Announcements

Nine faculty members of the Biomedical Engineering Department were honored at the 2013 Trustee Celebration. This is an excellent number for the department and highlights the stature of BME in the institute. Specifically, the honored faculty were: - Ryan Gilbert (promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure) - Ge Wang (appointed as John A. Clark and Edward T.

The work was completed by first author Jonathan Zuidema (RPI Gisser Prize winner and Ph.D. alumnus (2014)). Undergraduate BMED alumni Christina Provenza and Tyler Caliendo (both 2014) are co-authors. Collaborator Dr. Silvio Dutz (Head of Magnetic Nanoparticles Group - Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany) provided iron oxide nanoparticles for the study. The study demonstrates the capability of aligned, electrospun fibers and magnetically moveable nerve growth factor releasing polymer spheres to direct the outgrowth of neurites.

Eight biomedical engineering students will be honored with Rensselaer's Founders awards. The award recipients are: Sophomore :Lucas R. Hearn and Cara E. Yocum Junior: Kelly J. O’Brien Senior: Colleen P. Healey, Rebecca D. Pomrenke, and Melanie F. Roberts Graduate Student: Taylor B. Dorsey, Joshua M. Peterson, and Kathryn E. Worley 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.

Vivian's presentation "Generation of dynamically-perfused functional vascular network system within hydrogel using 3D bio-printing technology" has been named a top presentation of the tissue engineering track of the 2013 BMES Annual Meeting. The 2013 BMES Annual Meeting was held one September 25-28, 2013, in Seattle, Washington. The main program at BMES consisted of nineteen tracks, tissue engineering being one of them.

David Corr has been named an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. This is the official journal of the Bioengineering Division of ASME. The journal web site can be found here: http://journaltool.asme.org/Content/Masthead2.cfm

Undergraduate students at Rensselaer have been extremely successful with their applications for Society of Women Engineer's scholarships. A total of 18 Rensselaer students received SWE scholarships, six of these students are enrolled in BME.

Deepak Vashishth has been appointed to the editorial board of the journal Bone. This journal is one of the top journals in this area and is highly respected. Deepak Vashishth is a bone and tissue engineering expert with substantial contributions to this field since joining Rensselaer in 1999. Additionally, he is serving as the director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS). Bone is an interdisciplinary forum for the rapid publication of original articles and reviews on basic, translational, and clinical aspects of bone and mineral metabolism.

Dr. David Corr has been invited to present at the workshop BIO-PRINTING - 3D Printing of Living Cells. About the summit: 3D printing/additive technology is exploding beyond the bounds of industrial applications. Building on the realization that a cell is roughly the same size as a drop of ink, dozens of university biomedical researchers and labs are now applying the grid-based, layer-by-layer “additive” method using adapted printer cartridge heads.