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Presidential Research Professor,
Charles E. Foster Chair,
and AIMBE Fellow Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering |
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Major research
interests in Biomedical Engineering including biomechanics of tissues and
organs,
biomechanics of the ear, implantable hearing devices, finite element
modeling of auditory system, and biomechanical measurement and modeling of
blast injury and hearing protection mechanisms.
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Associate Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director of Biomedical Engineering Laboratory |
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Dr. Dai’s research focuses on developing medical device to restore hearing
and balancing function for patients and understanding how the ears work in
normal people or patients.
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BME
Lab Personnel |
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Research Scientist Xuelin Wang Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Finite element modeling of the ear, biomechanical analysis of sound transmission, and design of implantable hearing devices. Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125 Shangyuan Jiang Ph.D. in BME
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125 Research Associate (Part Time) Xiao D. Ji Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Development of the ear FE model based software and computational modeling of sound energy transduction through the ear. Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125 Current Graduate Students: Marcus Brown (Ph.D. Student in BME 2016- )
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125 Paige Welch V. (M.S. student in BME, graduated in May 2020) Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125 Sarah Sanders (Accelerated 5-year MS Degree Program in BME 2020 - 2022)
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125 Current Research Undergraduates:
Sarah Sanders (Senior in BME)
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125
Joshua Glass (Senior in BME)
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125
Erica Morris (Senior in BME)
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125
Jackson Bradshaw (Junior in BME )
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125
Justin Sharma ( Junior in BME )
Office: Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) Room 1125
Former Visiting Scholars: Lin Yang, Ph.D., Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. (September 12, 2010 – November 13, 2010) Yongzheng Chen, M.D., Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. (September 30, 2011 – August 28, 2012) Tao Chen, M.D., Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. (January 15, 2017 – May 31, 2018) Former Graduate Students (Since 2000): Zachary Yokell (Ph.D.in BME, graduated in May 2019) Current position: Shangyuan Jiang (Ph.D.in BME, graduated in May 2018) Current position: Kyle Smith (M.S. in ME, graduated in May 2018)Current position: Warren Engles (M.S. in BME, graduated in December 2017)Current position: Brooke M. Hitt (M.S. in BME, graduated in 2017) Current position:Research Engineer, Stryker Kegan W. Leckness (M.S. in BME, graduated in 2016) Current position: Software
Engineer in a Global Consultant Company, Dallas, Texas Xiying Guan (Ph.D. in BME, graduated in 2014) Current position: Post-doctoral Research fellow at Massachusetts Eye and
Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical
School. Xiangming Zhang (Ph.D. in BME, graduated in 2013) Current position: Research Associate at Loma Linda University/VA Medical
Center, CA Don Nakmali (M.S. in BME, graduated in 2011) Office: Hough Ear Institute and OU Fan Yang (M.S. in BME, graduated in 2010) Wei Li (M.S. in BME, graduated in 2009) Chenkai Dai (Ph.D. in BME, graduated in 2008) Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head &
Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, John Hopkins University
Tao
Cheng (Ph.D. in BME, graduated in 2007)
Bin
Feng (M.S. in BME, graduated in 2004) Ashish Prarjuli (M.S. in EE, graduated in 2004) Raajkumar
Ethiraj
(M.S.in BME, graduated in 2003) E-mail: Ethiraj-Raajkumar@norc.org Peng Yan (M.S.in BME, graduated in 2002) Qunli Sun (Ph.D. in BME, graduated in
2002) Former Research Undergraduates (since 2000): Caleb S. Jones (B.S. Mechanical Engineering) Oscar E. Masters III (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Danny Ferguson (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Kenneth Hardyman (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Brain P. Reeves (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Craig Mowder (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Daniel McCaski (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Conor McBride (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Rebecca Browder (B.S., Mechanical Engineering) Jacob Curtis( Junior, CBME-BME) Ethan Ambrose(Sophomore, CBME-BME ) William Trent Briscoe (Junior, ISE) Benjamin Heigle (B.S. student in Pre-med)
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Lab pictures through the years |
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