Regenerative Engineering: The Theory and Practice of a Next Generation Field By Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.:The next ten years will see unprecedented strides in regenerating musculoskeletal tissues We are moving from an era of advanced prosthetics, to what I term regenerative engineering. In doing so, we have the capability to begin to address grand challenges in musculoskeletal regeneration. Tissues such as bone, ligament, and cartilage can now be understood from the cellular level to the tissue level. We now have the capability to produce these tissues in clinically relevant forms through tissue engineering techniques. Our improved ability to optimize engineered tissues has occurred in part due to an increased appreciation for stem cell technology and nanotechnology, two relatively new tools for the tissue engineer. Critical parameters impact the design of novel scaffolds for tissue regeneration. Cellular and intact tissue behavior can be modulated by these designs. Design of systems for regeneration must take place with a holistic and comprehensive approach, understanding the contributions of cells, biological factors, scaffolds and morphogenesis.</p>

This ceremony will include opening remarks, a presentation from Wayne Barlin representing the Coulter Foundation, and a key note speaker.

9:30 – 10:00 Registration / Refreshments -Exhibit Room ST124
1:00 10:00 – 10:15 Opening Remarks: John Tarbell, Chair of BME; Joseph Barba, Dean of
the GSOE; Maurizio Trevisan, Provost of City College
10:15 – 10:30 Brief History of the CCNY BME / Coulter Foundation Relationship:
Distinguished Professor Sheldon Weinbaum
10:30 – 11:00 Wayne Barlin, Vice President and General Council, Wallace H. Coulter
Foundation: Remarks, video, presentation of commemorative plaques
11:00 – 11:45 Elkin Simson, Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine:
Keynote speaker with remembrances of Wallace Coulter
11:45 – 3:00 BME Day poster session in the Steinman Hall Lobby with senior
design projects highlighted
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
(1:30 Ceremonial cutting of the Wallace Coulter Centennial birthday cake)

2:2:00 -4:30 BME Advisory Board meeting

-SENIORS: To graduate this June, you must apply for graduation.
-Class Picture
Class of 2013 : Class Name: Theta Psi
DATE: Thursday, April 11, 2013
TIME: 12:15pm
LOCATION: BME Rm. 401

-March 28. 2013 - April 15, 2013 : BME Academic Advising (Summer and Fall 2013)

-April 11, 2013 Theta Psi (BME Class of 2013) Class Picture

-May 3. 2013 Wallace Coulter Centennial and BME DAY 2013

-May 10, 2013 BME Awards Luncheon

Watch your (CCNY) email for additional information on these and other events.

To ensure that every BME student completes advisement, an advising stop “EA” has been placed on your SIMS record. Once you have been advised by your designated faculty advisor, the stop will be removed in time for Summer/Fall 2013 web registration.
Below is the Summer/Fall 2013 advisement schedule for the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME).

-Faculty Advising March 28, 2013- April 15, 2013
-EA Stop Removal April 1, 2013 - April 15, 2013

BME Students with 45 or more credits, If your last name begins with:

A March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Parra (ST-403C)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email: parra@ccny.cuny.edu

B-C April 8, 2013-April 15, 2013 Kelly (ST-460)
Office Hours: M, W 10:00am -12:00noon starting April 8th : spkell@gmail.com

D-G March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Cardoso (ST-565)
Office Hours: M,W10:00am -11:00am OR at a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email: cardoso@engr.ccny.cuny.edu

H-J March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Wang (ST-434)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email:shwang@ccny.cuny.edu

K-L March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Schaffler (ST-564)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email: mschaffler@ccny.cuny.edu

M-N March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Fu (ST-435)
Office Hours: W 6:00pm–7:00pm and TH 4:00pm–5:00pm OR at a specific mutually agreed
upon time arranged by email: fu@ccny.cuny.edu

O-P March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Tarbell (ST-404C)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email: tarbell@ccny.cuny.edu

Q-S March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Nicoll (ST-431)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email: snicoll@ccny.cuny.edu

