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Researcher Envisions Many Uses for Small Biosensors
Picture yourself with an aortic aneurysm, a weak spot in the vessel that bulges outward and is in danger of bursting. Your doctor has fixed it with a stent, which is like sealing off the weak spot and putting in a new, stronger channel. But what if the stent leaks? That's a problem that Keat Ghee Ong, an assistant professor in the biomedical engineering department, is addressing.

To the Heart of Africa To the Heart of Africa: Biomedical Engineering students on a mission to bring better medical care to west African nations --- from Michigan Tech Magazine featuring Brooke Smith, Elizabeth Moore and Samantha Jang-Stewart

  Faculty and students from the College of Engineering participated in the annual IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference Sept. 2-6 in Minneapolis.

Graduate student Sheng Hu and Professor Jindong Tan (ECE) presented a poster, "BioLogger: A Wireless Physiological Sensing and Logging System with Applications in Poultry Science."

Professor Keat Ghee Ong (Biomedical Engineering) presented a talk, "Wireless, Magnetic-based Sensors for Biomedical Applications," and he cochaired a session on "Magnetic Sensors."

Graduate student Edwar Romero (MEEM) presented a poster, "The Use of Body Motion for Powering Biomedical Devices," which was coauthored by Robert Warrington (IIS) and Michael Neuman (Biomedical Engineering).

Neuman also was a member of a panel of editors in a special session, and he gave a talk, "The Backbones of a Scientific Publication," in a session designed for students attending the conference.

Congratulations Spring 2009 Graduates!!
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Congratulations Spring 2009 Graduates!!Congratulations Spring 2009 Graduates!!

First PhD graduate for the department of biomedical engineering.  Meghan E. McGee-Lawrence and Dr. Seth W. Donahue, advisor.


Undergraduate Research Undergraduate Research
Regenerating the Nervous System
from Michigan Tech Research Magazine Featuring Nicole Lepinski and Jared Cregg

Biomed Faculty Dr Ryan Gilbert U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin announced today that work by Ryan Gilbert, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is being supported by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). More details

Eli Vlaisavljevich Eli Vlaisavljevich, of Biomedical Engineering, One of Three Named as Goldwater Scholars at Michigan Tech

  BME Students win Awards from Biotechnology Research Center 

  Ryan Gilbert received $234,000 from the National Institutes of Health for a three-year project, "Acute Phase Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Using Hydrogel Blends Loaded with Glutathione and Polyethylene Glycol."

Biomedical Engineering: Summertime, and the Students Are Busy Biomedical Engineering: Summertime, and the Students Are Busy

Bear Bones Research Attracts Financial Support Bear Bones Research Attracts Financial Support

Students Travel to Ghana with New Medical Device Students Travel to Ghana with New Medical Device
Brooke Smith, a Spring 2008 Biomedical Engineering graduate is holding an infant heartbeat detector that could reduce newborn infant deaths in developing countries.

Michael Neuman Chair Michael Neuman gave the opening plenary lecture, "Current Issues and Future Possibilities for Biomedical Sensors," at the 4th Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) International Conference on Biomedical Engineering in June. He also gave a pre-conference short course on biomedical instrumentation at the University of Malaya.

Biomedical Engineering graduates

Biomedical Engineering graduatesCongratulations!!

Spring 2008

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Biomedical Engineering Student Wins 1st Biomedical Engineering Student Wins 1st Place in University Undergraduate Research Expo

Biomedical Engineering Students Win Biomedical Engineering Students Win 3rd Place in University Undergraduate Research Expo

Eric J. Minner, Biomedical Engineering Eric J. Minner, Biomedical Engineering won a first place tie in the Michigan Tech Graduate Student Council Colloquium and a third place award in the Poster Session in March 2008

Jared Cregg (Biomedical Engineering),

Biomed Engineering Undergraduate Named Goldwater Scholar

Sophomore Jared Cregg (Biomedical Engineering), of Eden Prairie, Minn., has been named a 2008 Goldwater Scholar.


Matthew Barron Stronger Bones From The Lab? Human bones are the frame-work for Matthew Barron’s inquiry and imagination. A biomedical engineering graduate student, Barron dreams of growing bone in a laboratory and implanting it in people to repair broken and diseased bones. Featured in Michigan Tech Research 2008

  Jared Cregg and Sherri Wiseman win awards in Ecosystem Science Center/Biotechnology Research Center Research Forum They were selected from among the 30 posters and abstracts submitted by graduate students conducting research related to ecology, the environment and biotechnology at Michigan Tech.

