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Saeedur Rahman

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering
MSME ’21 – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
BSME ’15 – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
saeedur2@illinois.edu

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Recent Publications

For all publications, please refer to Saeedur Rahman’s Google Scholar

  • Mind in vitro platforms: versatile, scalable, robust, and open solutions to interfacing with living neurons (Advanced Science, 2024)
  • Synapses without tension fail to fire in an in vitro network of hippocampal neurons (PNAS, 2023)
  • Engineering 3D neuronal networks with directional endogenous neuronal plasticity pathways (bioRxiv, 2023)

Recent Posts

  • Saif honored by Grainger Engineering for career of prominenceApril 17, 2025
  • Saif aims to improve efficacy of pancreatic cancer treatmentFebruary 15, 2025
  • New Publication: A multifunctional sensor for cell traction force, matrix remodeling and biomechanical assays in self-assembled 3D tissues in vitroJanuary 26, 2025
  • Three from MechSE selected to inaugural cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub ChicagoAugust 10, 2024
  • Saif elected to National Academy of EngineeringFebruary 10, 2024

Saif Lab

2210 Mechanical Engineering Lab

105 S. Mathews Ave

Urbana, Illinois 61801

Email: saif@illinois.edu

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