{"id":24338,"date":"2025-05-06T09:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=24338"},"modified":"2025-05-06T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:11:51","slug":"bioengineering-master-thesis-defense-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/bioengineering-master-thesis-defense-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioengineering Master thesis Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><strong>Thesis Defense Announcement<\/strong><br \/><strong>Calleb Omollo, M.S. in Bioengineering<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 12:00 PM \u2013 1:00 PM | SLC Room 222<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wilkes University\u2019s Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering proudly announces the master\u2019s thesis defense of Calleb Omollo, a candidate for the Master of Science in Bioengineering. His thesis, titled \u201cProtein Detection Through Surface Plasmon Resonance on a Microscope Setup,\u201d introduces a novel, prismless Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) configuration integrated into a standard microscope to enable high-sensitivity, label-free protein detection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This innovative system utilizes a 488nm Coherent Sapphire laser aligned through a ZEISS AXIOVERT 100 microscope and a gold-plated silicon substrate to excite SPR without the need for a prism, streamlining the setup, reducing cost, and enhancing portability. The research explores real-time protein interaction monitoring using intensity profiles, resonance angle shifts, and Full-Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) measurements. Calibration, data acquisition using WinView, Lightfield, ImageJ, and Python-based analysis confirmed the feasibility of the system with promising detection accuracy. The study paves the way for applying SPR technology in accessible diagnostic platforms, particularly in resource-limited settings and personalized medicine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Thesis Committee Members:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dr. Greg Harms,\u00a0<br \/>Dr. Abas Sabouni,\u00a0<br \/>Dr. Yong Zhu<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thesis Defense AnnouncementCalleb Omollo, M.S. in BioengineeringTuesday, May 6, 2025 | 12:00 PM \u2013 1:00 PM | SLC Room 222 Wilkes University\u2019s Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering proudly announces the master\u2019s thesis defense of Calleb Omollo, a candidate for the Master of Science in Bioengineering. His thesis, titled \u201cProtein Detection Through Surface Plasmon Resonance&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/bioengineering-master-thesis-defense-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bioengineering Master thesis Defense<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24344,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24338\/revisions\/24344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}