Justin Springer, Keith Driscoll, Anne Dancy

Biomedical Engineering Seniors get together with Faculty and staff April 24th, 2012.

More Photos Here

Project Overview
The next generation of drug-eluting stents may contain drug-releasing biodegradable polymer coatings. However, the biodegradation rates and
behavior of these polymer coatings will first need to be tailored to meet the needs of diseased arteries. As an improvement over existing methods, we have developed low-cost, simplified, and time-effective methods for characterizing the degradation behavior of different polymers. These parallel in vitro and in vivo methods exploit the properties of fluorescent molecules and utilize simple implant geometries to characterize degradation rates and behavior.

See photos at Expo Awards page.

The 3rd Place was won by a Biomedical Engineering team sponsored by Portage Health. The title of their project was “Portage Health Noise Monitoring Device.” Team Members are J. Ethan Lynch, Shaubhik Bhattacharjee, Trent Jansen, and J. Nathan Willemstein, Biomedical Engineering; and Lynn Giesler, Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering. The advisors are Dr. Michael Neuman and Dr. Keat Ghee Ong.

Biomedical Engineering students also served on the Honorable Mention award for the Jaipur Foot Improvements team.
Team Members are Victoria Demers, Mechanical Engineering; Allison Lebovsky, Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering; Paul Sturmer, Robert Strobel and Marcel Kerkove, Mechanical Engineering; and Stefanie Bass, Biomedical Engineering
The advisors are Dr. Gregory Odegard (MEEM) and Dr. Anil Jain, Jaipur, India. The sponsor was Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics.

Another Honorable Mention team included Biomedical Engineering
students on the “Cost-Optimized Prosthetic Knee Joint”
Team Members: Elizabeth Anne Dancy, Biomedical Engineering; Matthew Goldsworthy, Aram Kim, Laura Maciosek and Anna Miller, Mechanical Engineering; and Kelsy Ryskamp, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering;
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Odegard (MEEM)
Sponsor: Dr. Rajesh Malhotra, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Team photos

Sample video clips

Link to BRC

Grossman was César Chávez’s press secretary, speechwriter and personal aide and directed international media coverage of Chávez’s 1993 funeral in Delano, Calif. He still serves as a spokesman for the United Farm Workers of America and is communications director for the Cesar Chavez Foundation.

Mendez, a Tech undergraduate pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, will speak about his own experience as a migrant worker. He is president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Chapter at Michigan Tech

The Memorial Union Ballroom menu featured nopales salad, stuffed poblano chile (chicken and vegetarian), traditional “flan” and “tres leches” cake.

The event is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion and its Hispanic Heritage Committee, Housing and Residential Life, Student Affairs, the President’s Office, Institutional Diversity, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, the Alumni Association, Student Activities and the Parents Fund of the Michigan Tech Fund.

César Chávez Banquet at Michigan Tech Page of pictures and video

For more information, contact Madeline Mercado Voelker, assistant director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion, at 487-2920 or at mmercado@mtu.edu .

We will discuss topics such as:

Why earn a MS degree?
How to apply.
Thesis vs non-thesis MS

This meeting is open to all students, regardless of year (Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors).

See you there!

SJK
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Sean J. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
301 M&M Building
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton MI 49931
906-487-2167 (office)
503-332-4246 (cell)
906-487-1717 (fax)