minxiang "Glenn" Zeng

ChE

Research Areas:

Advanced Manufacturing; Renewable Energy; Environmental Mitigation; Bioinspired Engineering; Colloid and Interface Science

Dr. Xiaolong Liu

ME

Research Areas:

Medical robotics; Medical devices; Soft robotics; Computer-assisted surgery; Surgical innovation

Dr. Siva A. Vanapalli

ChE

Research Areas:

Microfluidics; Fluid mechanics of drops, polymer solutions and cells;

Tumor cell mechanics and cancer diagnostics; Devices for drug screening; Devices for C. elegans biology

Dr. Zhongkui Hong

ME

Research Areas:

Biomechanics in cardiovascular diseases and cancer metastasis; Mechanics in biomaterial design and tissue engineering; Stem cell-derived tissue engineering; Nanomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery

Dr. James Yang

ME

Research Areas:

Biomechanics and bio-inspired systems; Robotics and multibody dynamic systems; Human modeling and simulation; Human locomotion; Slips and falls; Spine biomechanics; Human-centric design; Healthcare engineering

Dr. Paul Egan

ME

Research Areas:

Design; Medicine; 3D Printing; Computing; Cognition

Dr. Minliang Liu

ME

Research Areas:

Cardiovascular biomechanics; Data-driven and physics-informed machine learning; Inverse methods; Tissue mechanical testing; Constitutive modeling

Former Faculty Members

Dr. Suman K. Chowdhury

Dr. George Zhuo Tan

Dr. Jo Woon Chong

BioMed Journal Club Agenda

Location: ECE 226
Time: Feb 1 - Apr 26, 2023. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Feb 1

Speaker: Andres Mena (Advisor: Dr. James Yang)

Presentation Title: Finite Element Modelling in Wrist Biomechanics: A Comprehensive Review

Feb 8

Speaker: Stefano Ciannella (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez Pastora)

Presentation Title: A Discussion on Magnetophoresis

Feb 15

Speaker: Yifan Li (Advisor: Dr. Jo Woon Chong)

Presentation Title: Burns Depth Assessment Using Deep Learning Features

Feb 22

Speaker: Parsa Yari (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)

Presentation Title: Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy: A Technical Review

Mar 1

Speaker: Hashem Saker (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)

Presentation Title: Electrospun Bbiphasic Tubular Scaffold with Enhanced Mechanical Properties for Vascular Tissue Engineering

Mar 8

Speaker: Nisha Khatiwada (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)

Presentation Title: Exploring the Difference in the Mechanics of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from Wild-type and Apolipoprotein-E Knockout Mice

Mar 22

Speaker: Zhongxi Zhou (Advisor: Dr. Zhaoming He)

Presentation Title: Fully Coupled Fluid-structure Interaction Simulation of the Aortic and Mitral Valves in A Realistic 3D Left Ventricle Model

Mar 29

Speaker: Seunghun Lee (Advisor: Dr. James Yang)

Presentation Title: Symmetric Tossing Motion Prediction

Apr 5

Speaker: Sanjay Mahat (Advisor: Dr. Jingfei Liu)

Presentation Title: Effect of receptors on the resonant and transient harmonic vibrations of Coronavirus

Apr 12

Speaker: Jiachen Liu (Advisor: Dr. Changxue Xu)

Presentation Title: Cell-Laden Bioink Circulation-Assisted Inkjet-Based Bioprinting to Mitigate Cell Sedimentation and Cell Aggregation

Apr 19

Speaker: Sadman Labib (Advisor: Dr. Jingfei Liu)

Presentation Title: Immune Modulation Resulting from MR‑guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in A Model of Murine Breast Cancer

Apr 26

Speaker: Md Shahriar (Advisor: Dr. Changxue Xu)

Presentation Title: Effects of Corona Treatment on Cellular Attachment and Morphology on Polydimethylsiloxane Micropillar Substrates

Congratulations to the Best Student Presentation Awardees!

