Solaiman Tarafder

Dr. Solaiman Tarafder

Vice President, ESIA

Dr. Solaiman Tarafder

Assistant Professor,

Mechanical Engineering Department

South Dakota State University (SDSU)

Brookings, SD

Email: solaiman.tarafder@sdsu.edu

Phone: (605) 688-5446

Dr. Solaiman Tarafder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University (SDSU) in Brookings, SD, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Washington State University (WSU). Dr. Tarafder’s research interests lie in the areas of bio-adhesives, stimuli-responsive smart biomaterials, immunomodulatory biomaterials, the interplay between tissue pathology and tissue biomechanics, biofabrication, 3D printing/additive manufacturing of bioscaffolds and biomedical devices, and drug delivery. His goal is to advance our understanding of how materials chemistry, composition, and spatiotemporal delivery of bioactive cues/pharmacologically active small molecules, along with advanced manufacturing approaches, can be leveraged to drive stem/progenitor cell functions for the regeneration of biomechanically functional cartilage, tendon, and bone. Before joining South Dakota State University, Dr. Tarafder worked as a Research Scientist at Columbia University and as a Principal Scientist at Shu-Tung and Alice Li Foundation.