b"Brenda Uchechi Okereke North Plainfield, New JerseyB.S., Rutgers UniversityMammary Epithelial Cell Derived Extracellular Vesicles Influence Tumorigenic Phenotype Suppression In HER2-Positive Breast Cancer CellsAdvised by Dr. Brian BoothBrenda was awarded the competitive Call Me Doctor Fellowship and a Graduate Diversity Doctoral Fellowship, She has presented her research at numerous conferences. She mentored 13 undergraduate and graduate students over four years, participated in two industry summer internships and has two manuscripts in preparation. She also obtained a certificate in Venture Finance from UC Berkeley as a full life science scholarship recipient.Megan Elise Pitz Oak Ridge, TennesseeB.S., University of Tennessee KnoxvilleLocally Injectable Peptide Hydrogel for Conversion of Temozolomide and Codelivery of siRNA in Glioblastoma Multiforme TreatmentAdvised by Dr. Angela Alexander-BryantMegan is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and has four peer-reviewed publications, with another three under review. She received the Outstanding Leadership in Bioengineering award in 2021 and 2nd place in the 2023 3-Minute Thesis competition. She will be pursuing science policy and communication in Washington, D.C.Simar Preet Singh .Collierville, TennesseeB.S., University of Tennessee ChattanoogaDevelopment of Advanced Simulator-Based Metrics for Suturing Skills Assessment and FeedbackAdvised by Dr. Joseph SingapoguSimar has two peer reviewed publications with four under review and has received his department's 2023 Mikhail Bredikhin Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.Shuchun Sun Rizhao, ChinaM.S., Tufts University; B.Eng., Tianjin University of Science and TechnologyIdentifying Temporomandibular Disorder Morphological Risk Factors via Explainable Deep Learning and Multiscale Biomechanical ModelingAdvised by Dr. Hai YaoShuchunreceived first place in the Ph.D. category at the 2022 Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine's Scholar Day and won the Interprofessional Collaboration Research Award at the 2022 MUSC Annual Research Day. With four publications to date, Shuchun is looking forward to a career in academia, focusing on collaborative research.Chemical EngineeringSalman Bin Kashif Sherkot, IndiaB.Tech.,Aligarh Muslim University, India; M.S., Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MalaysiaFouling Mechanisms and Selectivity of Polyamide Membranes: Insights from Molecular SimulationsAdvised by Dr. Eric Davis and Dr. Sapna Sarupria25"