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Biomedical Engineering 1 st Spring Meeting. Meetings. February 6 th – Emerson February 20 th – E-Week March 5 th – Dr. Tom Caven March 19 th – Speaker TBA April 2 nd – Speaker TBA April 16 th – Elections. Firesides. January 28 th (Monday noon) – Dr. Mia Markey - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Biomedical Engineering
1st Spring Meeting
February 6th – Emerson
February 20th – E-Week
March 5th – Dr. Tom Caven
March 19th – Speaker TBA
April 2nd – Speaker TBA
April 16th – Elections
Meetings
Firesides
January 28th (Monday noon) – Dr. Mia Markey
February 27th (Monday noon) – Dr. George Georgiou
March 24th (Monday noon) – Dr. James Tunnell
Fundraising
UIL Basketball Ushering
Spring Expo Liaison - February 8th (10am-
4pm)
Sign up: ECAC office (begins tomorrow)
February - Breakfast Tacos Sale
March - Grilled Cheese Sale
Service Events
March 2nd – Austin Children’s Museum (1-
5pm)
March 29th – Expanding your Horizon
Social Events
BME vs. IEEE Broomball Tournament - February
29th (Friday 9pm)
Chaparral Ice
End of Year Social – April 30th
BMES Spring Camping Trip – April
Palmetto State Park
IM Sports
Men’s Basketball – Monday 9:30 PM
7v7 Soccer (Co-ed)
Indoor Soccer (Co-ed)
Softball (Co-ed)
Cost: $3 per person
Other Events
Feb. 16th – Engineering Day at the Mall
Feb. 16th – 22nd: E-Week
Root Beer Pong
March 1st – Explore UT
April – Graduate Student Panel
Membership
Dues:
$12 for membership
$20 for membership + tshirt
NanoScholar Internship Program
Hosted by ACC, Sematech, ATDF, and other companies.
Starts at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
Interns work 20 - 30 hours per week
About 15 - 30 weeks
NanoScholar Internship Program
Train and gain the skills to be a technician.
Experience the nanotechnology field. Clean room and clean suits Wafers Fabrication techniques and tools▪ Electron microscopes▪ Etchers▪ Photolithography devices
http://www.sematech.org/research/nwdi/index.htm
UT Houston Medical SchoolSummer Research Program
Research Intensive Summer Program Weekly Seminars from Distinguished
Faculty Med/Grad School Info Sessions Wide variety of research fields to choose
from Brief Abstract due at end of program
$2500 stipend Program Dates: May 27th – August 1st Applications Due February 1st
My Experience
Worked for a neurosurgeon Got the chance to observe a lot of his
work Worked on data analysis of
electrocorticograms (subdurally implanted electrode data) in language areas
Also was involved in fMRI research
Overall, a fantastic experience!!!http://med.uth.tmc.edu/administration/edu_programs/ep/
summer_research_program/index.htm
MDACC Clinical Education & Research Internship for BMEMay 26 – August 1, 2008Texas Medical CenterHouston, TX
Application Deadline: Feb. 15
MDACC Clinical Education & Research Internship for BME
May 26 – August 1, 2008Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX
Application Deadline: Feb. 15
Program Features
Housing: Rice University dorms
HIPAA Certification, CPR, Advanced First Aid training Clinical Rotations: surgery,
internal medicine, catheterization lab, ER, ICU, OB/Gyn, pediatrics, radiology
80-hour Gross Anatomy Lab Laboratory Research
Experience
http://www.engr.utexas.edu/bme/faculty/richards-kortum/BME377/movie/BME%20377%20ONLINE%20V1%20091404%20WEB.mov
Hydrogel Matrix as Intevertebral Disc
ReplacementKat McCarty
Background and Motivation
Product Testing