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2020 Fall Seminars

BME Seminars

Our weekly seminars are held virtually on Fridays at 11:30 a.m. via Webex. The necessary information regarding the speaker and Webex link will be posted at a later date.

December 18 Dr. Kyoko Yoshida, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Virginia
Subject: The mechanics behind the miracle of life: Maternal soft tissue growth and remodeling
December 17 Dr. Murat Yildirim, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject: Cracking Brain Complexity through Multiphoton Imaging
December 12 Dr. Shang Song, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University
Subject: Synthetic Materials for Artificial Organs and Regenerative Medicine
December 9

Dr. Zi Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Subject: Mechanics and Geometry: From Twisted Embryonic
Brain to Biohybrid Soft Robots
December 4

Dr. Jingang Yi, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Rutgers University
Subject: Modeling and Control of Unstable Physical Human-Machine Interactions:
A Rider-Bikebot Example
November 20 Postdoctoral Research Showcase Seminars
Dr. Amanda Acevedo-Jake, Ph.D. & Dr. Shuzhen Luo, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, BME, NJIT
Subject: How Molecular Structure Influences Biomaterial Function and
Learning Balanced Motion Controller for a Novel Rehabilitation Exoskeleton
November 13 Dr. Todd Mowery, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Brain Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers University
Subject: Using In Vitro and In Vivo approaches to drive drug discovery and treatment
November 6

Dr. Joel S. Freundlich, Ph.D.
Associate professor, New Jersey Medical School
Rutgers University
Title: Engineering Platforms for Infectious Disease Research
October 30 Dr. Eleni Gourgou, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Title: Exploring learning in C. elegans through engineered behavioral arenas,
Genetics, and mathematical models
 
October 23

Dr. Gulden Camci-Unal, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Title: Engineered Biomaterials to Improve Human Health
October 16 Dr. Yujiang Xiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University
Title : Developments of Human Motion Prediction and Its Applications in Biomechanics
October 9 Dr. Catherine A. Mazzola, M.D., F.A.A.N.S.
Director of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Hackensack University Medical Center
Title: Technical Considerations of Calvarial Vault Remodeling in Young Children
October 2 Dr. Ioana Carcea, M.D., PhD
Assistant Professor, Brain Health Institute
Rutgers University
Title: Social Transmission of Maternal Behavior
September 25

Dr. Daniele Panozzo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
Title: Black-Box Finite Element Analysis
September 18 Joseph Mercuri
Technical Reference Librarian, NJIT
Title: Library Resources