In her work as a patent engineer, Dr. Jariwala assists clients with drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a variety of fields. Prior to joining OBWB, Megan worked as a research assistant in the Sarkar Lab at The George Washington University Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
During her years of research, she developed novel ultrasound pulse-echo techniques to measure mechanical properties of crosslinked polymeric hydrogels. Dr. Jariwala designed experiments to validate findings against established characterization techniques including rheology, atomic force microscopy, and compression testing. Insights inform the use of these hydrogels in applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery.
During her years of research, she developed novel ultrasound pulse-echo techniques to measure mechanical properties of crosslinked polymeric hydrogels. Dr. Jariwala designed experiments to validate findings against established characterization techniques including rheology, atomic force microscopy, and compression testing. Insights inform the use of these hydrogels in applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery.
She created benchtop setup and optimized parameters for hydrogel printing on a digital light processing printer to fabricate in vitro models of blood vessels in the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Incidentally, this effort is part of an ongoing exploration of the effect of ultrasound on BBB permeability, a collaboration with the FDA.
She also built a Schlieren imaging system with optical elements and a DSLR camera. This system was used to study double diffusive convection between salt solutions and particle solutions of varying densities.
Publications
- Anderson M. S., Osborn J., Zhang L. G., Sarkar K. Acoustic and mechanical characterization of gelatin methacrylate
- (GelMA) hydrogels for tissue engineering applications. In preparation.
- Anderson M. S., Bulusu K. V., Plesniak M. W., Zhang L.G., Sarkar K. Determining the viscosity and elasticity of
- hydrogels using ultrasound. In preparation.
- Anderson M. S., McCraw M. R., Bulusu K. V., Plesniak M. W., Zhang L.G., Solares S. D., Sarkar K. Viscoelasticity of
- GelMA hydrogels over a range of frequencies. In preparation.
- McCraw, M. R., Uluutku, B., Solomon, H. D., Anderson, M. S., Sarkar, K., & Solares, S. D. (2023). Optimizing the
- accuracy of viscoelastic characterization with AFM Force–distance experiments in the time and frequency domains.
- Soft Matter, 19(3), 451–467. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm01331b
- Osborn J., Anderson M. S., Beddingfield M., Zhang L., Sarkar K. (2021). Acoustic droplet vaporization of
- perfluorocarbon droplets in 3D-printable gelatin methacrylate scaffolds. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 47(11),
- 3263–3274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.07.01
- Anderson M., Strong D., Baker B. (2017). “Activities to investigate wavelength-shifting optical fibers,” Physics
- Education 52.4
Presentations
- Anderson, M. S., Bulusu, K. V., Plesniak, M. W., Zhang, L. G., Sarkar, K. (2023). Ultrasonic characterization and beyond: How to select a hydrogel for Tissue Engineering. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3_supplement). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0018760
- Anderson, M. S. (2023). Mentoring from the other side of the fence: Student perspectives on good advising. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(3_supplement). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0018627
- Anderson, M., Bulusu, K., Plesniak, M., Zhang, L., Sarkar, K. (2023). Hydrogels for tissue engineering: bridging the
- insights from acoustics and rheology. 8th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference.
- Anderson, M., Osborn, J., Zhang, L. G., & Sarkar, K. (2021). Effects of crosslinking density on the acoustic properties of hydrogel scaffolds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(4). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0007521
- Anderson, M., Osborn, J., Zhang, L. G., & Sarkar, K. (2020). Mechanical and rheological characterization of GelMA hydrogels for tissue engineering applications. 18th International Congress on Rheology.
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The George Washington University, Thesis: “Acoustic and Rheological Characterization of Hydrogel Viscoelasticity”, 2024
- B.A., Physics, William Jewell College, 2019
- B.A., Philosophy, William Jewell College, 2019
