Biomedical Engineering Students Win Expo Awards

In the 11th Annual Michigan Tech Undergraduate Expo the 1st Place award winning team was Biomedical Engineering team sponsored by Boston Scientific. The project was “Bioabsorbable Polymer-Coated Metal Stent Degradation Simulation Design”
Team Members are Kristina Price, Brendan Daun, Thomas Faulkner, Erin Larson, Derek Yesmunt, and David Strobel, Biomedical Engineering; and Kelsey Waugh and Matt Gardeski, Materials Science and Engineering.
The advisors are Dr. Jeremy Goldman (BME) and Dr. Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE).

César Chávez Banquet at Michigan Tech

“Tribute to César Chávez: Living The Legacy Banquet,” was held Monday, March 26, in the Memorial Union Ballroom, featured Marc Grossman, a longtime Chávez associate, and Uziel Mendez, an Hispanic student at Tech.

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.

Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering

If you are interested in earning your Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering, please join us on Thursday, March 22 at 4:00pm in room M&M610 for an informational meeting.

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)