Our Team

Dr. Buket D. Barkana

The Margaret F. Donovan Chair for Women in Engineering
Associate Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Akron
ASEC 373B | Akron, OH 44325-0302

Phone: 330-972-4320
Email: bbarkana@uakron.edu

Bayan Ahmad

Biomedical Engineering  Graduate Student (2023 – present)

Email: ba82@uakron.edu

Maria Leyba Mesa

Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student (2024 – present)

Email: mvl16@uakron.edu

Kaden Carpenter

Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2024 – present)

Email: kcc66@uakron.edu

Rae Brimm

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2024 – present)

Email: rab218@uakron.edu

Elijah Ray

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2024 – present)

Email: emr115@uakron.edu

Pictured from left to right: Maria, Bayan, Dr. Barkana, Rae. Missing: Kaden and Eli

Alumni

Erin Keller

Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2023 – 2024)

Collaborators

Dr. Wondimu Ahmad

LJFF School of Edu​cation, The University of Akron

Kristen Crish, Ed.D., CCC-SLP

School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, The University of Akron