Dina Shohatee

Dina Shohatee graduated in December 2018, with her Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering.

Along with this degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, she delivered the commencement address, where she spoke of the wonderful experiences she had at UM-Dearborn that lead her to that prestigious award, such as working as a bioengineering research assistant; a student assistant in the Science Learning Center; being President to the organization BioMedical Engineering Society; helping middle school students at a STEM-focused summer camp; demonstrating engineering projects for young people at Detroit’s Maker Faire; interning in the Disabilities Services office at UM-Dearborn; and being awarded Campus Writing Awards for Poetry and Fiction.

Shohatee, Dina & Keifer, Joshua & Schimmel, Nicholas & Mohanty, Swetaparna & Ghosh, Gargi. (2017). Hydrogel-based suspension array for biomarker detection using horseradish peroxidase -mediated silver precipitation. Analytica Chimica Acta. 999. 10.1016/j.aca.2017.10.033.

UM-Dearborn Difference Maker Award, issued by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Mar 2019. Nominated by faculty and staff, this award represents an individual whom embodies academic and professional achievement, integrity and leadership.

Student Commencement Speaker, issued by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dec 2018. Selected to speak on behalf of the graduating classes of College of Business and College of Engineering for the Fall 2018 Commencement.

Certificate of Merit, Bioengineering Research Day, issued by BMES, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Nov 2016. In recognition of meaningful and innovative bioengineering research.

Campus Writing Award, issued by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Oct 2016. For Excellence in Writing: Fiction