Dear BME community, It’s hard to believe we are already into mid October and the semester. We will have a number of updates and announcements over the coming weeks, so please stay tuned! First, I want to let everyone know, that starting Jan. 1 2022, we will be adding a 5th research area to BME. Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology. There’s a lot of work to do in the meantime, and we will have a web presence for recruiting later this fall (BEFORE the Jan start date) to get the word out and it is expected that Jan. 1 is when we will have leadership in the area assigned and that will be the functional start date. I want to thank Ed Bartlett and members of the working group for soliciting input from internal and external stakeholders, identifying strengths and weaknesses for adding this research area, and formally making recommendations as the outcome of the working group. I’m excited to see this new area emerge that represents a strong cohort of faculty in the Weldon School! Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology Working to 1) decipher how the nervous system functions in normal and pathological conditions through the collaborative development of tools, experimental techniques, and analysis/modeling techniques at multiple levels of biological organization, spanning subcellular to network to behavioral scales and 2) apply understanding of the nervous system towards the development of devices, diagnostics, and treatments to improve human health. David M. Umulis Director | EMBRIO Institute 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@purdue.edu <mailto:dumulis@purdue.edu> | https://engineering.purdue.edu/~dumulis <https://engineering.purdue.edu/~dumulis> Twitter: @professorthermo <https://twitter.com/professorthermo?lang=en> -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list@ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list