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  • Friday, October 13, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Biomedical Engineering Education Editorial Board Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Student Affairs Committee Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    3D Bioprinting and Patterning of Tissues

    Keynote Speaker: Ibrahim Ozbolat, PhD – Penn State

    Moderator: Vinay V. Abhyankar – Rochester Institute of Technology

    Moderator: Kunal Mitra, PhD – Florida Institute of Technology

    Tissue Engineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Beyond Responsible Conduct of Research to Discipline-Specific Training: Evaluating Insights from Faculty Experiences with Ethics in Biomedical Engineering Research
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Bioengineering cellular models to study physiology

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Mehdi Nikkhah – Arizona State University

    Moderator: Erika L. Cyphert, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University/University of California San Francisco

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Biomechanics of Rehabilitation/Injury 1

    Moderator: Ken Fischer

    Moderator: Jenny Puetzer (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

    Biomechanics

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    BME Latin America
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Cancer Immunoengineering, Immunomodulation and Immunotherapy I

    Track Chair: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

    Track Chair: Jessica Winter – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Alexander Buffone

    Moderator: Marian Ackun-Farmmer, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland/Georgia Institute of Technology

    Cancer Technologies

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Cardiovascular Regeneration and Stem Cells

    Keynote Speaker: Anahita Mojiri, PhD – Houston Methodist Research Institute

    Moderator: Wuqiang Zhu

    Moderator: Lakeshia J. Taite – University of Virginia

    Cardiovascular Engineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Computational and Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics

    Moderator: Reza Avaz

    Moderator: Pim Ooman

    Biomechanics

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Concurrent Platform Sessions and Special Sessions Track (90 minutes)
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Controlling intracellular trafficking to modulate cellular responses

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Gregory Hudalla – University of Florida

    Moderator: Felipe Quiroz – Emory University and Georgia Tech

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Engineered vascularization: Angiogenesis, vasculogenesis and anastomosis

    Moderator: Lopamudra Das Ghosh

    Moderator: Daniel Alge, PhD – Texas A&M University

    Cardiovascular Engineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Exploring Biomaterials for Enhanced Drug Delivery: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Track Chair: Monica Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Track Chair: Erika Moore – University of Maryland

    Track Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California, San Diego

    Moderator: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD (he/him/his) – Rice University

    Moderator: Joscelyn Mejias, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University

    Biomaterials

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Gastrointestinal Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering

    Moderator: Michael Blatchley, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Boulder

    Moderator: Erika L. Cyphert, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University/University of California San Francisco

    Keynote Speaker: Hyun Jung Kim – Cleveland Clinic

    Tissue Engineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Genetic tools

    Track Chair: Jiahe Li

    Track Chair: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

    Moderator: Himani Sharma – University of Notre Dame

    Moderator: Owen McCarty – Oregon Health and Science University

    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Global Health Technologies I

    Track Chair: Eduardo Reategui

    Track Chair: Gulden Camci-Unal (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

    Moderator: Gulden Camci-Unal (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell

    Moderator: Eduardo Reátegui – The Ohio State university

    Global Health Technologies

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Hepatic Tissue Engineering I

    Moderator: Chao Ma, PhD (he/him/his) – New York University Tandon School of Engineering

    Moderator: Donny Hanjaya-Putra, PhD (he/him/his) – Univeristy of Notre Dame

    Keynote Speaker: Linda Griffith, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Tissue Engineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Imaging Cells, Molecules, Genomes, Tissues and Organs

    Moderator: Taimoor H. Qazi – Purdue University

    Moderator: Catherine E. Majors, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University

    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Imaging Strategies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis

    Track Chair: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

    Track Chair: Jessica Winter – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University

    Moderator: Lih Feng Cheow, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore

    Cancer Technologies

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Inclusive Mentoring - Bringing Out Everyone’s Best in Mentoring Relationships
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Industry Panel
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Innovations in Immunomodulatory Biomaterials: Enhancing Regeneration, Targeting Diseases, and Reprogramming Immune Responses

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Track Chair: Monica Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Track Chair: Erika Moore – University of Maryland

    Track Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California, San Diego

    Moderator: Grace G. Bushnell, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

    Moderator: Gregory Hudalla – University of Florida

    Biomaterials

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Mechanobiology and Biomechanics in Women's Health

