• Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering
  • Deputy Executive Director, Southwest Pediatric Devices Innovation Consortium (SWPDC)
  • Affiliated Faculty, Mechanical Engineering
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Balakrishna Haridas

Educational Background

  • Executive Certificate, Biodesign/Managing Innovation, Stanford University
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati – 2001
  • M.S., Engineering Mechanics, University of Alabama
  • B.E., Civil Engineering, Bangalore University, India

Research Interests

    • Bioresorbable polymeric fixation device for prevention of Chorio-amniotic membrane detachment
    • Fetal cardiac surgery devices and implants for the treatment of congenital defects
    • AI/ML platforms for Type 1 diabetes and Pediatric Cardiology/Intensive Care
    • Percutaneous fetal surgery systems
    • Mechanobiology of tissue damage during intraoperative surgical manipulation
    • Energy-tissue effects and interactions
    • Biostable and bioresorbable polymeric and metallic devices for soft tissue repair
    • In vitro and in vivo degradation mechanisms in magnesium alloys

Industry Experience

    • Senior Director of Research and Development/Innovation for Johnson & Johnson
    • Senior vice-president of Engineering for Shape Memory Medical
    • President and founder of Device & Implant Innovations LLC
    • Chief Technology Officer of Biomerix Corporation (acquired by DSM Biomedical)
    • Founder and Director of the National Science Foundation/IUCRC Minimally Invasive Medical Technologies Center (MIMTeC)
    • Principal, Partner and Director at Stress Engineering Services Inc.

Certifications & Memberships

  • Fellow, American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering – 2019
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) – 2023
  • Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors – 2019

Awards & Honors

  • Cain Faculty Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University – 2021-2023
  • Co-Chair, Texas A&M New Ventures Competition – 2015-2019
  • Research and Development (R&D) 100 Award, IMPEDE™ Peripheral Embolization Device – 2019
  • Chair, Medical Technologies for Pediatric Interventions, Design of Medical Devices Conference – 2018
  • Golden EGG (Engineering Grant Genesis) Award for $40M NSF Engineering Research Center PATHS UP, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station – 2017
  • Master Educator Award, University of Cincinnati – 2014
  • Professor of the Semester, University of Cincinnati – 2015
  • National Juror, Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) – 2009-2011, 2012-2014

Selected Publications

  • Byju, A.G., Diemer, A., Luk, C., Heffernan, M.J., Belfort, M.A., Simons, B.W., Koh, C.J., Haridas, B., et al., The ChorioAnchor: Design and testing of a novel chorioamniotic anchoring device to enable percutaneous fetoscopic surgery, Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, 2022 DOI: 10.1159/000525768
  • Dave, D., Erraguntla, M, Lawley M, DeSalvo, D., Haridas, B., et al.; Improved Low-Glucose Predictive Alerts Based on Sustained Hypoglycemia: Model Development and Validation Study. JMIR Diabetes. 2021 Apr 29;6(2):e26909. doi: 10.2196/26909, PMID: 3391381
  • Sun, R.C., Kamath, I., Byju, A., Wettergreen, M., Heffernan, M., Wilson, R., Haridas, B., Koh, C.J. Advancing Pediatric Medical Device Development via Non-Dilutive NIH SBIR/STTR Grant Funding, J of Pediatric Surg, January, 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2021.01.025
  • Dave, D., DeSalvo, D., Haridas, B., et al. Feature based machine learning model for real-time hypoglycemia prediction, J Diabetes Sc Tech, June 2020 doi: 10.1177/1932296820922622
  • Karkhanis, T., Rao, M., Zafar, F., Morales, D.L., Haridas, B. Novel Bio-Synthetic Graft for Tracheal Reconstruction in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Tracheal Stenosis: In Vitro Studies of Axial, and Bending Biomechanics, ASME Frontiers in Biomedical Devices, April 2019.
  • Sack, B.S., Elizondo, R.A., Huang, G.O., Janzen, N., Espinoza, J., Sanz-Cortes, M., Dietrich, J.E., Hakim, J., Richardson, E.S., Oden, M., Hanks, J., Haridas, B., et al. Pediatric medical device development by surgeons via capstone engineering design programs, J of Pediatric Surgery, 2017 Feb 6. pii: S0022-3468(17)30100-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.01.067
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