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Using Microbubbles to Improve Ultrasound Images and Drug Therapy
February 1, 2023
Dr. Sarkar, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and head of the Rheology, Biofluids and Ultrasonics Lab in GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, is researching injecting microbubbles into a patient’s bloodstream to enhance the contrast of ultrasound images.
Dr. Lorena Barba featured in Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria's "Vidas Sansanas en el Mundo"
February 1, 2023
This video series follows university alumni who have made their life and career abroad.
C-BIG Could Make a BIG Impact at SEAS
December 12, 2022
Carles Corbella, a researcher from the GW Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been working on a new research line known as Coatings and Biomaterials meet Ionized Gases (C-BIG).