We said goodbye to our beloved summer intern Yancheng Du today and had a farewell lunch at Gertrude to wish him the best before he heads home to Tsinghua University, China, to finish his last year of undergraduate study in … Continue reading →

We welcome Wei-Hung Jung joining the lab of MAFIA. Wei-Hung is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering. He has been an Orioles fan for years. It is just appropriate that he decided to come to Baltimore!

We ventured to Harper’s Ferry for our first group outing outside Maryland. Despite the 100 degree heat we braved the nature and hiked for a mile with  Prof. Sung Hoon Kang and his group. We had been psyched all week … Continue reading →

We welcome Debonil Maity  joining MAFIA. Debonil is a PhD student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He will be working on the collaborative project of  exploring the effect of hydrostatic pressure in tissues with Prof. Sean Sun’s group.

Our collaborator Prof. Sung Hoon Kang, also known as the mastermind of 3D printing in the MG task force, is going away for a short vacation. We already miss him so we decided to make a card (and stick it … Continue reading →

We welcome Jennifer Fluornoy, a rising junior double majoring in Applied Math and Molecular and Cellular Biology, joining our lab of MAFIA. Jenny will be working with the joint bio 3D-printing task force. We hope you will have a blast in the lab … Continue reading →

We welcome Brian Kim, a MechE sophomore, joining us at the lab of MAFIA. Brain will  be  making devices to study mechanobiology. We are excited that he will stay with us during the summer break. We look forward to the … Continue reading →

We are excited to have Dr. Chien-hong Lin joining the team of MAFIA. Chien-hong will lead a life as an experimentalist for the first time in our lab. We hope you enjoy the ride!

We welcome Matthew Pittman  joining our lab as our valuable research assistant. Matt will be working on 3D reconstruction and image analysis of EM data. In other words, cool stuff!