Jan. 25, 2012: Collaborative research in the labs of Dr. Schmidt and Dr. Jason Shear are highlighted by the NSF on Research.gov (this research is funded by the NSF). Read the highlight.
Jan. 1, 2012: Welcome back Dr. Scott Zawko to our team! Scott will be working in our lab as a Research Associate helping to head up our hydrogel team.
Dec. 16, 2011: Ryan Nagao successfully passes his oral PhD qualifying exam. Congratulations Ryan!
Dec. 3, 2011: Dr. Zin Khaing received 2nd Place for the Overall Best Poster Competition at the Mission Connect Symposium in Houston. Congratulations Zin!
Nov. 29, 2011: Great job Hieu Nguyen who passed his Research Proposal (Prelim). Awesome job Hieu!
Nov. 4, 2011: Congratulations to Yafei Ouyang in our lab (UG working with Ryan Nagao) on his oral presentation on “Characterization of decellularized lung tissue using vascular corrosion casting” presented at the “World Conference on Regenerative Medicine 2011” in Leipzig, Germany. More....
Oct. 21, 2011: Congratulations to our undergraduate students for receiving competitive Undergraduate Research Fellowships (URFs): Tushar Garg, Jong Min Kim, Hetian (Tian) Li and David Mouser who are mentored by Dr. John Hardy, Nikolas Irizarry, Wesley Ehlert and George Parker who are mentored by Craig, Dan Strayve and Glendon Plumton who are mentored by Dr. Zin Khaing, and Daniel Joh who is mentored by Derek. Congrats to you all for this terrific honor!
Sept. 22, 2011: Dr. Schmidt is elected to the Board of Directors of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Sept. 2011: Dr. Schmidt’s research vision and the science outreach activities of her research team are featured on the main UT website.
Aug. 10, 2011: Congratulations to John Fonner for successfully defending his Ph.D.! Wonderful work John! More.
June 14, 2011: Dr. Schmidt and Sarah Mayes discuss research in our lab with Keri Bellacosa on Fox 7 News’ Good Day Austin.
June 2, 2011: Our former student, Dr. Jae Lee, receives an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. Jae is working with Professor Randall Lee (UCSF) and Professor Luke Lee (Berkeley) on cardiac tissue regeneration using nanoparticles.
May 20, 2011: Brain Milman, who works in our lab with Dr. Zin Khaing, receives one of ten summer Biomedical Engineering Internships. The fellowship provides a $4,000 stipend for a 10 week research project for this summer. Way to go Brian!
May 11, 2011: The Schmidt Lab Outstanding Undergraduate Student Presentation Awards have been announced! The top overall presenters are: 1st Place: Isha Suri (works with Zin), 
2nd Place: Shan Modi (works with Richelle), and 3rd Place: Ross Malik (works with Ryan). The top 1st time presenter is Laura Fuentes (works with Craig). Congratulations to everyone!!
May 6, 2011: Congratulations to Yafei Ouyang who was named a UT Beckman Scholar for 2011-2012! Yafei is a BME undergraduate who works with Ryan. The Beckman Scholars Program provides a $19,000 scholarship for research training and personal development of select students in chemistry, biochemistry, and the biological and medical sciences. The selection process for the UT Beckman Scholarship is extensive and demanding. The semifinalists must propose a research project that is new to them and they are subjected to a PhD style oral examination.
May 5, 2011: Congratulations to Leo Forciniti who successfully defended his PhD today. Terrific job Dr. Leo!!
April 15, 2011: Congratulations to Richelle Thomas who received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Barbados for the summer. What a prestigious honor. Great job Richelle!!
April 12, 2011: Congratulations to undergraduate student Trey Ybarra (who works with Leo) for being highlighted on the UT website.
April 8, 2011: Leandro Forciniti participated in the “Building Future Faculty Program” at North Carolina State University, March 30 – April 2. This was a competitive program in which only 30 people out of 300 applicants were chosen to attend. During the workshop, the participants attended sessions describing life as a faculty member at a research extensive university, expectations of new faculty, and resources available to faculty for help with research and teaching. Congrats Leo!
April 5, 2011: Congrats to Sydney Geissler who was selected to receive a highly prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
April 4, 2011: Richelle Thomas receives the “2011 National Society of Black Engineers Graduate School Conference Leadership Award”. Congratulations Richelle!
April 2, 2011: Sydney Geissler receives Second Place for Most Outstanding Poster at the First Annual Translational Neuroscience Symposium (NeuroTexas Institute Research Foundation, St. David's HealthCare). Way to go Sydney!
March 24, 2011: Leandro Forciniti receives one of only fifty ASEE/NSF Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowships. As part of this Fellowship, Leo will be working with Innovative Surface Technologies in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Congratulations Leo!!
March 24, 2011: Congrats to Scott Zawko and Stephanie Seidlits for having their manuscripts accepted for publication in JBMR and Acta Biomaterialia, respectively!
Richelle Thomas receives an International Research Fellowship Award from ICMR (International Center for Materials Research) to be used toward travel to the University of the West Indies. Congrats Richelle!
Schmidt Lab Research is highlighted on the main UT home page, Jan. 20 – 23.
Christine Schmidt was elected as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society in the 2010 class. Christine is one of 15 newly elected Fellows that will be inducted at the 2010 Annual Meeting of BMES that will be held in Austin, TX, on October 6-19, 2010.
Stephanie Seidlits receives a highly competitive Baxter Early Career Development Award for postdoctoral studies that she will be starting at Northwestern University (with Dr. Lonnie Shea) this Fall. Congrats to Stephanie!
Former student Shalu Suri (now a postdoc at Georgia Tech) receives the 2010 Acta Student Award for her manuscript, "Photopatterned collagen-hyaluronic acid interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels", Acta Biomaterialia 2009; 5:2385-2397.
Farewell to Scott Zawko and Jae Lee as they leave for their postdoc positions at Texas A&M and Berkeley, respectively.
Christine Schmidt is selected as a 2010 American Competiveness and Innovation Fellow from the National Science Foundation (Read more) Congrats to Scott Zawko as well, since his research as part of the NSF DMR grant was largely factored into the award!
Leo Forciniti has been selected to attend the 60th Interdisciplinary Meeting of Nobel Laureates from June 27 to July 2, 2010, in Lindau, Germany. Congrats Leo for this prestigious honor!
Richelle Thomas received a highly competitive 2010 GEM Fellow with DuPont as her sponsoring company. Richelle will be conducting an internship with DuPont this summer. Great job Richelle!
Congratulations to Jae Lee who defended his dissertation on May 20! Jae will be pursuing his postdoc with Luke Lee at Berkeley beginning July 1.
Congratulations to Stephanie Seidlits, who successfully defended her PhD on April 26.
Congratulations to Shalu Suri for defending her dissertation on February 11, 2010. Good luck at Georgia Tech!
Stephanie Seidlits and Zin Khaing have their manuscript accepted with Biomaterials with no revisions required! This manuscript describes the development of hyaluronic acid-based scaffolds for modulating neural progenitor cell differentiation.
Jae Lee receives the 2009 Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award from the U.S. Chapter of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering. Jae was one of only two recipients nationally to receive this prestigious research award.
Shalu Suri’s manuscript on Schwann cell encapsulation into hyaluronic acid-collagen interpenetrating network gels is accepted for publication in Tissue Engineering.
Jon Nickels successfully defends on November 30, 2009. Congratulations Dr. Nickels!
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