Announcements

One of the BME design teams advised by Dr. Eric Ledet has been selected to participate in the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Coulter College Program on August 2-5, 2018. The program will be held at Medtronic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The student team members are Katerina Kradinova, Jennifer Vincent, Khaled Abdoun, and Michael Arboleda. More information about the program can be found here: https://www.bmes.org/bmescoultercollege

Bridging Athletics and STEM through Biomechanics

BME Faculty Highlights Series Professor John Drazan and Outreach Activities This article is the sixth in a series aimed at spotlighting the faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at RPI. In this series, we will highlight biomedical research areas, cutting edge engineering techniques, student and trainee successes, as well as the broader societal impacts of the work in BME.

Two biomedical engineering faculty have been selected to receive awards from the School of Engineering. Ge Wang will receive the Outstanding Professor of Engineering award and Mariah Hahn the Research Excellence award. The award ceremony will be held at the SoE Faculty Achievement and Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, April 25th, 2018.

Devan Puhl has been awarded one of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships (NSF GRFP) for her graduate studies at Rensselaer. She is a first year student working in Dr. Ryan Gilbert's lab on biomaterials for nerve repair. Furthermore, a former undergraduate Rensselaer BME student, Carolyn Chlebek, who is now a graduate student at Cornell University has also been awarded the NSF GRFP.

An article from Deanna Thompson's group has been promoted to journal cover of the journal Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. The paper title is "Endothelial Cells Exposed to Fluid Shear Stress Support Diffusion Based Maturation of Adult Neural Progenitor Cells" and the citation information is

Dumont, C.M., Piselli, J., Temple, S. et al. Cel. Mol. Bioeng. (2018) 11: 117.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12195-017-0516-5

Kathryn (Katie) Hollowood, a graduate student in the Biomedical Engineering Department working in Dr. Juergen Hahn's group has won the Most Impactful on Human Health award for her presentation given at the 44th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference which was held on March 28-30, 2018, at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. The title of her presentation was "Analysis of Metabolites from Blood Samples of Pregnant Mothers and Probability of Autism Diagnosis of the Child". Details about the conference talk are given below: K. Hollowood, S. Melnyk, O. Pavliv, E. Sides, U. Kruger, S.J.

Dr. Xavier Intes has accepted the invitation to serve as a member of the Biomedical Imaging Technology - B study section of NIH's Center for Scientific Review. His term will run from July 2018 until June 2022. According to NIH, study section members are selected based on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievements in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.

The Philosophy of a Doctorate Degree

BME Faculty Highlights Series Professor Juergen Hahn and Student Mentoring This article is the fifth in a series aimed at spotlighting the faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at RPI. In this series, we will highlight biomedical research areas, cutting edge engineering techniques, student and trainee successes, as well as the broader societal impacts of the work in BME.