2025

Ph.D. Candaidate Asif won the 1st position and People's Choice Award in the 3MT 2025-26 Final Competition. He will represent UL Lafayette in the state-level competetion in January 2026 and regional competition in February. Congratulations Asif!

Our project, Computational mechanobiology of in situ chondrocytes and cartilage in health and disease, received LA BoR RCS fund ($170,072).

2024

Dr. Faisal (Co-PI) and his team revieved LA Board of Regents Comprehensive Enhnancement Award (~$1 M). This will enable to acquire a high-precision mechanical tester capable of doing multiple-axis testing in compression, tension, shear, indexation and torsion, in various modes including dynamic, static, and waveform loading.

Dr. Faisal revieved Louisiana Economic Development Authority (LEDA) fund ($66,066) for his project titled Biomechanics and mechanobiology of cartilage in health and disease: Unravelling the differential response under hyper-physiological loading.

2022

Our project, Design and development of architected cellular core structure to enhance the structural performance of SPS bridge decks received LA Department of Transportation supported TIRE award ($30,000). This work is a collaboration with Civil Engineering department.

Our project, Machine learning approach in the design and fabrication of ultralightweight mechanical metamaterials via additive manufacturing, received LAMDA Seed Funding, supported by NSF and LA BoR.

Kaya Jones, a junior year student of Biology and Shahrzad Massiha, a junior of Chemistry recevied the LABoR-SURE Award for 2022. Congrtulations to Kaya and Shahrzad!

We presented our ongoing work on osteoarhrtis and hip fracture risk using machine learning in ORS 2022!

PhD candidate Rabina's second paper on hip fracture risk using FEA got published in the Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. Congratulations Rabina!

Our work on cellular materials and biomimetics got published in the Journal of Bionic Engineering.