Principal Investigator
Dr. Zhengwei Li, Assistant Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
UH Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine (Joint)
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- Postdoc., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University & UIUC
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder
- M.S., Solid Mechanics, Zhejiang University
- B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Honors and Awards
- 2026 NIH Research Career Development Award
- 2025 NIH Trailblazer Award
- 2025 Teaching Excellence Award, UH Cullen College of Engineering
- 2018 Best Paper Award, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters
- 2017 Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Colorado Boulder
- 2017 Steven M. Woodward Outstanding Dissertation Award
- 2016 ASME Haythornthwaite Foundation Travel Award
- 2015 Thomas & Brenda GEERS Graduate Fellowship
Graduate Students
Yifan Wang (PhD student)
(B.S., & M.S., Chongqing Medical Univ.; ywang283@CougarNet.UH.EDU)
Md. Abdul Kader Tushar (PhD student)
(B.S., Khulna University of Engineering & Technology;
mtushar@CougarNet.UH.EDU)
Ali Garmroudi (PhD student)
(B.S., K.N.Toosi University of Technology;
agarmrou@CougarNet.UH.EDU)
Sumaiya Tasnim Prapti (PhD student)
Undergraduate Students
- Alex Gonzalez
- Alina Abdulhussein
- Robert Ozaeta
- Madeleine Coley
- Jasica Patel
- Halimat Ilesanmi
- Omar Khalil
- Fiza Ahmed
- Mishkat Ragab
- Reem Abi Rafeh
Alumni
Chang Liu (Postdoc, 04/2023-08/2025)
Alejandro Rivera Ruiz (MS student, FY 24-26)
Katie Yin(BME Undergraduate, FY 25-26)
Anna Shanar (BME Undergraduate, FY 25-26)
Emmanuella Loyaly (CWS student, FY 25-26)
Israa Awad (MS student, FY 25-26)
Timothy Atobatele (BME Undergraduate, FY 25-26)
Santiago Munoz Alvarez (BME Undergraduate, FY 25-26)
Abigail Janvier(BME Undergraduate, FY 25-26)
Benjamin Aagard (Capstone team, FY 25-26)
Jose A. Onate (Capstone team, FY 25-26)
Munise Z. Yilmaz (Capstone team, FY 25-26)
Angela Joy Tungpalan (Capstone team, FY 25-26)
Sanghamitra Thulasidas (BME Undergraduate, FY 24)
Manuel Castillo (BME Undergraduate, FY 24)
Ali-Rayhaan Soonasra (Capstone team, FY 24-25)
Orion R Lucero (Capstone team, FY 24-25)
Cullen Domingue (Capstone team, FY 24-25)
Connor Affeld (Capstone team, FY 24-25)
Alan Nguyen (Capstone team, FY 23-24)
Dani George (Capstone team, FY 23-24)
Rogelio Castilla (Capstone team, FY 23-24)
Diya Krishnan (BME Undergraduate)
Patrick Macasaet (BME Undergraduate)
Sean Aagard (BME Undergraduate)
Abel Aguirre (BME Undergraduate)
Jason R Beveridge (ME Undergraduate)
Keya Malladi (BME Undergraduate)
Gabriela Lafuente (BME Undergraduate)
Christopher Rogel (Medical student)
Isabella Martingano (Medical student)
Dania Fayad (Medical student)
Wahab Tariq (Medical student)
Cameron Cooper (Medical student)
Cullen Domingue (Undergraduate)
Raed Mohammed (Undergraduate)
Dani George (Undergraduate)
Hector Olave (Undergraduate)
Steve Weldenchel (Undergraduate)
Kristi Lam (Undergraduate)
Malaya Travis (High school)
Ricardo Ramirez (High school)
Shadiamon Lewis (High school)