Seminar Schedule: Spring 2025
February 24
Suhren Lecture, Freeman Auditorium, 4:00 PM
Liangfang Zhang | UC San Diego
“Discovery and Translation of the Cell Membrane Coating Nanotechnology”
We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:45PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.
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”
We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:30PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.
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
We will have a seminar speaker Thursdays, 3:45 - 4:45PM, in Boggs 104. Please review notices for location or time changes.
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
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”
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
October 14 (Virtual)
Warren Grayson, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University
"Advances in Regenerating Musculoskeletal Tissues "
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"
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"
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"
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"
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
