Seminar Schedule: Spring 2026

April 2
Alexander D. Kaiser | Stanford University
"Designing Heart Valves from First Principles: Model Generation, Congenital Disease and Surgical Treatment"
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Goldring/Woldenberg  Freeman School of Business (GW120)

April 9 
Ali Uneri | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
“Advancing Precision Surgery through Imaging, Modeling, and Robotics”
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Boggs 104

April 16
Suh Hee Cook
“Engineering Structure-Function to Explore Cardiac and Lymph Node Microenvironments” 
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Boggs 104

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2025

August 21
Introduction and Student Pictures

August 28   
Michael Moore | Tulane University
“Development and Commercialization of Peripheral Nerve-on-a-Chip Microphysiological Systems”   

September 4   
Amanda Mejia | Indiana University
"Functional Neuroimaging Analytics to Advance Neuroscience Research and Clinical Care"

September 11 
Erin Purcell | Michigan State University
“Transcriptomic Insights into the Biocompatibility and Mechanisms of Action of Electrodes Implanted in the Nervous System”

September 18 
Saad Hassan | Tulane University
"Studying and Designing Human-AI Systems with and for People with Disabilities and Disability Communities"

September 25 
James H. Park | Tulane University
"A systems biology approach to address intraturmoral heterogeneity and cell plasticity in glioblastoma in an era of precision medicine"

September 29 (Monday) 
Azadeh Yazdan | University of Washington
"Engineering neuroprotection and neuroplasticity in primate cortex"

October 2
Fall Break

October 9
BMES Annual Meeting

October 16
Jonathan Mamou | Weill Cornell Medicine
“Modern Applications of Quantitative Ultrasound for Biomedical Research”

October 22 (Wednesday), 2:00 PM JBJ 404
Twan Lammers | Aachen University Clinic
“Strategies To Promote Cancer Nanomedicine Performance and Clinical Translation”

October 23
Bradford Smith | University of Colorado Denver
“Waveform-Based Detection of Ventilator-Induced and Self-Inflicted Lung Injury”

October 30

November 6
Bruce Gao | Clemson University
"Laser Guidance and Microfluidics-Based Cell-Micropatterning"

November 13
Cheri Deng | Michigan State University
"Biomedical ultrasound: bridging engineering with biology and medicine"

November 17 (Monday), 4:00 PM @ Herbert Hall 201
Samir Ghadiali | Ohio State University

November 27   
Thanksgiving Holiday

December 4
Lingyan Shi | University of California, San Diego
"Multimodal Nanoscopy for Imaging Cellular Metabolic Dynamics"

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”

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2024

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

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

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

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

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"
Webinar Recording

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2020

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

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

Jenna Necaise awarded the Vincent A. Forte Graduate School Fellowship
February, 2026
Jenna, a PhD student in Dr. Velencia Witherspoon’s lab, was recently awarded the Vincent A. Forte Graduate School Fellowship in recognition of her academic excellence in engineering and her commitment to a future career in university-level teaching. She was also selected for Graduate Student Supplements (GRASS) funding to support her research during the 2026 performance period.
 
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Congratulations to Vinoin Devpaul Vincely, Ph.D.
February, 2026
Vinoin Devpaul Vincely, Ph.D., received $3,000 from the Innovation Institute for his project, “Seeing Oxygen, Saving Lives: A Wearable Photoacoustic Patch for Fetal Monitoring.”  As an Innovation Fellow at the Tulane University Innovation Institute and a proud alumnus of Tulane’s Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program, Dr. Vincely has consistently advanced research at the intersection of optics, ultrasound, and clinical translation. During his doctoral training in Dr. Carolyn Bayer’s lab, he focused on progressing photoacoustic imaging toward real-world adoption, securing Provost Proof of Concept funding to develop a portable photoacoustic imaging device for point-of-care hypoxia monitoring and earning multiple Open MIC awards.  This recognition reflects Dr. Vincely’s continued leadership, technical excellence, and dedication to translating Tulane-based research into impactful healthcare solutions. We congratulate him on this achievement and look forward to the ongoing impact of his work.

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So You Want To Be a Researcher

January, 2026
See Trishita Paul discuss her research from Dr. Khismatullin’s lab in a new YouTube series on undergraduate research hosted by SSE.

