2024 Spring BME Seminars
Seminars are presented by leaders in academia, research, and industry. Students, faculty and staff, and the community are invited to attend. They are held at 11:30 A.M on Fridays in CKB 303 or online via WebEx
January 26
Dr. Ana Cristina Estrada
Postdoctoral Fellow
Departmentof Biomedical Engineering
Yale University
"Cardiovascular Modeling Across Scales: Growth & Remodeling in the Heart and Aorta"
January 31
Dr. Yang Xiao
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University
"Spatial Omic Mapping of Human Brain Disorders"
February 2
Dr. Xiao Kuang
Division of Engineering in Medicine
Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
"Instructive Biomaterials Enable 3D (Bio)printing for Regenerative and Precision Medicine"
February 9
Dr. Xu Feng
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wellman Center for Photomedicine Harvard Medical School &
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Translational optical imaging and biomechanics for in situ clinical diagnostics"
February 14
Dr. Zhifeng Kou
Associate Chair, Associate Professor
Wayne State University
"Engineering Solutions for Brain Injury Medicine: An Omics Approach"
February 16
Dr. Michael Mak
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Department
"Understanding and Building Mechanobiological Systems"
February 21
Dr. Raviraj Nataraj
Stevens Institute of Technology
"User-centered Optimization of Sensory-driven Training of Motor Function"
February 23
Dr. Siyuan Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Bioengineering,
Harvard University
"Soft and Flexible Bioelectronics for Brain-Computer Interfaces"
March 1
Dr. Vikram Shenoy Handiru
Director
Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Kessler Foundation
"Neural Engineering Approaches for Neurorehabilitation Applications"
March 8
Dr. Christopher B. Rodell
Assistant Professor,
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Drexel University
"Supramolecular Delivery Systems for Local and Systemic Immune Modulation"
March 22
Dr. Tracy Hookway
Binghamton University, SUNY
"Multi-scale Microphysiological Cardiovascular Tissues"
April 12
Dr. Susan Xu
General engineer, Research Branch
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Centers For Disease and Prevention Control (CDC)
"Biomechanics of occupational workers"
April 19
Dr. Marom Bikson
Professor
The City College of New York
"Design of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation"