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  Principal Investigator            
             
  Nicole Nastaran Hashemi
 

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Department of Biomedical Sciences (courtesy)
nastaran@iastate.edu


Education
 

Ph.D.   Mechanical Engineering     Virginia Tech
B.S.     Mechanical Engineering     Amirkabir University of Technology

Recent Honors and Awards
 

NSF Mid-CAREER Advancement, 2023
ISU Research Collaboration Catalysts, 2022 - 2023
Elected Fellow of RSC, 2021
Elected Fellow of ASME, 2020
National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering, 2018
ISU Early Career Engineering Faculty Research Award, 2017
ISU University Award for Excellence in Honors Teaching and Mentoring, 2016
ISU Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Award, 2015
National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science, 2013
NRC/ASEE Research Publication Award, 2012
ISU William March Scholar in Mechanical Engineering, 2011 - 2014
National Research Council PostDoctoral Fellowship, 2008 - 2011
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  Hashemi Lab Photo 2024            
  Lab Photo, Spring 2024

           
  Graduate Research Assistants
           
               
  Nick

Nicholus Clinkinbeard
Jonath

Jonathan Schroder
mychal

Mychal Trznadel
           
               
  mckayla

McKayla Kling

justin

Justin Sehlin
jah

Jahid Hasan

           
               
  Undergraduate Research Assistants             
               
  Grace Panek
Meharpal Bhatti
Levi Riesberg
           
                                 
  Former Group Members             
               
  Postdoctoral Scholars              
                 
  Dr. Vahid Nasirian (2020 - 2021)             
  Dr. Marilyn McNamara (2020 - 2021)             
  Dr. Alex Wrede (2019)
           
  Dr. Minh Phuong Bui (2017)            
  Dr. Farrokh Sharifi (2016 - 2017)            
  Dr. Zhenhua Bai (2013 - 2014)            
           
  Ph.D. Students          
             
  Saurabh Aykar (Ph.D., 2022)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Microfluidic Manufacturing of Hollow Polymer Microfibers as a 3D Scaffold for Mimicking the Blood-Brain-Barrier In-Vitro
     
         
  Amir Niaraki (Ph.D., 2021)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Real-time Monitoring of Neuronal Cells through Electrohydrodynamic Patterning of Flexible Graphene Microelectrodes
     
             
  Marilyn McNamara (Ph.D., 2020)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Targeted Microfluidic Manufacturing for Functionalized Biomaterials: Encapsulation of Neural Cells into Conductive Alginate Microfibers    
     
           
  Rajeendra Pemathilaka (Ph.D., 2019)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Placenta-on-a-Chip: A Microfluidic Platform to Study the Drug Transport across the Human Placental Barrier      
     
             
  Alex Wrede (Ph.D., 2019)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Controlled Cavitation Design and Investigation of its Effect in Traumatic Brain Injuries      
     
           
  Yangsu Xie (Ph.D., 2017)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Thermal Transport in Carbon Materials: Effect of Low Temperature and Nanostructures     
 
             
  Farrokh Sharifi (Ph.D., 2016)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Microfluidic Fiber Fabrication and its Application in Tissue Engineering     
     
             
  Masters Students          
  Kelli Williams (2018 - 2020)        
             
  Steven De Alwis (M.S., 2020)
M.S. Thesis: Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Scalable Exfoliation of Few Layered Graphene Nanosheets       
     
             
  Jingshuai Guo (M.S., 2019)
M.S. Thesis: Neuronal Sensing via Inkjet Printing of Biocompatible Graphene
     
             
  Jiawei Bao (M.S., 2019)
M.S. Thesis: Graphene Humidity Sensor with Gold Nanoparticles
       
             
  Deepak George Thomas (M.S., 2019)
M.S. Thesis: Exfoliation of Scalable Few Layer Biocompatible Graphene Nanosheets using a Protein-assisted Mechano-Chemical Technique
     
             
  Jonathan Vander Wiel (2016 - 2018)          
             
  Mingchang Lu (M.S., 2016)
M.S. Thesis: Aligning Carbon Nanofibers in PCL Microfibers using Microfluidic Method: An Approach to Efficiently Improve Electrical Conductivity and Mechanical Strength      
     
             
  Rajeendra Pemathilaka (M.S., 2016)
M.S. Thesis: Developing a Placenta-on-a-Chip Model and a Trans-Epithelial Electric Resistance (TEER) Measuring System to Study the Drug Testing on Human Placenta 
     
             
  Jeremy Caplin (M.S., 2016)
M.S. Thesis: Utilizing Microfluidic Technology to Replicate Placental Functions in a Drug Testing Model  
     
             
  Qing He (2014 - 2015)          
           
  Pouya Asrar (M.S., 2013)
M.S. Thesis: Investigation of Microscale Particles Using a Microfluidic Flow Cytometer Equipped with a Sensitive Photodetector      
     
             
  Zahra Poursharifi (2012 - 2013)
 
     
                     