1st place: Seunghun Lee

2nd place: Jiachen Liu, Hashem Saker

3rd place: Sadman Labib, Andrés Mena, Parsa Yari

Location: ECE 226
Time: Aug 30 - Nov 29, 2023. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Aug 30

Speaker: Imtiaz Qavi (Advisor: Dr. George Z. Tan)

Presentation Title: Electrospun Microtubes As Micro-vessels for Tissue Engineering Applications

Sep 6

Speaker: A K M Ahasun Habib (Advisor: Dr. Paul Egan)
Presentation Title: Deep-learning-based Inverse Design of Three Dimensional Architected Cellular Materials with the Target Porosity and Stiffness Using Voxelized Voronoi Lattices

Sep 13

Speaker: Nan Zhang (Advisor: Dr. George Z. Tan)
Presentation Title: Biomimetic Hydrogel Scaffolds Embedded with Porous Microtubes as Perfusion Channels

Sep 20

Speaker: Felipe Santos (Advisor: Dr. Suman Chowdhury)
Presentation Title: Firefighter Helmets and Neck Muscle Fatigue During Sustained-till-exhaustion Tasks

Sep 27

Speaker: Leonardo Wei (Advisor: Dr. Suman Chowdhury)
Presentation Title: An Electromyography-based Multi-muscle Fatigue Model To Investigate Operational Task Performance

Oct 4

Speaker: Andres Mena (Advisor: Dr. James Yang)
Presentation Title: Lumbar Spine Finite Element Model for Healthy Subjects: Development and Validation

Oct 11

Speaker: Bahareh Rezaei (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)
Presentation Title: Synthesis of Zinc Substitution and Zinc and Manganese Substitution Magnetite Nanoparticle As MRI Contrast Agents

Oct 18

Canceled

Oct 25

Speaker: Rakibul Islam (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)
Presentation Title: Inhibition of YAP Activation Attenuates Renal Injury and Fibrosis in Angiotensin II Hypertensive Mice

Nov 1

Speaker: Zhongxi Zhou (Advisor: Dr. Zhaoming He)
Presentation Title: Transcatheter Heart Valves: A Biomaterials Perspective

Nov 8

Canceled

Nov 15

Speaker: Marielena Molinares (Advisor: Dr. Changxue Xu)
Presentation Title: Cancer Cell Migration: Guiding Irregular Nuclear Morphology on Nanopillar Arrays for Malignancy Differentiation in Tumor Cells

Nov 22

Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 29

Speaker: Sanjay Mahat (Advisor: Dr. Jingfei Liu)
Presentation Title: Cell Stiffness Predicts Cancer Cell Sensitivity to Ultrasound As A Selective Superficial Cancer Therapy

Congratulations to the Best Student Presentation Awardees!

1st place: Marielena Molinares

2nd place: Bahareh Rezaei, Andrés Mena

3rd place: Leonardo Wei, A K M Ahasun Habib, Sanjay Mahat

Location: ECE 226
Time: Jan 31 - Apr 24, 2024. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Jan 31

Speaker: Ibrahim Khalil (Advisor: Dr. Paul Egan)

Presentation Title: Machine Learning Strategies for Understanding the Structure-Property Relationship of Copolymers

Feb 7

Speaker: Karla Mercedes Paz González (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)
Presentation Title: Enhanced Isolation of Fetal Nucleated Red Blood Cells by Enythrocyte-Leukocyte Hybrid Membrane-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Noninvasive Pregnant Diagnostic

Feb 14

Speaker: Nan Zhang (Advisor: Dr. George Z. Tan)
Presentation Title: Biomimetic Hydrogel Scaffolds Embedded with Porous Microtubes as Perfusion Channels

Feb 21

Speaker: Naimul Arefin (Advisor: Dr. Minxiang Zeng)
Presentation Title: Hybrid Printing of Wearable Piezoelectric Sensors

