Michelle L. Oyen, Ph.D

Michelle L. Oyen, Ph.D.

home: 2661 Rhinestone Drive | Winterville, NC, 28590 (434) 284-1834 | [email protected] | @michelleoyen

Employment

8/2018 – present Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, East Carolina University

9/2017 – 5/2019 Editor-in-Chief, Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications

10/2013 – 04/2018 University Reader in Bioengineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department

10/2012 – 04/2018 Fellow, Homerton College Cambridge

10/2006 – 9/2013 University Lecturer in Mechanics of Biological Materials, Cambridge University Engineering Department

1/2007 – 9/2011 Fellow, Sidney Sussex College Cambridge

7/2005 – 7/2006 Research Scientist, Center for Applied Biomechanics Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia

9/2002 – 6/2005 Research Assistant, University of Minnesota

11/2001 – 5/2002 Research Scientist, Hysitron, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

8/1998 – 6/2001 Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Minnesota

10/1997 – 7/1998 Research Consultant, Advanced BioSurfaces (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

8/1996 – 7/1997 Research Assistant, Michigan State University

Education

July, 2010 M.A. University of Cambridge June, 2005 Ph.D. Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics University of Minnesota December, 1998 M.S. Engineering Mechanics, Michigan State University May, 1996 B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan State University

M. Oyen brief CV 9/12/2019 page 1 of 4 Research and Supervision • 1 current and 5 past Post-doctoral Researchers Supervised • 16 past PhD Students Supervised • 3 current and 22 past Master’s Students Supervised • 2 current and 7 past Undergraduate Research Students Supervised • 18 Student (Master’s and PhD) Prizes • 89 Invited Lectures Delivered • 104 Journal Articles and 7 Book Chapters Published (publication details at Google Scholar or ORCID)

Student Awards

East Carolina University • Research and Creative Achievement Week 2019, Best Oral Presentation Master’s level, Engineering/Technology, Jacob Ludwick. Cambridge University • National Research Council of Thailand Dissertation Award in Biomaterials Engineering – Excellent Level, Khaow Tonsomboon, 2019. • DePuy Best Postgraduate Medical Engineering Project, Institution of Mechanical Engin- eers (London), Romina Plitman Mayo, 2018. • SET for Britain Finalist,

– Yassen Abbas, 2017 – Jenna Shapiro, 2014 – Khaow Tonsomboon, 2013.

• Best Oral Presentation Award, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical En- gineering, Tel Aviv, Romina Plitman Mayo, 2016. • Best Research Image, U.S. National Institutes of Health, USA, Romina Plitman Mayo, 2016. • Trainee Award, World Biomaterials Congress, Montreal, Giovanni Oﬀeddu, 2016. • YW Loke New Investigator Travel Award, IFPA, Paris, Romina Plitman Mayo, 2014. • Cambridge Engineering Photo Competition Head of Department Prize, Khaow Tonsom- boon, 2013. • St. Catherine’s College Cambridge Research Prize, Ching Theng Koh, 2012. • Cambridge Engineering Photo Competition SEM Prize, Ching Theng Koh, 2012. • Cambridge University Nanoscience Doctoral Training Centre Associateship,

M. Oyen brief CV 9/12/2019 page 2 of 4 Personal Awards

• Best Lecturer Award, 2nd year undergraduates, Cambridge Engineering, 2017.

• University of Cambridge Public Engagement and Outreach ﬁnalist, 2016.

• National Research Council (USA) Post-doctoral fellowship, 2006 (declined).

• Materials Research Society Trophy Award for Best Proceedings Paper, 2005.

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Bioengineering Division Student Paper Contest, 2nd Place, 2004.

• Society for Experimental Mechanics Student Paper Contest 3rd Place, 2001.

• National Science Foundation (USA) Graduate Research Fellowship, Spring, 1996.

• Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Awards, 1995 and 1996.

• Michigan State University College of Engineering Academic Achievement Awards, 1994, 1995, 1996.

Public Engagement and Outreach Lectures, Panels, and Broadcast • Reflections as a Woman in STEM, Society of Women Engineers fundraising gala, ECU- ECHI, April 2019. • Radio/Podcast Interview, The Naked Scientists, Eggshells, bones and the buildings of tomorrow, September 2018, The Naked Scientists • Participant, Science Foo, Googleplex, Palo Alto, CA, 22 – 24 June 2018. • Film Clip, The future of medicine, Cambridge University, October 2017, YouTube • Film Clip, The Hay Levels (career support for high school students), June 2017, YouTube • Lecture, Cambridge Series: Re-thinking engineering with inspiration from nature, The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales, 4 June 2017. • Film Clip, mega.online, Biological building blocks, May 2017, mega.online • Lecture and Film Clip, Reducing our carbon footprint by listening to nature, TEDx Cam- bridge University, 11 February 2017, YouTube. • Panelist, Championing success and avoiding the echo chamber, Women in STEM Spotlight, Digital Science, London, UK, 6 October 2016. • Participant, Science Foo, Googleplex, Palo Alto, CA, 22 – 24 July 2016. • Lecture, Biomimetic materials: Re-thinking how we build stuff, Cambridge Science Fest- ival, 9 March 2016. • Panelist, Staying in science and doing science communication, how to have your cake and eat it too, Spot On London, 9 September 2013. • Documentary Segment, NOVA (US)/Channel 4 (UK), Zeppelin Terror Attack, filmed 2012, aired 2013 – 4. • Documentary Segment, Operation Ouch, CBBC/Maverick Productions, first aired Au- tumn, 2012. BBC • Film Clip, How can robots aid scientific research? with Google and Lego, for the Google Science Fair, March 2012. YouTube

M. Oyen brief CV 9/12/2019 page 3 of 4 • Lecture, Collagen: It’s everywhere! Hills Road 6th Form College, Cambridge, 18 October 2011. • Lecture, When engineers meet midwives: The mother as a pressure vessel, Cambridge University 800th Anniversary Alumni Weekend, Cambridge, 26 September 2009.

Articles Authored for a General Audience • Emmanuel College Alumni Magazine, Thomas Young: Polymath, bioengineer and inter- disciplinary pioneer, November 2017, emma.cam.ac.uk • The Conversation, Dreaming big with biomimetics: Could future buildings be made with bone and eggshells? 8 March 2016. The Conversation • The Royal Society Publishing blog, Thomas Young’s surprising contribution to biomechanics, 14 May 2015, royalsociety.org • The Conversation, Artiﬁcial whiskers could inspire future instruments to aid keyhole sur- gery 15 August 2015. The Conversation • The Conversation, Nature must remain at the heart of engineering solutions, 19 June 2014. The Conversation • The Conversation, Spider silk is a wonder of nature, but it’s not stronger than steel 5 June 2013. The Conversation • Nature.com, Guest blog post on academic mentoring, June 2012. nature.com

Featured in Articles by Others • Lab Proﬁle, Materials Today, Spring 2019. Materials Today • Web Feature, I am not a Woman in Science. I am a Scientist. March 2019. Hindawi Blog • Newspaper Feature, Miscarriage research: The bioengineers taking a fresh look at preg- nancy, The Guardian, 10 November 2017, theguardian.com • Proﬁle, Body works, CAM (Cambridge Alumni Magazine), March 2017, issuu.com • Web Feature, Biomimicry, The Long and Short, 22 June 2016, thelongandshort.org • Newspaper Feature, Seashells or spider silk: How nature could transform the structure of cities, The Guardian, 8 March 2016, theguardian.com • Web Feature, Swapping steel and concrete for buildings of bone, The Memo, 7 March 2016, thememo.com • Magazine Feature, Playful prototyping, Wired UK, July 2012. Wired.co.uk

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