Student

Ian is an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student who joined the Optical Bio-Sensing Laboratory in July 2023. His work is focused on developing firmware to operate and collect data from wearable devices aiming to monitor cardiovascular health and predict hypoglycemic events.

Ian Farrar’s LinkedIn Profile

Project: Multiphysics Computational Modeling for Continuous and Remote Monitoring Optical Medical Devices

Computational modeling is a valuable tool to evaluate the performance and design of medical devices. My project centers around the development and validation of  Monte Carlo and COMSOL Multiphysics models to aid in the design of 2 devices: a fully insertable and multi-modal glucose biosensor towards remote blood glucose monitoring, and a wearable dual-photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor towards remote blood pressure monitoring. Additionally, this modeling effort is a key component in ensuring these devices work within medically underserved and underrepresented populations.

Previous Education:

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2018. The Ohio State University

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University

Future Career Goals: Computational modeling is becoming an invaluable tool in the device development process: from estimating failure points to designing clinical trials, I believe in silico research will continue to burgeon within biomedical engineering. My career goals are to work within the medical device industry and advocate for the adoption of computational modeling, especially towards regulatory applications.

Other Hobbies and Interests:  New York Yankees, mentorship, personal finance, cooking, and eating

Kendall Frazee is an undergraduate biomedical engineering student at Texas A&M who joined the Optical Biosensing Laboratory (OBSL) in August 2023. Kendall focuses on using strain gauge technologies for a multitude of applications and uses her skills in soldering and data analysis to support her studies within the lab. Her current project focuses on developing a method for continuous blood pressure monitoring.

Kendall Frazee’s LinkedIn Profile

Javier completed his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering at Texas A&M University. He is interested in developing effective and innovative medical technologies. His research experience has been focused in the design and optimization of biosensors for diagnosis.

Amanda is an undergraduate biomedical engineering student specializing in the field of bioinstrumentation. Her research involves the development and testing of a microfluidic platform and cell counting software for malaria diagnosis.

After spending several months in Guatemala fixing medical equipment for an undergraduate co-op while at the University of Cincinnati, Paul became interested in improving access to quality healthcare for people in low-resource areas. A few years later, he and his wife Amanda found themselves moving to Texas to pursue his PhD working with Dr Cote on point-of-care malaria diagnostic tools. When he’s not in the lab or dodging the Texas heat, you might find Paul playing board games, camping, or rowing a boat somewhere.

Publications

Sungyub Han joined Dr. Cote’s lab October 2016 as a post-doc Research Associate. I received Ph.D in Chemistry from University of South Florida at Tampa in 2015 and performed analysis of drug products at Xcelience in Tampa before joining Dr. Cote’s Lab. My research area has been using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) to characterize bio-molecules and synthesis of gold, silver, and silica nanoparticles. Now, I have involved in a project: the oral cancer biosensor using SERS-based vertical flow assay (VFA) as a Point-of-Care device. Briefly, we employs gold nanoparticle conjugated with single strain oligonucleotide probes. The oligonucleotide probes on gold nanoparticles are designed to bind to oral cancer biomarkers (S100P mRNA, etc) as a sandwich formation with its high specificity. The hybridization of the bio-markers both in free-solution and on VFA is monitored by Raman spectroscopy producing strong Raman signals. This SERS-based VFA has attractive advantages such as user-friendly, high sensitivity, cost-effective, and rapid analysis.

Eric Hsiao is a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering and a member of the Optical Bio-Sensing Lab (OBSL) since 2021. His research focuses on the design of wearable sensor systems (including hardware and algorithms) for monitoring cardiovascular health using techniques such as PPG, ECG, and ICG. Prior to joining OBSL, Eric worked as a Sensor Application Engineer, specializing in optical sensor system design for wearable devices in the fitness and medical fields. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering, specializing in analog circuit design.

Chin-To (Eric) Hsiao’s LinkedIn Profile

Samuel Idah-oze is an undergraduate researcher at the OBSL majoring in Electronic Systems Engineering and Technology. Since joining the lab in June 2022 as a Beckman Scholar, Samuel has been contributing to research on multi-modal wearable devices for cardiovascular disease monitoring. His work involves the application of various sensing technologies and techniques, including photoplethysmography, bioimpedance, and contact pressure sensing. Samuel has had the opportunity to collaborate on several projects, including the design of testing devices for pulse oximeter improvement and a force-sensing glove prototype for NASA. He is eager to continue contributing to advancements in wearable medical technology alongside talented researchers.

Samuel Idah-Oze’s LinkedIn Profile

Richard is a Texas A&M Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student who joined Dr. Coté’s lab in June 2023. His research focuses on the signal analysis of multi-modal wearable devices that are aimed at monitoring cardiovascular health. Additionally, he aims to improve his proficiency in Arduino, SolidWorks, soldering PCBs, and machine learning in MatLab and Python

Richard Jennings’ LinkedIn Profile