Delphine Dean

Delphine Dean

Biography

Dr. Delphine Dean is the Gregg-Graniteville Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Clemson University. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and started her faculty position at Clemson in January 2007. Her lab leads a wide range of studies focused on understanding mechanics and interactions of biological systems across length scales. Her expertise is in nano- to micro-scale characterization of biological tissues including experimental techniques such as atomic force microscopy and mathematical modeling such as finite element analysis. She is the recipient of the 2011 Phil and Mary Bradley Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry for her work in mentoring undergraduates at Clemson, where she currently mentors 12 undergraduate creative inquiry research and design teams. These multi-year undergraduate project teams have focused on several areas including the redesign of medical training simulators, investigating the use of robotics for solving biomedical problems, and developing medical technology for the resource poor countries. Working with collaborators in country, her students have created new sustainable technological solutions for Tanzanian clinical settings. The teams have been recognized with several awards, including most recently 2014 Lemelson-MIT Undergraduate Cure-It prize.