Education

• Rice University

  Ph.D.

  Bioengineering
  Thesis: The Effect of Material Organization on the Structural Properties of Porous Architectures Best Poster, Biomaterials Section, IBB Symposium, 2005. Travel Grant, Fifth International Bone Fluids Workshop
  

• Rice University

  Program Director, Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact Conservation

  
  The Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact Conservation (EDAAC) is a collaboration between the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, the Center for Civic Engagement, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, Rice Alliance, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The program works at the interface of science/engineering and arts/humanities, addressing community issues through a multi-disciplinary problem solving process. http://edaac.rice.edu
  

• Rice University

  Lecturer

  
  Responsible for undergraduate education in engineering, mentoring undergraduate students in engineering design projects, and instructing students in the physical prototyping of objects. There are a number of courses that I am responsible for, having either built them from scratch or adapting existing curriculum: ENGI 210: Prototyping and Fabrication (2014 - present) ENGI 120: Introduction to Engineering Design (2013 - present) Tissue Engineering Lab Module, BIOE 442 (2011, 2012) Bioprocessing Laboratory, BIOE 443 (2011, 2012) Digital Design and Visualization, BIOE 447 (2011 - 2013) Laboratory in Tissue Culture, BIOE 342 (2012, 2013) Additional roles are: Director of the SEED program, 2009-present The Summer Experience in Engineering Design (SEED) is a summer internship where students work on engineering design projects. This program is interdisciplinary, including students from Brazil and Malawi. Director of iSEED program, 2017-present iSEED is an international exchange program where students from Rice travel to Porto Alegre, Brazil and are placed with international companies for an industrial experience. At the same time, students from PUCRS travel to Rice and work at the OEDK for the summer. Committee Member, Engineering Design (EDES), 2016-present The Engineering Design Minor enables Rice's students to meet the growing interest by employers in students with authentic engineering design credentials. The minor is a complement to existing B.S. and B.A. degree programs in the School of Engineering and is open to any student earning a major in any department in the School of Engineering.
  

• Rice University

  Computational and Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory