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Ruth V. Watkins Named New U President
– Ruth V. Watkins, senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the U, was named the 16th president of the University of Utah.
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Big Business in Utah
– The following article by College of Engineering Dean Richard B. Brown and College External Relations and Development Director Marilyn Davies was published in the November/December issue of PE Magazine, the official publication of the National Society of Professional Engineers. It details Utah’s explosive business and tech sector growth.
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Biomedical Engineering neural engineers make national press with their “sensational” new developments with a prosthetic hand
– Faculty Greg Clark and his Biomedical Engineering graduate students, Jake George and David Kluger, made national headlines in the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune for reporting recent work on their robotic prosthetic hand that restores some sense of touch to amputees. Jake George’s Society for Neuroscience abstract (on sensory encoding, embodiment, and phantom pain) and David Kluger’s abstract (on closed-loop control) were both been selected for public highlighting by the Society for Neuroscience. Jake’s talk was further selected for a press conference presentation and interview, which is held for only a few hundred from tens of thousands of abstracts. Additionally, Jake was the recipient of a travel award.
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Biomedical Engineering’s Jessica Kramer named Top 5 finalist in the annual 2017-18 Dream Chemistry Award
– Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Jessica Kramer’s creative research ideas for
new polymer chemistry techniques to engineer biomolecules and decorate the surface of human cells
has been selected for finalist consideration for the international Dream Chemistry Award.
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College Launches New Entrepreneurship Certificate
– Being an effective engineer can also sometimes mean being a deal maker, a marketer, even a manager.
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Lucas Timmins: Understanding Biomechanics
– It may seem odd to call new University of Utah biomedical engineering assistant professor Lucas Timmins a “rock n’ roll researcher,” but in a way, that’s what he is. When he’s not studying the properties of cardiovascular tissue for the benefit of life-saving medical devices, he can be seen thrashing on his guitar in a band called BEDrock, made up of other biomedical engineering researchers.
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Growing Engineering Schools Makes Cents
– From the May/June issue of PE Magazine from the National Society of Professional Engineers:
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Laurie Locascio named Vice President for Research at University of Maryland
– Laurie E. Locascio, who received her master’s degree in bioengineering from the University of Utah, was named Vice President for Research for the University of Maryland,
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Combating Wear and Tear
– By the time someone realizes they damaged a ligament, tendon or cartilage from too much exercise or other types of physical activity, it’s too late. The tissue is stretched and torn and the person is writhing in pain.
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Lawmakers Fund Engineering Initiative
– The Utah Technology Council, joined by Utah’s high tech industry and the state’s eight engineering and computer science programs has secured $4 million in ongoing funds from the Utah State legislature.
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New Biomedical Engineering Chair, David Grainger
– The newest chair of the University of Utah’s biomedical engineering department, David Grainger, is profiled in the latest College of Engineering newsletter. Click here to read a pdf version of the newsletter and learn about Grainger’s new ambitions for the internationally-recognized department.
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Merging of Humans and Machines
– Arati Prabhakar, director of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, recently wrote an article for Wired profiling two cutting-edge DARPA projects, including University of Utah biomedical engineering associate professor Greg Clark’s continued work on the Utah Slanted Electrode Array.
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Hope for Cardiac Patients
– Investigators at the University of Utah including biomedical engineering associate professor Frank Sachse have identified distinct differences in the hearts of advanced heart failure patients who have defied the odds and showed signs of recovery from the disease. Published online in the journal Circulation, the new findings could help clinicians identify the best candidates for cardiac recovery therapies.
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The Science of Religion
– Religious and spiritual experiences activate the brain reward circuits in much the same way as love, sex, gambling, drugs and music, report researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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Sticky. Stretchy. Waterproof. Next-Gen Bioadhesives.
– Watch a video that shows how silk from caddisfly larvae – known to western fly fishermen as ‘rock rollers’ – is one of the inspirations in nature that Professor Stewart’s lab is using in their search for dramatically improved medical bioadhesives.
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Biomedical Engineering Students Win Entrepreneur Challenge Grand Prize.
– Biomedical Engineering students Benjamin Fogg and Samer Merchant were on the team that won first place and the $40,000 grand prize at the annual Utah Entrepreneur Challenge for their design of a new endotracheal tube.
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Biomedical Engineering Ph.D Candidate Wins B2B Grand Prize
– Spencer Madsen won the $15,000 grand prize in the Bench-to-Bedside competition with PlusOne Baby, a wireless, no-contact monitor that allows parents to keep tabs on their children’s respirations with no strings attached.
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Assistant Professor Tara L. Deans Receives Prestigious NSF Career Award.
– Deans’ work in “synthetic biology” could give wounded soldiers, and anyone who suffers massive trauma, the ability to stop their own bleeding, saving their life. The five-year grant is for more than $500,000.
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Biomedical Engineering Program Ranked No.2 by Students – Again!
– For the second time in a year, the University of Utah’s Department of Biomedical Engineering graduate program was ranked second in the nation, according to a survey of students
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Video Features our Clinical Immersion Training Experience
– Our graduate students are going into the U hospitals and clinics every day, learning about medical practice, identifying unmet needs and designing solutions to meet those needs. Their experience is highlighted through interviews with graduates students, surgeon John Langell and Prof. Bob Hitchcock in a new video developed by biomedical engineering student Minna Wang working with her colleague, videographer Michel Pesirla.
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Department of Biomedical Engineering Led Team Receives $1.4M for Bionic Hand Neural Interface Research
– Department of Biomedical Engineering professor, Gregory Clark, PhD, is leading an interdisciplinary research team involving clinicians, neuroengineers, material scientists, electrical and computer engineers, rehabilitation specialists and patient volunteers. “We can pick up the nerve signals, translate them, and relay them to an artificial hand.” The DARPA funding will cover about 18 months of research and pay for testing on two human volunteers. Follow “Read More link” for detailed information and embedded demo video.
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Biomedical Engineering Student, Amanda Reynolds, among First Roche/ARCS Foundation Scholars.
– Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. (ARCS) advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding U.S. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.
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Podcast:
– Hear Prof. Weiss talk about the mechanics of blood vessel formation when Deputy Editor Dr. Merry Lindsey of the American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology interviews him about his innovative new work exploring the relationship between tissue mechanics and angiogenesis.
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Frank B. Sasche, PhD, New Tenure-Track Associate Professor
– His research focuses on mechanoelectrical coupling, remodeling and restoration of normal and diseased cardiac tissue.
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Dr. Robby Bowles, PhD, will join the Department this summer as a new tenure track faculty line.
– The addition Dr. Bowles raises the number of tenured and tenure track professors to twenty three. The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah is one of the oldest and fastest growing Departments in the nation.
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Our Students are Simply Awesome
– View some short videos and read about exciting student research and presentations.
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Congratulations to Jonathan Hartley, PhD Biomedical Engineering student, recipient of the National Research Service Award (F31).
– Jonathan proposed to develop a coiled-coil therapeutic for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Major new release of FEBio, Finite Elements for Biomechanics
– It’s with great pleasure that we announce the release of version 2.0 of FEBio (Finite Elements for Biomechanics). FEBio is an open-source finite element package designed for solving problems in computational biomechanics.
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College of Engineering’s Outstanding Graduating Student Leader Award goes to Annicka Carter
– Annicka gave the student address during the COE convocation. Her long-term goal is to conduct research in translational biology directly with physicians and patients. She has recently chosen to attend Rice University in Houston to obtain her Ph.D. in bioengineering with a focus on the cardiovascular system.
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Undergraduate Research Symposium
– The annual Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held in the Warnock Engineering Building on Friday April 18th , 2014 from 6 to 10 p.m. Seniors will give short research presentations in sessions, which will be followed by poster presentations in the Catmull Gallery.
Congratulations to Ms. Azadeh Poursaid, MD/PhD Biomedical Engineering student, recipient of the National Research Service Award!
– Azadeh’s F30 award will support her research during in the Hamid Ghandehari lab for the next three years.
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9th Annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference
– This year marked the 9th annual Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference where faculty, undergraduate and graduate students came together to present their research – and enrich the collaborative spirit of biomedical engineering within the department and across the Health Sciences Campus. About 250 attended the event and there were over 100 student presentations.
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Once Again, Thank you Johns Hopkins University
: Dr. Tara Deans Joins The Dept. Of Biomedical Engineering
– Tara Deans, PhD, joins the department this fall. Dr. Deans was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, where she focused on interfacing synthetic biology with biomaterials for spatially and temporally controlling gene expression
in vitro
and
in vivo.
BME Undergraduates Hold 3rd Annual Leadership Retreat
– On Saturday, September 14th, for the third year, the BME Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee held a leadership retreat in the Warnock Engineering Building. This unique event provided opportunities for biomedical engineering undergraduates to reflect on leadership issues such as the importance of diversity, strategic vision, core values, initiative, teamwork, problem solving, and lifelong learning.