T-Z March 28, 2013-April 15, 2013 Bikson (ST-403B)
At a specific mutually agreed upon time arranged by email: bikson@ccny.cuny.edu

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September 5 - 2012

Fall 2012 Seminar Series

-Town Hall Meeting-April 26, 2012
(BME Conference Room)
-BME Day 2012-May 4, 2012
(BME Department and Conference Room)
-BME Awards Luncheon-Friday, May 11, 2012
(Steinman Lecture and Exhibit Hall)

Thursday, March 1, 2012
12:30PM-2:00PM
LOCATION: Exhibit Room, Steinman Lecture Hall

Come and find out more about biomedical engineering careers,
and network with the speakers!

Panel Participants:

Eric R. Gustafson— Biomedical Engineer & Senior Clinical Project Manager,
Zoll Medical Corporation

Tricia Duval, RN— Sr. Territory Manager-Hospital Division,
Zoll Medical Corporation

Nick Pinto, CBET— Clinical Engineering Manager (and CCNY alum),
New York Presbyterian Hospital

Presented by CCNY Career Center
in collaboration with Tau Beta Pi and
CCNY Biomedical Engineering Department

TO SIGN UP, stop by The Career Center located in NAC 1/116
Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm, Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm

Telephone: (212) 650-5327

Stay informed, visit the CCNY BME website regularly (www.bme.ccny.cuny.edu) for :
-Course and Curriculum Changes
-Faculty Research
-Internship Opportunities
-Departmental News and Events
-Updated BME Handbook-FAQ
-And Much More…

Also, join CCNY BME on Linkedin:
www.linkedin.com/pub/ccny-bme/31/113/3b3

THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Cordially invite you to Biomedical Engineering Day 2011

April 29, 2011
PROGRAM AGENDA

9:30 – 10:00 Registration / Refreshments
BME Conference Rm T402

10:00 – 11:00 Group Session-Advisory Board and
Students (Grad and Undergraduates)
BME Conference Rm T402

11:00 – 2:00 BME Student Poster Session
Steinman Hall Lobby

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Steinman Hall Exhibit Room

1:00 – 2:00 Group Session-Advisory Board and Graduate Students
BME Conference Rm T402

1:00 – 4:00 Employment/Internship Session with Select Companies
(Bring Updated Resumes)
Steinman Hall Lobby

1:30 – 4:00 BME Faculty and Advisory Board Meeting

The NIH Scholars will be hosting the NIH Scholars Program Spring Social on Saturday April 23rd, 2011 at 11:30am at Chelsea Piers.
This is a two hour lunch cruise on the Hudson visiting several locations including: The Empire State Building, Governor's Island, Statue of Liberty and more. Your reservation includes vibrant entertainment and a buffet style 3 course meal.

Please RSVP by Wednesday March 30 if you are sure you will be attending. Paying for a no show will not be refunded so be mindful of this.

For additional information, contact Stacyann Morgan, NIH Scholar, at stacyannmorgan@hotmail.com.

All NIH Scholars engaged in research are expected to make a 12-15 minute presentation on their work.
Dress Code: Business Attire

Bijan Pesaran, PhD. Center for Neural Science, NYU.

Steve Nicoll, PhD. Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York

You are expected to make a presentation if you are conducting research. You should prepare a 12-15 minute presentations of your research activities.
-Friday, November 20, 2009
-Time: 10:00 a.m.
-Location: T402 (BME Conference Room)

For additional information, contact Dr. Phillip Payton.

Rebecca Richards Kortum, PhD – Zweifach Lecture. "From Cell Phones to Cell Biology: High Tech, Low Cost Solutions for Global Health". Department of Bioengineering. Rice University

Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, PhD. Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Harvard University

Ben Ovryn, Ph.D. "Modeling and imaging nouveau adhesions". Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Deanna Thompson, PhD. "Development of a Multi-Cue Guidance Channel for a Long-Gap Peripheral Nerve Injury". Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

The 2009 CIMIT Innovation Congress, Accelerating Healthcare Solutions Through Technology, will be held in Boston on October 27 & 28, 2009. We will be having a poster session featuring interdisciplinary work that improves healthcare through technology.
Awards will be given for:
Most Innovative Research $1,500
Potential for Patient Benefit $1,000
Best Student Poster $ 500
Last year, more than 650 attendees viewed the posters and saw the innovative work the competition showcased.
Anyone is welcome to submit a poster abstract for consideration, but all accepted poster competition entrants must register for the Innovation Congress.