Feb 28

Speaker: Asma Harun (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)
Presentation Title: Structure−Activity Relationship of pH-Sensitive Doxorubicin-Fatty Acid Prodrug Albumin Nanoparticles

Mar 6

Canceled

Mar 13

Spring Break

Mar 20

Speaker: Gustavo Marin Paulon (Advisor: Dr. Suman Chowdhury)

Presentation Title: The Effects of Firefighter Helmets on Cervical Intervertebral Kinematics: An OpenSim-Based Biomechanical Study

Mar 27

Speaker: Shahriar Mostufa (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)
Presentation Title: Metamaterial As Perfect Absorber for High Sensitivity Refractive Index Based Biosensing Applications At Infrared Frequencies

Apr 3

Speaker: Zhongxi Zhou (Advisor: Dr. Zhaoming He)
Presentation Title: A Novel Anisotropic Failure Criterion With Dispersed Fiber Orientations for Aortic Tissues

Apr 10

Speaker: Hossein Bahreinizad (Advisor: Dr. Suman Chowdhury)

Presentation Title: Development and Validation of an MRI-Derived Head-Neck Finite Element Model

Apr 17

Speaker: Iyad Abuhammam (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)
Presentation Title: Properties of Electrospun Aligned Poly(lactic acid)/Collagen Fibers with Nanoporous Surface for Peripheral Nerve Tissue Engineering

Apr 24

Speaker: Azin Nadi (Advisor: Dr. Jingfei Liu)
Presentation Title: Guided Wave Elastography of Jugular Veins: Theory, Method, and In Vivo Experiment

Congratulations to the Best Student Presentation Awardees!

First Place: Hossein Bahreinizad

Second Place: Karla Mercedes Paz González, Asma Harun

Third Place: Azin Nadi, Shahriar Mostufa, Zhongxi Zhou

Location: ECE 226
Time: Sep 11 - Nov 20, 2024. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Sep 11

Speaker: Linh Nguyen T Tran (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez-Pastora)
Presentation Title: Femtogram Resolution of Iron Content on a Per Cell Basis: Ex Vivo Storage of Human Red Blood Cells Leads to Loss of Hemoglobin

Sep 18

Speaker: Md Hasnat Rashid (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)

Presentation Title: Hyper-Branched Gold Nanoconstructs for Photoacoustic Imaging in the Near-Infrared Optical Window

Sep 25

Speaker: Ebrahim Azizi (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)
Presentation Title: Magnetic Particle Imaging for Highly Sensitive, Quantitative, and Safe In Vivo Gut Bleed Detection in a Murine Model

Oct 2

Speaker: Yuhang Du (Advisor: Dr. Minliang Liu)
Presentation Title: Analyzing the Impact of Wall Stress on Aortic Expansion in Acute Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection

Oct 9

Speaker: Zhuofan Li (Advisor: Dr. Minliang Liu)

Presentation Title: The Role of Anatomic Shape Features in the Prognosis of Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection Initially Treated with Optimal Medical Therapy

Oct 16

Speaker: Asma Harun (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)

Presentation Title: Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescence Amplification via Albumin Complexation of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Surgical Navigation in Ex Vivo Porcine Models

Oct 23

Speaker: Azin Nadi (Advisor: Dr. Jingfei Liu)

Presentation Title: Guided Wave Elastography of Human Skin with a Layered Model Incorporating the Effect of Muscle State

Oct 30

Speaker: Naimul Arefin (Advisor: Dr. Minxiang Zeng)
Presentation Title: Alternative Sintering Processes and Their Influence on the Electrical Resistance of Printed Ag Nanoparticle Conductive Networks

Nov 6

Speaker: William Renter (Advisor: Dr. Paul Egan)
Presentation Title: Novel Nested Metamaterials with Customized Properties

Nov 13

Speaker: Nisha Khatiwada (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)

Presentation Title: Dynamic Insights into Cellular Mechanics and Membrane Fluctuation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Nov 20

Speaker: Zhaoda Du (Advisor: Dr. Xiaolong Liu)
Presentation Title: Shape-Programmable Magnetic Soft Matter

Congratulations to the Best Student Presentation Awardees!

