News, a running list of past and upcoming program events
April 15, 2013
BME Doctoral Defense
Christian Gainer will be presenting "Synthesis, Characterization, and Biomedical Application of Upconverting Lanthanoid Nanoparticles" on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM in MRB 102
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April 8, 2013
BME Doctoral Defense
Jennifer Watson will be presenting "Examination of Diagnostic Features in Multiphoton Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography Images of Ovarian Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model" on Monday, April 8, 2013 at 9:30 am in Keating 103.
March 26, 2013
BME Doctoral Defense
Eriko Yoshimaru will be presenting "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques for Pulmonary Imaging " on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:00 am in Keating 103.
March 7, 2013
BME Doctoral Defense
Joseph Keyes will be presenting "Parametric evaluation of mass transport in coronary arteries" on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 11:00 am in AME N715.
February 16, 2013
BME GIDP Builders' Day will be held on Monday, February 25, 2013. Alum Lida Hariri will be speaking.
November 19, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Sandor Kovacs will be presenting “How the heart works when it fills: theory can predict experiment and unite disparate observations under governing principles.”
November 12, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Chris Flask will be presenting "Quantitative MRI for Early-Stage Assessment of Lung Disease in Cystic Fibrosis."
November 5, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Zoe Cohen will be presenting “The Clot Thickens: The role of platelets and red blood cells in coagulation.”
October 29, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Erdem Topsakal will be presenting “Ultra-wideband Microwave Ablation Therapy for Cancer Treatment.”
October 22, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Joseph Keyes will be presenting “Parametric Evaluation of Mass Transport in Coronary Arteries.”
October 15, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Nirav Merchant will be presenting "Clouds, Clusters, Collaborations and Cyberinfrastructure: Pragmatic Computing for data-intensive discoveries."
October 8, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Christian Gainer will be presenting "Upconverting Lanthanide Nanoparticles."
October 1, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Bijan Najafi will be presenting "You Can Take the Lab Out of the Gait Lab: Walking the Walk with New Technologies at Home and in Clinic."
September 24, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Eriko Yoshimaru will be presenting "Pulmonary Imaging Using Ultrashort TE MRI."
September 17, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Jennifer Watson will be presenting “Optical Coherence Tomography and Multiphoton Microscopy of Ovarian Cancer in a Mouse Model.”
September 10, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Klearchos Papas will be presenting “Cell-based Insulin Replacement Therapies: Engineering Contributions.”
August 27, 2012
BME Seminar Series
Andy Fuglevand will be presenting “Reanimation of movement using probabilistic control of muscle stimulation.”
June 4, 2012
Special BME Seminar
Arvind Pathak will be presenting "New Methods for Visualizing Tumor Blood Vessels and their Applications" at 2:00pm, in MRB 102.
May 23, 2012
BME Master's Defense
Nicole Ashpole will be presenting "Shear Stress Effects on Schlemm's Canal Cells" at 3:00pm in MRB 102.
May 3, 2012
BME Master's Defense
Erin Chavez will be presenting "Novel Computer Threshold Analysis for Quantification of Fibrosis and Inflammation in Renal and Cardiac Disease Models" at 10:00pm in MRB 102.
May 2, 2012
BME Doctoral Defense
Sarah Leung will be presenting"Plasmon resonant gold-coated liposomes for spectral, temporal, and spatial control of release" at 9:00am in Keating 103.
April 30, 2012
BME Master's Defense
Susan LeGendre-McGhee will be presenting"Evaluating Chemopreventive and Chemotherapeutic Agent Effectiveness in a Mouse Model of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer Using Optical Coherence Tomography" at 2:00pm in MRB 102.
April 20, 2012
BME Master's Defense
Jacqueline Brauneis will be presenting "The Application of Liposomes in Synthetic Biology" at 3:00pm in Keating 103.
February 27, 2012
BME Doctoral Defense
John Totenhagen will be presenting "Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Mouse Model of Niemann Pick Type C1 Disease" at 9:00am in MRB 102.
December 15, 2011
BME Doctoral Defense
Phat Tran will be presenting "Nanoscale Feature Composite: An Ensemble Surface for Enhancing Cardiovascular Implant Endothelialization" at 1:00 pm in MRB 102.
December 5, 2011
BME Seminar Series
John Szivek will be presenting "Development of a Cartilage Tissue Engineering Strategy using Biomimetic Scaffolds and Stem Cells"
November 29, 2011
BME Master's Defense
Xenia Kachur will be presenting "A Novel Pathology Device for the Improvement of Intraoperative Breast Cancer Tissue Gross Examination" at 12:00pm in Keating 103.
