BME
WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE
August
28, 2023
INTERIM
HEAD’S NOTE
I
hope you had a smooth first week of the semester. I had quite a busy first week with all the ongoing exciting and critical matters and meetings to attend. I am getting there to help make sure the department runs smoothly. This note is long as I have included
updates from two committee chairs (Andrew and Hugh).
- At
the operational level, please do not hesitate to let me know your requests (letters, approvals, etc.). I will try to have
zero email backlog on simple requests by the end of the day. I typically do batch processing periodically throughout the day. At the tactical level, in addition to working closely with Young and Vitaliy, I will meet regularly and keep transparent communications
with a leadership team, including many department-level committee chairs of critical missions/affairs. Regarding key issues especially those at the strategic level, I will frequently consult our senior colleagues.
- It
is so good to hear many of us won research grants over the summer. Congratulations to all! The department will find creative and diverse ways to recognize you for your accomplishments including all aspects of research/innovation, teaching/mentoring, and service/engagement,
and other things that normally do not fall in the above categories.
- I
have received a couple of nominations for “Moveable Dream Hires”. Please continue to send me your input.
- BME
has the honor and privilege to help CoE organize the first Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture of this academic year. The distinguished lecturer will be Dr. Huda Zogbhi,
Distinguished
Service Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, and Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital. She will visit Purdue on September 20 (Wednesday).
We
will be the host department. Krishna and Young are taking the lead on organizing events surrounding this visit. Please encourage your students to attend her lecture at 10:30 – 11:30 am on 9/20, which will replace our regular seminar.
- BMES
early bird registration deadline is approaching. See the message later in this email. As I announced in last Friday’s faculty meeting, the department can cover your registration and BMES membership in a total of $825. The deadline for this offer is September
6th.
- I
am in the process of preparing the agenda for our BME Advisory Board meeting. The meeting will be held on Friday, September 22nd. I will approach some of you to ask for your availability on that day.
- We
had a packed agenda last Friday. I will schedule updates and presentations in our future faculty meetings in such a way that gives us more time to ask questions and discuss issues. Because some of the committee chairs did not get time to give updates, they
were kind to send me their updates in writing as follows:
Updates
from Andrew Brightman on Graduate Committee and Grad Programs:
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As
the semester gets underway, remember that graduate students enrolled in research will need to meet with their primary faculty mentors to
set research expectations (see attached) for the semester and then the faculty member will need to
alert the graduate school when these requirements are set for each RA you are mentoring. These meetings are also a good time to review
Student-Advisor Expectation Scales (see attached) as well as IDPs (individualized Development Plans -
see links below) with each student you mentor to help them set goals for the semester and year ahead.
https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/Academics/Graduate/PhDMilestones/PhD_Milestone_Timeline_Fall_2022
Here is the milestone timeline if that is helpful.
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Second-year
PhD students
will need to begin preparations for completing there Preliminary
Exam due at the end of the year two.
Guidelines and rubrics for the new processes for these exams are being refined by the Grad Committee and will be distributed later this fall to faculty and these students.
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The
Grad Committee collected feedback from faculty and students last spring on the
new processes for Qualifying Exams. The Committee is reviewing the feedback and making revisions to the processes and related documents based on the recommendations.
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The
new Graduate
Student Handbook for BME
was completed, published on line and distributed to incoming grad students this summer
thanks to the huge efforts of the Grad Programs Staff and Committee Chair, Mike Heinz. This handbook is primarily for the newest students and their faculty mentors, but has information helpful to all graduate students. Feedback on this version will
be collected in the Spring from faculty and students and the Graduate School and an updated version will be created each summer.
Updates
from Hugh Lee on Graduate Admissions
·
Changes to admissions
o
Guidance document to be distributed; see the attachment.
o
Holistic evaluation, no consideration for race in any admission decision
·
New “Academic” Statement of Purpose
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Professional and career goals
o
Research interests
o
Experiences
o
Fit with school
·
Includes Personal History Statement now
o
How background and life experiences prepared candidate
o
If academic records do not reflect your true capabilities explain circumstances
·
Opportunities for students and faculty to attend and advertise at the following conferences
o
October 26 – 28th – Society
of Women Engineers (SWE) National Conference –
Los Angeles, CA
o
November 1 - 5th –Society
of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Convention –
Salt Lake City, UT
o
March 20 – 24th 2024 – National
Society of Black Engineering (NSBE50)
– Atlanta, GA
o
Looking for faculty interested in serving in person or online on a faculty panel/workshop at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Conference
UPCOMING
IMPORTANT DATES
Week
of August 28
Wed.,
Aug. 30: BME
Research Seminar Series, 9:30
a.m., MJIS 1001 or via Zoom. Qiuting Wen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine will present “Imaging Brain’s Waste Clearance Pathways.” (Note:
Students
registered for the seminar are expected to attend in-person.)