Congratulations to Jae Rosan McKee, PhD  
December 2025  
Congratulations to Jae Rosan McKee on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Investigating Fibrotic Processes with In Vitro Models”, on December 1, 2025.

Congratulations to E. McKenzie Cummins, PhD

November 2025

Congratulations to E. McKenzie Cummins on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Advancing Pediatric Hemostatic Diagnostics: Small-Volume Acoustic Tweezing Techniques for Anticoagulant Therapy & Coagulation Disorder Management”, on November 21, 2025.

Congratulations to Miller Dickerson and Hailey Faith

October 2025
Congratulations to doctoral students Miller Dickerson and Hailey Faith for their wins at the Open Medical Innovation Challenge (OPEN MIC) night on October 28, 2025.  Miller, who is working on a Bioinnovation PhD in Dr. Carolyn Bayer’s lab,  won first place with her three-minute pitch "SafeNestSight" for a portable, non-invasive device that would monitor for pre-eclampsia, allowing for earlier clinical intervention and better patient care for high-risk pregnancies.  Hailey, who is working on a Biomedical Engineering PhD in Dr. Donald Gaver’s lab, came in second place with her three-minute pitch “IntelliVENT” for a real-time predictive system that prevents ventilator-induced lung injury before damage occurs.

BME Students in the Tulanian
Summer 2025
Several BME students were featured in the summer edition of The Tulanian. See the full article with pictures here.

Congratulations to Andrew C. Markel, PhD
August 2025
Congratulations to Andrew C. Markel on successfully completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Acoustic Imaging Methods for Studying Female Reproductive Health”, on August 7, 2025.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2025
Congratulations to Jianan Chen, Miller Dickerson, Claudia García Zorba, Gus Morrison, Eferoghene Okakuro, Kailee Oswald, Andrew Pettus, and Brian Sullivan, who all received Master's degrees in biomedical engineering in May.

Congratulations to Julian G. Saliba, PhD
May 2025
Congratulations to Julian G. Saliba on successfully completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Improving Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Multi-Drug Resistance Prediction Through Point-Of-Care Focused Solutions”, on May 7, 2025.

Congratulations to Ashley Martier, PhD
April 2025
Congratulations to Ashley Martier on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Engineering Sex-Specific Human Cell Culture Methods and Microphysiological Systems for Modeling Diabetic Retinopathy”, on April 17, 2025.

Congratulations to Vinoin Devpaul Vincely, PhD

November 2024
Congratulations to Vinoin Devpaul Vincely on successfully completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Methods for Deep Tissue Spectral Photoacoustic Imaging of Blood Oxygenation Using Wavelengths from the Second Near Infrared Window”, on November 25, 2024.
 
Congratulations to Anton Orlichenko, PhD

November 2024

Congratulations to Anton Orlichenko on successfully completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Creation of Algorithms and Tools for the Study of Brain Development with the Identification of Confounds”, on November 18, 2024.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2024
Congratulations to Jackson Grisbaum, Eva Gutt, Lily Rothschild, and Kelly Vinh, who all received Master's degrees in biomedical engineering in May.

Congratulations to Madeline Behr, PhD

April 2024 
Congratulations to Madeline Behr on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Large Patient Cohort Validation of Point-of-Care Dual-Color Structured Illumination Microscopy Tissue Imaging in Clinical Breast and Prostate Cancer”, in April 2024.
 
Congratulations to Gang Qu, PhD
 
April 2024 
Congratulations to Gang Qu on successfully completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Graph Deep Learning for Multimodal Neuroimaging Study”, on April 15, 2024.

BME in the News
December 2023
Biomedical engineering students were recently featured on CBS News for building mobility trainers for children with disabilities. If you would like to help support this project and other endeavors, please donate to the David A. Rice Design Endowed Fund in Biomedical Engineering here.

Congratulations to Students and Alums 
December 2023 
Congratulations to BME alums and graduate students Kelly Vinh, Ethan Hernandez, and Rachel Soans, and their colleague Ben Breen for their advancement in the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 2023 “$100,000 Start an SUD Startup” Challenge!  They've been selected by the NIDA judges to receive the Stage 1 prize of personalized entrepreneurial mentoring for each team for their proposal titled Vaping Cessation Device: Reimagining the E-Cigarette.  See the full list of winners here.