    Moderator: Raffaella De Vita – Virginia Tech

    Moderator: Sara Arena

    Women's Health

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Novel methods for systems biology

    Moderator: Jennifer Wilson – University of California Los Angeles

    Moderator: Ashlee N. Ford Versypt – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

    Moderator: Aaron Meyer – University of California, Los Angeles

    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Optical, Spectroscopy and Microscopy I
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Planning the Future of Advanced Biomanufacturing SIG
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Point of Care Devices and Biosensors - Session 3

    Moderator: Yuliang Xie – Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa

    Moderator: shengjie zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas

    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Scientific Careers Beyond Academia
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Systems Immunology

    Track Chair: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

    Track Chair: John T. Wilson, Ph.D. – Vanderbilt University

    Track Chair: Kathryn Miller-Jensen – Yale University

    Moderator: Hao Yuan Kueh, PhD – Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    Moderator: Sepideh Dolatshahi, PhD – University of Virgina, Charlottesville

    Immunoengineering

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    The Role of Licensure and Certifications for Practicing Biomedical Engineers
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Transforming BME Training to Ensure Equity and Justice I

    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington

    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

    Moderator: Santiago Correa, PhD – Columbia University

    Moderator: Jason Chang Marvin – Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    Social Transformation

  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition 
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 PM PDT
    Advances in Biomaterials Integration with Chips

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Track Chair: Monica Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Track Chair: Erika Moore – University of Maryland

    Track Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California, San Diego

    Moderator: Ross A. Marklein (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

    Moderator: Bin Duan, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Biomaterials

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
    Learn how you can advance your future in medical device innovation and healthcare design with Johns Hopkins University’s master’s program in bioengineering innovation and design
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Education Committee Meeting
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
    Posters - Poster Session C with Refreshment Break
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    Plenary Session - NIH/NIBIB Lecture &  NIBIB Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Awards presentation 
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Lunch on your own
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Special Events - Gender Equity in BME Luncheon  (ticket purchase required)
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation Lecture & Athanasiou Medal
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    A glimpse into the Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory
  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Advances in Biomaterials and Bioinks: Innovations in 3D Bioprinting

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Moderator: Brian Meckes, PhD – University of North Texas

    Moderator: Chia-Wen Chang, PhD – Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Biomaterials

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Advances in experimental and computational cellular and molecular bioengineering

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Alexander Buffone, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

    Moderator: Alison Vander Roest – University of Michigan

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Biomechanics of Engineered Tissues

    Moderator: Taimoor H. Qazi – Purdue University

    Moderator: Ali Salifu

    Keynote Speaker: Warren Grayson – Johns Hopkins University

    Tissue Engineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Biomechanics of Rehabilitation/Injury 2

    Moderator: Anita Singh

    Moderator: Joseph Towles, PhD (he/him/his) – Swarthmore College

    Biomechanics

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Cancer Immunoengineering, Immunomodulation and Immunotherapy II

    Track Chair: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

    Track Chair: Jessica Winter – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Kolade Adebowale, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard University

    Moderator: Natasha Sheybani

    Cancer Technologies

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

    Moderator: Jun Liao – University of Texas at Arlington

    Moderator: Melissa Mendoza-Seale

    Cardiovascular Engineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Cartilage II, Tendon, Ligament

    Moderator: Jason Chang Marvin – Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    Moderator: Brian Diekman, PhD – Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University

    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Concurrent Platform Sessions and Special Sessions Track (90 minutes)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Design Project Presentations for DEBUT Challenge (NIBIB/VentureWell)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Engineered Cancer Models for In Vitro Studies I

    Track Chair: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

    Track Chair: Jessica Winter – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Ian Wong – Brown University

    Moderator: Grace G. Bushnell, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

    Cancer Technologies

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    High Throughput/Scalable Production

    Moderator: Feng Guo, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University Bloomington

    Moderator: Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez

    Biomanufacturing

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Imaging Systems, Techniques, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence

    Moderator: Kennita Johnson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State

    Moderator: Kunal Mitra, PhD – Florida Institute of Technology

    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    In Pursuit of Breakthroughs in Cancer Research: Integrating Engineering and Physical Sciences in Oncology
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Inflammation and Wound Healing

    Moderator: Ana I. Salazar-Puerta, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Gregory Hudalla – University of Florida

