Swadeel Gaad

I was born in Goa, India. I moved to Clemson to pursue my Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with Intelligent systems as my focus area. I have developed algorithms and tools for underwater image processing towards the completion of my bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication at Goa College of Engineering. I have worked with robotics and Internet of things in my undergrad. I helped in developing “Bolt” which is an internet of things platform that helps you to control any household devices with your cell-phone or laptop over the internet. Currently I am working in collaboration with the Bioengineering department under Dr. Sarah Harcum and Electrical and Computer Engineering department under Dr. Richard Groff to develop adaptive control system for fast and stable growth for recombinant CHO cells.

Timothy Lindquist

I was born in Morristown, NJ, and graduated from Clemson University with a BS in Bioengineering in May of 2018. After taking Dr. Harcum’s Biopharmacuetical Engineering course, I was interested to learn more about the upstream processes for the development of biologics, and began conducting undergraduate research in her lab. In the summer of 2018, I had an internship at Pfizer, where I worked in an analytical research and development oncology group optimizing reduction kinetics for antibody drug conjugates. For my MS project, I will be working with CHO cell process development. In my free time, I enjoy fishing, playing the drums/ piano, and attending Clemson football games.

Shahin Lashkari

I got my bachelor’s from Amirkabir University of Technology and my master’s from Sharif University of Technology both in mechanical engineering. Then I came to Clemson University to continue my studies. While studying at Clemson University, I became fascinated with interdisciplinary fields of research such as applying control concepts in bioengineering. I joined the team of graduate students supervised by Dr. Harcum and Dr. Groff from bioengineering and electrical engineering departments. My research is designing a controller which can set the appropriate feed rate based on the metabolic state of E. coli bacteria. By designing a robust metabolic state detector which can detect whether the cells are in oxidative or overflow state, the controller can increase or decrease the feed rate based on the response of the cells. The controller maintains the cells close to the boundary of oxidative and overflow (BOOM) states, which assures the efficient growth for the cells before and after the induction.

Daniel Infante

I was born in Bogota, Colombia, and lived there until I was seven years old. I then moved to the United States and lived in Baltimore, MD, for a couple months before settling in Atlanta, GA, where I grew up. I received my BS in Bioengineering with a biomaterials concentration from Clemson University in May 2017. My undergraduate research involved investigating the structural degradation and calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves. For my MS project, I will be working with E. Coli and how a particular strain responds to different feeding methods.