Congratulations to Katelynn Montgomery, PhD 
December 2023 
Congratulations to Katelynn Montgomery on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Third Trimester Amniotic Fluid Characterization of Cells And Extracellular Vesicles For The Prevention Of Necrotizing Enterocolitis”, on December 15, 2023.

Congratulations to Elisabet A. Olsen, PhD 
November 2023 
Congratulations to Elisabet A. Olsen on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Systems and methods for engineering tumor microenvironments and stromal tissue niches in microphysiological models of cancer pathophysiology”, on November 27, 2023.

Congratulations to Nancy M. Kim, PhD
November 2023 
Congratulations to Nancy M. Kim on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Multiplexed Approach To Elucidate Sequence-Function Relationships Of Transcription Factor-Based Biosensors”, on November 15, 2023.

Congratulations to Haoran Ma, PhD
August 2023
Congratulations to Haoran Ma on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, "Multiscale Computational Modeling of Human Lung", on August 25, 2023.

Congratulations to Rani Brooks, PhD
June 2023
Congratulations to Rani Brooks on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, "Synthetic Biology Tools to Overcome Phage Therapy Limitations", on June 7, 2023.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2023
Congratulations to Omar Ahmad, Carolina Chi, Matthew Comella, Caroline Culp, Kali Dancisak, Parris Debrow, Mari Domingo, Sophia Knepper, Erika Kudryk, Tara Parker, Andrew Pettus, Rachel Tabor, Chris Wang, and Marjorie Williams, who all received Master's degrees in biomedical engineering in May.

Annual Truss Bust
May 2023
In April, the freshman statics class participated in the annual Truss Bust Competition.  Students designed and built model bridge trusses, which were then tested to see how much stress they could withstand before breaking. The statics class is taken by prospective BME and PEP students.

See the video here

Congratulations to Shelby E. White, PhD
April 2023
Congratulations to Shelby E. White on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, "Active and Passive Contributions to Vaginal Biomechanical Function with Reproductive Age, Elastic Fiber Disruption, and
Postpartum Remodeling", on April 27, 2023.

Congratulations to Gemini Zhang, PhD
April 2023
Congratulations to Gemini Zhang on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, "Dynamic, directional, and heterogeneous functional connectivity of human brain: a neuroimaging study", on April 14, 2023.

Congratulations to Jayant Saksena, PhD
January 2023
Congratulations to Jayant Saksena on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Utilizing Laser Direct Writing to Fabricate In Vitro Bioengineered Systems for Elucidating Cellular Dynamics in Breast Tumor and Wound Microenvironments”, on January 17, 2023.

Congratulations to Kristie Huda, PhD
November 2022
Congratulations to Kristie Huda on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Whole-Body Therapeutic Response Monitoring and Feasibility of Clinical Translation of Photoacoustic Imaging”, on November 28, 2022.

Congratulations to Biomedical Engineering faculty
November 2022
Congratulations to our faculty who received recognition at the Tulane Research, Scholarship, & Artistic Achievement Awards celebration!
Michael Moore- Innovation Award
Yu-Ping Wang - Convergence Award
Donald Gaver- Special Presidential Award for Academic Leadership

Alumni business featured on WWL-TV
November 2022
Nicholas Pashos, Tulane Bioinnovation graduate and founder of BioAesthetics, along with Billy Heim, Tulane Biomedical Engineering graduate and BioAesthetics COO,  were featured on WWL-TV discussing their areola reconstruction technique for cancer survivors.

Read the full story here 

Congratulations to Kimberly Ashman, PhD
August 2022
Congratulations to Kimber Ashman on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Expert-in-the-Loop Slide Image Acquisition and Analytics for Clinical Pathology”, on August 25, 2022. 
 
Congratulations to Kaylynn J. Genemaras, PhD
August 2022
Congratulations to Kaylynn Genemaras on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “The Application of Electrochemical Techniques for the Point-of-Care Quantification of HIV in Two Novel Microfluidic Devices”, on August 15, 2022.

Congratulations to Huimin (Joy) Zhuge, PhD
July  2022
Congratulations to Huimin (Joy) Zhuge on successfully completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Machine Learning Enhanced Optical Microscopy Image Acquisition”, on July 28, 2022.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2022
Congratulations to the following students, who received their Master's degrees this year:  Kyle Cleveland, Gabrielle Fortes, Caitlyn Gaddy, Steven Galic, Viraj Puri, Nikole Skaines, Bradley Sweeney, Madeline Tallman, Aline Tran.