Wed.,
Aug. 30: Lilly
Day at Purdue. Attention
graduate students: Eli Lilly will be hosting a Purdue Day on August 30th so mark your calendar now. Please see the link below to register and find out all the fun and engaging ways you can connect with them while they are here.
https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/event/6477834bc91e7957b321716a/Lilly-Day-at-Purdue
Thurs.,
Aug. 31: Seminars
in Hearing Research, 12:00
noon, Nelson Hall, Room 1215. Jeff Lucas, Professor of SLHS will present “The duck project. Huh? What duck project? Glad you asked…”
Abstract:
Next
to chickens, Pekin ducks are one of the most important sources of poultry-derived meat. Duck rearing obviously requires keeping relatively large numbers of ducks in relatively small areas. This arrangement can result in various levels of physiological stress,
which has impacts on animal welfare and also on productivity. Our project on this topic has three phases. The first is to characterize the vocal system of Pekin ducks, something that surprisingly hasn’t been done before. The second is to use the duck vocal
system as a preliminary source of information about stress. This includes determining whether there is environment-dependent call syntax and whether the spectral properties of calls vary with the environment. ‘Environment’ includes both social environment
and several types of ‘enrichment’. The third is to see if we can identify vocal elements that might be broadcast to the ducks to mitigate stress.
This
year’s SHRP schedule is available here: https://purdue.edu/TPAN/hearing/shrp_schedule
Fri.,
Sept. 1: Indiana
Human-Centered Design for Health Seminar Series, 12:00
p.m. via Zoom. Lean about research and best practices in HCD and health, promote the diverse HCD expertise in Indiana, and build a community of HCD researchers and practitioners focused on health, in Indiana and beyond. The first speaker will be Dustin Lynch,
Communications Designer for Research Jam. Register and learn about upcoming seminars at healthtechquitylab.org/
MJIS
Updates
Our
semi-annual air handling shutdown is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 17th.
As
a reminder: the entire building air handling system in MJIS will be turned off.
ALL chemical hood activity, biosafety cabinet activity, autoclave work and activities in wet labs will need to
STOP by 5 PM on Monday, October 16th. Any chemicals stored in the hoods will have to be sealed at that time. Signs will be posted on all hoods to remind users not to use the hoods
Monday evening, and removed when the maintenance work is completed and normal operations can resume.
Please plan ahead - DO NOT use chemicals in the lab areas that you would normally use in the hoods.
Antimicrobial
Resistance Seminar Series - Purdue
The
College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute for Drug Discovery want to invite you to join fellow scientists at Purdue for the launch of the inaugural Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Seminar series. According to the U.S> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Food and Drug Administration, 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur annually in the US, resulting in 35,000 deaths. Combating AMR requires multifaceted efforts both the healthcare and veterinary sectors. In response to this critical public
health threat, scientists at Purdue are working together to increase awareness and discover solutions for advanced diagnostics, treatment, and prevention. Starting on
September 13,the AMR Seminar Series will be held in person at the Lobby Conference Room at the Institute for Drug Discovery (from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.).
Please let us know if you are interested in giving a talk for the series. Faculty, graduate students and postdocs who want to participate are welcome to present; please send names and email addresses to
amr-purdue@purdue.edu
A
schedule will be coming soon.
Upcoming
important deadlines and information
Tues.,
Sept. 5: IBSC-BME
PhD Defense Announcement for Yuhyun Ji
(Y. Kim, advisor), 9:30 a.m., MJIS 2001. Title of presentation: “Bridging Color to Spectrum for Biophotonics.”
