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Edward Shangin

1st Year PhD Student
  • Lab Manager
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Research Areas

  • Breast Cancer Metastasis

  • Bone Biomechanics

  • Cell Culture 

Research Interests

  • Bone Mechanobiology

  • Mechanism of Breast-to-Bone Metastasis

  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 

Education

  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2028

  • M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2025

  • B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2024 

Awards and Honors

  • NSF GRF, 2025

  • Powell Fellowship, 2024

  • Clay Gabler Award of Excellence Scholarship, 2023 

  • Presidential Scholarship Initiative, 2020-2024

Selected Publications

E. A. Shangin, S. Choi, E. Hunt, Z. Bahranifard, E. Nguyen, C. J. Collins, A. R. Whittington, Dynamic Micromechanical Characterization of 3D Printed Bone In Vitro Models Manufactured via Vat Photopolymerization. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2418547. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202418547

L. Bangert, W. Armstrong, E. A. Shangin, R. S. Martin, A. N. Miller, L. E. Riexinger, A. A. Weaver, Predicting Distal Tibia Fracture Type using Demographic, Vehicle, and Crash Factors via a Random Forest Classification Algorithm. Traffic Inj. Prev. 2025. 

L. E. Riexinger, H. C. Gabler, E. A. Shangin, M. Daanen, N. Pradeep, M. Dean, M. Bareiss, D. Gabauer, Roadside Encroachment Database Development and Analysis. NCHRP TRB-NRC. 2023 https://doi.org/10.17226/29123

Edward A. Shangin - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9803-3381

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