First Place: Nisha Khatiwada

Second Place: Asma Harun, William Renter

Third Place: Yuhang Du, Naimul Arefin, Zhaoda Du

Location: ECE 226
Time: Feb 5 - Apr 30, 2025. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Feb 5

Speaker: Hashem Saker (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)
Presentation Title: Antibacterial and Biological Properties of Coconut Oil Loaded Poly (ε-caprolactone)/gelatin Electrospun Membranes

Feb 12

Speaker: Md Abu Noman Kausar (Advisor: Dr. Emily Pereira)

Presentation Title: Model-based Design for Seizure Control by Stimulation

Feb 19

Speaker: Baivab Bhandari (Advisor: Dr. James Yang)
Presentation Title: A Scientific Review of Parachute Jumping Injuries

Feb 26

Speaker: Nguyen Thuy Linh Tran (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)
Presentation Title: Portable Cell Tracking Velocimetry for Quantification of Intracellular Fe Concentration of Blood Cells

Mar 5

Canceled.

Mar 12

Speaker: Irkan Ashab Khan (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)

Presentation Title: An Adaptive Brain-Computer Interface to Enhance Motor Recovery After Stroke

Mar 26

Speaker: Arjun Sharma (Advisor: Dr. Xiaolong Liu)

Presentation Title: Enhancing Actuation in Magnetic Soft Actuators: An Inverse Design Framework Incorporating Internal Magnetic Coupling

Apr 2

Speaker: Md Shahriar (Advisor: Dr. Changxue Xu)
Presentation Title: A Tumor-on-a-Chip System with Bioprinted Blood and Lymphatic Vessel Pair

Apr 9

Speaker: Andrew M Evans (Advisor: Dr. Paul Egan)
Presentation Title: Experimental 3D Printed Re-entrant Auxetic and Honeycomb Spinal Cages Based on Ti-6Al-4 V: Computer-Aided Design Concept and Mechanical Characterization

Apr 16

Speaker: Hasnat Rashid (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)

Presentation Title: Correlation between Cancerous Exosomes and Protein Markers Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

Apr 23

Speaker: Shahriar Mostufa (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)
Presentation Title: Advancements and Perspectives in Optical Biosensors

Apr 30

Speaker: Bahareh Rezaei (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)
Presentation Title: Responsive Ordered Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles for ROS Activatable Magnetic Particle Imaging

Congratulations to the Best Student Presentation Awardees!

First Place: Md Shahriar

Second Place: Andrew M Evans, Bahareh Rezaei

Third Place: Hashem Saker, Nguyen Thuy Linh Tran, Arjun Sharma

Location: ECE 226
Time: Sep 3 - Nov 19, 2025. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Sep 3

Speaker: Md Abu Noman Kausar (Advisor: Emily Pereira)
Presentation Title: Introduction to multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis in Matlab

Sep 10

Speaker: Rodrigo Agustin Hernandez Torres (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)

Presentation Title: Strategy, Design and Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors: A Tutorial

Sep 17

Speaker: Isabella Vasquez (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)
Presentation Title: Ultrabright NIR-II Nanoprobes for Ex Vivo Bioimaging: Protein Nanoengineering Meets Molecular Engineering

Sep 24

Speaker: Ahasun Habib Hridoy (Advisor: Dr. Minxiang Zeng)
Presentation Title: Self-Powered Electronic Skin with Multisensory Functions Based on Thermoelectric Conversion

Oct 1

Speaker: Matias Varrone (Advisor: Dr. Emily Pereira)

Presentation title: Brain modeling for control: A review

Oct 8

Speaker: Bushra Rahman (Advisor: Siva Vanapalli)

Presentation Title: Development of Passive Feeding Microfluidic Platforms for C. elegans Assays