    Drug Delivery

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Learning Experiences

    Moderator: Anne-Marie Ginn-Hedman, PhD – Texas A&M University Department of Biomedical Engineering

    Moderator: Sara Arena

    Biomedical Engineering Education

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Making Labs More Inclusive and Accessible for Researchers with Disabilities
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Matrix Mechanics in Tissue Engineering

    Moderator: Huaxiao Yang – University of North Texas

    Moderator: Lakeshia Tate

    Biomechanics

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Micro/Nano Technologies for Medicine and Biology

    Moderator: Amber Doiron

    Moderator: Sangmoo Jeong

    Nano and Micro Technologies

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Molecular tools and approaches to guide cellular responses

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Madeleine Oudin – Tufts University

    Moderator: Nicholas Lamson, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering

    Keynote Speaker: Kent Leach – Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

    Moderator: Jennifer Robinson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

    Moderator: John Martin – University of Cincinnati

    Tissue Engineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Navigating Med School Tracks
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Navigating the Ethical Landscape: Challenges and Perspectives for International Biomedical Engineers in the US and How We Can All Help
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Neuromodulation: Mechanisms and Emerging Technologies

    Moderator: Roy Lycke, Masters of Science in Computer Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (he/him/his) – Rice University

    Moderator: Omid Yaghmazadeh, PhD (he/him/his) – New York University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Rebecca A. Frederick, PhD – University of Oregon

    Neural Engineering

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Nurturing Nature's Wisdom: Exploring Natural and Bioinspired Biomaterials

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Track Chair: Monica Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Track Chair: Erika Moore – University of Maryland

    Track Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California, San Diego

    Moderator: Mykel D. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas, Austin

    Moderator: Alisa Isaac – UTSA

    Biomaterials

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Omics methods, modeling, and analysis

    Moderator: John Hickey, PhD – Duke University

    Moderator: Ahmet F. Coskun – Georgia Institute of Technology

    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Optical, Spectroscopy and Microscopy II

    Track Chair: Karl Lewis

    Track Chair: Ria Mazumder, PhD (she/her/hers) – Widener University

    Moderator: Renita Horton

    Moderator: Erika L. Cyphert, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University/University of California San Francisco

    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Point of Care Devices and Biosensors - Session 2

    Moderator: Thomas Roussel

    Moderator: Binh Tran

    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Poster Rapid Fire 2

    Moderator: Moriah Katt – West Virginia University

    Moderator: Jessica Larsen (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

    Moderator: XiaoYue Yang, PhD – University of Kentucky

    Drug Delivery

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Q&A With Chapter Leaders, Make Your Chapter Thrive
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    The Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Part 1
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Therapeutics

    Moderator: Ching-An Peng, n/a – University of Idaho

    Moderator: Jiayu Liao – University of California, Riverside

    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases

  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Transforming BME Training to Ensure Equity and Justice II

    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington

    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

    Moderator: Aidan E. Gilchrist (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis

    Moderator: Ayokunle Olanrewaju – University of Washington

    Social Transformation

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Posters - Poster Session D 
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Advances in Immune Engineering for Biomedical Applications: Manipulating Macrophage Responses, T-Cell Interactions, and Tumor Microenvironment

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Track Chair: Monica Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Track Chair: Erika Moore – University of Maryland

    Track Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California, San Diego

    Moderator: Marian Ackun-Farmmer, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland/Georgia Institute of Technology

    Moderator: Carolyn Schutt Ibsen, Ph.D. – Oregon Health & Science University

    Biomaterials

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Applications in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Guohao Dai, Fellow, AHA AIMBE (he/him/his) – Northeastern University

    Moderator: Jamie Spangler, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Building Bioengineers for Advocacy, Public Trust, and Regulation

    Moderator: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California

    Moderator: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington

    Moderator: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dawn Beraud

    Social Transformation

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Cellular Immunoengineering

    Track Chair: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

    Track Chair: John T. Wilson, Ph.D. – Vanderbilt University

    Track Chair: Kathryn Miller-Jensen – Yale University

    Moderator: Michelle Teplensky, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University

    Moderator: Santiago Correa, PhD – Columbia University

    Immunoengineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Concurrent Platform Sessions and Special Sessions Track (90 minutes)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Current Topics in BME/BioE ABET Accreditation
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Developmental Biology and Morphogenesis of Engineered Tissues