  Visiting Scholars         
                     
  Emrah Kavak (2016 - 2017)
Visiting Graduate Student
           
  Dr. Hayriye Altural (2015)
Visiting Faculty
         
         
  Undergraduate Students: Lead Authors of Journal Publications      
          Next               
  Gabriel Clarke (2020 - 2021)       Ph.D. Student at U of Iowa      
  Joseph Scott Magnani (2019 - 2021)        
  Sean Reeves (2016 - 2017)
       
  Russell Tan (2016 - 2017)
      M.S. Student at Iowa State U      
  Catherine Meis (2013 - 2016)
DOE SULI & Honors Researcher
      Ph.D. Student at Stanford U      
  Avinash Sooriyarachchi (2015 - 2016)       Ph.D. Student at U Penn      
  Payton Goodrich (2012 - 2015)
DOE SULI & Honors Researcher
      Ph.D. Student at UC Berkeley       
Deidre Sechi (2012 - 2014)
NSF REU Researcher
 
  Luke Wagner (2012 - 2014)
Honors Researcher
      Engineer at Rockwell Collins      
  Jie Yang (2012 - 2013)       M.S. Student at U Southern California       
               
  Undergraduate Students                
   
  Benjamin Allen (2011 - 2012)           
Seth Lang (2011 - 2012)
  Birutawit Zeleke (2011 - 2012)                 
  Shayla Carlin (Honors Student, 2012)                
  Robert Real (Honors Student, 2012)                
  Alek Jerauld (2012)                
  Sam Weiers (NSF REU Researcher, 2012)                
  Dao Yan Lim (2011 - 2012)             
  Sam Miller (Honors Student, 2012 - 2013)                
  Kyunghwan Oh (2012 - 2013)                
  Sangwoo Ryu (2012 - 2013)         
  Robert Nichols (Honors Student, 2013)                
  Angadbir Sabherwal (Honors Student, 2013)                
  Matthew Wilson (Honors Student, 2013)                
* Brady Greer (2013)
* Jesse Johnson (DOE SULI Researcher, 2013)                
* Janet Mendoza Reyes (NSF REU Researcher, 2013)
  Marie Kuhlmann (2012 - 2013)           
* Flavia Cavalcanti (Honors Student, 2013 - 2014)                
  Yi Liu (2013 - 2014)                
  Silu Feng (2013 - 2014)                
  Elizabeth Wilson (Honors Student, 2014)                
* Seth Baetzold (Honors Student, 2014)                
  Alissa Nelson (Honors Student, 2014)                
* Levi Nauman (Honors Student, 2014)                
  Leah Fossum (Honors Student, 2014)                
  Connor Haugen (Honors Student, 2014)                
  Aimee Pierce (Honors Student, 2014)                
  Zachary Kooistra (Honors Student, 2014)                
* Diamant Kurteshi (DOE SULI Researcher, 2014)                
Gabrielle Powell (NSF REU Researcher, 2014)                
  Eric Diaz (NSF REU Researcher, 2014)                
* Norma Granados (NSF REU Researcher, 2014)                
* Myra James (NSF REU Researcher, 2014)                
* Joshua Lackore (2013 - 2015)                
  Elijah Jans (2013 - 2015)               
  Megan Winchell (DOE CCI Researcher, 2014 - 2015)                
  Grady Jensen (2014 - 2015)                
  Daniel Nguyen (Honors Student, 2015)                
  Ryan McDonnell (Honors Student, 2015)                
  Erika Grefsheim (Honors Student, 2015)                
  Lindsey Matheney (DOE CCI Researcher, 2015)                
  Erik Zorrilla (NSF REU Researcher, 2015)                
  Jaemin Powell (NSF REU Researcher, 2015)             
  Kelli Johnston (NSF REU Researcher, 2015)                
* Marta Sucur (2014 - 2015)               
* Patrick Kalgren (Honors Student, 2013 - 2016)                 
Kirk Rudolph (Honors Student, 2015 - 2016)
  Courtney Smyth (Honors Student, 2016)                
  Jacob Feddersen (Honors Student, 2016)                
  Apple Amos (Honors Student, 2016)                
  Nicole Jandick (DOE SULI Researcher, 2016)                
* Jonathan Mikulicz (Honors Students, 2015 - 2016)                
* Michael Boysen (2015 - 2016)             
  Tyler Carter (2015 - 2016)                
  Peter Meis (Honors Student, 2016)                
  Peter Stoller (Honors Student, 2016)                
  Madeline Mathis (Honors Student, 2016)                
  Ethan Masters (Honors Student, 2017)                
  Hannah Rhoads (Honors Student, 2017)                
  Joshua Schroeder (Honors Student, 2017)                
  Ryan Movall (Honors Student, 2017)                
  Jordan Icenogle (Honors Student, 2017)                
  Martha Hodapp (Honors Student, 2017)                
* Aarthy Shah (DOE SULI Researcher, 2017)                
  Jasmin Okuzono (DOE CCI Researcher, 2017)                
                   
               
  (* Co-Author of Journal Publication)            

 
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