About Me
Hema graduated from University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Bioengineering in December 2013. She worked on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Cartilage Tissue Engineering projects at her undergraduate institution. As part of her senior design project under Dr. Alison Marsden, she made contributions to creating a diagnostic tool for thrombosis prediction in Kawasaki Disease patients using fluid flow simulations in the coronary arteries. She was involved in research at the Cartilage Tissue Engineering Laboratory under Dr. Robert Sah to study the mechanical properties of human knee cartilage and investigate the differences between normal and osteoarthritic cartilage. In addition to academic research she took an active part in campus organizations such as Engineering World Health and Society of Women Engineers. She gained experience in the applications of research through industry internships at Genentech Inc., Oceanside (CA) and Biological Dynamics Inc., San Diego (CA). She decided to pursue a PhD in Bioengineering and joined the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory to work under Dr. Heath Henninger studying biomechanics and kinematics of the human shoulder. She is currently involved in the dynamic shoulder scapula simulator project.