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Biomedical Engineering Seminar Schedule
Spring 2000
Friday, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Coordinator - Mark Riley, Ph.D.
  • January 21 - NOTE SPECIAL PLACE/TIME - AHSC 5120, 11:00
    Anthony Atala, M.D.
    Professor of Urology and Director of Tissue Engineering
    Harvard Medical School
    "Current Challenges in Genitourinary Tissue Engineering"

  • January 28 - AME S212
    Gary Libecap
    Director, Karl Eller Center, Entrepeneurship Program
    "The Entrepeneurship Program and Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers"

  • February 4 - AME S212
    Paul Rigby, Ph.D. Candidate
    Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arizona
    "Determination of Mechanical and Fluid-species Transport Properties for Soft Arterial Tissues"

  • February 11 - AHSC 5403
    Richard Smith, MSEE, CCE
    Director, University Medical Center Artificial Heart Program, University of Arizona
    Vice President, Cardio West Technologies, Inc.
    "Cardiac Assist Devices - What We Have Learned"

  • February 18 - AHSC 5403
    Lin Lin, Ph.D. Candidate
    Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arizona
    "Image Retrieval Expert System (IRES): The Active and Adaptive Data Mining Paradigm"

  • February 25 - AME S212
    Chris Pershing, Ph.D. Candidate
    Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arizona
    "Neuroprosthetic Strategies for Restoring Voluntary Control of Paralyzed Limbs"
    March 3 - ROOM TBA
    Prospective Graduate Students, "Intro to BME" Seminar
    (Poster session 4-6 pm)

  • March 10 - ISACB Conference, NO SEMINAR

  • March 17 - SPRING BREAK, NO SEMINAR

  • March 24 - AME S212
    Alyssa Panitch
    Assistant Professor of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
    Arizona State University
    "Artificial Extracellular Matrix Synthesis Via Recombinant DNA Technology"

  • March 31 - AHSC 5403
    Adam Budoff, M.S. Candidate
    Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arizona
    "Transcription Profiling of Angiogenesis using DNA Microarrays"

  • April 7 - AHSC 5403
    Bruce Towe
    Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
    Arizona State University
    "A Microflow Biochemical Sensor Approach for NASA Space Bioreactors"

  • April 14 - AME S212
    Kristi Hansen, M.S. Candidate
    Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arizona
    "Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of Collagen Crimp During Uniaxial Extension"

  • April 21 - "Swede" Johnson Building, Room 205 (NOTE SPECIAL LOCATION)
    Shu Chien, Ph.D.
    University of California, San Diego
    "Effects of Hemodynamic Forces on Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation in Vascular Endothelial Cells"
    Reception following Seminar, 4:00-5:30 pm on the Terrace

  • April 28 - AME S212 - CANCELLED
    Dave Odde
    Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
    "Laser-guided Direct Writing of Living Cells"

  • May 3 - LAST DAY OF CLASSES, NO SEMINAR