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On October 25th and 26th, 2023, the REMADE Institute held a meeting in Rochester, NY, for its members. During the meeting, Anthony Cardinali and Valeria Marin-Montealegre, second-year Ph.D. students at the iMED Lab, presented a poster on "Development of Hybrid Repair and Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies for Aerospace Components."
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Our Ph.D. students have returned to campus after the summer break!
It is essential to acknowledge the remarkable work they have carried out during their summer internships at different companies and universities across the United States. Their knowledge and skills in research and development are contributing to the development of science in their respective focus area.
Learn a little more about our Ph.D. students and their experiences below.
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Valeria Marin-Montealegre did her internship at the Center for Medical Technology & Innovation (CMTI) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, during the summer of 2023. As part of the CMTI summer clinical rotation program, she had the opportunity to work alongside CMTI students in various operating rooms at Strong Memorial Hospital, including general surgery, cardiac surgery, OB/GYN, ENT, neurosurgery, and orthopedics. Her primary responsibility was to identify the needs of the different medical teams and patients and translate them into potential medical devices. Likewise, she was conducting workshops on additive manufacturing and digital flow for medical modeling to help clinical students generate personalized medical products. |
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________________________________________________________________________________ Maria Camila Ceballos-Santa was doing her internship at Genentech, founder of the biotechnology industry and member of the Roche Group since 2009. She was immersed in the scope of product development, with a specific focus on the Clinical Sciences domain. She enriched her understanding of late-stage studies while collaborating with global cross-functional teams on everything necessary to ensure the safety and efficacy of a drug that could be marketed for patients suffering from severe and life-threatening illnesses. Beyond this, she has had the privilege of contributing to projects aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion initiatives within the field of research, with the vision of improving outcomes in different demographic populations. Among her responsibilities were:
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On May 19, 2023, the iMED laboratory team participated in the IISE Annual Conference and Exposition held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Below, you can find who presented and some photos of this great conference!
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Valeria Marin Montealegre was presenting her work on:
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Anthony Cardinali was presenting his work on:
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Finally, some photos of our iMED team members enjoying the different corners of New Orleans.
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May 2022 - iMED is extremely proud of our freshly minted Dr. Srikanthan Ramesh. On April 22, 2022 Sri defended his dissertation. On May 6th he walked the stage for his hooding ceremony. We are extremely proud of him! Sri, we wish you all the best in your new tenure-track faculty position at Oklahoma State University!
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January 10, 2022 - iMED welcomes Ms. Valeria Marin-Montealegre into the team as a new PhD student. She completed her bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Colombia. She completed a Master's degree in Product Development Engineering at her Alma Mater. Ms. Marin-Montealegre will be working on the bio-manufacturing side of the team. We wish her all the best as she begins this incredible journey!
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December 17, 2021 - Ms. Emily Lazaurs published a paper, titled Sulfated Hydrogels in Intervertebral Disc and Cartilage Research in the journal Cells. This is an outstanding achievement as it is her first first author paper in a Journal with a 6.6 Impact Factor (IF).
December 2, 2021 - Mr. Jakob Hamilton passed his Candidacy Exam, one of the major milestones in the PhD program.
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September 2021 - iMED is celebrating various publications from its team members. We are also celebrating Ms. Samantha Sorondo who won a scholarship from SHPE.
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September 15, 2020 - Congratulations are in order for Srikanthan Ramesh. Mr. Ramesh passed his Candidacy Exam, one of the major milestones in the PhD program.
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September 9, 2020 - iMED members, along with Ola LA Harryson and Christopher D Rock; published a paper titled "Cryogenic mechanical alloying of aluminum matrix composites for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing" in the Journal of Composite materials. Ref: Hamilton, J. D., Ramesh, S., Harrysson, O. L., Rock, C. D., & Rivero, I. V. (2020). Cryogenic mechanical alloying of aluminum matrix composites for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Journal of Composite Materials, 0021998320957698. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320957698
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July 28, 2020 - In collaboration with ISU (Iowa State University) and Harvard University, Dr. Iris V. Rivero published a paper titled "Numerical Investigation of Auxetic Textured Soft Strain Gauge for Monitoring Animal Skin" Ref: Liu, H.; Kollosche, M.; Yan, J.; Zellner, E.M.; Bentil, S.A.; Rivero, I.V.; Wiersema, C.; Laflamme, S. Numerical Investigation of Auxetic Textured Soft Strain Gauge for Monitoring Animal Skin. Sensors 2020, 20, 4185. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20154185
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July 23, 2020 - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RIT has set up safety measures to ensure the safety of its community. The article: Working together, but safely distant, in RIT’s research labs by Michelle Cometa explains how the iMED Lab will operate to meet the safety standards |
June 1, 2020 - Congratulations are in order for Emily Lazarus, Melvin Cruz, and Samantha Sorondo.