Congratulations to Asis Lopez, PhD.
December 2021
Congratulations to Asis Lopez on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Regulatory Tools for Ultrasound Activated Microbubble Products for Neurological Applications: Predicting Vessel Ruptures”, on December 3, 2021.

Congratulations to Biao Cai, PhD.
November 2021
Congratulations to Biao Cai on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, "Discover Dynamic and Unique Characteristics of Functional Connectivity Networks for Brain Development Study", on November 29, 2021.

Congratulations to Gabrielle Clark-Patterson, PhD.
October 2021
Congratulations to Gabrielle Clark-Patterson on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Smooth Muscle Contribution to Murine Vaginal Mechanical Function and Potential Interactions with Elastic Fibers”, on October 26, 2021.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2021
Congratulations to the following students, who received their Master's degrees this year:  Mason Caplin, Logan Daigle, Gage Garrity, Stephen Hahn, Mark Jaunet, Michael L'Ecuyer, Dylan Lucia, Jeremy Orie, Lindsay Pristou, Brooke Santagato, Natalie Schwartz, Erin Shanley, and Ashley Stuart.

Congratulations to Junqi Wang, PhD.
April 2021
Congratulations to Junqi Wang on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Graph-based Approaches for Multimodal Imaging Data Study”, on April 29, 2021.

Congratulations to Aiying Zhang, PhD.
April 2021
Congratulations to Aiying Zhang on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Understanding Brain Functional Connectivity using graphical models”, on April 27, 2021.

Congratulations to Cassandra Conway, PhD.
April 2021
Congratulations to Cassandra Conway on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Biaxial Contractility, Passive Biomechanics, and Murine Cervical Remodeling”, on April 23, 2021.

Congratulations to Dylan J. Lawrence, PhD.
April 2021
Congratulations to Dylan Lawrence on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Longitudinal multimodal imaging of in vivo placental function in preeclampsia”, on April 21, 2021.

Congratulations to Owen Richfield, PhD.
April 2021
Congratulations to Owen Richfield on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of the Glomerulus for Use in Glomerulus-on-a-Chip Design”, on April 14, 2021.

BME Students Semi-finalist in Rice University Competition
February 2021
Team CerFix, including members Emma Chapel, Katherine Mattingly, Madeline Tallman and Sydney Siegmeister, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 11th Annual Undergraduate Global Health Technologies Design Competition, hosted by the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health, which will be held in March 2021.

BME Student Wins Award
February 2021
Rachel Tabor, a junior in biomedical engineering, has won the 2021 WE Local Rising Star Award (Future Collegiate Leader). The award is for those who have made "outstanding contributions to SWE, the engineering community, their campus, and the community."

Dr. Kristin Miller Receives Award
January 2021
Professor Kristin Miller has been awarded the 2021 ASME YC Fung Young Early Career Award for outstanding contributions to the field of bioengineering through research. Dr. Miller has earned this award for ‘advancing the fundamental understanding of reproductive biomechanics through the pioneering development of methods to elucidate mechanobiological processes in the female reproductive system related to smooth muscle contractility.’  

Read the full story here

Congratulations to Benjamin O'Donnell, PhD. 
December 2020
Congratulations to Benjamin O'Donnell on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Osteoarthritic Synovial Knee Joint Microphysiological System: Modeling Adipose and Diabetic-Mediated Complications”, on November 19, 2020.

Congratulations to Mitchell L. Fullerton, PhD.
December 2020
Congratulations to Mitchell L. Fullerton on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Translating Ophthalmologic Drug Delivery Systems from the Bench to Clinical Trials”, on November 24, 2020.

Congratulations to Wenxing Hu, PhD.
December 2020
Congratulations to Wenxing Hu on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Discovering Complex Relationships Between Multimodal Imaging and Omics Data”, on November 10, 2020.

Congratulations to Pete Lawson, PhD.
December 2020
Congratulations to Pete Lawson on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Persistent Homology for the Quantification of Prostate Cancer Morphology in Two and Three-Dimensional Histology”, on August 28, 2020.