    Moderator: Tracy Hookway – SUNY Binghamton

    Moderator: Vasudha Srivastava, PhD – University of California San Francisco

    Keynote Speaker: Matthew Kutys, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco

    Tissue Engineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Disc, Tendon, Ligament

    Moderator: Jennifer Nichols – University of Florida

    Moderator: Robin Queen – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Emerging theme: Lymphatics in cardiovascular disease

    Keynote Speaker: J. Brandon Dixon, Ph.D – Georgia Institute of Technology

    Moderator: Abhishek Jain, PhD – Texas A&M University

    Moderator: Esak Lee, PhD – Cornell University

    Cardiovascular Engineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Engineered Cancer Models for In Vitro Studies II

    Track Chair: Jan Lammerding, PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University

    Track Chair: Jessica Winter – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Mai Ngo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University

    Moderator: David T. Corr, PhD (he/him/his) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Cancer Technologies

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Engineered Immune Models

    Track Chair: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

    Track Chair: John T. Wilson, Ph.D. – Vanderbilt University

    Track Chair: Kathryn Miller-Jensen – Yale University

    Moderator: Kolade Adebowale, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard University

    Moderator: Abhinav Acharya

    Immunoengineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Engineering Neural Interfaces

    Moderator: Vasileios Christopoulos, Dr. (he/him/his) – University of California, Riverside

    Moderator: Brent Winslow

    Moderator: Ana Hernandez-Reynoso

    Neural Engineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Experiential learning and Problem solving

    Moderator: Charles Peak

    Moderator: James Furmato

    Biomedical Engineering Education

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Fostering Accessible and Inclusive Research Environments Within Academia to Recruit, Support, And Retain Marginalized And Minoritized Communities
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Graduate School Panel
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Immune Regulation and Tolerance

    Track Chair: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

    Track Chair: John T. Wilson, Ph.D. – Vanderbilt University

    Track Chair: Kathryn Miller-Jensen – Yale University

    Moderator: Daniel Abebayehu

    Moderator: Thomas A. Werfel – University of Mississippi

    Immunoengineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Immunoengineering cellular responses

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Michael J. Mitchell – University of Pennsylvania

    Moderator: Marian Ackun-Farmmer, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland/Georgia Institute of Technology

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Lightning Talks in Neural Engineering

    Moderator: Huiliang Wang, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

    Moderator: Aysegul Gunduz

    Moderator: Rick Liao

    Neural Engineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Applications

    Moderator: Christopher Arena

    Moderator: Lik Chuan Lee – Michigan State University

    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Mechanics of the Respiratory System

    Moderator: Patrick Link, PhD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic

    Moderator: Xi (Charlie) Ren

    Biomechanics

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Mechanobiology of Stem Cell Engineering

    Moderator: Soham Ghosh, PhD (he/him/his) – Colorado State University

    Moderator: Beu P. Oropeza, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

    Biomechanics

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Micro/Nano Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering

    Moderator: Natalia Higuita-Castro, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Huaxiao Yang – University of North Texas

    Nano and Micro Technologies

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Molecular engineering of cellular responses

    Track Chair: Omid Veiseh – Rice University Department of Bioengineering

    Moderator: Isaac Hilton, PhD – Rice University

    Moderator: Taimoor H. Qazi – Purdue University

    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Nano and Micro Technologies for Molecular Analysis

    Moderator: Anwesha Sarkar – Iowa State University

    Moderator: shengjie zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas

    Nano and Micro Technologies

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Physics-informed modeling of living systems

    Moderator: Reza Avaz

    Moderator: Ashlee N. Ford Versypt – University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Regenerative Medicine and Biomechanics

    Track Chair: Marissa Wechsler – The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Track Chair: Monica Hinds, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Track Chair: Erika Moore – University of Maryland

    Track Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California, San Diego

    Moderator: Dany Munoz Pinto

    Moderator: Nehal Ibrahim Abu-Lail, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio

    Biomaterials

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Screening tools for therapeutics

    Moderator: Isha Mutreja, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

    Moderator: Wilson Poon – University of Texas at El Paso

    Drug Delivery

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    The Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Part 2
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Uterine Pathologies

    Moderator: Stacey C. Schutte, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati

    Moderator: Adrienne K. Scott, n/a – University of Colorado Boulder

    Women's Health

  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
    Special Event - BMES Reception