Awards

2022

Malley Gautreaux

Tau Beta Pi Fellowship

  • May 18, 2022
Malley Gautreaux, Kailey Clinton, and Cody Gressett

Stephen D. Lee Scholars for 4.0 GPA throughout college

  • May 13, 2022
Sophie Jones

Top-rated poster presentation in the Biological Sciences and Engineering Category as well as the Community Engagement Research Track

Kailey Clinton

Awarded the Spirit of State for campus and community involvement and service

Kailey Clinton

Inducted into the Bagley College of Engineering Student Hall of Fame

2021

Dr. Lauren Priddy

Selected as one of Georgia Tech's Alumni Association 40 Under 40 Class of 2021

  • July 15, 2021
Luke Tucker

3rd for his poster in the Life and Biomed Sci MS division

Graduate Student Research Symposium

Kailey Clinton

Awarded the inaugural McKay Orthopaedic Research Conference Grant.

  • January 18, 2021
Dr. Priddy

Awarded the Donald Zacharias Early Career Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.

  • April 13, 2021
Sophie Jones

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Biodegradable Magnesium Alloy Surface Coatings for Orthopedic Applications”

  • May 2021 - May 2022
  • $2500

2020

Chris Grant

Awarded first place in the Biological Sciences and Engineering division

Undergraduate Research Symposium.

  • November 2, 2020
Luke Nichols

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Effects of nano-hydroxyapatite and polydopamine coatings on the biological properties of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid),”

  • August 2020 - May 2021
  • $2500
Sophie Jones and Kailey Clinton

Office of Research and Economic Development Stipend

“Modeling Osseointegration: In Vitro Characterization of Osteogenic Cell Behavior on 3D Printed Composite Polymer-Mg Scaffold”

  • May 2021 - May 2022
  • $2500
Adrain Andrews

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Biodegradable Magnesium Alloy Surface Coatings for Orthopedic Applications”

  • August 2020 - May 2021
  • $2500
Folly Patterson

First place for her oral presentation at the 36th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference

  • March 8, 2020.

2019

Mary Catherine Beard

Receivied the prestigious Astronaut Scholar Award

  • October 18, 2019
  • 2019
  • Priddy Lab
Emily McCabe

Chosen as 1 of 8 inductees for 2019 into the Bagley College of Engineering Hall of Fame.

  • March 22, 2019
Luke Nichols

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Biocompatibility of fabricated polymer biodegradable scaffolds for bone implants,”

  • August 2019 - May 2020
  • $2500
Luke Tucker

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone as a Temporary Replacement for Anterior Cruciate Ligament,”

  • August 2019 - May 2020
  • $2500
Mary Catherine Beard

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Functionalized Surface Coatings in Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys for Orthopedic Implant Applications,”

  • August 2019 - May 2020
  • $2500
Mary Catherine Beard*, Christine S. Grant, Leah K. Horstemeyer, Lauren B. Priddy.

Astronaut Scholar “Autoclaving thermoresponsive poloxamer 407 hydrogels for in situ drug delivery.”

Astronaut Scholar Technical Conference, Washington, DC,

  • August 24, 2019
  • $2500
Christine Grant, Malley Gautreaux

Priddy, L. (Principal Investigator), Swanson, E., Seo, K., “In vitro antimicrobial properties of chitosan biomaterials,”

Office of Research and Economic Development Undergraduate Research Program, Mississippi State University

  • October 2019 - December 2020
  • $2,000

2018

Weitong Chen, Julie G. Wyse, Frank M. Brinkley, Matthew W. Priddy, Lauren B. Priddy.

First Place Poster, “Characterization of surface properties and compressive modulus of 3D printed polylactic acid scaffolds.”

Mississippi Academy of Sciences Summer Student Science Symposium, Mississippi State, MS

  • July 26, 2018
Anna Rourke

Priddy, L. (Principal Investigator), Janorkar, A., “Evaluation of collagen-ELP hydrogels for doxycycline and BMP-2 delivery to treat osteomyelitis,”

University of Mississippi Medical Center

  • August 2018 - August 2019
  • $1,841.80
Anna Rourke

Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Stipend

“Surface characterization and mechanical testing of magnesium alloys for biomedical implant applications,”

  • August 2018 - May 2019
  • $2500
Natasha Wilson, Caroline Schaade

Priddy, M., Priddy, L. (Co-Investigator), “Development and analysis of finite element models from micro-CT imaging,”

Undergraduate Research Program, Office of Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University

  • October 2018 - December 2020
  • $2,000

2017

Anna Rourke, Mary Catherine Beard

Undergraduate Research Program, Office of Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University

Priddy, L. (Principal Investigator), Priddy, M., “Structural and Biological Characterization of Degradable Orthopedic Implants,”

  • October 2017 - September 2019
  • $4,000