Announcements

The BME Department held the annual graduate student symposium yesterday. 10 research talks and 22 posters were presented by graduate students during this half-day event. The quality of the talks and posters was excellent and the competition for awards was fierce.

Bringing the Operating Room into the Classroom

BME Faculty Highlights Series Professor Eric Ledet and Innovative Teaching This article is the fourth 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 faculty members of the Biomedical Engineering Department were honored at the 2017 Trustee Celebration. Specifically, the honored faculty were: - Ryan Gilbert (received School of Engineering 2017 Classroom Excellence Award) - Juergen Hahn (appointed to IEEE Control Systems Society Board of Governors) Congratulations to everyone! This has been a successful year for the department.

Seeking the Secret Sauce of Graduate School Success

BME Faculty Highlights Series Professor Deepak Vashishth and the Success Stories of his Former Students This article is the third 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.

Sending Teachers Back to School

BME Faculty Highlights Series Associate Professor Deanna Thompson and the Pre-College Teachers Training Program in Stem Cell Biology and Bioengineering This article is the second 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.

Eight biomedical engineering students will be honored with Rensselaer's Founders awards. The award recipients are: Khaled T. Abdoun, Allison K. Fleck, Lydia R. Krauss, Taylor M. MacEwen, Kuwabo Mubyana, John C. Ramsdell, Theodor A. Ross, Hayley M. Roy Gill The Founders Award of Excellence was established in 1994 to honor students who embody qualities of creativity, discovery, leadership, and the values of pride and responsibility at Rensselaer. The award consists of a special certificate, recognition by faculty, staff, and peers at the Honors Convocation ceremony, and a cash prize.

Denzel Faulkner, a graduate student supervised by Dr. Xavier Intes, has won the Young Scholar's Award of the Road from Nanomedicine to Precision Medicine Conference, an annual and international event. The title of his poster was "Multispectral Mesoscopic Fluorescence Molecular Tomography (MFMT)". More detail about the Pharmaceutical Research Institute which sponsored the conference can be found on their web site: https://pri-albany.org/

Do cells lean left or right?

BME Faculty Highlights Series Associate Professor Leo Wan and the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Morphogenesis This article is the first 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.