Students with backgrounds in engineering, chemistry and biology are welcome to our lab. We are committed in providing opportunities to highly motivated undergraduate students, school teachers, high school students to develop independent research and experiences.
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Team Bhattarai Lab conducted a demonstration "Cotton Candy: A Sweet Inspiration to Learn Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering" in 2019 NC Science Festival Maker Fair!
Team of graduate students from Bhattarai Research Group Participate at ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition.
ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) is the largest interdisciplinary mechanical engineering conference in the world. IMECE plays a significant role in stimulating innovation from basic discovery to translational application. It fosters new collaborations that engage stakeholders and partners not only from academia, but also from national laboratories, industry, research settings, and funding bodies. Among the 4,000 attendees from 75+ countries are mechanical engineers in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, advanced energy, fluids engineering, heat transfer, design engineering, materials and energy recovery, applied mechanics, power, rail transportation, nanotechnology, bioengineering, internal combustion engines, environmental engineering, and more.
Team of graduate students from Bhattarai Research Group Participate at ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition.
ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) is the largest interdisciplinary mechanical engineering conference in the world. IMECE plays a significant role in stimulating innovation from basic discovery to translational application. It fosters new collaborations that engage stakeholders and partners not only from academia, but also from national laboratories, industry, research settings, and funding bodies. Among the 4,000 attendees from 75+ countries are mechanical engineers in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, advanced energy, fluids engineering, heat transfer, design engineering, materials and energy recovery, applied mechanics, power, rail transportation, nanotechnology, bioengineering, internal combustion engines, environmental engineering, and more.
Students from North Carolina A&T State University at
ASME 2015 Conference. From left to right: Nava Rijal; Nana Kwame Yamoah;
Ashley D Jackson; Udhab Adhikari; Narayan Bhattarai
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Udhab Adhikari giving oral presentation about his research work at ASME 2015
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Undergraduate Student Brittany M. Hewlin participates at NC-LSAMP (North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) conference.
Brittany M Hewlin representing the poster from NCAT
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Brittany M Hewlin received 2nd position at NC-LSAMP conference
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Students from Bluford STEM Academy use Cotton Candy to learn biomedical materials as part of NC Science Festival showcase
College of Engineering at the North Carolina A&T State University arranged several activities as part of the annual North Carolina Science Festival from April 10-26, 2015. Bhattarai Research Group along with Guilford County Middle School science teacher Ms. Cindy Nelson (Kernodle Middle School), presented an exciting science activity for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students from Bluford Elementary School on April 24. We translated the exciting biomaterials research into the concepts that elementary school students could understand and become excited about it. This activity provided an engaging way to relate classroom instruction to real-world biomedical applications and intended to spark interest in pursuing future studies in STEM. Fabricating nanofibrous scaffolds by utilizing electrospinning technology has been investigated in our lab for nerve tissue regeneration. These students performed hands-on activities to model the electrospinning technology with cotton candy machine to fabricate sugar fibers. Students were engaged in learning scientific knowledge with understandable concepts and easy-to-implement experiments.
College of Engineering at the North Carolina A&T State University arranged several activities as part of the annual North Carolina Science Festival from April 10-26, 2015. Bhattarai Research Group along with Guilford County Middle School science teacher Ms. Cindy Nelson (Kernodle Middle School), presented an exciting science activity for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students from Bluford Elementary School on April 24. We translated the exciting biomaterials research into the concepts that elementary school students could understand and become excited about it. This activity provided an engaging way to relate classroom instruction to real-world biomedical applications and intended to spark interest in pursuing future studies in STEM. Fabricating nanofibrous scaffolds by utilizing electrospinning technology has been investigated in our lab for nerve tissue regeneration. These students performed hands-on activities to model the electrospinning technology with cotton candy machine to fabricate sugar fibers. Students were engaged in learning scientific knowledge with understandable concepts and easy-to-implement experiments.
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Students and teachers from Bluford Elementary School, A&T participants (lab members from Bhattarai research lab, College of Engineering E-academy)
Team of graduate students from Bhattarai Research Group and Middle School Science Teacher Win 3rd position in Biomaterials Education Challenge Organized by Society For Biomaterials Conference (Charlotte North Carolina, April 14-17, 2015)
“Biomaterials Education Challenge” was a student design competition, in which group of students around the country were asked to develop innovative and practical approaches to biomaterials education. Students were challenged to develop hands-on educational modules for middle school (6th-8th grade) science class. Our education module “Modeling of Biomaterials Research for Middle School Science Students: An Inexpensive and Fun Approach to Hands-on Biomaterials Education” was designed to demonstrate a fundamental biomaterials concept suitable to a middle-school audience with hands-on and easily obtained resources.
Ms. Cindy Nelson (second from left) presenting the nerve conduit using paper towel holder, wire, and light bulb to the judges
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Bhattarai lab members from North Carolina A&T State University before going to the poster sessions and educational challenge. From left to right: Nava Rijal, Udhab Adhikari, Narayan Bhattarai, Shekh Rahman, Zanshe Thompson and Cindy Nelson.
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Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Program
We have developed and implemented an Interdisciplinary Bionano Engineering Course Sequence through the CBBE program. This activity was developed under the funding support from NSF-NUE.
We have developed and implemented an Interdisciplinary Bionano Engineering Course Sequence through the CBBE program. This activity was developed under the funding support from NSF-NUE.
