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Seminar Schedule - 2004

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Sept 1 Speaker: BMEN Faculty presenting their research ideas
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Sept 8 Speaker: Dr. Jaime Grunlan, Professor, Mechanical Engineering-TAMU
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"Polyelectrolyte Assemblies: Potential Biomedical Applications"
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Sept 15 Speaker: Dr. Adam Capitano: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Title: "AFM Characterization of the Stability and Structure of Cell Culture Model Matrix Proteins."
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Sept 22 Speaker: Dr. Timothy M. Wick: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Sept 29 Speaker: Dr. John C. Criscione: Professor, Biomedical Engineering-TAMU
Title: "The Importance of Mechanics in Cardiac Development, Failure and Recovery"
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Oct 6 Speaker: Dr. Andreea Trache: Medical Physiology Department-TAMU
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"Monitoring molecular dynamics in live cells using the NanoFluor Integrated Microscope."
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Oct 13 Speaker: Dr. Wonmuk Hwang: Biomedical Engineering Department-TAMU
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"Actin polymerization and lamellipodia formation in cell motility."
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Oct 20 Speaker: Dr. Michael A. Bevan: Professor of Chemical Engineering Department-TAMU
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"Measurement and Manipulation of Interactions, Dynamics, and Structure in Interfacial Colloidal Systems."
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Feb 23 Speaker: Dr. David Pereda Cubian: Optical Imaging laboratory-TAMU
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"Magneto-optical effects: Concepts and applications."
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Nov 3 Speaker: Dr. Arul Jayaraman: Chemical Engineering Department-TAMU
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Nov 10 Speaker: Dr. Kenith Meissner: Biomedical Engineering Department-TAMU
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"Quantum Dots: What are they and how can I use them?"
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Nov 15 Speaker: Special Seminar: Dr. Charles DiMarzio, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University
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"Detecting Ultrasound Modulation of Light with a Photorefractive Crystal."
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Nov 17 Speaker: Dr. Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli: Homer A. Burnell Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering, MIT
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"Control of Biomolecular Function by Nanoparticle Antennas."
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Nov 17 Speaker: University Distinguished Lecture: Dame Julia Polak, Professor and Chairman of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Imperial College London
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Nov 18 Speaker: Dr. Dame Julia Polak, Professor and Chairman of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Imperial College London
Title: "Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering"
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Nov 22 Speaker: Special Seminar: Hiroshi Yamada, Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Title: :"Description of Mechanical Behavior in Vascular Endothelial Cells by a Hyperelastic Model"
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Nov 24 Speaker: Dr. Mariah Hann: Professor, Chemical Engineering-TAMU
Title: "Vocal Fold and Arterial Tissue Engineering."
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Dec 1 Speaker: Dr. Rudy Gleason: Biomedical Engineering Department-TAMU
Title: "Mechanically-Induced Vascular Adaptations: Modelling and experimentation"
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Apr 26 Speaker: Dr. Emily Wilson, Medical Physiology and Toxicology -TAMU
Title: "Modulation of integrin expression during pathogenic vascular remodeling"
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Dec 6 Speaker: Faculty Candidate: Brian Sorg. Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Title: "Hyperspectral Imaging of Hemoglobin Saturation and Hypoxia in Tumors"
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Dec 8 Speaker: Reading Day (No Seminar)
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May 10 Speaker: No Seminar: Double-spaced, Two-page Report due today
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Dec 14 Speaker: Special Seminar: Dr. Alexander Rachev
Title: "Design and Fabrication of a Mechanically Matched Arterial Graft"
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Dec 16 Speaker: Special Seminar: Stephen Greenwald, Pathology Group, Institute of Cellular & Molecular Science Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry;Royal London Hospital, England
Title: "Latex & leather: composition, structure and elasticity in large arteries"
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