His Biomedical Engineering laboratory focuses on the development and utilization of live cell cultures on biocompatible polymeric scaffolds for use as sustainable grafts in the repair of bone tissue following traumatic head injury. This research is highly relevant to the El Paso community, which is heavily populated by military personnel who frequently suffer injuries of this nature in the course of training and combat. The Border Children’s Health Center in El Paso may also find these methods useful for craniofacial reconstruction and the treatment of traumatic brain injuries which most commonly occur in children between the ages of 0-4 and 15-19 years.