Research Project Highlight for January:  Modular Wound Therapy System (mWTS)

The overall goal of this project is to develop a wireless surface electrical stimulation system (mWTS) combining the use of advanced materials, fabrication techniques and design together with a simple, user-friendly communication interface in a novel medical device costing less than $100. It consists of a flexible substrate, battery, and custom integrated circuitry integrated into a conforming occlusive dressing.. --click to read more

APT Center congratulates Dr. Kath Bogie on receipt of her third VA Merit Review

Dr. Kath Bogie is currently a Principal Investigator and Senior Research Scientist in the Advanced Platform Technology Research Center of Excellence at the Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (LSDVAMC) in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Bogie completed her undergraduate degree in Metals and Materials Technology at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in Manchester, United Kingdom. She completed her Doctoral studies at the University of Oxford in Oxford, UK in Biomedical Engineering.  There, she examined the progressive changes and pressure sore prevention in the spinal cord injured subject. For her post-doctoral work, Dr. Bogie joined the laboratory of Ronald Triolo, PhD at Case Western Reserve University as a research associate.
 
Dr. Bogie's primary research interests are the prevention and treatment of chronic and acute wounds.
 
Dr. Bogie's Merit Review Award from the VA is entitled "Determination of physiological mechanisms for electrical wound therapy". With her work Dr. Bogie will endeavor to determine the physiological mechanisms for effective electrotherapy to provide complete healing of ischemic wounds and to use these findings to provide the preclinical data needed for rapid implementation in veterans with chronic non-healing wounds. In addition, she will work to use her model to validate the primary hypothesis that electrotherapy promotes closure of ischemic wounds through promotion of angiogenesis.  We wish her every success over the next three years with her study!

APT Center welcomes Dr. Steven J. Eppell to the APT Center.

Dr. Eppell received his B.A. in Physics from Carleton College and his Ph.D. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1984 and 1991, respectively. From 1995 to 1996, he was a consultant to Nyma Corporation at NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University as a Research Associate in 1991 and subsequently as Assistant Professor in 1997. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2004, and holds an additional appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery since 2007.
 
Professor Eppell is known for his research interests in the areas of 1) fabrication and analysis of self-assembling biomimetic nanocomposites, 2) atomic force microscopy of molecules, molecular assemblies and skeletal tissue cell membranes, 3) high speed-high resolution near-surface force field mapping and 4) cellular biomechanics and will become an asset to the APT Center in these areas. He has been nominated for and won multiple awards for excellence in teaching at Case Western Reserve University at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.