November 28, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Sarah Leung will be presenting "Plasmon Resonant Gold-Coated Liposomes for Spectral, Temporal, and Spatial Control of Release"
November 21, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Sheila Hemami will be presenting "A Signal-Processing Approach to Modeling Vision, and Applications"
November 14, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Vikram Kodibagkar will be presenting "New 1H MRI Techniques and Probes for Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation and Hypoxia"
November 09, 2011
BME Doctoral Defense
Please join us Wednesday, November 9th, in Keating 103 for the public doctoral defense of Stephen Moore, who will be presenting "ModPET: Novel Applications of Scintillation Cameras to Preclinical PET”
November 07, 2011
BME Seminar Series
P. Daniel Warren will be presenting "A Comparison of Two Common Polycaprolactone-Based Biomaterials"
October 31, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Dr. John Konhilas will be presenting "The Adenosine Monophosphate Kinase Network in Cardiac Disease Regulation"
October 24, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Phat Tran will be presenting "Nanoscale feature composites: enhancing cell adhesion using nanowell trapped charged ligand-bearing nanoparticles surfaces"
October 17, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Julia Indik will be presenting "Waveform Analysis of VF Cardiac Arrest"
October 10, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Diego Martin will be presenting "Advances in MRI Diagnostics for Diseases of the Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis: Engineering Revolutionizing Healthcare"
October 3, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Tom Porter will be presenting "Ultrasound Mediated Thrombolysis Applications"
September 26, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Stephen Wilson will be presenting "New approaches to mapping the functional neuroanatomy of the language network"
September 19, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Greg Shelton will be presenting "Traumatic Brain Injury Due to Shock Wave Impulse from IED's."
September 12, 2011
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Partha Ray will be presenting "The Medical Product Lifecycle: Innovation,
Development and Commercialization"
August 29, 2011
BME Seminar Series
BME Data Blitz
July 26 , 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Chandra Khatri will be presenting "Modifying Aqueous Humor Dynamics for the Treatment of Glaucoma"
3:15 pm in MRB 102
May 19, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Vincent Wong will be presenting “Formulation of Perfluorocarbon-filled Droplets for Ultrasound-Mediated Applications”
9:00 am in MRB 102
May 12, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Darren Haskett will be presenting "Towards a Method for Biomechanical Determination of Aneurysm Progression in Mouse Models"
12:00 pm in MRB 102
May 11, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Amanda Eskinazi will be presenting “Toward A Classification System for the Shape, Location, and Orientation of Hill-Sachs Lesions”
10:00 am in MRB 102
May 10 , 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Joe Del Rossi will be presenting "Coaxial Electrospray to Produce Cerasome Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery"
1:30 pm in MRB 102
May 06, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Zach Dean will be presenting "Electrolyte Solutions to Improve the Performance of Electroactive Polymers used in Infusion Pumps"
9:00 am in Keating 103
May 02 , 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Mia McCorkel will be presenting "Sub-Cytotoxic Nanoparticle Exposure to Airway Epithelial Cells Causes Alterations in Cellular Signaling"
1:45 pm in MRB 102
April 28, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Fahd Chaudhry will be presenting "A Novel Resuscitation Algorithm Using Waveform Analysis and End-tidal Carbon Dioxide Pressure in Ventricular Fibrillation"
4:00 pm in AHSC 8403
April 26, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Deepa Patel will be presenting "Maximal Oxygen Consumption Rates in One-Leg and Two-Leg Exercise: A Theoretical Model"
9:00 am in Keating 103
April 25, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Tulika Balagopal will be presenting "Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Using AZRED Water Quality Models"
2:00 pm in MRB 102
April 20, 2011
Master's Defense Seminar
Joshua Nedrud will be presenting "The Functional Role of the N2B Region within the Elastic Sarcomeric Protein Titin”
3:00 pm in Keating 103
April 14, 2011
BME Newsletter
The Spring 2011 BME Newsletter is now available.
