Seminar Series

Fall 2024 – Spring 2025

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

AUGUST:

26:  Welcome- No speaker, class meets

SEPTEMBER:

02:  Labor Day- No Classes

09:  Rachael Sirianni, Ph.D., UMass Chan Medical School, “Nanoparticles, the Central Nervous System, and Opportunities for Therapy”

16:  Ronald D. Joslin, Ph.D., M.B.A.: NSF: “Overview of NSF & Research Funding Opportunities”

23:  Yonghui Ding, PhD, WPI BME: “Additive Manufacturing of Regenerative Scaffolds”:

30:  Alisha Sarang-Sieminski, Ph.D., Olin College: “Using A Universal Design Framework to Bridge the Gap Between Accommodations Letters and Active Learning Approaches”

OCTOBER:

07:  Mircea Mujat, PhD Physical Sciences Inc: “High-Resolution Retinal Imaging”

14:  A/B BREAK- No Classes

21:  Nan Lin, Kenza Bezzat, WPI Biomedical Engineering: BMES Presentations

28:  Distinguished Lecture Series: Princess Imoukhuede, PhD, University of Washington: Integrative Bioengineering: Unraveling Cross-Family Signaling for Vascular Health and Oxytocin Receptor Dynamics to Improve Labor and Delivery

NOVEMBER:

04:  Emmanuel Agu, PhD, WPI Computer Science

11:   Sotak Lecture: Lawrence Latour, PhD ’94, NIH: NINDS: “Rapid MRI in the Study of Acute Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury”

18:  BME Distinguished Lecture Series: Naomi Chesler, PhD., UC Irvine: “Cardiopulmonary Health and Disease: An Inclusive Biomechanics Perspective”

JANUARY:

27:  Welcome- No speaker, class meets

FEBRUARY:

03:  Elise Corbin, PhD., U. of Delaware: “Dynamic Mechanical Environments Across Space and Time to Study Cell Behavior”

10:  Postponed: Carlos Estrada, PhD, Harvard/BCH “Silk Biomaterials and Genitourinary Tissue Engineering”

17:  Cancelled

24:  BME Seminar Series: Zoe Reidinger, WPI BME: “Making Biomedical Engineering More Neuroinclusive”

MARCH:

03:  Distinguished Lecture Series:  Ibraheem Badejo, PhD, J&J MedTech- “J&J MedTech and Recent Innovations

10:  C/D BREAK- No Classes

17:  Stacey Ann Bailey, UMass Amherst: “Radiotherapy-Induced Bone Fragility: Implications for Managing Metastatic Bone Disease”

24: Distinguished Lecture Series: Molly Shochiet, U. of Toronto: “Regeneration in the Central Nervous System: Cell & Therapeutic Delivery”

31:  Wellness Day- No Classes

APRIL:

07:  Carly Thorp, WPI Mathematical Sciences

14:  Raymond Dunn, PhD, UMMS

21: Patriot’s Day- No Classes

28:  Edward Damiano, Boston University

MAY:

07:  MS Project Presentations