Biomedical Engineering 1st Spring Meeting

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Biomedical Engineering 1st Spring Meeting
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Meetings

• February 6th Emerson
• February 20th E-Week
• March 5th Dr. Tom Caven
• March 19th Speaker TBA
• April 2nd Speaker TBA
• April 16th Elections

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Firesides

• January 28th (Monday noon) Dr. Mia Markey
• February 27th (Monday noon) Dr. George Georgiou
• March 24th (Monday noon) Dr. James Tunnell

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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

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Service Events

• March 2nd Austin Childrens Museum (1-5pm)
• March 29th Expanding your Horizon

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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

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IM Sports

• Mens Basketball Monday 930 PM
• 7v7 Soccer (Co-ed)
• Indoor Soccer (Co-ed)
• Softball (Co-ed)
• Cost 3 per person

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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

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Membership

• Dues
• 12 for membership
• 20 for membership tshirt

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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

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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

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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

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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
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MDACC Clinical Education Research Internship
for BME

• May 26 August 1, 2008
• Texas Medical Center
• Houston, TX
• Application Deadline Feb. 15

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MDACC Clinical Education Research Internship
for BME

• May 26 August 1, 2008
• Texas Medical Center
• Houston, TX
• Application Deadline Feb. 15

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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-ko
rtum/BME377/movie/BME2037720ONLINE20V120091404
20WEB.mov
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Hydrogel Matrix as Intevertebral Disc Replacement
Kat McCarty
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Background and Motivation
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Product Testing
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