Wed.,
Sept. 6: BMES
Early Bird Registration Deadline! Register
now to lock in savings with early-bird pricing for the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting (to be held in Seattle, WA, October 11-14). Thousands of biomedical engineers will attend this year’s meeting to learn, collaborate, and network. As a BMES member, you can save
more than 10% with reduced early bird rates, so if you’re not already a member, now would be a good time to join! Click here for details:
https://mailchi.mp/e3958bb463f2/o8cvhb9q5x-9335625?e=ea10e317a2
NOTE:
We recommend booking your room at the Hyatt Regency Seattle because it’s
closer to the convention center AND it’s where university receptions will be held (in addition to some being held
inside the convention center). Here’s the link to reserve with the $259 discount rate.
This rate only lasts until the allotted number of rooms have been sold.
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/SEARS/G-BMES
Wed.,
Sept. 6: Symposium
of the Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI), 11:00
am-3:30 pm, South Ballroom, PMU. This year’s Symposium of the Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI) at Purdue will feature
Dr. Christiane Kuhl, Chair of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital in Aachen, Germany, and an absolute rock-star in breast imaging, to give the keynote lecture at 1:00 pm about breast cancer screening, entitled “Breast Cancer
Screening: New Ways of Thinking".Dr. Kuhl is an outstanding speaker to any audience, who has given some famous keynote addresses at international conferences like ISMRM or RSNA. Her talk will provide an overview on the current evidence as well as controversies
regarding breast cancer screening, including AI-based risk prediction. Furthermore, the WGHI symposium also features some of our own Purdue research on breast cancer imaging, e.g. with the talk of Dr. Joseph Rispoli on “Advances in Breast Radiofrequency
Coils for MRI”. Registration is
free, and if anybody is interested in talking to Dr. Kuhl in a small group setting or individually the day before the symposium, on Sept 5, please let me know, and we can try to fit you into her agenda! Informational flyer is attached.
Fri.,
Sept. 8: Abstract
Submission Deadline for The Trauma THOMPSON Challenge.
The
primary goal of The Trauma THOMPSON Challenge is to encourage research to build better algorithms for autonomous instruction systems in uncontrolled and austere environments, especially for life-saving procedures. The envisioned algorithms include action recognition,
action anticipation, procedure recognition, and visual question answering (VQA). The challenge participation details are below.
Fri.,
Sept. 15: Deadline
to register as an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Reviewer. Serving as a National Science Foundation (NSF)
Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
(GRFP) reviewer is a real opportunity to help shape the future of science. The
deadline to register interest in serving as a reviewer is September 15, 2023. We know that reviewing for GRFP is a significant commitment and are extremely grateful to all of our STEM colleagues
who are able to serve as reviewers! If you are available, please complete your registration at
https://nsfgrfpreviewers.org.
Please
Note: All potential reviewers must register for the FY24 competition, regardless of previous review service.
If
this is your first time registering as a potential reviewer for GRFP, please login or create an account at
https://nsfgrfpreviewers.org.
If
you have registered in a previous year, you may login using your existing password. Should you need to reset your password,
please visit https://nsfgrfpreviewers.org/login.jsp.
Thank
you in advance for your willingness to serve! We look forward to receiving your completed registration for the FY24 competition! If you have questions or need additional assistance, please email us at
reviewers@nsfgrfp.org.
Please
feel free to share this opportunity with your colleagues. GRFP is still recruiting reviewers in all STEM fields of study.
Sincerely,
GRF
Operations Center
reviewers@nsfgrfp.org
www.nsfgrfp.org
Sun.,
Sept. 17: BME
Professional Master’s Program Community Service Event, 1:00
p.m., Riehle Plaza, downtown Lafayette. BME PMP will be raising funds for the Hunger Hike this year. Proceeds will go to help
fight hunger both in Greater Lafayette and in Haiti. If you would like to help support this cause, please use the link below.
Donation
Link
(choose Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Grad Programs)
You
are also more than welcome to join our team and walk with us. If you are interested in joining our team, please use the directions below to sign-up.
To
join the team/walk, text HHIKE37 to 71777.
1.
Create your own personal page
2.
Join our team “Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Grad Programs”
Thanks
for your consideration in supporting hunger and our PMP grad students.
