Prabaha Sikder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a faculty at the Center for Human-Machine Systems. His research focusses on the development of state-of-the-art technologies, especially biomaterials for tissue regeneration. He develops medical implants and scaffolds which aims to treat orthopedic and musculoskeletal defects. Some of the solutions developed by him include antibacterial coatings, biodegradable bone-grafting materials, and 3-D printed bioactive polymer-ceramic scaffolds. Prior to joining CSU, Prabaha was working in the department of physical medicine & rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. As a grad student, he was the very first cohort at the University of Toledo (UT) to win ‘Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN)’ research grant from the National Science Foundation. In 2018 he was also the first one from the college of engineering to receive the highest ranked recognition in UT- ‘Outstanding Scholarly Achievements’ for outstanding contributions in the college’s academic legacy, inventions, and publications and the ‘Translational Research Award’.