Oct 15

Speaker: Voshita Parvathaneni (Advisor: Dr. Jingfei Liu)

Presentation Title: Understanding Time-Frequency Analysis and Its Role in ECG Analysis

Oct 22

Speaker: Atiyya Saroyia (Advisor: Dr. Siva Vanapalli)
Presentation Title: A Comprehensive Assessment of Reproductive Toxicology in C. elegans using a Microfluidic Platform

Oct 29

Speaker: Bishal Karki (Advisors: Dr. James Yang & Dr. Paul Egan)
Presentation Title: Biomechanical Design of Titanium-PEEK Combined Fusion Cage Based On PLIF Surgical Model

Nov 5

Speaker: Santiago Rafael Rodriguez Caballero (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)

Presentation Title: Quantitative Characterization of the Regulation of Iron Metabolism in Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells using Magnetophoresis

Nov 12

Speaker: Iyad Abuhammam (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)
Presentation Title: Optimization of Electrospun Poly(caprolactone) Fiber Diameter for Vascular Scaffolds to Maximize Smooth Muscle Cell Infiltration and Phenotype Modulation

Nov 19

Speaker: Bangquan Liao (Advisor: Minliang Liu)
Presentation Title: Automated Discovery of Constitutive Models: From Supervised Learning to Reinforcement Learning

Congratulations to the Best Student Presentation Awardees!

First Place: Bushra Rahman

Second Place: Rodrigo Agustin Hernandez Torres

Third Place: Bishal Karki

Rising Star: Voshita Parvathaneni, Isabella Vasquez

Location: ECE 226
Time: Feb 4 - Apr 29, 2026. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm

Feb 4

Speaker: Isabella Vasquez (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)
Presentation Title: 3D NIR-II Molecular Imaging Distinguishes Targeted Organs with High-Performance NIR-II Bioconjugates

Feb 11

Speaker: Baivab Bhandari (Advisor: Dr. James Yang)

Presentation Title: Machine Learning Methods to Predict Unmeasured Muscle Activation in Upper Limb Reaching Task for Assessing Population-Level Cross-Subject Generalizability

Feb 18

Speaker: Sela Boswell (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)
Presentation Title: Influence of the Milling Materials on the Mechanochemical Synthesis of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

Feb 25

Speaker: Marielena Molinares Ponce (Advisor: Dr. Changxue Xu)
Presentation Title: Acoustic Cell Patterning for Structured Cell-Laden Hydrogel Fiber/Tubules

Mar 4

Speaker: Santiago Rodriguez Caballero (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)

Presentation title: Iron Transport in Cancer Cell Culture Suspensions Measured by Cell Magnetophoresis

Mar 11

Speaker: Minh Duy Phan (Advisor: Dr. Jenifer Gomez)

Presentation Title:

Mar 18

Spring Break

Mar 25

Speaker: Pronob Das (Advisor: Dr. Siva Vanapalli)

Presentation Title:

Apr 1

Speaker: Mahenour Megahed (Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Srivastava)
Presentation Title:

Apr 8

Speaker: Tahmed Ahmed (Advisor: Dr. Minxiang Zeng)
Presentation Title:

Apr 15

Speaker: Shahriar Mostufa (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)

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Apr 22

Speaker: Nisha Khatiwada (Advisor: Dr. Zhongkui Hong)
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Apr 29

Speaker: Hanlei Wang (Advisor: Dr. Kai Wu)
Presentation Title:

Encourage PhD students to read papers. Improve PhD students’ academic presentation skills.

TTU BioMed Journal Club

Current Faculty Members

ECE

ME

ME

ME

ECE

ChE

IMSE

ChE

ME

ChE

ME

ME

ME

ME

Former Faculty Members

BioMed Journal Club Agenda

Location: ECE 226 Time: Feb 4 - Apr 29, 2026. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm ​

Location: ECE 226
Time: Feb 4 - Apr 29, 2026. Weekly on Wednesday 3 - 4 pm