Lakiesha Williams
Lakiesha Williams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University Mississippi State University |
| Occupation | biomedical engineer |
Lakiesha Williams is a biomedical engineer and an Associate Professor at the University of Florida.[1] Williams specializes in traumatic brain injury and biomechanics.
Biography[]
Education[]
Williams received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological engineering from Louisiana State University in 2001.
She earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biomedical engineering at Mississippi State University in 2006. [1]
Distinctions[]
- Sigma Xi - distinguished member[2]
- National Society of Black Engineers - member
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers - member
- MSU President's Commission on the Status of Minorities - Committee Chair, 2017[3]
Awards and Honors[]
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Fellow 2020: for “outstanding contributions in traumatic brain injury research and for tireless advocacy of biomedical engineering to communities underrepresented in STEM.“[4][5]
- Minority Access Incorporated - National Role Model Faculty Researcher Award (Mississippi State University), 2017[6]
- Mississippi Business Journal Top in Technology, 2017[7]
- Women of Color Magazine[8] - Rising Star Award, 2008[9]
Publications[]
Williams has over 60 publications. Her most cited work has been cited more than 80 times.
Here is a list of her most cited works, included in this number are those publications that have been cited over 40 times:
- Myocardial scaffold-based cardiac tissue engineering: application of coordinated mechanical and electrical stimulations
B Wang, G Wang, F To, JR Butler, A Claude, RM McLaughlin, LN Williams. . .(2013)
- Structural and biomechanical characterizations of porcine myocardial extracellular matrix
B Wang, ME Tedder, CE Perez, G Wang, AL de Jongh Curry, F To, ... (2012)
- The effects of water and microstructure on the mechanical properties of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) horn keratin
MW Trim, MF Horstemeyer, H Rhee, H El Kadiri, LN Williams, J Liao, ... (2011)
- Hyperbolic method for prediction of prefabricated vertical drains performance
SG Chung, NK Lee, SR Kim (2009)
- Hierarchical multiscale structure–property relationships of the red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) beak
N Lee, MF Horstemeyer, H Rhee, B Nabors, J Liao, LN Williams (2014) [10]
See also[]
- Biomechanics
- Traumatic brain injury
- Biomedical engineering
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
References[]
- ^ a b c "Lakiesha N. Williams, Ph.D. - Associate Professor: Traumatic brain injury, soft tissue mechanics, bio-inspired design & materials characterization". University of Florida.
- ^ "Women in STEM: 2021". Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society.
- ^ "MSU recognizes Diversity Award winners". Mississippi State University.
- ^ "Dr. Lakiesha Williams Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows". American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
- ^ "Fellow Directory". AIMBE.
- ^ "Minority Access' Role Models Project". Minority Access Incorporated.
- ^ "MBJ 'Top in Tech' list includes MSU engineering professor, entrepreneurship leader". Mississippi State University.
- ^ "About Women of Color Magazine". Career Communications Group.
- ^ "Rising Stars". Women of Color Magazine. Career Communications Group.
- ^ "Lakiesha N. Williams: Associate Professor, University of Florida". Google Scholar.
External links[]
- Lakiesha Williams publications indexed by Google Scholar
- American women engineers
- Living people
- American women scientists
- Louisiana State University alumni
- Mississippi State University alumni
- University of Florida faculty
- Biomedical engineers
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women