Congratulations to Heng "Vivien" Yu, PhD. 
December 2020
Congratulations to Heng "Vivien" Yu on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Endothelial Dysfunction and Circulating Cell Adhesion to Endothelium in Atherosclerosis, Diabetes, and Cancer”, on July 29, 2020.

Congratulations to Master’s Students
December 2020
Congratulations to Jessie Odom and Sarah Chiariello, who will receive their master's degrees on December 15, 2020.

Alumni business funded by Benson Capital Partners
November 2020
Axosim, a business that began in Dr. Moore’s laboratory, has received investment funds from Benson Capital Partners, a company founded by Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints.

Read the full story here

Biomedical Engineering Team wins at national competition
November 2020
Trach Tech, a team comprised of BME graduates Morgan Bohrer, Stephen Hahn, Michael L'Ecuyer, and Alex Verne, won the Arrow Electronics People’s Choice Award at the annual Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Read the full story here

BME team named a 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition® Finalist
October 2020
Trach Tech, a team comprised of BME graduates Morgan Bohrer, Stephen Hahn, Michael L'Ecuyer, and Alex Verne, has been selected as undergraduate finalists in the 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition® (CIC). They will be competing later this month and presenting their invention for cleaning endotracheal tubes  to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Read the full story here

Paper published by Dr. Joseph Bull's lab
September 2020
Dr. Bull's lab published a paper in APL Bioengineering showing positive results for a liver cancer treatment.

Read the full story here

Congratulations to Ben Vinson, PhD.
April 2020
Congratulations to Ben Vinson on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Cad/Cam Laser Processing as a Method for Integrated Fabrication of Microphysiological Systems”, on July 29, 2020.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2020
Congratulations to the following students, who are receiving their Master's degrees this year:  Ann Marie Barfield, Samuel Belden, Chloe Celingant-Copie, Michael Conrad Jr., Max Cooper, Katherine Hébert, Mckenzie Hutchinson, Isabella Johnson, Avery Kravitz, Guang Li, Allison Margulies, Andrew Markel, Genevieve Mattei, Mckenzie Melius, Sarah Nwia, Jessie Odom, Michael Rizzuto, Elizabeth Roney, Rachel Russell, Afsheen Sajjadi, Derek Spillane, Joshua Talbot, Richard Urbanowski Jr.

Congratulations to Scott Hymel, PhD.
April 2020
Congratulations to Scott Hymel on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, "Computational Models for Microfluidic Sorting and Mechanotype Analysis of Circulating Cells", on April 28, 2020.

Seniors Present at Online Engineering Capstone Design Expo
April 2020
Biomedical engineering students were among those presenting at the 2020 Tulane Engineering Capstone Design Expo held online on April 16. They presented the results of their year-long team design projects. This course allows biomedical engineering students to incorporate everything learned in the classroom while addressing healthcare-related needs.

Team Trach Tech was the overall winner from biomedical engineering, while team Breastly won Audience Favorite.

Link to view Biomedical Engineering project videos and abstracts: https://sse.tulane.edu/2020-engineering-capstone-design-expo/bme

Tulane Novel Tech Challenge
April 2020
Ann Marie Barfield, a graduate student in biomedical engineering, along with Katelynn Montgomery in the bioinnovation program and Sara Al-Ghadban of the Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, were the winners at the 2020 Tulane Novel Tech Challenge. Their team, Naomi, created an oral supplement derived from amniotic tissue designed to prevent the development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating gastrointestinal disease in preterm babies.

AccuTractor, a team composed of biomedical engineering students Joshua Talbot, Elizabeth Roney, Ann Marie Barfield, and Derek Spillane, won second place. The AccuTractor is a squeeze-to-open dissection tool specifically designed to address the recurring discomfort, fatigue, and frustration experienced by novice dissectors.

Congratulations to Bihe (Ellie) Hu, PhD.
April 2020
Congratulations to Bihe (Ellie) Hu on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Dual-View Inverted Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (Dispim) Imaging For Accurate 3d Digital Pathology”, on April 17, 2020.

Congratulations to Jonah Harmon, PhD.
March 2020
Congratulations to Jonah Harmon on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Gas Embolization as a Minimally Invasive Therapy for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma”, on March 18, 2020.