February 17, 2011
BME Seminar
Dr. Sivaram Arepalli will be presenting on "Applications of Carbon Nanotubes - Hype, Reality and Future"
January 18, 2011
BME Seminar
Special joint seminar with the Arizona Center on Aging
Dr. Bijan Najafi will be presenting on "Wearable Technology and Its Clinical Application"
December 10, 2010
Master's Defense Seminar
Dan Allen will be presenting "Predictive Variables of After-Shock During Resuscitation in a Swine Model"
December 08, 2010
Master's Defense Seminar
Gabriel Orsinger will be presenting "A Penetration and Safety Assay for Generic Ophthalmic Drugs"
December 06, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Thomas Porter will be presenting "Ultrasound Mediated Thrombolysis Applications"
November 29, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Ph.D. candidate John Totenhagen will be presenting "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mouse Models of Niemann-Pick Type C Disease"
November 22, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Urs Utzinger will be presenting "Imaging Mid and Near UV Excited Fluorescence"
November 15, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Richard Smith will be presenting "Artificial Heart Research - Past, Present, and Future"
November 08, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Marty Pagel will be presenting "Molecular Imaging of Cancer: Picturing the Future of Cancer Health Care"
November 01, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Terry Bahill will be presenting "The Search for Unintended Consequences"
October 25, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Russell Witte will be presenting on "Special Effects in Biomedical Imaging: From Light to Sound to Electricity"
October 18, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Marco Santello will be presenting on "Sensorimotor Control and Learning of Dextrous Manipulation"
October 11, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Wolfgang Fink will be presenting "To See or Not to See: Detection, Diagnosis, and Remedies for Eye Disorders"
October 4, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Horacio Rilo will be presenting on his research.
September 27, 2010
BME Seminar Series
BME Data Blitz
September 20, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Eniko Enikov will be presenting on "Development of Tactile MEMS Tonometer for Intraocular Pressure Measurement and Diagnostics of Glaucoma Drainage Implants”
September 13, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Jitendran Muthuswamy will be presenting on "Engineering Adaptive Neural Interfaces"
August 23, 2010
BME Seminar Series
Dr. Zhen Xu from University of Michigan will be presenting: "Image-Guided Ultrasound Therapy for Non-Invasive Surgery."
June 9, 2010
BME Ph.D. candidate Lise Johnson will present her dissertation defense titled: “Control Strategies for Functional Electrical Stimulation of the Upper Limb”
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 10:00 am Medical Research Building Room 102
June 3, 2010
BME Ph.D. candidate John H. Ashton will present his dissertation defense titled: “Polymeric Endoaortic Paving (PEAP): Initial Development of a Novel Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms”
Thursday, June 3, 2010 2:00 pm Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
April 12 , 2010
The BME Founder's Day Seminar will feature Stuart K. Williams, Ph.D., Scientific Director of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute and Professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville. Dr. Williams will present "Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine".
Monday, April 12, 2010 2:00 pm Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
February 15, 2010
BME Ph.D. Candidate Xiaomeng Zhang will present his dissertation defense titled: “MRI of tumor pH and perfusion ”
Monday, February 15, 2010 9:00 am Medical Research Building Room 102
September 19 , 2009
Biomedical Engineering hosted a National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) event.
Thank you to Texas Instruments, The University of Arizona College of Engineering, and the BIO5 Institute for their support of this event.
September 19, 2009 Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
June 26 , 2009
BME Ph.D. Candidate Kevin Harkins will present his dissertation defense titled: “Biophysical Mechanisms of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Assessed Through Computational Modeling and Experiments in Bioreactor Cell Cultures””
Friday June 26 , 2009 9:00 am Medical Research Building Room 102
May 26 , 2009
BME Ph.D. Candidate Jennifer Elster will be presenting her dissertation defense titled: “Quantification and Tracking of Transplanted Satellite Cells”
Tuesday May 26 , 2009 12:40 pm Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
May 7, 2009
BME IDP Faculty and Students Spring 2009 picnic
The official flyer can be found here.
Thursday May 7, 2009
12-3:00 pm
Keating/Bio5 lawn east
April 21st, 2009
Alan Kehlet, Ph.D. Retired, NASA and Aerospace Industry Executive will present:
"Project Mercury: First Step to the Moon", the announcement can be found here
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
1:00 pm
Keating/Bio 5 103
April 6, 2009
BME Builder's Day 2009
2:00 pm Keating/Bio5 103
The announcement for the special Builder's Day Seminar by Kristen O’Halloran Cardinal, Ph.D. can be found here.
Thank you to everyone who participated
March 2nd , 2009
Special BME Seminar:
Monday, March 2nd, 2009, 1:00pm in Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
"Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Nanotechnology"
Jennifer West, Department Chair and Cameron Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
December 12, 2008
Special BME Master's Defense Seminar:
Friday, December 12th, 2008, 4:00pm in Keating 103
"A brief look at Protein structural changes as a measure of Cell
Damage "
Omid Mahdavi, Biomedical Engineering student, University of Arizona
December 11, 2008
BME Program Fall Picnic
Thursday December 11th, 2008, 12-3 pm, lawn outside of Keating Bioresearch Building
December 4, 2008
BME Ph.D. Candidate Edward DeHoog will be presenting his dissertation defense titled: “Design of Multi Modality Fundus Cameras”
Thursday, December 4, 2008 1:00 pm Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
Snacks may be available.
