Ariana Smies, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor Milwaukee School of Engineering

  • Milwaukee WI

Ariana Smies is a Sr. Project Engineer in the Wellness Products group at Kohler Co.

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Education, Licensure and Certification

Ph.D.

Biomedical Engineering

Michigan Technological University

2022

Qualified Online Instructor

Educational Technology Organization of Michigan

2020

M.S.

Biomedical Engineering

Michigan Technological University

2020

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Biography

Dr. Ariana Smies is an adjunct assistant professor in the Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering department and has been a faculty member at MSOE since 2022.

In addition to teaching at MSOE, Dr. Smies is a project engineer in the Advanced Development in Water Technologies group at Kohler Company. She is focused on how to integrate current advancements surrounding wellness into the products you use every day.

Areas of Expertise

Clinical Trials
Host Response
Biomaterials
Wellness Products

Accomplishments

Outstanding Scholarship Award

2022

Outstanding Teaching Award

2021

King-Chavéz-Parks Future Faculty Fellow

2019

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Teaching Areas

Systems Physiology

Exploring how various body systems work and how, as engineers, we can utilize this knowledge to either treat a condition or develop a new product.

Biomaterials

Understanding how basic materials science can help us understand tissues and medical device design.

Selected Publications

Utilizing Robust Design to Optimize Composite Bioadhesive for Promoting Dermal Wound Repair

Polymers

2023

Catechol-modified bioadhesives generate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) during the process of curing. A robust design experiment was utilized to tune the H2O2 release profile and adhesive performance of a catechol-modified polyethylene glycol (PEG) containing silica particles (SiP). An L9 orthogonal array was used to determine the relative contributions of four factors (the PEG architecture, PEG concentration, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) concentration, and SiP concentration) at three factor levels to the performance of the composite adhesive.

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Non-antibiotic antimicrobial polydopamine surface coating to prevent stable biofilm formation on satellite telemetry tags used in cetacean conservation applications

Frontiers in Marine Science

2022

Satellite telemetry tags, used to monitor the migratory behavior of cetaceans, have the potential to be a vehicle for infection due to their invasive nature. Antibiotic coatings have been previously employed to reduce the chances of infection via the formation of a stable biofilm on the surface of the tags.

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Hydroxyl Radical Generation through the Fenton-like Reaction of Hematin- and Catechol-Functionalized Microgels

Chemistry of Materials

2020

Hydroxyl radical (•OH) is a potent reactive oxygen species with the ability to degrade hazardous organic compounds, kill bacteria, and inactivate viruses. However, an off-the-shelf, portable, and easily activated biomaterial for generating •OH does not exist. Here, microgels were functionalized with catechol, an adhesive moiety found in mussel adhesive proteins, and hematin (HEM), a hydroxylated Fe3+ ion-containing porphyrin derivative.

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