1. Yage Ding
97 25th St
Troy, New York 12180
(518)-368-1645
chloedingy2@gmail.com
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Bachelor of Science Engineering in Biomedical Engineering (Material concentration)
Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering
2013 - 2017
Senior status, anticipated date of graduation: Spring 2017
3.78 GPA
Relevant Coursework
BioScience
• Introduction to Biology
• Introduction to Cell and Molecular
Biology
• Advanced Molecular Biology
• Developmental Biology (Spring 2017)
Material Science
• Materials Science for Engineering
• Biomaterials Science and Engineering
• Introduction to Polymers
• Structure of Engineering Materials
(Spring 2017)
• Nanostructured Materials (Spring 2017)
• Biology in Material Science (Spring
2017)
Research Experiences
Nucleic Acid Programming Lab — DNA Origami in Targeted Drug Delivery
• Summer 2016
• Responsibility: Producing scaffold DNA, express ligand protein in bacteria and harvest them,
and ligand-scaffold self-assembly
Vascular Bioengineering Lab — Molecular Arterial Marker Regulation
• Summer and Fall 2016
• Responsibility: Virus transfection, constructing dosage curve, assess downstream effect by an
arterial marker up-regulation
2. BME (biomedical engineering) Lab — Effect of Concentration of Chitosan in an
Agarose-Chitosan-Methylcellulose Hydrogel on Mouse Fibroblast Growth
• Fall 2015
• An optimal hydrogel composition was selected based on literature search, and an experiment
was designed and conducted to test the effect of chitosan concentration in an hydrogel on cell
attachment and proliferation.
BME Senior Design — Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Device
• Spring 2016
• This device sends electric signals down peripheral nerves (focus of this project is vagus nerve)
at certain frequency and intensity to achieve the outcome of pain relief.
• Responsibility: Design of the nerve interface (method of attaching electrodes to nerve tissue),
Material selection of subsystems.
Introduction to Engineering Design Project — Virtual Environment Response Device
(VERD)
• Fall 2014
• VERD is a hand-worn accompaniment to virtual reality that generates feedback when grasping
virtual objects.
• Responsibility: Material selection of all subsystems, mechanics of grasping mechanism, and
assembly of subsystems.
Teaching Experience
Volunteer Teacher in Anhui, China
• Summer 2014 and Summer 2015
• Responsibility: Teach elementary level math courses, and fund raise through internet for left
behind children
Skills
Programming and Software
• Minitab: Advanced
• Python: Advanced
• Siemens NX: Advanced
• R Language: Advanced
• Microsoft Office: Advanced
• Matlab: Intermediate
• SOLIDWORKS: Intermediate
Lab Techniques
• 2D cell culture
• Bacteria culture
• Virus transfection
• French pressure cell press
• Wound healing assay
• Protein elution
• Co-immunoprecipitation assay
• Co-localization assay
• Western Blot
• Plasmid design