Students received certificate of completion Interdisciplinary Bionano Engineering Course Sequence Spring 2014
Science Extravaganza Week
Members from Bhattarai research group actively participating in volunteer activities for Science Extravaganza week at Claxton Elementary School
Members from Bhattarai research group actively participating in volunteer activities for Science Extravaganza week at Claxton Elementary School
Activity pictures of Science Extravaganza 2014 “Marvelous Marble Contraptions” (March 21, 2014). PI (Dr Bhattarai) and graduate students (Maame Boakye: upper right, Udhab Adhikari: bottom left, and Shekh Rahman: bottom left) assisted 3rd to 5th grade students with their projects. Student teams brainstormed clever contraption names to share with classroom volunteers and other groups as they demonstrated their team’s “Marvelous Marble Contraption”.
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) and High School Young Scholars (YS)
Our lab has provided research training to several REUs, RETs and YSs
Erin Slattery (REU- Mira Costa Community College, Oceanside, CA)
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Our research team mentored several REUs, RETs and YSs
Thomas Campbell (REU 2014-University of Rhode Island, RI)
Nava Rijal (REU 2013- University of Washington, Seattle WA)
Chad Chesley (REV/T- 2013- Bioengineering, NCAT): He is a veteran undergraduate student at NCAT.
Christina Fenwick (REU 2013- Mechanical Engineering, NCAT): She was supported by NSF-NUE program.
Cynthia Nelson (RET 2013/14-Kernodle Middle School)
Accomplishments: Participated in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB in 2013 and developed a teaching module for K-12 students.
Erin Slattery (REU 2012- Mira Costa Community College, Oceanside, CA)
Sydnye Morris (REU 2012-Bennett College, Greensboro, NC), co-advised with Dr. Matthew McCullough
Abria Vodenichar (RET-2012- Bethany Com. Middle School, Reidsville, NC), co-advised with Dr. R. Minor
Sonja Turner (RET 2011 and 2012-Kernodle Middle School)
Accomplishments: Won first prize in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB in 2011 and 2012, Nominated for highlights in NSF-ERC Annual conference 2011, developed a demo module for K-12 students and teacher (presented in NEW workshop 2011), paper published in ASEE 2012 conference proceeding. She did a three-month internship in our lab to obtain a certificate in Nanotechnology from Forsyth Tech Community College in 2012.
Jeanette Delva (REU 2011-Bennett College)
Thomas Campbell (REU 2014-University of Rhode Island, RI)
Nava Rijal (REU 2013- University of Washington, Seattle WA)
Chad Chesley (REV/T- 2013- Bioengineering, NCAT): He is a veteran undergraduate student at NCAT.
Christina Fenwick (REU 2013- Mechanical Engineering, NCAT): She was supported by NSF-NUE program.
Cynthia Nelson (RET 2013/14-Kernodle Middle School)
Accomplishments: Participated in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB in 2013 and developed a teaching module for K-12 students.
Erin Slattery (REU 2012- Mira Costa Community College, Oceanside, CA)
Sydnye Morris (REU 2012-Bennett College, Greensboro, NC), co-advised with Dr. Matthew McCullough
Abria Vodenichar (RET-2012- Bethany Com. Middle School, Reidsville, NC), co-advised with Dr. R. Minor
Sonja Turner (RET 2011 and 2012-Kernodle Middle School)
Accomplishments: Won first prize in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB in 2011 and 2012, Nominated for highlights in NSF-ERC Annual conference 2011, developed a demo module for K-12 students and teacher (presented in NEW workshop 2011), paper published in ASEE 2012 conference proceeding. She did a three-month internship in our lab to obtain a certificate in Nanotechnology from Forsyth Tech Community College in 2012.
Jeanette Delva (REU 2011-Bennett College)
High School –Young Scholar Program
Adriel Martinez (Student 2013/14; GTCC Middle College, Greensboro, NC)
Accomplishments: Participated in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB.
Ephraim Bililign (Student 2012: The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro, NC)
Accomplishments: Won first prize in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB
Adriel Martinez (Student 2013/14; GTCC Middle College, Greensboro, NC)
Accomplishments: Participated in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB.
Ephraim Bililign (Student 2012: The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro, NC)
Accomplishments: Won first prize in group poster competition organized by ERC-RMB
YS (Adriel Martinez)
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PI (Bhattarai), YS (Ephraim Bililign) and RET (Sonja Turner)
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8th graders of Jefferson Middle School, Winston Salem, NC (March 23rd 2012). Two 45 minute sessions were demonstrated. 108 students and two 8th grade science teachers actively participated. Under Dr. Bhattarai’s mentorship and assistantship provided by ERC-RMB, Mrs. Sonja Turner developed a K-12 outreach module “From Macromolecule to Nanofiber: Electrospinning Just the Technique for the Job” from her summer RET program in 2011/2012.
NSF Content Mentoring Project
Content Mentoring and Its Impact on Middle Grades Mathematics and Science Teacher Effectiveness, NSF #0554441:
Bridget Hayes: 8th grade science teacher of Jefferson Middle School Winston-Salem (2011/2012)
Tarsha Reid: 8th grade science teacher of Ferndale Middle School High Point (2010/2011)
Content Mentoring and Its Impact on Middle Grades Mathematics and Science Teacher Effectiveness, NSF #0554441:
Bridget Hayes: 8th grade science teacher of Jefferson Middle School Winston-Salem (2011/2012)
Tarsha Reid: 8th grade science teacher of Ferndale Middle School High Point (2010/2011)