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Department of Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Seminars


Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar: April 5: Dr. Hongmei Chen, Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada, titled, "Developing artificial cells for therapeutic applications and refining bone marrow stimulation techniques for cartilage repair," at 3 p.m., in Fisher 129

Department of Biomedical Engineering will be sponsoring a seminar by Lijie Zhang who is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Her seminar will be, "Biologically Inspired Tissue-Engineered Bone and Cartilage Substitutes: A Next Generation Treatment for Musculoskeletal Injuries and Diseases," at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Rekhi G06.

Xiaohua Liu of the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences at the University of Michigan will present, "Biomimetic Nano-fibrous Scaffolds and Bioactive Molecules Delivery for Bone Tissue Engineering," at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19, in EERC 226. Liu is a faculty candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Monday, January 25, 3:00 in room 218 EERC: Kyung A. Kang, PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering Professor and Graduate Program Director, University of Louisville “When Nano Meets Bio!”

Friday, January 22 at 2:00 — 130 Fisher: "Histotripsy: Imaging Guided Ultrasound Therapy for Non-invasive Surgery" Zhen Xu, PhD; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

Seth W. Donahue, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, will present a seminar at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 7, in Chem Sci 101. The seminar is titled, "Bears, Bones and Drugs." Donahue is a candidate for Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Novel Optical Approaches for Biomedical Applications
From dime-size microscopes to timereversal based suppression of tissue turbidity
Changhuei Yang, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology; Thursday, November 5, 2009; 4:00 pm, Fisher 139


Kelly Brook Emerton, a senior R&D engineer at Medtronic, Inc. in the spinal and biologics division, will present a graduate seminar, "How Osteocytes Got Me a Job or Lessons I've Learned from MTU to Industry," at 3:00 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, in M&M U113. Emerton was a member of the first graduating class of the Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2001. She works in Medtronic's spinal and biologics division.


Sean J. Kirkpatrick, associate professor in the Department of
Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health and Science University, will present a seminar, "Aspects of Coherent Optical Imaging and
Sensing in Biomedicine," at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, in Chem Sci 101. Kirkpatrick is a candidate for chair of BME.