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Dr. Irina Timofte (right), a transplant pulmonologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, visits the UTDesign Capstone team. From left are mechanical engineering seniors Sebastian Talvy and Heber Mantle, biomedical engineering senior Manha Lateef, and mechanical engineering seniors Carlos J. Garza and Nicholas Schlak. Team member Luke Moore, a mechanical engineering senior, is not pictured. [Photo: University of Texas at Dallas]
Student Team Engineers Improved Method to Transport Thoracic Donor Organs
by UT Dallas | Aug 25, 2026
When Dr. Irina Timofte wanted to find a way to give donor lungs more time in transit, she turned to a team of six engineering students at UT Dallas. It is the third time the UT Southwestern transplant pulmonologist has worked with a UTDesign Capstone project.
