PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jessica L. Allen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
University of Florida
Education and Training:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Tech
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Kaitlyn Downer
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware
Currently Pursuing: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Grant Maddox
Education: B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from West Virginia University
Currently Pursuing: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Mohammad Rahimi Goloujeh
Education: B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Currently Pursuing: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
- Yanelly Sandheinrich, ME Student, Joined Spring 2025
- Abby Barrows, ME Student, Joined Fall 2024
- Tayniss Soto, ME Student, Joined Fall 2024
- David Zaibert, BME Student, Joined Fall 2024
- Ananya Pagadala, BME Student, Joined Fall 2023
- Vivian Lowe, BME Student, Joined Fall 2023
LAB ALUMNI
Graduate Alumni:
- Hannah Carey, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering @ WVU, 2018-2022)
- Next position: Post-doc, KU Leuven
- Daniel Liss, Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering @ WVU, 2018-2022)
- Next position: Lead Business Analyst, BU-Melon
Undergraduate Alumni:
- Dale Zahn Townsend (UF), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2025
- Clara Summerford (UF), B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2024
- Melina McCabe (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2023
- Mauricio Ramirez (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2023
- Keri-Anne Lue (UF), B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2022
- Madewa Adeniyi (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2022
- Taylor Stump (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2021
- Alyssa Reeves (WVU), RAP and SURE student
- Dani Larrow (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2021
- Ross Fontana (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2021
- Paige Phillips (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2020
- Hannah Cohen (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2020
- Zoe Moore (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2020
- John McLaughlin (WVU), B.S. Biomedical Engineering 2019