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Calve, Sarah

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  • The mission of the Musculoskeletal Extracellular Matrix Laboratory (MEML) is to characterize the material properties of assembling tissues to establish design parameters for regenerative therapies. In the context of the musculoskeletal system, we are developing and optimizing techniques to determine the: Composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM), spatial organization of ECM components, and influence of ECM organization on mechanical properties

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  • BMEN 6950 - Master's Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Work with a faculty advisor on a masters thesis.
  • GEEN 1400 - Engineering Projects
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
    First-year students solve real engineering design problems in interdisciplinary teams. Design projects vary by section. Curriculum focuses on iterative design process, teamwork and team dynamics, supporting design with testing and analysis, and technical writing. Completed projects are exhibited at an end-of-semester design expo. Students are responsible for contributing towards their design project budget, workshop costs, and course arduino kit (approximately $125). Degree credit not granted for this course and ASTR 2500, ASEN 1400, ASEN 1403 and ECEN 1400.
  • MCEN 2024 - Materials Science
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
    Provides an overview of the structure, properties and processing of metallic, polymeric and ceramic materials. Specific topics include perfect and imperfect solids, phase equilibria, transformation kinetics, mechanical behavior and material degradation. Approach incorporates both materials science and materials engineering components. Degree credit not granted for this course and GEEN 3024.
  • MCEN 4110 - Regenerative Biology and Tissue Repair
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Presents the regenerative biology behind tissue systems, along with the regenerative medicine of that tissue with an emphasis on engineering principles, using the assigned reading as a guideline. Follows lectures with class discussions of current papers on the regenerative biology of the same tissue system. In the final 1 � 2 classes assigned to this topic, individual graduate students give 20 min presentations on a relevant regenerative medicine/engineering-focused paper. Same as BMEN 4110, BMEN 5110, and MCEN 5110.
  • MCEN 4228 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022 / Fall 2023
    Subject matter to be selected from topics of current interest. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours. Same as MCEN 5228.
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