Fri.,
Dec. 1: Indiana
Human-Centered Design for Health Seminar Series, 12:00
p.m. via Zoom. Lean about research and best practices in HCD and health, promote the diverse HCD expertise in Indiana, and build a community of HCD researchers and practitioners focused on health, in Indiana and beyond. The speaker will be Jackie Linnes, Associate
Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue. Register and learn about upcoming seminars at healthtechquitylab.org/hcd-seminar
Fri.,
March 1: Indiana
Human-Centered Design for Health Seminar Series, 12:00
p.m. via Zoom. Lean about research and best practices in HCD and health, promote the diverse HCD expertise in Indiana, and build a community of HCD researchers and practitioners focused on health, in Indiana and beyond. The speaker will be Andrew Miller, Associate
Professor and Chair, Department of Hunan-Centered Computing, IUPUI. Register and learn about upcoming seminars at healthtechquitylab.org/hcd-seminar
Fri.,
June 7: Indiana
Human-Centered Design for Health Seminar Series, 12:00
p.m. via Zoom. Lean about research and best practices in HCD and health, promote the diverse HCD expertise in Indiana, and build a community of HCD researchers and practitioners focused on health, in Indiana and beyond. The speaker will be Youngbok Hon, Professor,
Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI. Register and learn about upcoming seminars at healthtechquitylab.org/hcd-seminar
Resources
and further information
BME Research Seminar Series,
Wed., Aug. 30,
9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 or via Zoom. Qiuting Wen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences,
Indiana University School of Medicine will present “Imaging Brain’s Waste Clearance Pathways.” (Note:
Students registered for the seminar are expected to attend in-person.)
Abstract:
Devoid of lymphatic vessels, how does the brain tissue clear its waste? This mystery has puzzled scientists for centuries. About a decade ago, in 2012, a Danish neuroscientist unraveled the mystery, unveiling
the Glymphatic system – a specialized fluid pathway of the brain that efficiently removes brain’s waste proteins without the need for any dedicated transporter protein. Instead, this pathway relies on a network of fluid-filled tunnels called the paravascular
space, functioning as a plumbing system to flush away waste, particularly active during sleep. This groundbreaking discovery sparked a wave of interest in Neuroscience, prompting deeper investigations into its mechanisms, due to its potential implications
in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, characterized by the buildup of waste protein. However, a significant challenge remains due to the limited availability of non-invasive imaging techniques for studying this system within the human brain.
Biography: Dr. Qiuting Wen (pronouned chiu-ting) obtained her Ph.D from
UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint PhD Program in Bioengineering, where she conducted her research in brain tumor imaging and developed a keen interest in MRI. After graduation, she moved to Indiana University to continue her research as a postdoc with a focus on advanced
diffusion MRI. She is the developer of dynamic Diffusion-Weighting Imaging (dynDWI) for measuring the paravascular cerebrospinal fluid (pCSF) dynamics - a key component of the brain's waste clearance function (glymphatic system). Her current research is applying
dynDWI to understand dysfunctional pCSF clearance in aging, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative/cerebrovascular diseases.
~
BME Host: Yunjie Tong
~
Zoom link:
https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/9302687285?pwd=MUF1WDludmxQMzYwdkVUNWFWakhNQT09
IBSC-BME PhD Defense Announcement for Yuhyun Ji
(Y. Kim, advisor), Tues., Sept. 5, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 2001. Title of presentation: “Bridging Color to Spectrum
for Biophotonics.”
Examining committee:
Dr. Young L. Kim, Chair, Dr. Stephen B. Hooser, Dr. Yunjie Tong, Dr. Maria C. Makin
Abstract: Advancements in machine learning are narrowing the gap in visual capabilities between machines and healthcare professionals, resulting in
a transformation of the way we understand and address health challenges. Despite these advances, underlying limitations persist in addressing real-world problems, particularly in the precise capture of biological and physiological information. This is primarily
because traditional trichromatic cameras fall short of representing reflectance spectra due to their limited spectral information. To overcome these limitations, hyperspectral imaging has emerged as a powerful tool for biomedical applications. By collecting
a wealth of information at different wavelengths, hyperspectral imaging provides a comprehensive view of electromagnetic spectra, allowing non-invasive clinical analysis for accurate diagnostics. Snapshot hyperspectral imaging, in particular, is a competitive
alternative to traditional cameras as it can capture a hyperspectral image in a single shot without the need for scanning individual wavelengths. Here, we introduce a computational snapshot hyperspectral imaging method, achieved through the integration of
a machine learning approach with a streamlined optical system. We design an explainable machine learning algorithm by incorporating optical and biological knowledge into the algorithm. Therefore, the algorithm can reconstruct hyperspectral images with high
spectralspatial resolution comparable to those of scientific spectrometers, despite the use of sparse information captured from the optical system. To demonstrate its versatility in biomedical applications, we extract hemodynamic parameters of peripheral microcirculation
from embryonic model systems, tissue phantom samples, and human conjunctivas. Furthermore, we validate high accuracy of the results using conventional hyperspectral imaging and functional near-infrared spectroscopy. This learning-powered imaging method, characterized
by high resolution and simplified hardware requirements, has the potential to offer solutions for various biomedical challenges by surpassing the constraints of conventional cameras and hyperspectral imaging.
