Shireen Singh competed in the 2024 AUsome Science in 60 Seconds video competition hosted by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students and won CEGS Most Creative Video award.
Alt Text: Shireen stands in front of a CEGS background on a red carpet holding a large check and an award plaque.
Kwaghtaver presented at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) collaborative spring meeting at Hampton University on April 18-19 and won 2nd place in the poster competition! Congratulations Kwaghtaver!
Title of poster: ENGINEERED 3D IN VITRO MODEL OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN INSULIN-SENSITIVE AND INSULIN-RESISTANT MICROENVIRONMENTS
Alt Text: Kwaghtaver (right) stands in front of his poster discussing his data with an attendee of the event (left).
Alt Text: Kwaghtaver (center) stands in front of a screen that says “2nd Place” next to a presenter (left)
Congratulations to Alison, Benjamin, Emma, and Sean for being awarded undergraduate research fellowships (URF). We are excited to see your progress and look forward to the awesome work you guys do in Lipke Lab!
Alt Text: A group of students stand together in front of a red brick building. Alison stands on the far left and Emma and Sean stand on the far right.
Congratulations to Shireen Singh for winning the 2024 department of chemical engineerings 100+ Women Strong Outstanding Departmental Graduate Student Award.
Alt Text: Shireen stands in front of a college of engineering backdrop holding her fellowship award recognition in her hand.
We are extremely proud to announce that Dr. Lipke was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows on March 25, 2024 at the ceremony in Arlington, VA. The College of Fellows recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research and is a prestigious distinguishment that represents the top 2% of medical and biological engineers . Dr. Lipke’s work is making substantial impact in the field of cardiology and cancer treatment and her work is crucial to the translation of research in the field of medicine. Visit this link to read the college of engineerings article in which Dr. Lipke was interviewed. We are so proud of you Dr. Lipke!
Alt Text: Dr. Lipke stands in-between two individuals of AIMB holding her inductee certificate.
Congratulations to Alison and Emma on winning at the AIChE Southern Regional Conference! Alison won 1st Place in the Student Poster Competition and Emma Kim won 1st Place in the Technical Presentation Competition and qualified for the national presentation competition that will be held in San Diego, CA later this year. We are proud of you guys, congratulations!
Alt Text: Emma (left) and Alison (right) stand outdoors next to railing.
Alt Text: From left to right, Shireen, Justin, Nipa, Yuan, Kwaghtaver, Dr. Lipke, and Mohammad stand in front of the holiday decorated door.
Alt Text: The Lipke Lab office door has two large candy canes, lights around the door, a hanging gingerbread house roof, with a factory-like design, a sign that reads Lipke Workshop, as well as moving gears with hearts, and all lab personnel dressed as elves.
Alt Text: From left to right, Shireen, Mohammad, Justin, Nipa, Yuan, Kwaghtaver, and Farnaz (a graduate student in Dr. Mistriotis’ group) stand in front of the decorated door.
Shireen competed in the 2023 3 Minute Thesis competition at the university level and made it to the top 10!
Alt Text: Shireen stands on stage in front of a crowd. Behind her displays her 3MT slide with various graphs and cartoon images.
Dr. Lipke and Dr. Tian won first place and $25,000 in Alabama Launchpad’s Cycle 2 concept stage finals on Thursday, Aug. 17, at Auburn University’s New Venture Accelerator.
Alt Text: Dr. Lipke and Yuan stand together holding a check that reads $25,000. The image also says “Congratulations, Vivosphere.”
Shireen, Nippa, and Kwaghtaver presented at the 2023 Graduate Engineering Research Showcase. Mohammad presented a poster entitled “Exploring the impact of modulating cardiac differentiation of hydrogel encapsulated hiPSCs to derive second heart filed”. Nipa presented a poster titled “3D Engineered Tissue Model for Investigating the Role of CXCL7 in Colon Cancer Progression” and Kwaghtaver presented a poster titled “Optimizing Control Media for Co-culturing Engineered 3D Colorectal Cancer Tissues in Insulin-Resistant and Insulin-Sensitive Microenvironments”