Congratulations to Yuntong Bai
February 2020
Yuntong Bai, a PhD student in Dr. Yu-Ping Wang's laboratory, won two awards at the 2020 SPIE medical imaging conference in Houston, TX.
Yuntong was a Robert F. Wagner Best Student Paper Award finalist for a paper entitled "An Imaging epigenetics study of Schizophrenia with structure-enforced collaborative regression" and won an honorable mention award for a poster entitled "Integration of multi-task fMRI for cognitive study by structure-enforced collaborative regression".

Senior Research Conference
January 2020
Students and Faculty gathered on January 27, 2020, at the Lavin Bernick Center for the 18th Annual Research Conference. This event allows seniors to present the results of their year-long independent research or design projects. It highlights their effort and contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and demonstrates biomedical engineering’s potential to the larger university.

Congratulations to Master's Student
November 2019
Congratulations to Andrew Markel who received his master's degree on November 19, 2019.

Congratulations to Master's Students
August 2019
Congratulations to the following students, who received their Master's degrees this year:  Chengxi Wu and Zhiyu Deng.

Congratulations to Devon A. Bowser, PhD.
August 2019
Congratulations to Devon Bowser on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Engineering In Vitro Neural Microphysiological Systems”, on August 12, 2019.

Congratulations to Nicholas Hodges, PhD.
July 2019
Congratulations to Nicholas Hodges on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Development Of The Rat Mesentery Culture Model For The Multi-System Investigation Of Microvascular Network Growth”, on July 26, 2019.

Congratulations to Akinjide R. Akintunde, PhD.
July 2019
Congratulations to Akinjide Akintunde on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Mathematical Modeling to Elucidate Underlying Matrix Mechanisms in the Mechanical Response of Biological Soft Tissues”, on July 1, 2019.

Congratulations to Graduating Master's Students
May 2019
Congratulations to the following students, who are receiving their Master's degrees this year: Megan Escott, Clara Ives, Adam Kolkin, Guang Li, Dinika Singh, Joshua Yao and Junjie Zhong.

Congratulations to Daishen Luo, PhD.
April 2019
Congratulations to Daishen Luo on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, “Quasi-Static Acoustic Tweezing for Small Volume Blood Coagulation Analysis”, on April 26, 2019.

Congratulations to Samantha L. Kurtz, PhD.
April 2019
Congratulations to Samantha Kurtz on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Development of the Rat Mesentery
Culture Model for Translation and Commercialization”, on April 24, 2019.

Congratulations to Jessica M. Hodges, PhD.
April 2019
Congratulations to Jessica Hodges on completing her doctoral studies. She presented her dissertation defense, “Diffusion Kinetics, Ductal Targeting, and Efficacy of Transpapillary Drug Delivery for Breast Cancer Prevention”, on April 23, 2019.

BME Team Wins Tulane Novel Tech Challenge
April 2019
Hannah Eherenfeldt and Benjamin Knapp, both seniors in biomedical engineering, were the winners at the 2019 Tulane Novel Tech Challenge. Their team, ReSuture, is a medical simulation venture focused on developing realistic vascular surgery simulations.

Don’t Sweat It, a team composed of biomedical engineering students Alex Kubosiak, Stephen Hahn, Mostafa Meselhe, Arjun Sree Manoj, and Jackson Levine, along with neuroscience major Ben Lichtfield, won the Audience Favorite Award.

Graduate elected AIMBE Fellow
April 2019
Maria Oden, who graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane in 1994, was recently elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

Seniors Present at Engineering Capstone Design Expo
April 2019
Biomedical engineering students were among those presenting at the 2019 Tulane Engineering Capstone Design Expo on April 10. They presented the results of their yearlong team design projects. This course allows biomedical engineering students to incorporate everything learned in the classroom while addressing healthcare-related needs.

Congratulations to Derek C. Dashti, PhD.
April 2019
Congratulations to Derek Dashti on completing his doctoral studies. He presented his dissertation defense, "Bioengineering an Anti-inflammatory Decellularized Electrospun Polycaprolactone/Chitosan Hollow Tube for Organ Repair: 1st Therapeutic Application for the Esophagus", on January 23, 2019.

Senior Research Conference
February 2019
Students and Faculty gathered on January 31, 2019 at the Lavin Bernick Center for the 17th Annual Research Conference. This event allows seniors to present the results of their yearlong independent research or design projects. It highlights their effort and contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and demonstrates biomedical engineering’s potential to the larger university.