Author: Aldrich,Jessica Lee

After spending the last year completing the tenure process, Dr. Sharma officially received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in June 2020. The long tenure process requires a recommendation by the department, review by the Board of Trustees, and approval from the Dean. Congratulations to Dr. Sharma for reaching this milestone! The Sharma lab will…

Amidst the work from home mandate, Tolu was able to give her qualifying exam presentation over Zoom in May 2020. Her presentation was titled “Application of Imaging Techniques and Animal Models to Advance Nanoparticle Technologies for Osteoarthritis.” Having just completed her 2nd year as a PhD student, Tolu has continued her research using the NIKI…

Congratulations to Shree Kumar for receiving the 2020-2021 Tau Beta Pi Fellowship Award. Having been a part of Tau Beta Pi since 2017, Shree has enjoyed the opportunity to mentor junior engineering students. She has served as Vice President of Electees for four semesters and Vice President for two semesters. Tau Beta Pi is an…

In May 2020, Dr. Sharma was named as the recipient of the Pramod Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award of Excellence! The award is given by the College Tenure and Promotion Committee and recognizes a tenure candidate who best reflects leadership attributes exhibited by the former UF Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Khargonekar. For more…

Jessica Hornyak, a long time member of the Sharma lab, successfully completed her bachelors degree and graduated in Spring 2020. During her time in the Sharma lab, Jessica worked with Dr. Shannon Brown on the further development of a Non-Invasive Knee Injury (NIKI) device. She assisted Dr. Brown in modifying the device to develop a…

Undergraduate researcher, Tiffany Conklin was selected as a part of the 2020 University Scholars Program. This prestigious award is given to 200 undergraduate students across all disciplines at UF. Those selected are paired with faculty mentors to complete a research project throughout the year. Students who receive the award are expected to present at the…

In February, Dr. Sharma and several members of the lab attended the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ. While at the meeting, Tolulope Ajayi gave a podium presentation entitled “Modeling Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Through NonInvasive ACL Rupture in Rats.” This project was completed by lab alumni Shannon Brown in collaboration with lab members…

In January 2020, Dr. Sharma was awarded the Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Fellowship along with colleagues Dr. Edward Phelps and Dr. Parisa Rashidi. This fellowship was established to recognize junior faculty for excellence in teaching and research as evidenced by teaching evaluations, research mentorship, and external research recognitions. A big congratulations to Dr. Sharma for…