Research Intern
Dept. of Radiology & Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science Candidate
School of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Email: ykzhang (at) usc (dot) edu

Background:

Yu Zhang is a fourth year student at Georgia Tech majoring in Biomedical Engineering with concentrations in Cell & Tissue Engineering and Medical Imaging. As an undergraduate research assistant in Prof. Y. Wang's tissue engineering laboratory at Georgia Tech, Yu worked with poly(glycerol-sebacate) scaffolds for the Tissue Engineered Small Artery (TESA) project. Her past independant research projects also include "Novel Range of Motion Transducer Useful in Rehabilitation Therapy" and "Effect of Post-Exercise Ethanol Consumption on Glycogen Storage in Skeletal Muscle Tissue." She is a GT Dean's List scholar, Georgia Hope Scholarship recipient, and a Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) winner. She joined the IPI lab as a summer research intern in June 2006 as part of the USC Viterbi Internship Program.

Current Projects:

Location Tracking and Verification System (LTVS) for application in a clinical setting.