Principal Investigator
Holly McIlwee Golecki, PhD
Teaching Assistant Professor,
Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dept of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Associate, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
PhD, Engineering Sciences (Bioengineering), Harvard University
MS, Engineering Sciences, Harvard University
MS, Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University
BS, Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University
Graduates Research Assistants
Sandra Edward
PhD Student in Mechanical Eng
Athanacia Papoutsis
MEng Student in Bioengineering
Na-Teng (Nathan) Hung
MEng Student in Robotics and Autonomy
Drashti Sikligar,
MEng Student in Bioengineering
Kory Keough
MS Student in Statistics
Vishakh Shewalkar
MEng Student in Robotics and Autonomy
Undergraduates Research Assistants
Samuil Donchev Computer Science
Lucy Cinnamon
Bioengineering
Elizabeth McNeela
Bioengineering
Mayura Kulkarni
Electrical Engineering
Jorge Jimenez
Mechanical Engineering
Jaylynn Kim
Mechanical Engineering
Dominique Kisantear
David Medina Computer Engineering
Naomi Miranda
Aerospace Engineering
Charmaine Nieves Mechanical Engineering
Thomas Tran
Bioengineering
Jason Robinson
Bioengineering
Trisha Patnaik
Bioengineering and Computer Science
David Wilcoski
Bioengineering
Asaiah Rock
Mechanical Engineering
Katelynn Ohk
Mechanical Engineering
Tyler Smart
Computer Engineering
Arshveer Sachdeva
Bioengineering
Jacqueline Arroyo, Aerospace Engineering
Justin Aves, Systems Engineering
Daniella Chapman-Rienstra, Bioengineering
Aasiyah Adnan, Bioengineering
UIUC Undergraduate Students
2022 Spring: Adia Radecka (EE), Alyssa Bradshaw (EE), Omolola Okesanjo (EE), Maya Grant (MechSE)
2021 Fall: Samuil Donchev (CS), Adia Radecka (EE), Alyssa Bradshaw (EE)
2021 Spring: Adia Radecka (EE), Alyssa Bradshaw (EE)
2020 Fall: Noe Cervantes, Adia Radecka (EE), Alyssa Bradshaw (EE)
2019 Spring: Adia Radecka (EE), Alyssa Bradshaw (EE), Javier Cardenas (EE), Umang Kalaria (CE)
Lab Alumni
Sara Lamer, now at University of Kentucky
Raefa Malik, BS '22 now at Stanford University
Hannah Harris, MEng '22 now at Kimberly Clark
Ilalee Harrison James, MBA '22
Linda Nguessan, UIUC '22 now at PepsiCo
Sum Lau, Visiting BS Student, University of Hong Kong
Steve Nystrom, Teacher, Arlington Tech High School, Arlington, VA
Finley Odar, High School Student, Arlington Tech, Arlington, VA
Theodore Varona, High School Student, Arlington Tech, Arlington, VA