Elise A. Corbin received the B.S. degree in engineering science at the Pennsylvania State University, State College, in 2007 and the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois in 2009. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree. During her undergraduate studies, she was a research assistant for both the Fuel Cell Dynamics and Diagnostics Lab and the Applied Research Lab. She was a recipient of the NSF Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and BioNanotechnolgy IGERT Fellowship.