August 2021 - Bmegradstudents-list

FW: Postdoc recruiting - neural engineering
by Gelfand, Johanna K 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

(Sent on behalf of Chi Hwan Lee) Sent to BME faculty/graduate students for 2 postdoc openings (neural engineering and implantable neural probes) in Dartmouth. I guarantee that Prof. Hui Fang will be a wonderful advisor in guiding our students to the success in their next career. Thank you. Best Regards, Chi Hwan Lee From: Hui Fang <hui.fang(a)dartmouth.edu<mailto:hui.fang@dartmouth.edu>> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 2:46 PM To: Lee, Chi Hwan <lee2270(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lee2270@purdue.edu>> Subject: Postdoc recruiting - neural engineering Hi Chi Hwan - Hope you are getting good candidates for your group's openings. I wonder whether you could help disseminate the following positions at my group to Purdue's relevant (perhaps BME?) student community. They are in the area of neural engineering and implantable neural probes. https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19297 Thanks a bunch in advance, Hui -- Hui Fang, Ph.D. Associate Professor Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College Multifunctional Integrated NanoElectronics (MINE) Lab<https://sites.dartmouth.edu/fang-group/>

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Welcome BME Grads
by David M. Umulis 23 Aug '21

23 Aug '21

Dear BME Graduate Students, I want to personally welcome you to the Fall Semester 2021. There’s a number of new developments in the grad program moving forward to better support training, community, and interactions with faculty and other members of the school. I got to meet some of you for the first time this past week during orientation and I look forward to seeing you develop over the coming years as Master’s and PhD students. I also wanted to re e-introduce you to Dr. Tami Ursem- Associate Head for Academic Affairs, Mike Heinz, the Director of Graduate programs, Jackie Linnes- the Chair of the DEI committee, and Doug Brubaker- the faculty advisor to the BME GSA. From this group we have a number of items we will discuss more soon and set up through the fall and spring terms that have a focus on Graduate student programs, community, and life. We will want your input and engagement! I also wanted to highlight a couple of upcoming events- Please be sure to join us for Ice Cream this week, on Friday at 1:00PM in the MJIS South Lawn (details were in the other earlier email). I wanted to also provide more details about the upcoming opportunity to meet some alumni and members of the Purdue Advisory board. Late in the afternoon on September 24th, there will be an event in the afternoon to honor the previous School Head Dr. Wodicka. As part of the event a number of former BMEs and others will give brief remarks that touch on some of the history of this School and immediately following the talks, we will be having the first “Art of Research” Exhibit. The Art of Research Exhibit will be from about 4:30-6:00 PM in the MJIS Atrium and the goal is to creatively highlight your research in a visually arresting way. This will also be a great opportunity to communicate your work to other students, faculty, visiting Alumni, and members of the Advisory Board. We are working on the logistics for the event still- but there will be food, beverages, etc. provided and I really hope that many of you can join this fun event! The outlines of categories were sent out earlier- but I’m including them here again at the bottom of this email to remind you of how to develop these- Graduate student Art of Research Exhibit Categories • Microscopy (Under the microscope) • Modeling (Mesmerizing models) • Rendering • Hand drawn • Device design • Anatomy and physiology Submission requirements (Submit on or before September 15, 2021- We need time to print and to vote on the categories!) (Link will be sent later for submission): • Upload high-resolution image files (photographs, micrographs, illustrations, visualizations, renderings) (300dpi or higher). (Link will be sent later) • Name of individual(s) who created the image • Affiliation with Weldon School (graduate student/undergraduate student/postdoc…) • Image title up to 50 characters long • Description of how image was created (including type of instrument/software/media used) • Image caption: 100 words or less, written layman’s terms without scientific jargon. The caption should answer questions about what the image depicts, how it was created, and provide an interesting fact about the depiction and/or how the image represents important to your research or to the field more generally • Permission from all individuals who created the image to reprint and share your entry David M. Umulis Dane A. Miller Head and Professor of Biomedical Engineering | Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Professor | Agricultural & Biological Engineering He/Him/His o: 765-494-1223 | dumulis(a)purdue.edu <mailto:dumulis@purdue.edu>| https://engineering.purdue.edu/~dumulis <https://engineering.purdue.edu/~dumulis> Twitter: @professorthermo <https://twitter.com/professorthermo?lang=en>

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Welcome back & Ice Cream Friday, Aug. 27
by David M. Umulis 23 Aug '21

23 Aug '21

Dear Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Welcome back to Purdue for the Fall semester 2021. I am excited to see many new and returning students at the start of the semester. There is a lot to look forward to! This semester will likely be a semester of transition. We have a lot of hope and plans for a return to a greater sense of “normal” this semester, and to do it safely. Many steps are being taken in this direction- a return to in-person classes, a return to normal in-person class sizes, however some things are still needed to ensure a safe and effective environment for our students, faculty, and staff- including a full masking requirement while indoors and continued Covid testing for many, depending on vaccination status. Please be sure to follow Protect Purdue guidelines https://protect.purdue.edu/ <https://protect.purdue.edu/>. Remember- Protect yourself. Protect others. Protect Purdue. I want to take this time to introduce everyone in the BME community to our newest faculty member who just started this August as an Assistant Professor- Dr. Leopold Green. I’m thrilled to have Leo join us and bring his expertise in synthetic biology and systems biology and its role in human health through inflammation and inter-kingdom signaling. You can learn more about Leo at https://www.leopoldgreen.com/ <https://www.leopoldgreen.com/> . I’d also like to (re)introduce two faculty members who joined in fall of 2020: Dr. Deva Chan joined as an Assistant Professor and she brings expertise in in biomechanics, biomedical imaging, with impact in Osteoarthritis and Traumatic Brain Injury https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChanLab <https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChanLab> . Dr. Douglas Brubaker joined as Assistant Professor and his lab’s expertise is in computational biomedical engineering to support the predictive power of preclinical models and also in microbiome impact on human health https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=241420 <https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=241420>. As part of our welcome back and introductions, I invite you to join me and other members of the BME community this upcoming Friday, August 27, 2021 at 1:00 PM in the South Lawn outside of the BME building for Welcome Back remarks and Free Ice Cream (individually wrapped). BME Faculty, staff, students, and postdocs are all welcome and the College of Engineering Dean Mung Chiang will join us at the beginning for a few remarks, along with Dr. Matthew Tews (Director of IUSM-WL Medical Education), and Dr. Chris Rochet (Director of the Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience). I’m excited to see you around- please say hello when you see me around campus and in MJIS and introduce yourself if we haven’t yet met! I look forward to this semester and all the great learning and research that you do that make the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering a truly vibrant school at Purdue! Boiler Up! David M. Umulis Dane A. Miller Head and Professor of Biomedical Engineering | Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Professor | Agricultural & Biological Engineering He/Him/His o: 765-494-1223 | dumulis(a)purdue.edu <mailto:dumulis@purdue.edu>| https://engineering.purdue.edu/~dumulis <https://engineering.purdue.edu/~dumulis> Twitter: @professorthermo <https://twitter.com/professorthermo?lang=en>

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