Graduate Student
PhD
University of Minnesota, Mechanical Engineering (2023)
MS
University of Minnesota , Biomedical Engineering (2017)
BS
University of Minnesota, Biomedical Engineering (2016)
Biosketch
Jay received his M.S. and B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2016 and 2017. In his undergraduate study, he worked at the UMN Medical Device Innovation Center to develop a pressure sensing interface for paralyzed patients to prevent pressure ulcers. Having begun his research in the Biosensing and Biorobotics Laboratory as an undergraduate in 2014, he is now focused on his Ph.D. work which involves developing open-source desktop-fabricated neural sensing technology for multi-regional brain signal mapping.
Publications
Leila Ghanbari, Russell E Carter, Mathew L Rynes, Judith Dominguez, Gang Chen, Anant Naik, Jia Hu, Md Abdul Kader Sagar, Lenora Haltom, Nahom Mossazghi, Madelyn M Gray, Sarah L West, Kevin W Eliceiri, Timothy J Ebner, Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah, (2019). Cortex-wide neural interfacing via transparent polymer skulls. Nature Communications.
Leila Ghanbari*, Mathew L Rynes*, Jai Hu, Daniel Sousa Schulman, Gregory W Johnson, Michael Laroque, Gabriella M Shull, Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah, (2019). Craniobot: A computer numerical controlled robot for cranial microsurgeries. Scientific Reports. *Equal Contribution
Gabriella Shull, Jia Hu, Justin Buschnyj, Henry Koon, Julianna Abel, Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah, (2018). Shape memory alloy actuatable woven neural probes. ASME 2018 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems.
HOnors and awards
2018 Best Student Hardware Competition Finalist, ASME SMASIS
2018 Medical Device Competition, Minnovation Challenge 2nd Place