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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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 Congratulations Spring
2009 Graduates!!
First PhD graduate for the department of biomedical engineering. Meghan E. McGee-Lawrence and Dr. Seth W. Donahue, advisor. |
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Undergraduate Research
Regenerating the Nervous System from Michigan Tech Research Magazine Featuring Nicole Lepinski and Jared Cregg |
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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 |
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Eli Vlaisavljevich, of Biomedical Engineering, One of Three Named as Goldwater Scholars at Michigan Tech |
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BME Students win Awards from Biotechnology Research Center |
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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." |
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Biomedical Engineering: Summertime, and the Students Are Busy |
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Bear Bones Research Attracts Financial Support |
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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. |
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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. |
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 Congratulations!!
Spring
2008
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Biomedical Engineering Student Wins 1st Place in University Undergraduate Research Expo |
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Biomedical Engineering Students Win 3rd Place in University Undergraduate Research Expo |
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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 |
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Biomed Engineering Undergraduate Named Goldwater Scholar
Sophomore Jared Cregg (Biomedical Engineering), of Eden Prairie, Minn., has been named a 2008 Goldwater Scholar. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Minimally Invasive Biomedical Engineering Department newslettter
Download 2007 NBiomedical Engineering Newsletter PDF |
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Biomed Faculty Dr Ryan Gilbert, Undergraduates Join Superman’s Team |
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New Faculty Members Fall 2007, Megan C Frost and Martyn Smith
New Biomedical Engineering PhD Program is growing |
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 Congratulations!!
Fall
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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 |
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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 |
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High Impact Research: Vascular regeneration
Dr. Goldman's research featured in College of Engineering News (PDF) |
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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" |
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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.
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the Senior Design Projects for 2007 |
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Benton Martin, Sherri Wiseman, and Rebecca Klank earned 2nd Place Award Undergraduate Research Presentation in the
Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research competition.
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the Undergraduate Research for 2007 |
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Students Presenting Senior Design Projects and Undergraduate Research for 2007 to the Biomedical Engineering Professional Advisory Board |
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Biomedical
Engineering Pumpkin Surgery |
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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.
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Faculty Biographies |
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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
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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." |
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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. |
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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
(Quicktime)
(Real
Player)
Journal
article : Journal
of Experimental Biology
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Stories: Osgood's
CBS News
New
Scientist
ScienCentral Science
Daily
ABC
News Great Moments in Science
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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.
WMV Video 11 Mb or view as Quicktime
Movie 14 Mb |
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