NSF Research Traineeship (NRT)
Independent Advisory Board
Human Centered Design and Manufacturing
The Independent Advisory Board (IAB) is formed by external experts from medical community, engineering community and industry leaders. The role of the IAB is to provide unbiased feedback to the NRT team and assist NRT team to achieve a maximum outcome.
The IAB consists of:
Theodore Abraham, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California San Fransisco,
Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, M. Lowell Edwards Professor of Cardiology, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Bahareh Behkam, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Michael Moreno, PhD, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Director of Innovation for Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University
Russ Yelton, President and CEO of Yelton and Associates, LLC and Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees at AZAdvances
Elah Bozog-Grayeli, PhD, Engineering Technical Manager, Intel Corporation