PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Charles W. Patrick Jr., PhD, MDIV
Professor of Practice, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Teaching and Research Fellow, Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation
Provost APT Teaching Scholar
Steering Committee, Transformational Teaching & Learning Conference, Center for Teaching Excellence
5013 Emerging Technologies Building
3120 TAMU
College Station, TX 7784
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
- Reimagine education by coupling strong fundamentals with hands-on, real-world, technology-relevant, collaborative learning opportunities,
- Equip students to be innovators and leaders in solving global societal problems of the present and future, and
- Train students to participate and communicate effectively in high performance, dynamic, and diverse teams.
CURRENT STUDENTS
- Darby Ballard, PhD Student (medical sciences), Texas A&M Health Science Center (2021-present), https://medicine.tamu.edu/medical-sciences/spotlight/2020/darby-ballard.html
FORMER STUDENTS
Medical Fellows
- Kwang Kim, MD: medical fellow, Korea (2005-2008)
- Geoffrey Gurtner, MD: medical fellow, US (1999-2000)
- Ming-Huei Cheng, MD: medical fellow, Taiwan (1998-1999)
- Steve Katz, MD: medical fellow, US (1998-1999)
- Dawei Wang, MD: medical fellow, China (1997)
- Axel Grothey, MD: medical fellow, Germany (1997-1998)
- Aymann Nabawi, MD: medical fellow, Egypt (1996-1997)
- Robert Lohman, MD: medical fellow, US (1996-1997)
- Andrew Khoo, MD: medical fellow, Singapore (1996-1997)
- Ali Gurlek, MD: medical fellow, Turkey (1996-1997)
- Mark Deutsch, MD: medical fellow, US (1996-1997)
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Keneng Chen, MD, PhD: postdoctoral fellow, China (2004-2005)
- Shuyu Sun, PhD: postdoctoral fellow, China (2003-2006)
- Andrea Gobin, PhD: postdoctoral fellow, US (2003-2005)
- Dae-Gu Son, MD, PhD: postdoctoral fellow, Korea (2002-2003)
- Tao Lu, PhD: postdoctoral fellow, US (2000)
- David Chen, PhD: postdoctoral fellow, US (1999-2001)
Graduate Students (thesis committee chair)
- Parul (Patel) Anderson: PhD; Rice University (2000-2005)
- Angela Papagiorgiou: PhD; University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2001-2002)
- Eric Brey: PhD; Rice University (1998-2003)
- Dawn Gerland: PhD; University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1998-1999)
- Tim King: PhD; University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1996-2000)
Graduate Students (thesis committee member)
- Sabia Taqvi; University of Texas at Austin (2005-2007)
- Adnaan Wasey; University of Texas at Austin (2005-2008)
- Omar Fisher: PhD; University of Texas at Austin (2005-2008)
- Stephanie Seidlitis: PhD; University of Texas at Austin (2005-2008)
- Jennie Leach: PhD; University of Texas at Austin (2000-2003)
Graduate Students (research rotation)
- Randala Hamdan: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2006-2008)
- Ji Yeon Hong: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2005-2006)
- Aziz Poonawalla: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2002)
- Christian Ledbetter: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2001-2004)
- Eric Robson: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1999)
- Bill Amini: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1998)
- Jennifer Sobeck: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1998)
- Zahid Lalani: PhD Student, program research, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1999)
Medical Students (research internship)
- Liza Shevchenko: summer research, University of Texas Dental School (2004)
- Anthony Migura: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (2004)
- Michael Keller: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (2004)
- Jeffrey Harden: summer research, University of Texas Dental School (2004)
- Ryan Veurink: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (2003)
- Sebastian Partesotti: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (2003)
- Trip Parker: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (1999)
- Alexander Allori: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (1999, 2000)
- Lisa Otto: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (1998)
- Sonja Herman: summer research, University of Freiburg, Germany (1998)
- James Hobley: summer research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (1997)
- Jamie Hodges: summer research, Johns Hopkins Medical School (1997)
- Jeff Friedrich: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (1997)
- Tom Savel: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (1996)
- Eric Peden: summer research, University of Texas Medical School (1996)
Undergraduate Students (research internship)
- Jack Gibbs: undergraduate research, Texas A&M (2021)
- Jian Yican: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2006)
- Christy Belanger: summer research, Augustana College (2006)
- Guido Santacana: summer research, University of Puerto Rice (2005)
- Alexander Gordon: summer research, Rice University (2005)
- Adrielle Fry: summer research, Rice University (2005)
- Neil Kathuria: summer research, Washington University (2005)
- Tanisha Dark: summer research, University of Michigan (2005)
- Barrett Cromeens: summer research, Southwestern University (2005)
- Ellen Chen: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2005)
- Lindsay Black: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2005)
- Carmen Rios: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2004, 2005)
- Matthew Miller: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2004)
- Chris Liu: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2004)
- Huay-Zong Law: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2004)
- Aaron Keho: summer research, Texas A&M University (2004)
- Alonso Fuentes: summer research, Rice University (2004)
- Victoria Froude: summer research, University Oklahoma (2004)
- Jorge Maisonet-Colon: e summer research, University Puerto Rico (2004)
- Aydin Soheili: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2003)
- Kathya Vargas: summer research, University Puerto Rico (2003)
- Samit Soni: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2002)
- David Kroll: summer research, Yale University (2002)
- Bob Cooley: summer research, University of Texas at Austin (2002)
- Jeff Reitsma: summer research, Rice University (2001)
- Shannon Scott: summer research, Rice University (2000, 2001)
- How-Ying Liou: summer research, Rice University (1999)
- Amina Qutub: summer research, Rice University (1998, 1999)
- Laurie Carillo: summer research, Rice University (1998)
- Jinwah Lao: summer research, University of Pennsylvania (1997)
High School Students (research internship)
- Zach Cooper, engineering capstone, Montgomery High School (2021-2022)
- Alayna Galloway, engineering capstone, Montgomery High School (2021-2022)
- Braden Wales, engineering capstone, Montgomery High School (2021-2022)
- Jennifer Freel, summer research (2005)
- Michelle Blair, summer research, Klein Forest High School (2005)
- Jonathan Barton, summer research (2004)
- Vathsala Ariyaratha: summer research, DeBakey High School (2004)
- Jonathan Duong: summer research (2003)
- Barrett Cromeens: summer research (2002)
- Michael Friedman: summer research, St. Johns High School (2001)
- Sabiha Khan: summer research (1999)
- Tiffanie Baker: summer research, NASA SHARP Plus/QEM Program (1996)