BME Weekly Research Seminars
|
Week # |
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Host |
Website |
|
2 |
8/30/2023 |
Qiuting Wen |
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences,
|
Yunjie Tong |
|
|
3 |
9/6/2023 |
Kun Huang |
Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science,
Indiana University School of Medicine |
Young Kim |
|
|
4 |
9/13/2023 |
Bomyi Lim |
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University
of Pennsylvania |
David Umulis |
|
|
5 |
9/20/2023 |
Rainer Fischer |
Research Professor Department of Comparative Pathobiology Purdue University
College of Veterinary Medicine |
Young Kim |
|
|
6 |
9/27/2023 |
Omer Inan |
Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair Professor at Georgia Tech |
Young Kim |
|
|
7 |
10/4/2023 |
Alexander Chubykin |
Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University |
Fang Huang |
|
|
8 |
10/11/2023 |
Kyung Sung |
Chief of Cellular and Tissue Therapy Branch, FDA
|
Young Kim |
|
|
9 |
10/18/2023 |
Alan Grodzinsky |
Professor of Biological, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Department
of Biological Engineering, MIT |
Deva Chan |
|
|
10 |
10/25/2023 |
Nian Wang |
Assistant Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Indiana School of
Medicine |
Yunjie Tong |
|
|
11 |
11/1/2023 |
Ben Gaston |
Billie Lou Wood Professor of Pediatrics Indiana University School of
Medicine |
George Wodicka |
|
|
12 |
11/8/2023 |
Jean-Pierre Mobasser
|
Affiliate Clinical Faculty |
Young Kim |
https://www.goodmancampbell.com/our-team/team-member/jean-pierre-mobasser-md |
|
13 |
11/15/2023 |
Jane Grande- Allen |
Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University |
Deva Chan |
|
|
14 |
11/29/2023 |
Sarah Wiehe |
Jean and Jerry Bepko Professor of Pediatrics Indiana University School
of Medicine |
George Wodicka |
|
|
15 |
12/6/2023 |
Robbee Wedow |
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Data Science, |
David Umulis |
https://www.robbeewedow.com/?_ga=2.88497945.389094989.1679581193-1816225309.1603576015 |
Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunity – IUSM Emergency Medicine
The laboratory of Dr. Nathan J. Alves, PhD, within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Indiana University
School of Medicine (IUSM), is seeking a highly motivated and independent post-doctoral research fellow. Dr. Alves is a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer, Associate Professor and the Director of Translational Research for the Department
of Emergency Medicine in addition to having an affiliate faculty appointment at Purdue University in Biomedical Engineering. The Alves Lab explores highly interdisciplinary research interests applying engineering and biophysical principles and designs to create
translational technologies and treatments in the area of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis. The primary focus of research in the laboratory is to develop targeted clot digesting therapeutic agents to more safely digest clinically relevant blood clots to treat
pulmonary embolism (PE, blood clots in the lungs), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and ischemic stroke. This interdisciplinary research utilizes diverse enzyme assays, chemical synthesis, blood clot formation and digestion assays under
shear, and other novel testing/delivery platforms that include multivalent branched molecules and nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Projects Include: (1) Leveraging multivalency to modulate enzyme activity and improve inhibitor selectivity (nanoparticle
drug delivery and targeting). (2) Ex-vivo flowing models of clot digestion under shear using in-vivo like fluorescently labeled blood
clots from human whole blood. (3) Development of novel fibrinolytic diagnostics tools to assess coagulation state. (4) Mouse models of clot formation/targeting/digestion utilizing intravital microscopy. (5) Study the effects of environmental microplastic exposure
on coagulation/fibrinolysis. Projects are funded both externally and internally.
For additional information and to apply, go to:
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/19651
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR
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Dear Indiana CTSI Colleagues, |
Attachments
Student-Advisor Expectation Scales
BME_Graduate_Research_Credit_Expectations_Form_Fa22
Admissions Guidance Aug 2023 FINAL
WGHI Symposium