Broadly, Dr. Derick Okwan lab’s primary interest is to understand how and why the immune system contributes to nearly all chronic diseases. The immune system of the modern human has evolved from a history of stress to the species: famines, continual bouts of lethal pandemics, as well as major climate/environmental and migratory changes that exposed the immune system to novel threats.
Dr. Derek Amanatullah specializes in hip and knee replacements for individuals with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis and avascular necrosis. He also performs revision surgeries of knee and hip implants with problems.
Dr. Amanatullah's group works in novel approaches to diagnosing and treating implant associated infections, focusing on antibiotic independent or synergistic methods.
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Annelise Barron
Talk Title: Nanoscale Electrokinetic Transport of DNA in Pressure-Driven Flow
Event: ITP 2010, 17th International Symposium on Capillary Electroseparation Techniques
Awarded in 2021
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Steve Collins (Mechanical Engineering), Nicholas Giori (Orthopaedic Surgery), and Scott Delp (Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering)