October 27, 2008
BME ice cream social, northwest patio of the Keating building
3:00 pm, following the BME Seminar
Come and enjoy ice cream and socializing with fellow BME program members and affiliated labs
September 22nd 2008
The research of several BME IDP faculty members was presented.
2:00-4:00 pm
Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
September 18th 2008
A BME IDP member in the news recently (link to BIO5 article):
"Linda Powers: Detecting and Capturing Microbes"
August 28th 2008
Sangtae Ahn, Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California will present “Statistical Image Reconstruction Methods and Applications in Biomedical Imaging”
12:00 pm Medical Research Building (MRB) Room 102
August 25th 2008
Sina Farsiu, Ph.D. from the Department of Ophthalmology at Duke University will present “Statistical Imaging, Restoration, and Analysis of Digital Images for Clinical and Industrial Applications”
1:00 pm Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
July 17th 2008
Special BME Seminar Ali Bilgin, Ph.D from the ECE and Radiology Departments at the University of Arizona will be presenting "Compressive Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
1:00 pm, Keating Bioresearch Building Room 103
June 27 , 2008
BME ice cream social, northwest patio of Keating building
3:30 pm
Come and enjoy ice cream and socializing with fellow BME program members and affiliated labs
April 21, 2008
BME Builder's Day and Poster Session
Monday, April 21st is the BME Builder's Day and Poster Session. The Poster
Session will take place at 1:00 pm, and our guest seminar will begin at 2:00
pm. Both will take place in Keating 103.
Please join us in our celebration!
Special BME Builder's Day Seminar:
“National Institutes of Health: Perspective of a 2nd Year Post-doc”
Joelle Sarlls, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Section of Biophysics and Biomimetics
February 21, 2008
BME Ph.D. Candidate Renata Ramos will be presenting her dissertation defense titled: “Evaluation of the Effects of Cyclic Ocular Pulse on Conventional Outflow Tissues”
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:00 pm MRB 102
Based upon past defenses, there is a high probability of snack availability.
January 11, 2008
BME Ph.D. Candidate Dominique Jennings will be presenting her dissertation defense titled: “Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescence Microscopy of Tumor Microvascular Permeability”
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 9:00 a.m. MRB 102
Delicious snacks will almost certainly be available.
December 14, 2007
BME Ph.D. Candidate Carlos Chang will be presenting his dissertation defense titled: “Development of In-vitro Three-Dimensional Microvascular Tissues”
Monday, December 17, 2007 2:30 p.m. AHSC 5403
Snacks will probably be available.
November 8, 2007
BME students and faculty in the news with exciting research, see following links to articles in the LA Times and AZ Star newspapers:
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-sci-robomoth7nov07,1,7817400.story
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/209959
October 26, 2007
BME ice cream social, north patio of Keating building
3:30 pm
Come and enjoy ice cream and socializing with fellow BME program members and affiliated labs
October 2007
BME Master's candidate William Brands will be presenting his defense titled "Optical Studies of Collagen Crosslinking, Angiogenesis and Matrix Metalloproteinases." The presentation will be held in MRB 102 at 9am, Friday October 26th and will be part of the Fall 07 BME Seminar Series.
There's a good chance that snacks of some sort will be available..
A link to the presentation abstract:
http://bme.arizona.edu/Seminar/Speakers/F07Brands.php
A link to a map showing to location of the MRB building:
http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/241.html
July 27, 2007
BME students and faculty are working with NASA on a project titled:
"Cell Culture Module - Effect of Microgravity on Wound Repair: In Vitro Model of New Blood Vessel Development (CCM-Wound Repair)"
Link to Nasa.gov page describing experiments scheduled to be launched on an upcoming shuttle flight:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/CCM-Wound-Repair.html
June 25, 2007
BME PhD candidate Alex Tumlinson will be presenting his defense titled "Ultra high resolution optical coherence tomography for in vivo colonoscopy in mice." The presentation will be held in Nursing 470 @ 10am, Monday June 25. Bagels and coffee are likely to be available.
A link to a map showing to location of the Nursing building:
http://iiewww.ccit.arizona.edu/uamap/staticLarge/203.html
June 2007
Biomedical Engineering has moved from Life Sciences North to a new building on campus, the Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch Building.
A selection of links about the new building:
- Live webcam of building from UA facilities and design:
http://www.fdc.arizona.edu/webcam/wardcams.cfm - Description of new medical research buildings from the BIO5 website:
http://bio5.org/about/about_facility.php - An article from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences:
http://cals.arizona.edu/media/archives/3.5.html - Nov 2006 article from the Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/156796.php - May 2007 article from the Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/51150.php
