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