Marcy Lender
Assistant to Kirby Vosburgh, Ph.D.
CIMIT
165 Cambridge St., Suite 702
Boston, MA 02114
E-mail: mlender@partners.org
Phone: (617) 643-3841
Fax: (617) 643-3840
Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology

Edward J. Ciaccio, PhD. "New Methods for Analysis of Heart Arrhythmias". Columbia University Medical Center.

Adrian Rodriguez, PhD. "Spontaneous generation in sensory systems: calcium action potentials in hair cells pattern auditory neuron activity before hearing onset". Biology, City College of New York

Peter Canoll, MD, PhD. "Myosin II in Glioma Invasion" Clinical Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center

Stavroula Sofou, PhD. "Lipid membrane heterogeneities controlled by pH: basic studies and potential applications in liposome based immunochemotherapy" Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Clark T. Hung, PhD. "A Paradigm for Functional Tissue Engineering of Articular Cartilage". Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University.

Research Presentations

Wednesday Seminar Luis Cardoso, PhD Assistant Professor & Stephen C. Cowin, PhD Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The City College of New York

 

BME Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Your attendance is requested at the
2009 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AWARDS LUNCHEON
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
12:00noon - 2:00pm
Faculty Dining Hall
North Academic Center (NAC) 3rd Floor

Deepak Vashishth, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Center of Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY

The Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) and the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering (NYCBE) will host our annual Advisory Board Meeting in conjunction with BME Day 2009, Friday, May 1, 2009. The program will begin at 9:30 am and conclude at 4:00 pm.

PROGRAM AGENDA-
9:30 – 10:00 Registration / Refreshments
(BME Conference Rm T402)

10:00 – 11:00 Group Session-Advisory Board and
Undergraduate Students (BME Conference Rm T402)

11:00 – 2:00 BME Student Poster Session (Steinman Hall Lobby)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Steinman Hall Exhibit Room)

1:00 – 4:00 Employment/Internship Session with Select Companies (Steinman Hall Lobby)

1:00 – 2:00 Group Session-Advisory Board and Graduate Students(BME Conference Rm T402)

2:00 – 4:00 BME Faculty and Advisory Board Meeting (BME Conference Rm T402)

Frances S. Ligler, D.Phil., D.Sc.
Center for Bio/Molecular Science & Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington, DC,USA
Frances.ligler@nrl.navy.mil

Wei Yuan Ph.D. candidate
Biomedical Engineering Department
City College of New York,
New York, NY

Samuel K. SIA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Department
Columbia University,
New York, NY

The Career Workshop is hosted by the NIH Scholars Program and our local BMES Chapter, and is for anyone who may be seeking industry internships/careers or entry into Medical School/Graduate School. This workshop is designed to equip students with the right mindset, tools, and resources to give them a competitive edge during their undergraduate/graduate career and beyond. Food will be served!

J. Christopher Fritton, PhD
Research Instructor,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY.

Zahi A. Fayad, PhD
Professor of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Director, Translational and Molecular Imaging
Institute

Matthias Mölle, PhD
Department of Neuroendocrinology,
University of Lübeck, Germany

Lauren D. Black III, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Minnesota

Lance KAM PhD. Microscale Biocomplexity Laboratory. Neuro &Nanomedicine. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University.

Baranidharan RAMAN PhD.
Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Neurophysiology, NICHD Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, MD.

Steven B. Nicoll, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery,
University of Pennsylvania.

Hui Ye, PhD
Toronto Western Research Institute,
Division of Fundamental Neurobiology,
Toronto, Ontario Canada.

"Enzyme Innovation by Evolution" by Dr. Frances H. Arnold.
Scientists’ dreams of constructing new forms of life—either to enhance human well-being or just to prove that we can do it—are somewhat grander than the reality, because we are profoundly ignorant of the mapping from DNA sequence to biological function. Details of molecular interactions rule function, and we just don’t understand the details. For forward engineering of biological systems, I argue that we should look to the design algorithm that has produced the entire biological world: evolution. This simple algorithm works at all scales of complexity, from single proteins to ecosystems, and can be ‘directed’ by controlling the molecular diversity (mutations) and applying artificial selection.
By emulating evolution in the laboratory we create new, finely-tuned biological molecules that exhibit desired properties. And, by uncoupling evolution from biological function, we can explore what is physically possible versus what is merely biologically relevant at the time. These experiments provide insight into the remarkable ability of biological systems to evolve and adapt, and may help us understand how today’s proteins came about.

Treena Livingston Arinzeh. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ira R. Josephson. City College of New York. Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.

Open to all CCNY BME undergraduate and graduate students, this event will highlight the achievements of our faculty, students, and staff.

The 2008 CCNY Biomedical Engineering Research day will be a full day event including participation by member of the BME Industrial Advisory Board and representative from the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering hospital centers.

Ramesh Visvanathan. Siemens

Cheng Dong. Penn State University. Department of Bioengineering.

Michael Sacks. University of Pittsburgh. Engineered Tissue Mechanics Laboratory.

Frederick Silver. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Brad Herman. Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Leny and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics.

Joe Tien. Boston University. Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology; Micro and Nano Biosystems Laboratory; Organogenesis Laboratory.

Keefe Manning. Penn State University. Department of Bioengineering.

Russell Stewrt, M.Sc.
City College of New York. Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Departments

Steven Tommasini, PhD Candidate, The City College of New York and Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Prof Tuo Jing, Ph.D. Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Pharmacy

BME Students and Faculty are invited to our Spring 2008 Seminar Series kickoff this Wednesday 01/30 at 3PM

Ira Josephson Ph.D.
Medical Biotechnology Center
City University of New York and
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute

Daniel Irimia Ph.D.
BioMEMS Resource Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jonathan Kauffman Ph.D.
CEO and Director
CyberLogic Inc.

Anna M. Kenney Ph.D.
Cancer Biology and Genetics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Yi-Xian Qin Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Stony Brook, State University of New York

Edward A. Fisher Ph.D., M.P.H., M.D., B.A.
Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Cell Biology (Administration)
New York University Medical Center

Cesare Ciani Department of Biomedical Engineering The City College of New York

Edward Guo Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineeing
Columbia University

Xuejun Jiang Ph.D.
Cell Biology Laboratory
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

70th birthday celebration.

Sihong Wang Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The City College of New York

Elisa E. Konofagou Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University

Anuj Chauhan PhD
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Ophthalmology,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

Noshir A. Langrana, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University “Strategies to modulate DNA-crosslinked hydrogel stiffness to understand cell behavior.”

Helen H. Lu , Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University Title TBA

Mary Alpaugh, Ph.D. Department of Biology, CCNY, “A Model of Metastasis that Recapitulates Ontogeny.”

Lucas Parra , Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, CCNY, “Does the brain stimulate itself?”

Stavroula Sofou, Ph.D. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic University, “Surface-active lipid-based vesicles for drug delivery”

Cameron McIntyre,, PhD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Biomedical Engineering “Deep Brain Stimulation: Technology Development through Scientific Understanding”

Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD. Dept. of Gene and Cell Medicine. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine “Tissue engineering to study steps in the human immune response”

Yuliya Vengrenyuk , Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, CCNY “A new hypothesis for vulnerable plaque rupture due to stress-induced debonding around cellular microcalcifications in thin fibrous caps"

George Plopper , Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, “Closing the gap between tissue structure and function”

Herb B. Sun, Ph.D. Department of Orthopaedics. Mount Sinai School of Medicine “CITED2 in skeletal tissue mechanotransduction and homeostasis”

Zweifach lecture by Dr. Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School "Normalization of tumor vasculature and microenvironment by antiangiogenic therapies: From the bench to bedside and back"

Raymond Tu, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, CCNY "Peptide-based Self-assemblies"

Zhong-Dong Shi, BME CCNY “Fluid Shear Stress Plays a Role in Differentiation and Migration of Adventitial Fibroblast”

Yilin Wang, BME CCNY “A model for the role of integrins in flow induced mechanotransduction in osteocytes".

Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University “Applications of Mixture Theory to Cartilage Mechanics and Tissue Engineering”

Guillermo A. Ameer, Sc.D. Northwestern University, Biomedical Engineering Department “How novel biomaterial applications will change medicine”

Paul Frenette, Department of Medicine, Immunobiology Center and Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Icahn Medical Institute. “Identification of leukocyte subsets and microdomains contributing to sickle cell vaso-occlusion in vivo.”

Dr. Tarek Fahmy, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale, "Biomaterials for immune system diagnostics and modulation, novel vaccine systems, and tissue engineering approach to recapitulate the dynamic microenvironment of lymphoid organs"

Jeffery D. Zahn, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Penn. State University, "Microfluidic Devices for Clinical Diagnostics and Health Management"

Sihong Wang, Harvard Medical School – "Real Time Profiling of Gene and Protein Expression Dynamics"

Joonil Seong, “How is molecular structure designed to withstand mechanical forces? - Study of glycosaminoglycan and cell adhesion molecules by atomic force microscopy and optical tweezer”

Michael J. Jaasma, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin, - "Osteoblast Mechanical Behavior and its Adaptation to Mechanical Loading"

Dominique Durand, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, “Neural Interfacing with the Peripheral Nervous System”

Melissa A. Kacena, Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yale University, "A New Paradigm of Skeletal Homeostasis: The Role of Megakaryocytes"

James Cooper, National Institute of Standards and Technology, “Scaffolds for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering”

Warren Grill, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, “Electrical activation of spinal neural circuits for restoration of motor function”

Lee Murfee, University of California - San Diego, “Perivascular Cell Dynamics during Adult Microvascular Remodeling: Understanding the Importance of Arterial/Venous Phenotypes”

Keith Hanna, President and CEO, Meridian Vision Inc. "Technology Transfer"

X. Sheldon Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology “An Overview of Immersed Boundary/Continuum Methods”

Ron Cohen, M.D. President and CEO, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. Chairman Emeritus of the New York Biotechnology Association (NYBA). "The Two Towers: Academia and Industry in the Quest for Biomedical Innovation"

Peter S Walker, NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Program, NYU School of Medicine “Development of a Kinematic Criterion for the Design of Knee Replacements”

Marcelo Magnasco, Head Mathematical Physics Lab, The Rockefeller University, “Sparse time-frequency representations and the neural coding of sound”

Kelvin Davies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, "The Biochemistry of the Maxi-K Channel Applied to Gene Therapy and Biotechnology"

Larry Abbott, Columbia University "Signal propagation in neuronal networks"

Bruce D Gelb, Mount Sinai School of Medicine "Getting to the heart of the matter: Using Genomics to understand congenital heart defects"

Biomedical Engineering Senior design teams present their concepts for their devices.

Alexander Gersten, Ben-Gurion University "Scientific abilities of adults and percuiarities in brain's blood flow"

Ravi Iyengar, Mount Sinai School of Medicie "Analyzing Cellular Regulatory Networks"

Barclay Morrison, Columbia University "In vitro approaches can increase our understanding of head injury biomechanics using atomic force microscopy and an organotypic slice culture model of traumatic brain injury"

Donald Gaver, Tulane University "The importance of surfactant physicochemical hydodynamics in pulmonary atelectrauma"

Robert L Smith, Syracuse University "Cochlear Implants: Bringing Sound to the Profoundly Deaf"

