New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey

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National Science Foundation Award # 2416708

 

 

 

Conference Co-Chairs

Bryan Pfister, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Christopher Wagner, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
The College of New Jersey

Jennifer Kang-Mieler, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology

Andreas Hielscher, PhD
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
New York University

Program Committee 

Jonathan Grasman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
 
Alev Erdi, PhD 
Programs Director in Biomedical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Connie Hall, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
The College of New Jersey
Jennifer Amos, PhD
Teaching Professor & Laura Hahn Faculty Fellow in Biomedical Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sally Shady, PhD
Teaching Associate Professor & Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Sarah Rooney, PhD
Associate Professor & Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
University of Delaware
Rose Faghih, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
New York University
Treena Arinzeh, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University

 

Objective

Evaluate our collective goals for biomedical engineering education and to develop approaches to our challenges as we navigate an evolving student population with different teaching, motivational, and support needs. Building diversity in the biomedical engineering workforce will be integrated throughout the program.

Outcomes

  • Participating in this Summit you will:
    • Define and refine the leading topics facing BME educational programs
    • Share your experiences with colleagues
    • Develop and propose approaches and solutions to the top issues
    • Take away ideas and strategies mastered by other programs
  • To capture the discussions and conclusions from workshops to disseminate post-conference to attendees
  • Broadly disseminate the accomplishments of the Summit in engineering education publications.

Registration

To register and pay please follow this link:  https://forms.gle/1VucFrxXxxUQSwx99

Open registration up to 500 attendees. 

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Location

NJIT in Newark, New Jersey is located in close proximity to Newark International Airport, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, Newark Pennsylvania Station and less than 20min commute from Manhattan, NYC. The NJIT campus is a few miles off Interstate 95, the NJ turnpike, and has ample on-campus parking available for free. There are many hotels close to NJIT campus, several in walking distance or a short light rail ride to the center of campus.