PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
Siddhartha Sikdar
Position
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University
Previous Degrees
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Research
Ultrasound imaging, Signal and Image Processing, Rehabilitation Engineering, Cyber Physical Systems
Parag Chitnis
Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University
Previous Degrees
Ph.D. and M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, USA; B.S. Engineering Physics and Mathematics, West Virginia Wesleyan College, USA
Research
Ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, ultrasound contrast agents, ultrasound-mediated drug delivery and therapy
RESEARCH FACULTY
Shani Ross
Position
Summer Research Faculty, Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Research
Neuromodulation and neuroprosthesis
Amir Ali Khan
Position
Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France
Research
Biomedical Data Analytics with focus on Clinical Imaging Applications
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Susannah Engdahl
Program
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Research
biomechanics, prosthesis embodiment, functional outcomes measurement
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Joseph (Joe) Majdi
Program
Ph.D. in Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
B.S.E. Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University
Research
Time Delay Spectrometry, Coded Excitation, Inferring Nerve and Muscle Physiology from Ultrasound, and Ultrasound Equipment Fabrication
Shriniwas Patwardhan
Program
Ph.D. in Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
B.E. in Electrical Engineering – University of Pune
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering – University of California Santa Barbara
Research
Prosthetic control, haptic feedback mechanisms, motor learning, and rehabilitation engineering
Giovanni Giammanco
Program
Ph.D. in Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
M.E. in Biomedical Engineering – Cornell University
B.S. in Biology, Minor in Mathematics – Trinity University
Research
Explore the use of photoacoustic imaging to quantify and visualize neuro-electrical activity
Brandon Lancaster
Program
Ph.D. in Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
B.S. in Engineering, James Madison University
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Paul Otto
Current Position
Research Assistant
Previous Degrees
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri – Rolla
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, George Mason University
Research
Compact low-power hardware for Sonomyography
Ananya Dhawan
Current Position
Research Assistant
Previous Degrees
Research
Artificial Intelligence, specifically Machine Learning
Ahmed Bashatah
Current Position
Research Assistant
Previous Degrees
Research
Ultrasound Sensors, Prosthetics, Embedded Systems, and Instrumentation
LAB ALUMNI
Biswarup Mukherjee
Position
Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Research
Sensors, instrumentation, and prosthetics
Matthew Bird
Program
M.S. in Bioengineering
Previous Degrees
B.S. in Bioengineering- George Mason University
Research
Use Shear Wave Elastography to assess the effects of myofascial trigger points on local muscle neighborhood
Shervin Abdollahi
Current Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research
Exploring Localized Thermal Therapy Application Using Synergistic Interactions of Photosensitive Nanoparticles with Laser and Ultrasound
Shaun Meyer
Previous Position at BMIL
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research
Using quantitative ultrasound techniques in the detection of simple fatty liver disease
Nashaat Rasheed
Previous Position at BMIL
Doctoral Graduate
Research
Investigating the feasibility of using photoacoustic imaging for visualizing and quantifying neuro-electrical activity
Joseph Hecker
Previous Position at BMIL
Doctoral Graduate
Research
Currently researching frequency-diversity as a method for displacement estimation in pulse-wave ultrasound
Clayton Alex Baker
Previous Position at BMIL
Graduate Research Assistant
Research
Investigating the use of ultrasound imaging as a new sensing strategy for upper extremity prosthetics and gesture control
April Aralar
Previous Position at BMIL
Graduate Research Assistant
Research
Determining if a combination of antibiotics and therapeutic ultrasound can be used to disrupt bacterial biofilms in various applications
Elizabeth Tarbox
Previous Position at BMIL
Undergraduate Research Assisstant
Research
Researching Time Delay Spectroscopy in medical ultrasound
Christian Koudelka
Previous Position at BMIL
Undergratuate Research Assisstant
Research
Studying the use of 3D ultrasound imaging to quantify and track atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid arteries
David Le
Previous Position at BMIL
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research
3-dimensional ultrasound imaging of muscle
Deepu George, Ph.D.
Previous Position at BMIL
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position
Research Associate, Department of Physics, University at Buffalo
Nima Akhlaghi, Ph.D.
Previous Position at BMIL
Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant
Current Position
Postdoctoral Fellow, US FDA
Dianna Purvis, Ph.D.
Previous Position at BMIL
Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant
Current Position
Director of Strategy and Programs, Brain Performance Institute, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Khalid AlMuhanna, Ph.D.
Previous Position at BMIL
Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Diego Turo, Ph.D.
Previous Position at BMIL
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America
Jeffrey Ballyns, Ph.D.
Previous Position at BMIL
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position
Chief, Mammography Ultrasound and Imaging Software, Division of Radiological Health, US FDA