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Henry Kopecek to Receive University of Helsinki
– Jindrich Henry Kopecek, Ph.D., D.Sc., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah has been selected by the Faculty at the University of Helsinki to receive the University’s highest honor: the degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa.
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Thank you, Johns Hopkins University: Dr. Michael Yu to Join Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
– The Biomedical Engineering department is delighted to welcome Professor S. Michael Yu, PhD, to the faculty. His research focuses on biologically based materials.
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BME Student Spencer Madsen Selected as the U’s First Presidential Fellow
– The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) has selected Department of Biomedical Engineering PhD student Spencer Madsen as the University of Utah’s first Presidential Fellow.
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Biomedical Engineering Students Shine at Innovation Competition
– A team of students from Biomedical Engineering, Team Troclosure, wins the grand prize at the annual Bench-2-Bedside innovation competition.
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Professor Jeff Weiss to to Receive ASME 2013 Van Mow Medal. Congratulations!
– This highly competitive award is ASME’s highest honor for a mid-career biomedical engineer.
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The 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in April 2013.
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Final call for abstracts
, DEADLINE Fri Dec 14. More information is available at the
conference website
.
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New book published on Biomaterials
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Comprehensive Biomaterials
was just published by Elsevier Press. One of the authors is Pharmaceutics/Biomedical Engineering professor David Grainger. This work is of interest to any student, researcher or engineer working in biomaterials, medicinal research, cell biology, tissue engineering, tissue physiology, regenerative medicine, microfabrication, and biomedical devices and applications. With 253 chapters, 3672 pages in 6 volumes by hundreds of experts, this represents the state-of-the-field in a single source.
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ASME Summer Biomedical Engineering Conference prize awarded
–
Corinne Henak
of the
Musculoskeletal Research Lab
was awarded 3rd place in the PhD Student Competition at the
ASME Summer Biomedical Engineering Conference!
She received both a certificate and a cash prize. Congratulations!
Emeritus and former professors Jarmila Janatová and Jiří Janata remembered
– Our colleagues were among those honored at
Scholars in Exile
, a conference taking place in Prague to honor scientists who found themselves in exile after the communist invasion of 1968.
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Ben Ellis and Jeff Weiss received the “2010 Skalak Best Paper” award from the the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering!
– This honor is awarded to the best paper of the year as determined by reviewer rankings.
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• Dr. Greger and colleagues decode words from brain signals
– In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, electrical neural signals were decoded into words
(The Big I, CNN interview)
and
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• Studying Sea Life for a Glue That Mends People
– Russell Stewart’s research featured in The New York Times
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• FEBio Software Release
– The Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories have released a new version of their software package FEBio, a nonlinear finite element solver that is specifically designed for biomechanical applications. Be sure to visit their newly redesigned website and download this software.
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• Glue, Fly, Glue
– Caddisfly larvae spin silk that is sticky underwater making it valuable as a potential adhesive tape during surgery
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• Synthetic Sea Worm Glue May Mend Shattered Knee, Face Bones
– Dr. Russell Stewart and his team have made a biobased synthetic version of the marine sandcastle worm superglue
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• Sorenson Legacy Foundation Gives $15 Million
– Dedicated to biomedical and neurosciences research, the James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building will be first of four multidisciplinary facilities on 11 acres in the center of campus
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• Modeling the Deformable Body
– FEBio, finite element software developed by
Dr. Jeff Weiss
and
and
colleagues
, is featured in this Biomedical Computation
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• INVENT !
– Dr. Patrick Kiser on his new course “Invent” — “My goal in the class is to help students realize their potential as innovators…”
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• “From 3D to 2D: A Review of the Molecular Imprinting of Proteins”
– by V. Hlady, D. Britt and colleagues is listed as one of the most cited articles published in 2006.
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• New faculty join the Utah Biomedical Engineering team
– The Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative attracts excellent faculty to the University
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• Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Dr. Barney Clark Receiving the Total Artificial Heart
– Commemorative Symposium will be hosted by the
Utah Artificial Heart Institute
November 30 – December 1, 2007
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• A molecular condom against AIDS
–
Dr. Patrick Kiser
and
colleagues
reported in the J. Pharm. Sci.
a
molecular condom
to combat HIV
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• Imaging the Micro-Anatomy of Tissue and Disease
– $1.7 Million NIH Grant Supports MRI Reserch at the Microscopic Level. Dr. Edward Hsu leads the team
(24 Oct. 2006, Salt Lake Tribune)
• Man Operates Bionic Limb Through His Thoughts
– Jesse Sullivan has two prosthetic arms, but he has no problem climbing a ladder at his house and rolling on a fresh coat of paint…
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