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Biomedical Engineering Seminar Schedule
Fall 2001
Monday, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
  • August 20 - No Seminar (First day of classes)

  • August 27 – AZ Health Sciences Center 5403
    John Hsiai, M.D.
    Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
    "MEMS Sensors to Study Endothelial Cell Dynamics"

  • September 3 - No Seminar (Labor Day holiday)

  • September 10 - No Seminar

  • Thursday, September 13 - CANCELLED; Will Be Rescheduled

  • September 17 – AZ Health Sciences Center 5403
    Special Workshop - 1:30 to 4:30 pm
    Optics Imaging in Medicine
    Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering IDP and Optical Sciences Center
    Adjunct to "Opto Southwest" sponsored by The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Host: Jennifer Barton, Ph.D.

  • September 24 – AZ Health Sciences Ctr 5403
    Karel Zuzak, Ph.D.
    National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Laboratory of Chemical Physics
    "Hyperspectral Imaging: In Vivo Visualization of Tissue Perfusion During Nitric Oxide Inhibition and Inhalation"
    Host: Ted Trouard, Ph.D.

  • October 1 - CANCELLED; Will Be Rescheduled

  • October 8 - AHSC 5403
    Jim Schwiegerling, Ph.D.
    Departments of Ophthalmology and Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
    "Custom Eye Surgery"

  • Please note special day and time (rescheduled from September 13):
    Wednesday, October 10 - 2:00 pm - AHSC 5403
    Paul M. Kulesa, Ph.D.
    Division of Biology, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
    "Imaging Development: From Neurogenesis to Vasculogenesis"
    Host: Jay Hoying, Ph.D.

  • October 15 - No Seminar

  • October 22 - AHSC 5403
    Robin Shandas, Ph.D.
    Pediatrics & Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado
    Pediatric Cardiovascular Bioengineering: The Challenge and the Opportunity
    Host: Jennifer Barton, Ph.D.

  • Tuesday, October 23 - AME Building, Room N715
    12 noon
    Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Joint Seminar
    Alptekin Aksan, Doctoral Candidate
    Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University
    "Optimum Tissue Modification in Sub-ablative Thermotherapy of Collagenous Tissue"

  • Please note special day and time (rescheduled from October 1)
    Tuesday, October 30 - 4:00 pm
    Chemical & Environmental Engineering Seminar Series
    Harshbarger Building, Room 206
    James C-M. Lee, Ph.D.
    Life Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    "Micromaterial Characterizations of the Red Cell Membrane and Block Copolymer Mimetics"
    Host: A. Eduardo Sáez, Ph.D.

  • November 5 - AHSC 5403
    Lin Lin
    M.S., August 2001, Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
    "Incremental Data Mining for Active and Adaptive Knowledge Base for Patient Image Retrieval"

  • November 12 – No Seminar (Veterans' Day Holiday)

  • November 19 - 3:00 pm
    Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
    Harshbarger 206
    William Patrick Ambrose, Ph.D.
    Chemical Science & Technology Division, and Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    "Single Molecule Spectroscopy"
    Host: Paul Calvert, Ph.D.

  • November 26 - 3:00 pm
    Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series
    Harshbarger 206
    Kevin Burton, Ph.D.
    Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
    "Traction Forces and Mechanical Signaling in Cell Migration"

  • Please note special date and time
    Friday, November 30, 2001 - 3:00 pm
    AHSC 5403
    Larry L. Hench, Ph.D.
    Ceramic Materials, Imperial College, London England
    "Gene Activated Glasses"

  • December 3 - AHSC 5403 [Last seminar of the semester]
    Gabriel Gruionu, M.S.
    Doctoral Candidate, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arizona
    "Remodeling of the Murine Gracilis Arterial Arcade: Role of Conducted Metabolic Stimuli"