Fortunato Battaglia, CUNY Medical School "Antidepressants, neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity in rodents and humans"

Robert M. Nerum, Georgia Institute of Technology "The Vascular Endothelial Cell: From Basic Research to a Vascular Implant" Sheppard Hall Room Room 95 at 3:00 PM; Reception follows

Molly D Frame, Stony Brook University "Preconditioning of individual arteriolar networks in vivo"

Charles Nicholson, NYU School of Medicine "Measuring and modeling diffusion of molecules in brain tissue reveals structure"

James Grotberg, University of Michigan "BIOFLUID MECHANICS IN LUNGS AND LUNG DEVICES" T-312 at 2:00-3:00 PM

Thomas Magnanit, Dean of Engineering, Massachuseets Institue of Technology "Engineering Our Future" Steinman Hall Lecture Hall at 12:00 PM

Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, Stony Brook University "A complex systems approach to limbic dysregulation: implications for health and patient population"

Sponsored by the New York Center for Biomedical Engineering.

Ofer Tchernichoski, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Department of Biology, "How sleep affects the developmental learning of song birds "

Luis Cardoso Landa, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Bone quality and quantity"

Sheldon Weinbaum, Ph.D., The City College of New York, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Finding your voice: a guide for graduate students"

Dr. Robert J. Miller, Senior Director Biomat. Sci. & Eng., Genzyme
Dr. George Bourne, Group VP Endosurgery R&D, Boston Scientific
Barbara Davis, VP Human Resources & Organization Dev., Wilson Greatbatch
Sharon R. Daley, VP Human Resources, GE Global Research
Arica Drummond, Human Resources, ALZA - J&J
Dr. Troy Hershberger, Director Hip Prod. Dev., Biomet. Inc.
Darlene Whaley, VP Human Resources, Biomet. Inc.
Howie Rosen, VP Commercial Strategy, Gilead Sciences
Paul Citron, Retired VP Medtronic Inc.
Dr. Gabe Tzeghai, Assoc. Director R&D, Proctor & Gamble
Ms. Ronnie Denes, VP External Affairs, Cooper Union
Dr. Arnold Stancell, Turner Leadership Prof., Georgia Tech.
Dr. Neville Parker, H. Kayser Prof., CCNY
Peter Katona, President, Whitaker Foundation

The BME department have moved to its own space on the fourth floor of Steinman Hall. Architect Stephen Ely did a masterful job. See for yourself by taking a Tour of the new facilities.

The first Startegic Plan has been posted.

Erin Sheets, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry, "Life as a Lipid: Rafts, Dynamics, and Interactions"

Helen Lu, Ph.D., Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, "Soft Tissue to Bone Integration: A Tissue Engineering Approach"

Babak Parviz, Ph.D., University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering, "Borrowing Tools and Concepts from Biology: Self-assembly for Functional Electronics and Photonics"

Savio Woo, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, "Gene Therapy for Cancer"

Peter Caroll, MD, Ph.D., Columbia University, Department of Pathology, "Dynamic Analysis of Glioma Migration and Proliferation in Brain Slices"

Greetings BME@CCNY! Department of Biomedical Engineering "Dessert Social to Welcome New BME Students and Greet Returning BME Students"

Laoise McNamara, Ph.D, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "Biomechanical origins of Osteoporosis"

The formal inauguration of the BME department and its new facilities will take place on November 5, 2004.

Yong S. Chang, Ph.D. Bayer Corporation, Sr. Research Scientist, "Title TBA"

David Christini, Ph.D., Weil Medical College of Cornell University, "Adaptive termination of cardiac arrhythmia precursor events"

Annual Meeting for Prospective Graduate Students & New Faculty at 7:30 PM in Salon 10, Mezzanine Level.

Kambiz Pourrezai, Ph.D. Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems "Title TBA"

Edward G. Cape, Ph.D., Managing Partner, The Sapphire Group LLC, "A Wall Street Perspective on Biotechnology and Medical Technology Companies: Venture Capital, IPO’s, Mergers & Acquisitions"