Ongoing Research projects:

1) OK INBRE collaborative:
Bioresorbable Fixation Devices for Long Bone Fracture Surgeries s Create a 3D printed tissue engineered scaffold for the bone defect and test the efficacy of the scaffold in vivo, to create an long bone defect scaffold and to test the efficacy of the nail delivery system for implanting the scaffold using rabbit tibia model.( 05/01/2023-02/28/2025)

2) National Science Foundation I-Crops:
Electrospun Nanofiber Exploring market opportunity of electrospun manofiber material in the area of filteration.( 01/15/2023-12/31/2023)

3) UCO faculty interdisplinary grant:
Bioabsorbable Scaffold and Interlocked Nail System for Segmental Bone Defect he goal of this proposal is to evaluate 3D printed polycaprolactone (PCL) bone scaffold with HA embedded PCL (HA-PCL) intramedullary nail systems in vitro. (08/01/2023—6/15/2024)

4) UCO Student RCSA grants:

• Ashok Gorli: Finite Element Analysis of traumatic blast shock on mice brain(03/17/2023)

• Hussein Alizereej : Cadaveric study of long bone defect repair devices(03/17/2023)

• Nikita Dadabhai: Measuring Mechanical Strength of Concrete Structures (03/17/2023)

• Yaqeen Aldubaisi: Effect of EMF on cell functions of neural scaffolds (03/17/2023)

• Onyedikachi Oti : Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Alginate (Alg) scaffold systems for segmental bone defect repair (03/17/2023)

• Md Mahfuzur Rahman : Neem oil and PCL’s antimicrobial properties for food packaging(03/17/2023)

• Catherin Jarshaw : Design and Development of Brain Phantom Model to Study Traumatic(03/17/2023)

• Withheld by Administrator: Development of loT based concrete structure health monitoring system (03/11/2022)

• Withheld by Administrator: Measurement of aerosolized formaldehyde from cutting tissue samples using pathology saws (03/11/2022)

• Withheld by Administrator: Bioabsorbable interlocked nail system for 3D printed segmental bone defects (03/11/2022)

• Withheld by Administrator: Electrospun polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVdF) Nanofiber for Moisture Sensory Applications in Concrete Structure Health Monitorization (03/11/2022)

• Withheld by Administrator: Effect of EMF on cell functions of neural scaffolds (03/11/2022)

• Withheld by Administrator: Design, Manufacture and Testing of a Rabbit Tibia Interlocking Nails System (03/11/2022)

• Shannon Yeakley : Effects of low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic stimulation on viability of neural cells seeded onto a conductive polymer scaffold (03/12/2021)

• Helga Progri : Pulsed Transcranial Photobiomodulation(03/12/2021 )

• Bradley Patton : Measurement of artificial skin tissue mechanical strength (03/12/2021)

• Mark Jones: Laser induced micro grooving on stainless steel bone anchor(03/12/2021)

• STEVE JOHNSON: Anti-Corrosion Behavior of Mg and Zn Nanoparticle Incorporated coating on reinforced concrete(03/12/2021)

• Hussein Alizereej: In vitro biocompatibility evaluation of PEGDA-PCL scaffold for cartilage generation(03/12/2021)

• Yaqeen Aldubaisi: Temperature regulated enclosure for optimal production of Nano-fiber(03/12/2021)

• Sadguru Panchal: Properties of an antibacterial bandage with polycaprolactone and Gentamicin immobilized polycaprolactone to Staphylococcus aureus(03/01/2020)


5) UCO Faculty On-Campus Grants:

• 3D Printed tissue-engineered scaffold with mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of articular cartilage osteochondral defects (2022-2023)

• Measurement of Tissue Response due to Blast and Impact Loading on Mice (2020-2021)

• Mechanical Stability, Biocompatibility, and Toxicity Analysis of a Long Bone Defect Scaffold (2024-2025)

• Effect of electrospun fiber on the in vivo histological osseointegration of titanium for cementless and cemented surgeries (2016)

• The impact of laser assisted microgrooves on the immobilization of nanofibers matrix and proteins on biomaterials (2017-2018)

• Pilot animal study to evaluate the effect of bone growth protein immobilized nanofiber coating on a dental implant (2018-2019)

• Effect of laser induced microgrooves on a total knee replacement implant (2021-2022)

• Effects of Pulsed transcranial photo biomodulation (ptPBM) Stimulations on Damaged Brain Tissue after Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury (2022-2023)

• 3D Printed tissue-engineered scaffold with mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of articular cartilage osteochondral defects (2023-2024)

• Bioabsorbable Scaffold and Interlocked Nail System for Segmental Bone Defect (2022-2023)

• EXPERIMENTAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT USING AN ANIMAL BRAIN PHANTOM TO STUDY NEURAL DAMAGE FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY(2022-2023)