Course 2: Mechanical EngineeringOpen OpportunitiesGene therapies have the potential to enable the treatment of multiple currently incurable diseases, but delivery of these therapeutic molecules to the target tissue continues to present a major obstacle to their success and clinical translation. Our lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital has invented multiple novel drug delivery strategies, multiple of which have begun to be evaluated in human clinical trials. We are currently working to develop next-generation gene delivery platforms to accelerate the translation of these potentially transformative therapies to the clinic. - Biology, Chemistry, Materials Engineering, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Internship, Master Thesis
| The Traverso Lab at Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School) is focused on the development of commercializable products and technologies. One of our current interests is in leveraging computational and experimental methods to develop novel food products. We are seeking motivated and independent students to join our lab for their master's thesis. Students will be expected to develop competent physical models, simulate fluidics and mechanics, perform rheological tests, and validate theoretical models with experiments. Experience in these areas is beneficial but not necessary. We aim to recruit students with creativity, a willingness to learn, and the ability to work collaboratively on a team of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers. - Engineering and Technology
- Internship, Master Thesis
| Ingestable and implantable robots that can reside in the human body for long term are revolutionizing the future of personalized medicine. However, one of the most significant challenges facing the widespread adoption of these devices is ensuring a reliable and sustainable power source.Traditional power sources, such as batteries, are impractical for long-term use within these robots due to size constraints, limited energy capacity, and the need for repeated invasive procedures for replacement.
In the Traverso Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School), We are exploring advanced engineering approaches to develop novel wireless power transfer (WPT) systems as sustainable powering sources.
- Biomedical Engineering
- Internship, Master Thesis
| The surface of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is covered by a mucosal membrane, consisting of enormous health-related biochemical, physiologic, and pathophysiologic information, and serving for nutrition exchange. Progress has been made to access the GI mucosa for diagnostics and therapeutics in clinical settings. However, it is still extremely challenging to build a biocompatible and robust GI mucosa interface enabling real-time, continuous, and minimally invasive interactions with human body, due to the constant GI motility, fast cellular turnover rate, limited cavity space and extremely chemical and biological environments
In the Traverso Laboratories at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School), We are exploring novel engineering approaches to develop robust mucosal interfaces for long-term deployment of micro-electronics/drug reservoirs/physical barriers in the GI tract.
- Biomaterials, Biomechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymers
- Master Thesis
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