Announcements
Deepak Vashishth named Fellow of the American Bone and Mineral Society
Deepak Vashishth has been named a fellow of the American Bone and Mineral Society. This honor is given to long-term members who have “made outstanding contributions to the field of bone and mineral science.”
Juergen Hahn named Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Process Control
Juergen Hahn has accepted the position of deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Process Control. This international journal publishes wide-ranging research on the application of control theory, operations research, and computer science and engineering principles as they relate to energy, nanotechnology, systems biology, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical processing, and data analytics, to name a few.
Michael Bramson wins student paper award
Michael Bramson, a doctoral student in David Corr's group, has been selected for a Best Paper Award at the 2020 International Symposium on Ligaments & Tendons - XVIII, (the premiere tendon and ligament meeting), in Phoenix, AZ. He was the sole winner based on his podium presentation of his abstract:
"Hypoxia Improves Biomechanical Properties of Scaffold-Free Engineered Tendon Fibers" by Bramson MTK and Corr DT
Congratulations to all BME graduates!
The department congratulates the graduates of the class of 2020 who will be receiving their degrees during virtual commencement on Saturday, May 23. There is usually a departmental graduation ceremony held the day before graduation, however, due to the campus being closed, the department has instead put together a video about the graduating class which can be found here:
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships were announced today and Christopher Wiedeman has been selected as a winner of the NSF fellowship. Chris is a first year graduate student who works under the supervision of Dr. Ge Wang.
In addition to the fellowships, two current/former students, have revived honorable mentions: Derek Nelson and Sara Harper.
Deva Chan receives NSF CAREER award
Deva Chan has been issued an award by the National Science Foundation for her proposal "CAREER: Regulation of Hyaluronan Production and Function by Biomechanical Signals". This is a five year award for close to $600k and is considered NSF's flagship award for new investigators. A detailed description of the summary of the proposed work can be found below.
About the NSF CAREER award:
Article by Juergen Hahn's group on cover of I&EC Research
The paper "Biomarker Identification of Complex Diseases/Disorders: Methodological Parallels to Parameter Estimation" was featured on the cover of the journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. The authors are Genevieve Grivas, Troy Vargason, both of who are students in Juergen Hahn's group, and their supervisor.
The abstract of the paper is shown below:
The annual graduate symposium was held on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. The graduate students presented their research as either podium or poster presentation to their peers, the faculty, and a group of judges. The presentations were of very high quality reflecting the research performed by the students. Several awards were presented to the students at the end of the symposium. Specifically, these were:
Podium talks:
1st Place: Genevieve Grivas
2nd Place: Devan Puhl
Honorary mentions: Cassandra Roberge and Ahmad Arabiyat
Posters: