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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
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Bayan Ahmad
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student (2023 – present)
Email: ba82@uakron.edu
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Maria Leyba Mesa
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student (2024 – present)
Email: mvl16@uakron.edu
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Kaden Carpenter
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2024 – present)
Email: kcc66@uakron.edu
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Rae Brimm
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2024 – present)
Email: rab218@uakron.edu
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Elijah Ray
Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Student (2024 – present)
Email: emr115@uakron.edu
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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