Latest Lab News:
NASA Grant Awarded (11/2023)
Dr. Anthony Lau serves as the Principal Investigator on awarded NASA grant for his research proposal titled
“Effects of Acute and Protracted Proton Radiation on Bone Strength”.
This study investigates relationship between bone health changes and cognitive deficits in rats exposed to acute and protracted proton radiation.
NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions
NASA Grant Awarded (6/2021)
Dr. Anthony Lau serves as the Principal Investigator on awarded NASA grant for his research proposal titled
“Effects of Acute and Protracted Galactic Cosmic Radiation on Bone Strength”.
This study investigates relationship between bone health changes and cognitive deficits in rats exposed to acute and protracted space radiation.
NASA Award # 80NSSC21K1506
Left to Right: Calvin Okulicz (’21), Rosalie Connell (’21), Patricia Thomas (’21) and Anthony Lau. at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory at Brookhaven National Labs
2020 New Jersey Space Grant Consortium Academic Year Internship
Rosalie Connell, Chiebuka Okpara, and Calvin Okulicz were all awarded the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium Academic Year Internship for the 2020-21 academic year and are featured in a TCNJ web story linked here.
2020 NASA HRP Conference
Left to Right: R.J. Carpenter, Rosalie Connell, Benjamin Hezrony
Left to Right: R.J. Carpenter, Rosalie Connell, Chiebuka Okpara, Anthony Lau
Lab students R.J. Carpenter, Rosalie Connell, and Benjamin Hezrony all presented their respective research at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators Conference in Galveston, TX. (Link to studies?)
2019 BMES Conference
R.J. Carpenter – The Effects of Simulated Space Radiation on Bone Strength in Rats
Benjamin Hezrony – Combined Hind Limb Suspension and S-RANKL on Bone Strength in Mice by Finite Element Analysis: Effects of Anatomic Model Height
Rosalie Connell – Effects of Helium-4 Radiation on Bone Mechanics
Calvin Okulicz – Long Time Elastic Modulus of Rat Femurs Exposed to Radiation Using Microindentation
Patricia Thomas – The Effects of Head Only Radiation on the Hardness of Bone
From October 16-19, 2019, R.J. Carpenter, Benjamin Hezrony, Patricia Thomas, Rosalie Connell, and Calvin Okulicz all attended the Biomedical Engineering Society Conference held in Philadelphia. Each student presented their respective research from the past year at the undergraduate research poster presentations.
2019 NJ Space Grant Summer Research Fellowship Conference
Rosalie Connell – The Effects of Helium-4 Radiation on Bone Mechanics
Rosalie Connell presented her summer research at the 2019 NJ Space Grant Summer Research Fellowship Conference following the 2019 MUSE session at TCNJ.