BME Seminar Series

Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

Monday 12:00-12:50 Gateway 1002 (unless otherwise noted)

For a zoom link, please email: jnorton@wpi.edu or kharrison@wpi.edu

AUGUST:

28: Brent Faber, PhD, BME WPI: “Pathology of Endurance Sports: Lessons from Ironman Lake Placid”

SEPTEMBER:

04: Labor Day- No Classes

11: Eric Young, PhD, ChemEng WPI: “Designing Cell Factories for the Future of Biopharma”

18: Giorgio Giatsidis, PhD, UMass Medical School: “Engineered Care: From the Bench to the Bedside in Reconstructive Surgery”

OCTOBER:

02: BME PHD Students:

  • Rozanne Mungai: “Cyclic Stretch Inhibits Cell Invasion and Migration In 3D Scaffolds “
  • Juanyong Li: “Measuring Cell Mechanical Anisotropy Using a Toroidal Indentation Probe”

09: Indigenous Peoples Day- No Classes

16: A/B BREAK- No Classes

23: Distinguished Lecture Series (Virtual): Guilermo Ameer, PhD, Northwestern University, Director, Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering/Professor of Biomedical Engineering/Professor of Surgery “Regenerative Biomaterials and Medical Devices”

30: Prabhani Atukotarale,PhD UMass Amherst: “Innate Immunomodulatory Nanoparticles for Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling and Combination Cancer Therapy”

NOVEMBER:

06: Wellness Day- No Classes

13: Guohao Dai, PhD Northeastern University: “Bioengineered Perfused Human Brain Microvasculature for Brain Tumor and Neural Stem Cell Research”

20: Nima Rahbar, PhD Civil & Environmental Eng., WPI

27: Zhi (Jenny) Zheng, PhD RIT:  “Human-Machine Interaction for Behavioral Health Care”

DECEMBER:

4: Meghan Huber, PhD UMass Amherst

11: Andre K. Isaacs, PhD College of the Holy Cross

JANUARY:

22: TBD

29: Ulkuhan Guler, PhD, ECE WPI

FEBRUARY:

05: Shayn Peirce-Cottler, PhD, University of Virginia, BME Chair/Professor

12: TBD

19: TBD

26: Tracy Hookway, PhD, Binghampton University

MARCH:

04: C/D BREAK- No Classes

11: TBD

18: Jenna Muller, PhD, University of Maryland, Assistant Professor, Fischell Department of Bioengineering

25: TBD

APRIL:

01: TBD

08: TBD

15: Patriot’s Day- No Classes

22: TBD

29: Jie Song, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School