Mone't Sawyer

A motivated doctoral research assistant specializing in tissue engineering research for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, with a background in materials science engineering and 7+ years of laboratory research experience. A proven track record of successful scientific communication, leadership, and mentorship led to the position as the lab lead for the Bioengineering Core Facility within the Advanced Nanomaterials Manufacturing Laboratory at Boise State University.

• Lead Mentor - Research for Undergraduates (REU) (2020-2023)
• New York Hall of Science STEM Night "Celebrating Women and Girls in STEM" Panelist (2024)
• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Member (2020-Current)
• President - National Society of Black Engineers, Boise State Chapter (2021-2022)
• LSAMP PNW Conference Governing Board Panelist (2021 & 2022)
• Albertson's Library Dean Search Committee (2022)
• Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence Speaker Series Panelist (2021)
• Boise State University Engineering Student Ambassador (2020-2022)
• STEM-UP Mentor (2019-2020)

• Engineering Deans Scholarship (2016)
• Brown Engineering 1-year Scholarship (2017)
• Kem Gardner Scholarship (2017 and 2018)
• 1st Place Recipient of the Boise State University President’s Writing Award "What is your race? Check ONE" (2018)
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications Student Spotlight (2018)
• Hometown Challenge Fellowship Recipient (2020)
• Explore Boise State Research Magazine, Making the Materials of Tomorrow: Hometown Challenge Accepted (Article, 2020)
• Mone’t Alberts: Empowering Minority Students (Article, 2020)
• National Science Foundation Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship Recipient (2020-2022)
• First Place: Presidential Scholar Poster Presentation Award, Graduate Student Showcase (Boise State University, 2021)
• Dean's Top Honor Award - College of Engineering, Graduate Student Showcase (Boise State University, 2023)
• College of Engineering Student Spotlight - Meet a first-generation researcher advancing frontiers in tissue engineering (2024)
  

• Sawyer, M., et al. (2023). Correlative Imaging of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture on Opaque Bioscaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications. ACS Applied Bio Materials 2023 6 (9).
• McKibben, N., Curtis, M., Maryon, O., Sawyer, M., Lazouskaya, M., Eixenberger, J., Deng, Z., Estrada, D. Formulation and Aerosol Jet Printing of Nickel Nanoparticle Ink for High Temperature Microelectronic Applications and Patterned Graphene Growth (accepted in ACS Applied Electronic Materials).
• Henry, M.M., Thomas, S., Alberts, M., Estridge, C.E., Farmer, B., McNair, O., Jankowski, E. General-Purpose Coarse-Grained Toughened Thermoset Model for 44DDS/DGEBA/PES. Polymers 2020, 12, 2547. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12112547.
• Jankowski, E., Ellyson, N., et al. Perspective on Coarse-Graining, Cognitive Load, and Materials Simulation. Comp. Mater. Sci. 169, 109129 (2019).
• Thomas, S., Alberts, M., Routine million-particle simulations of epoxy curing with dissipative particle dynamics. J. Theor. Comput. Chem. 17, 1840005 (2018).
• Eppel, M., Sawyer, M. Additive manufacturing of 3-D tissue culture microreactor with integrated electrical stimulation capabilities (in preparation).

• M. Sawyer, et al. (2024). Conductive Graphene Foam Bioscaffolds Facilitate Direct Electrical Stimulus for Cartilage Tissue Engineering Applications. The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Conference, 2024 (accepted).
• M. Eppel, M. Sawyer, et al. (2024). Rapid Prototyping of Additively Manufactured Cell Culture Chambers with Integrated Nano-Biosensors. The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Conference, 2024 (accepted).
• M. Sawyer, et al. (2023). Graphene Foam as an Active Bioscaffold for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering. The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
• O. Nielson, M. Sawyer, et al. (2023). Optimizing ATDC5 Seeding of Graphene Foam for Cartilage Tissue Engineering. World Congress on Undergraduate Research, University of Warwick, UK.
• M. Sawyer, et al. (2023). Graphene Foam as an Active Bioscaffold for Cartilage Tissue Engineering. The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Conference.
• M. Sawyer, et al. (2022). Optimizing ATDC5 Seeding of Graphene Foam for Cartilage Tissue Engineering. Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise, ID.
• M. Sawyer, et al. (2021). Bioscaffold Synthesis for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering. Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise, ID.
• M. Sawyer, et al (2018). Predicting Glass Transition Temperatures of Epoxies with Coarse Grained Molecular Dynamics. Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, Boise, ID.
• M. Sawyer, et al. (2018). Predicting Glass Transition Temperatures of Epoxies with Coarse Grained Molecular Dynamics. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
• M. Sawyer, et al. (2018). Predicting Glass Transition Temperatures of Epoxies with Coarse Grained Molecular Dynamics. Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

• David Estrada, PhD, Lab Director and Associate Professor, Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering | Associate Director CAES, daveestrada@boisestate.edu
• Donna Llewellyn, PhD, Executive Director for the Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives, Boise State University, donnallewellyn@boisestate.edu