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Seminars

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2024 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:45PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.

Zoom Link

Zoom Meeting ID: 977 9028 1729

Zoom Passcode: 652061

August 22
Introduction and Student Pictures

August 29   
Mykel Green | Tulane University       

September 5   
Trivia Frazier | Co-Founder, President and CEO Obatala Sciences, Inc

September 12 

September 19 
Albert Folch | University of Washington

September 26 
Anoop Rajappan | Tulane University

October 3
Fall Break

October 10
Donald P. Gaver | Tulane University

October 17
Shuichi Takayama | Georgia Institute of Technology

October 24
BMES

October 31
Corey Rountree | AxoSim, Inc.

November 7
R. Brooks Robey, MD | New Orleans Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center & Tulane University School of Medicine

November 14
Savanna Stiles | Hanger Clinic

November 21
Daniel Hayes | Penn State

November 28   
Thanksgiving Holiday

December 5
Cynthia Reinhart-King | Rice University

Seminar Schedule: Spring 2024 ▾

April 4
Mykel Green, Ph.D | The University of Texas at Austin
“Engineering Health Equity for Sickle Cell Disease”

Aptil 1  
Yuguang Liu, Ph.D | Mayo Clinic
“Microfluidic Technology for Single Cell Analysis and Rapid Diagnosis”

March 21  
Patrick Link, Ph.D | Mayo Clinic
“Mechanisms Contributing to the Progression and Persistence of Lung Disease”

March 14  
Lin Zhang, Ph.D | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Conformable Ultrasound Electronics: From Design Strategies to Biomedical Applications”

January 18   
Marty Pagel, Ph.D | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
“Molecular Imaging of the Tumor Microenvironment”

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2023 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:30PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.

Zoom Link

 

Zoom Meeting ID: 992 6066 7090
Zoom Passcode:  194727

 

August 24   
Introduction and Student Pictures

August 31    
Heddwen Brooks, Ph.D | Tulane University School of Medicine
"Sex Differences in Hypertension, Inflammation, and Diabetic Kidney Disease"
              
September 7    
Daniel Howsmon, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"Process Systems Engineering in Cardiac Biology and Medicine"                

September 14   
Olivia Lanier, Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin
“Ten Simple Rules in Biomedical Engineering to Improve Healthcare Equity and Their Application in Drug Delivery”             

September 21  
Randolph Roig, MD | Veterans Affairs Hospital Southeast Louisiana
"Biomedical Engineering and the VA: Opportunities Abound"
                 
September 28   
Kimberly Gramm, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"How Do Innovators Create a Startup at Tulane University?"
 
October 5
Fall Break

October 12
BMES

October 19
Linda Griffith, Ph.D. | Mass
“Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Endometriosis/Adenomyosis Patient”
              
October 26
Korak Sarkar, MD | Ochsner Health
"Developing, Deploying, and Validating an Advanced Visualization Platform at Ochsner Health
At the intersection of Neuroscience and BioDesign"

November 2     
Lakiesha Williams, Ph.D. | University of Florida
"Preclinical Models of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration"

November 9
Joseph Francis, Ph.D. | University of Houston
"Affect’s Influence on Bidirectional Brain Machine Interfaces"

November 16   
James Wall, MD | Intuitive Surgical
"Biodesign– 20 Years of Teaching Health Technology Innovation"

November 23
Thanksgiving Holiday
                 
November 30    
Velencia Witherspoon,  Ph.D. | Tulane University
“Increasing Diagnostic Power Through the Development of Quantitative Imaging Phantoms”
 
December 7
Dawn Beraud, Ph.D | American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
"Advancing Advocacy and Public Trust in Biomedical Engineering: a Bioengineer’s Social Responsibility"

Seminar Schedule: Spring 2023 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker on the following days.  Please review notices for location or time changes.

April 24  
Michael I. Miller, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering
“Molecular Computational Anatomy: From Euler to Dirac”

February 23, Location: Boggs 122, 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Cherice Hill, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, Clemson University
“Multi-scale Biomechanics to Mitigate Health Disparities and Improve Research Equity”
 
February 27, Location: Boggs 240, 3:00 - 4:00 PM  
Velencia Witherspoon, Ph.D. | NIH IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health
                 
March 9 , Location: Boggs 122, 3:30 - 4:30 PM 
Olivia Lanier, Ph.D. | Provost Early Career Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
                
March 13, Location: Boggs 242, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Marley Dewey, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh
                
March 20, Location: Boggs 240, 3:00 - 4:00 PM 
Haiwen Luan, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2022 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:45 - 4:45PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.

