News and Events
Naranyan Viswanadhan, '03, received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at the 2007 commencement of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is currently completing the Radiology Diagnotic Residency Program at Albert Einstein Medical Center in York, Pennsylvania.

Jennifer Tyler was selected to participate in the Mississippi State University Research Experience for Undergraduates. She will be working in the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems conducting tension and torsion tests on canine femurs, tendons, and ligaments.

Samin Nawaz and Roshan Prabhu won first and second place honors for undergraduates at the Third Annual Research Showcase on Wednesday, April 11, 2007.

Roshan Prabhu was selected an Outstanding Undergraduate student at the CSLA Annual Awards Reception, held on April 4, 2007.

Biology students Swetha Basani, Krystian Jarosz, Jasneet Kaur, Olga Khorkova, Samin Nawaz, and Roshan Prabhu were selected to participate in the Third Annual Research Showcase on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. Read their abstracts.

Professors Farzan Nadim and Amit Bose wrote an article for the March 2007 Edition of SIAM News (Vol. 40/No. 2) entitled Dynamics of Central Pattern Generating Networks: Locus of Control. Read the article.

Samin Nawaz and Maryam Sheikh presented their work, entitled “Structural Insights into Hydrolytic Mechanism of Antibiofilm Agent Dispersin B" at the 85th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research. The conference was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 21-24, 2007.

Swetha Basani presented her work “The Effect of Mercuric Ion APTT on PT Clotting Tests” at the 33rd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference from March 10-11, 2007.

Ani Chintalapani, Matthew Hanna and Natasha Pandya were selected to participate in the NSF funded Undergraduate Biology Math Training Program (UBMTP). They will be conducting their research this coming summer.

Diana Martinez presented her work entitled "Exploring Gap Junctional Location and Strength using Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Methods Exploring Gap Junctional Location and Strength using Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Methods" at Moravian College on February 18, 2006.  The talk was part of the Moravian College 20th Annual Student Mathematics Conference.  Diana was mentored by Professors Amit Bose, Jorge Golowasch, and Farzan Nadim.

Murtuza Jaffari presented a poster at the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group March 2006 Meeting.  His poster was titled, "Development of a High-Throughput Screen for Increased Redox Potential in Laccase."  His mentor was Professor Edgardo Farinas.

Shawn Abraham and Supreet Bindra presented work they performed at the 58th Annual Intercollegiate Council of Student Affiliate Chapters of the American Chemical Society Research Conference, on April 28, 2006.  Their posters were titled respectively, "Conformational Analysis of a GBR 12909 Analog;"  and "Singular Value Decomposition of Analogs GBR 12909."  They were mentored by Professor Carol Venanzi.