Tulane graduates selected for National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program

( Picture taken before COVID-19).< img src=" https://news.tulane.edu/sites/news/files/Noshir-PesikaandShafin-Khan_1280.jpg" width=" 1280" height=" 720 "alt =" Noshir-PesikaandShafin-Khan_1280. jpg" title=" Noshir-PesikaandShafin-Khan_1280. jpg "> Noshir Pesika, chemical and biomolecular engineering associate professor, who served as the technical lead and Shafin Khan, licensing partner at Tulane’s Office of Innovation Transfer, who mentored the group. Alexander B. Simon and Alexander D. Wise, both current graduates from Tulane’s chemical and biomolecular engineering program, took part in the National Science Foundation Development Corps, or NSF I-Corps, program this

past summertime. Their team, Articular Solutions, included Noshir Pesika, chemical and biomolecular engineering associate teacher, who functioned as the technical lead and Shafin Khan, licensing partner at Tulane’s Office of Innovation Transfer, who mentored the group. The goal of the NSF I-Corps program is to offer scientists the chance to build upon fundamental research in a way that helps with the development of innovations, items, and processes to benefit society.

< img alt =" Portraits of Noshir Pesika and Shafin Khan" src =" https://news.tulane.edu/sites/news/files/Noshir-Pesika_Shafin-Khan_600.jpg "> Noshir Pesika, chemical and biomolecular engineering partner professor, who worked as the technical lead and Shafin Khan, licensing associate at Tulane’s Office of Innovation Transfer, who mentored the team. The NSF I-Corps award supplied the team the chance to perform client discovery research study by interviewing potential clients, industry specialists, and other stakeholders to guarantee that the group’s product will provide unmet market needs. The team is developing a synthetic biomimetic knee meniscus that would offer young patients with meniscus injuries an option to an overall knee replacement.

” Carrying out high-impact athletic activities puts young clients with previous meniscus surgeries at the risk of requiring a total knee replacement within five to 10 years of their initial surgical treatment,” Simon stated.

” This is not a problem for older patients; however, young and active clients are forced to considerably adapt their way of life to accommodate their harmed knees,” Wise said.

Aside from lowering activity, there is no offered solution to bridge the gap in between meniscectomies and overall knee replacements in a young active client.

” Our synthetic meniscus is inspired by the lubrication system of natural articular cartilage. In the existence of an aqueous fluid, such as synovial fluid, the polymer-based synthetic meniscus supplies similar lubricity to natural cartilage,” Pesika stated.

Simon and Wise will continue to operate in the Pesika Laboratory to establish a minimum feasible item with the goal to eventually build a startup company around their innovation.

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