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RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Kimberly Ann Griswold
E-mail: kag7@njit.edu
Advisor: Dr. Michael Jaffe
Academic Background:
- PhD Candidate: Materials Science and Engineering - NJIT
- Certificate in Pharmaceutical Engineering - NJIT
- MS: Biomedical Engineering - NJIT
- BS: Biomedical Engineering, Concentration Optics, Pre-med University of Rochester
Memberships:
- 2004 Member of New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
Awards:
- 2003 PreIOP Scholarship
- 2003 Honorary citizen of Kyungjoo City, Korea
- 2002 - 2003 Provost Fellowship
- 2002 - 2003 NJIT Biomedical Engineering Scholarship
- 2002 NJIT Athletic Scholarship
Research Interests:
Nanoscale Drug Delivery, Dental Composites, Elecstrospinning
Current Research Work:
Kimberly is working on elecstrospinning of polylactides and glycolides for drug delivery systems for glioblastoma multiforme.
Methods used in Experiments: FTIR, SEM, DSC, TGA, HPLC, degradation studies and many more apparatus used for the experiments.
Previous Research Work:
2002 Senior Optics Design Project: Multiple Exposure Holography
Transmission Holography using PFG-01M Plates (silver halide emulsion) illuminated by horizontally polarized Helium Neon laser source
Publications:
- 2004 Applications for Electrospinning: Tissue engineered scaffolds and Drug Delivery Systems
- 2004 Thesis Title: Characterization of Electrospun DLPLGA Nanofibers for a Drug Delivery System for Intracranial Tumors and AVMs
Updated on January 3, 2006