Zoom Link

Zoom Passcode: 588683

August 25  
Introduction and Student Pictures
 
September 1    
Swaminathan Rajaraman, Ph.D. | University of Central Florida
"How Can Micro/NanoEngineering Help Accelerate Biomedical Research"
                 
September 8    
Jenny Munson, Ph.D. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute
"Interstitial Fluid Flow in the Brain Tumor Microenvironment"
                 
September 15  
Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D. | University of Kentucky
"Bedside Optical Imaging of Cerebral Hemodynamics for Neurovascular Assessment"
                 
September 22  
Mark J. Mondrinos, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"3 Years of Tissue Engineering and Microphysiological Systems Research at Tulane"
                 
September 29  
Qifa Zhou, Ph.D. | University of Southern California
“Novel Ultrasound Technology for Vision Restoration and High-resolution Image”
 
October 6
Fall Break

October 13
BMES

October 20
Sabrina Martucci Johnson | President and CEO, DARÉ Bioscience
"From BME to CEO"
                 
October 27
Lana X. Garmire, Ph.D. | University of Michigan
 
November 3     
Summer Intern Teams | Tulane University
“NIH and Tulane Funded Internships Leading into BME Capstone Team Design”
 
November 10 
Justin Baris | Abbott Laboratories
T. J. LeBlanc | Abbott Laboratories

November 17   
Donghui (Don) Zhu, Ph.D. | FAHA Stony Brook University - SUNY

November 24
Thanksgiving
                 
December 1     
Edward Botchwey, Ph.D. | Georgia Institute of Technology
 
December 8
Jennifer Fang, Ph.D | Tulane University

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2021 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:45PM, please review notices for location or time changes.

September 1
Summer Intern teams | Tulane University
“NIH and Tulane Funded Internships Leading into BME Capstone Team Design”
Webinar Recording

September 30
Sarah Lindsey, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"Sex, Estrogen, and Aging in Cardiovascular Disease"

October 7 (Virtual)
Career paths in BME - Industry Panel
Justin Baris | Clinical Specialist, Electrophysiology, Abbott Laboratories
Caroline Edwards | Senior Clinical Development Engineer, Intuitive Surgical
Antonius Prader | Senior Engineer, Biocore LLC
Webinar Recording

October 14 (Virtual)
Warren Grayson, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University
"Advances in Regenerating Musculoskeletal Tissues "
Webinar Recording

October 21 (Virtual)
Jay Humphrey, Ph.D. | Yale University
“From The Historical Foundations of Biomechanics to Clinical Translation of Tissue Engineering in Congenital Heart Disease"
Webinar Recording

October 28
Kristin Miller, Ph.D. | Tulane University
“Biomechanics of the Female Reproductive System"

November 4
Prof. Chenzhong Li, Ph.D. | Tulane University
"Bioelectronic Theragnostic: From Biosensing Diagnosis to Electronic Medicine"

November 11
Treena Arinzeh, Ph.D | New Jersey Institute of Technology
"Functional Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration"
Webinar Recording

November 18
Marta Villaraga, Ph.D. | Exponent Engineering
"Reflections on a BME Career"

December 2
James Duncan, Ph.D. | Yale University
"Neuroimage Analysis in Autism: from Model-Based Estimation to Data-driven Learning"
Webinair Recording

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2020 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker on-line Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:45PM, please review notices for location or time changes.

If you would like to receive e-mail notices of upcoming seminars, please send a request to bmen-info@tulane.edu

August 20
Donald Gaver | Tulane University
Introduction to the On-line Seminar, Senior Photos

August 27
Jason Bates | University of Vermont
"Ventilating the Injured Lung in the Time of Covid"

September 3
Katherine Raymond | Tulane University
"NIH and Tulane Funded Internships Leading into BME Capstone Team Design"

September 10
Xiaoping Hu | University of California, Riverside
“Probing Brain Dynamics and Mapping Neurodegenerative Markers with MRI”

September 17
Chad Roy | Tulane National Primate Research Center
“Exploratory Aerobiology of SARS-CoV-2 and Plausibility of Aerosol Transmission”

September 24
Trivia Frazier | Obatala Sciences
“Adipose Tissue-Derived Products for Metabolic Research: A Tale Risk of Reward”

October 1
Matt Parsons | Johnson & Johnson
Nur Mustafa | Johnson & Johnson
Arjun Shanker | Johnson & Johnson
Madison Vanosdoll | Johnson & Johnson
"Let’s Talk"

October 8
Natalie Guthrey Luttrell | Brainlab
Max Weinerman | Brainlab
“Experiences at Brainlab: Journey From Biomedical Engineering Student to Industry Leaders”

