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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: 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: 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

    Moderator: Isha Mutreja, PhD – University of Minnesota

    Moderator: Beu Primavera Oropeza

  • 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
    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
    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: 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
    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: 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