REU work published

As a rising senior, Sarina Kay ('01 B.S. BIOS) was selected to participate in a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in bioengineering at Purdue University. Her research project focused on orthopedic implant material. The program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

"For 10 weeks, I worked 14-hour days, she observed. "It was a challenge, but I loved it." The hard work paid off. Kay's paper, "Nanostructured Polymer: Nanophase Ceramic Composites Enhance Osteoblast and Chondrocyte Adhesion," was published in Tissue Engineering. She was also invited to present her research at the 2002 Society for Biomaterials conference this spring, and received the first place award in undergraduate research by the orthopedic tissue engineering special interest group of the Society. She'll begin her graduate work at Tulane this fall.