October 15
BMES

October 22
Sponsored by Tulane Center for Aging
Farsh Guilak  | Washington University in St. Louis
“Engineering new biology therapies for arthritis”
Zoom Link: https://tulanehipaa.zoom.us/j/92208921658?pwd=d2MxMkR6TW1iMFZuYkRqQzdZR…
Password: AGSTSEM

October 29
Jason Ryans | US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Josh Yao | US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

November 5
William D. Ristenpart | University of California, Davis
"Lessons from Guinea Pigs: Singing, Dust, and Airborne Disease Transmission"

November 12
Bin He | Carnegie Mellon University
"Noninvasive Human Brain Mapping and Brain-Computer Interface"

November 19
Thomas Kernozek | University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
"Utilizing Biomechanical Methods to Estimate Tissue-Specific Loading and Recent Attempts to Reduce Injury Risk"

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2019 ▾

We will have a seminar speaker on Thursdays, 4:00 - 4:45PM in Boggs #104, please review notices for location or time changes.

If you would like to receive e-mail notices of upcoming seminars, please send a request to bmen-info@tulane.edu

September 5    
Michele Marcolongo | Drexel University

September 12    
James Ashton-Miller | University of Michigan

September 19    
Mark Mondrinos | Tulane University

September 26
Carolyn Bayer | Tulane University

October 3     
Michael Sacks | University of Texas at Austin

October 24    
Timothy J Hall | University of Wisconsin

October 31    
Caroline Edwards | Intuitive Surgical

November 7   
Tony Hu | Tulane University

November 14    
Sponsored by Tulane Center for Aging
Nelly Andarawis-Puri | Cornell University

November 21    
Suhren Lecture
Lihong Wang | CalTech

December 5    
Suhren Lecture
Gerard Ateshian | Columbia University

News

Events

Fall 2024

August 15, 2024: Freshman Welcome, 11:00AM -1:00 PM, 1st floor Boggs

August 19, 2024: 1st Day of Classes and BME Welcome Back, 11:30 -1:00 PM Boggs 501

August 23, 2024: BME Welcome Back JBJ 9:30-10:30 AM, JBJ 404

October 3-6, 2024: Fall Break - No Classes

October 23-26, 2024: BMES, Baltimore, MD

November 7-10, 2024: Wave Weekend

November 8, 2024: Prototype Expo, 1:00 - 3:00 PM, Boggs 541

Spring 2024

January 25, 2024:  BME Senior Research Conference, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, LBC

April 19, 2024:  Tulane Engineering Forum, Morial Convention Center

April 23, 2024:  Tulane Engineering Capstone Design Expo, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, LBC

April 30, 2024:  BME Annual Senior Awards Dinner

May 17, 2024: Commencement - 8:00 AM Yulman Stadium

Fall 2023

August 17, 2023: Freshman Welcome, 11:00AM -1:00 PM, 1st floor Boggs

August 21, 2023: 1st Day of Classes

Fall 2022/Spring 2023

BME Seminar Series Schedule

August 18, 2022: Freshman Welcome, 11:00AM -1:00 PM, 1st floor Boggs

August 22, 2022: 1st Day of Classes

April 14, 2023:  Tulane Engineering Capstone Design Expo

Fall 2021/Spring 2022

BME Seminar Series Schedule

January 31, 2022:  BME Senior Research Conference

April 21, 2022:  Tulane Engineering Capstone Design Expo 

April 22, 2022:  Tulane Engineering Forum 

April 22-23, 2022: Class of 2020 Graduation Celebration

April 22, 2022: BME Class of 2020 Tent Event 3:00 - 5:00 PM

April 28, 2022: Suhren Lecture with reception following 4:00 PM

May 3, 2022:  BME Annual Awards Dinner

May 22, 2022: Commencement

Fall 2020/Spring 2021

BME Seminar Series Schedule

April 16, 2021:  Tulane Engineering Forum (https://tef.tulane.edu/home/)
A virtual engineering conference hosted by Tulane Alumni. Capstone students in all engineering disciplines will showcase their projects in a session.

April 21, 2021:  Tulane Engineering Capstone Design Expo (virtual)
Senior engineering students present projects developed using the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work to faculty, fellow students and the public. 

May 22, 2021:  Commencement

Fall 2019/Spring 2020

April 16, 2020:  Virtual SSE Innovation Day
                           9:00 AM - 12:00 PM   Engineering Capstone Design Expo
                           1:00 PM - 4:00 PM     Novel Tech Challenge

May 15, 2020:  Masters Recognition and PhD Hooding Ceremony

May 16, 2020:  SSE Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony