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Ghodssi Named to New Clark School Research and Innovation Position

Fischell Institute Fellow Reza Ghodssi (ECEISR) has been named the inaugural Executive Director of Research and Innovation for the Clark School of Engineering at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland. The announcement was made by Clark School Dean and Nariman Farvardin Professor Samuel Graham, Jr., on Aug. 18.

Ghodssi, the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Director of the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, began his new position on Sept. 1, 2022.

In this role, Ghodssi will lead the Clark School’s activities in Southern Maryland, initiating new state- and federally-funded research activities; creating partnerships with academic institutions, industry, and federal agencies; and developing outreach programs with the local community. 

“Our technological resources and our great team in Southern Maryland will make so many exciting projects possible,” Ghodssi said. “I am excited to work with everyone in this new capacity.”
 

Learn more about Dr. Ghodssi's new role

New Research Could Improve Post-Operative Patient Outcomes

Fischell Fellow Peter Kofinas (ChBE) aims to explore the efficacy of new site-specific and sprayable, polymer-based adhesives to help reduce the severity of adhesions and improve post-operative outcomes for patients receiving abdominal and heart and lung surgeries.

The research will be supported by a newly awarded four-year, $1.6 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, and done in collaboration with Dr. Anthony Sandler, Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Joseph E. Robert Jr., Center for Surgical Care at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

“The synthetic surgical sealant we are aiming to develop can be more accurately delivered using solution blow spinning, a type of a fiber fabrication process, which yields an identifiable fiber mat on the target organ with an anti-adhesions functionality,” explained Kofinas. He adds that additional strategies could also include gel-based materials designed to sustain the shearing forces of perpetually shifting organs in the body, as well as the delivery of anti-inflammatory and hemostatic therapeutics targeting non-physical pathways.
 

Learn more about Dr. Kofinas's work

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