Biomedical Engineering

1st Spring Meeting

February 6th – Emerson

February 20th – E-Week

March 5th – Dr. Tom Caven

March 19th – Speaker TBA

April 2nd – Speaker TBA

April 16th – Elections

Meetings

Firesides

January 28th (Monday noon) – Dr. Mia Markey

February 27th (Monday noon) – Dr. George Georgiou

March 24th (Monday noon) – Dr. James Tunnell

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

Service Events

March 2nd – Austin Children’s Museum (1-

5pm)

March 29th – Expanding your Horizon

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

IM Sports

Men’s Basketball – Monday 9:30 PM

7v7 Soccer (Co-ed)

Indoor Soccer (Co-ed)

Softball (Co-ed)

Cost: $3 per person

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

Membership

Dues:

$12 for membership

$20 for membership + tshirt

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

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

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

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

MDACC Clinical Education & Research Internship for BMEMay 26 – August 1, 2008Texas Medical CenterHouston, TX

Application Deadline: Feb. 15

MDACC Clinical Education & Research Internship for BME

May 26 – August 1, 2008Texas Medical Center

Houston, TX

Application Deadline: Feb. 15

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-kortum/BME377/movie/BME%20377%20ONLINE%20V1%20091404%20WEB.mov

Hydrogel Matrix as Intevertebral Disc

ReplacementKat McCarty

Background and Motivation

Product Testing