Minimally Invasive Biomedical Engineering Department newslettter

Minimally Invasive Biomedical Engineering Department newslettter

Download 2007 NBiomedical Engineering Newsletter PDF


  Biomed Faculty Dr Ryan Gilbert, Undergraduates Join Superman’s Team

 

New Faculty Members Fall 2007, Megan C Frost and Martyn Smith

New Biomedical Engineering PhD Program is growing


Biomedical Engineering graduates

Biomedical Engineering graduatesCongratulations!!

Fall 2007

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CPR Deflateable Mattress

A Matter of Life and Death

The Senior Design Project of Andrew Delvaux, Josh Dykla, Chris Rivet, and Matt Trombley, left, earned 1st Place in the Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research competition.

Also View the Senior Design Projects for 2007


Aaron Maki is taking a close look at grizzly bear Could man’s best friend be a grizzly bear?
Aaron Maki is taking a close look at grizzly bear bones from Yellowstone National Park—to help dispel a human affliction: osteoporosis, a condition char-acterized by a decrease in bone mass and bone density, and a corresponding increase in porosity and fragility. Featured in Michigan Tech Research 2007

Dr. Goldman's research Vascular regeneration High Impact Research: Vascular regeneration
Dr. Goldman's research featured in College of Engineering News
(PDF)

 

Dr. Keat Ghee Ong earned a Research Exellence Award of $42,785 for "In Vivo Tracking of Human Body Fluid pH with a Wireless, Passive Sensor"

Dr. Ryan Gilbert earned a grant of $20,000 for "Mentoring Program to Analyze Biomaterial Release of Therapeutic Agents in Modulating Inflammation and Improving Regeneration within the Injured Spinal Cord"


Senior Design Project

The Senior Design Project of Danielle McCabe, Paul Jermihov, Erik Rice, and Jennifer Arnott, left, earned 3rd Place in the Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research competition.

View the Senior Design Projects for 2007


2nd Place Award Undergraduate Research

Benton Martin, Sherri Wiseman, and Rebecca Klank earned 2nd Place Award Undergraduate Research Presentation in the Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research competition.

View the Undergraduate Research for 2007


Biomedical Engineering Professional Advisory Board Students Presenting Senior Design Projects and Undergraduate Research for 2007 to the Biomedical Engineering Professional Advisory Board

Pumpkin Surgery Biomedical Engineering Pumpkin Surgery

 

New Faculty Members Featured
Keat Ghee Ong comes to Michigan Tech from the KMG2 Sensors Corporation. Ryan Gilbert comes to Michigan Tech from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Rupak M. Rajachar comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Washington, Seattle.

New Faculty Biographies


Professor Seth Donahue

Bone Formation and Decay in Bears

Associate Professor Seth Donahue's (Biomedical Engineering) latest work on bone formation and decay in bears has been featured on the Discovery, SciCentral and WZZM13 Grand Rapids websites. Donahue investigates why bears don't develop osteoporosis, despite sleeping away most of the winter. He has synthesized the hormone he believes is responsible, which could have implications for treating human osteoporosis.

You can view the stories at Osteoporosis and Bears from Sci Central News

Bear Bones or Hormones (Michigan Tech Article)

Bears emerge from hibernation with bones as strong as two-by-fours. Why bears are able to dodge the osteoporosis bullet has been a puzzle. Now, a Michigan Tech scientist may have solved the mystery. See more below in previous story


Jeremy Goldman Jeremy Goldman has received $227,000 for a three-year project from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for, "Mechanical Stretch and Vein Graft Intimal Hyperplasia."

  The Biomedical Engineering department is proud to announce that its undergraduate (BS) program has been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. ABET is the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, engineering, and technology. The accreditation was extended retroactively from October 1, 2003.

Bear Bones & Hibernation

Bear Bones & Hibernation
The couch potato lifestyle may appeal to the sedentary beast in all of us, but it can be a major cause of osteoporosis. For black bears, however, it's a different story. Seth Donahue's research has shown that their bones remain strong year round, despite snoozing away for months in hibernation. Videos: Bear Bone Research
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Journal article : Journal of Experimental Biology

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Biomedical Engineering Program Featured

Biomedical Engineering Program Featured on WLUC-TV6 News: See a web version that featured students and faculty at Portage View Hospital. News story was shot by Alex Reed of the WLUC-TV Houghton Hancock Bureau.

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