Ms. Lazarus completed her bachelor's in BME and got accepted into the RIT PhD program. Mr. Cruz completed his bachelor's in Electrical Mechanical Engineering Technology. Ms. Sorondo successfully completed her Qualifying Exam, an important milestone in the RIT PhD program.
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March 16, 2020 - Dr. Iris V. Rivero published a paper titled "Effect of Pre‑welding Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Al–4wt.%Cu Alloys" Ref: Al-Dwairi, A. F., Abdelall, E., & Rivero, I. (2020). Effect of Pre-welding Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded Al–4 wt.% Cu Alloys. Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-020-00628-3 |
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February 27, 2020 - Srikanthan Ramesh and Dr. Iris V. Rivero published a paper titled Process–Structure–Quality Relationships of Three-Dimensional Printed Poly(Caprolactone)-Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds in the Journal of Tissue Engineering Part A. The article frames a systematic approach for the optimization and validation of 3D printed scaffolds. They studied printing process parameters (e.g. temperature, extrusion temperature, etc.) and performed different tests to establish the mechanical properties of the printed scaffold. Additionally, they demonstrated that small defects, such as voids, negatively affect printed polymeric scaffolds. This paper was the product of a collaboration of iMED (RIT), LIMB lab (UConn), and Prahalad Rao (UNL). Ref: Gerdes, S., Mostafavi, A., Ramesh, S., Memic, A., Rivero, I., Rao, P., & Tamayol, A. (2020). Process-Structure-Quality Relationships of 3D Printed PCL-Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering, (ja). https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2019.0237 |
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February 21, 2020 - Congratulations are in order for Jakob Hamilton and Srikanthan Ramesh. Mr. Hamilton successfully defended his Master's thesis this past winter and started this Spring Semester as a PhD student. Mr. Ramesh passed his Qualifying Exam, thus completing an important milestone in his PhD path.
Ref: Hamilton, J. (2019). Additive Manufacturing Materials: Fabrication of Aluminum Matrix Composites. |
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November 22, 2019 - iMED graduate students Jakob Hamilton, Samantha Sorondo, and Srikanthan Ramesh participated in this year's Graduate Showcase. Hamilton presented a poster about statistical error in residual stress measurements in metal additive manufactured parts. Sorondo gave an oral presentation in the topic of Non-Hydrofluoric Acid etchants for Aluminum 6061. Ramesh presented a poster and gave an oral presentation stimuli-responsive hydrogels with antibacterial properties. Ramesh won in his session's oral poster presentation competition. Image: https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/graduateshowcase/ |
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October 15-17, Detroit MI - Jakob Hamilton presented iMED Laboratory research at the Heat Treat Conference. This work, a collaboration between iMED Laboratory and AMPrint Center at RIT, sought to study the effect of process parameters on the printed piece's density. Components were fabricated using a state-of-the-art hybrid manufacturing machine in the Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Laboratory, and applied laser power and scanning speed were found to directly influence metal characteristics. |
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August 2019 - iMED Laboratory Research Assistant and RIT graduate student Jakob Hamilton was recently awarded the E. Wayne Kay Graduate Scholarship for Masters students for his ongoing thesis research into metal alloys and composites for 3D printing. As one of two recipients of this nationwide award, Hamilton intends to continue working in the field of metal additive manufacturing and broadening its applicability. Hamilton would also like to thank his research advisor Dr. Iris Rivero and colleagues Srikanthan Ramesh and Samantha Sorondo for their support and encouragement throughout the research process. |
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August 13, 2019, Austin TX - Jakob Hamilton presented iMED Laboratory research in 5-axis hybrid manufacturing at the Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium in Austin, Texas. This work, a collaboration between iMED Laboratory and AMPrint Center at RIT, sought to unveil challenges with 3D printing stainless steel on non-planar surfaces. Components were fabricated using a state-of-the-art hybrid manufacturing machine in the Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Laboratory, and applied laser power and scanning speed were found to directly influence metal characteristics. Future work aims to develop hybrid manufacturing to widen its applicability. |
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March 6, 2019 - The article: RIT faculty-researcher creates 3D-printed platforms to produce bone and tissue replacements by Michelle Cometa explains one of iMED's research topics.
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