Activities
BME Journal Club
Professional Development Activities
BME Guest Speakers
Alumni Lecture Series
Summer Biomedical Engineering Workshop
Women’s History Month Events
Black History Month Events
UDC SEAS Workforce Professional Development Series (Fall 2015 & Fall 2016):
Session I: Developing & Promoting Qualifications – Internships, Cover Letters & Resumes
Session II: Developing & Promoting Qualifications – Pursuing an Advanced Degree in STEM
Biomedical Engineering (BME) Journal Club (Fall 2015 – present):
Spatial Disorientation, Mohammed Fallatah, Ammar Samman, Salman Alhuwayshil (UDC SEAS, Civil Engineering student presenters), April 2017
A Discussion on Euthanasia, Moussa and Khalid Bingonyh (UDC SEAS, Civil Engineering student presenters), March 2017
Sensory Substitution Assistive Devices, Takele Gemeda (UDC SEAS, Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering student presenter), March 2017
An Overview of Neuroprosthetics, Abdullah (UDC SEAS, Mechanical Engineering student presenter), February 2017
The applications of 3-D printing to tissue engineering, Lonika Behera (UDC SEAS, Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering student presenter), February 2017
Medical Applications for Advanced Manufacturing, Mehdi Badache (UDC SEAS, Mechanical Engineering student presenter), February 2017
Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of the District of Columbia, Dr. Lara Thompson (UDC SEAS faculty) Nov. 10, 2016.
Overview & Applications of Brain-to-Machine Interface (BMI), Charles Wilson (UDC SEAS, Mechanical Engineering student presenter) Feb. 17, 2016.
Dance Intervention Enhances Postural, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Elderly Subjects, Steven Cale (UDC SEAS, Mechanical Engineering student presenter) Dec. 3, 2015
Bioimaging Using Quantum Dots, Beachrhell Jacques (UDC SEAS, Mechanical Engineering student presenter) Nov. 18, 2015
Weighted Extreme Learning Machine for Imbalance Learning, Tilaye Alemayehu (UDC SEAS, Electrical & Computer Engineering student presenter), Nov. 3, 2015
Biomedical Engineering Guest Lecture Series (Fall 2015 – present):
US FDA Guest Speaker Seminar: (Marsha Henderson (Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Health, US FDA); Kathryn O’Callaghan (Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Assistant Director for Strategic Programs US FDA); Nooshin Kiarashi (Lead Scientific Director of Mammography, Ultrasound, and Imaging Software Branch of CDRH, US FDA)Jan. 2017.
Eye movements and sensorimotor integration research. Dr. Wilsaan Joiner, Ph.D. (Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University), Nov. 29, 2016
Medical Imaging Research at the FDA, Dr. Daniel X. Hammer, Ph.D., (Division of Biomedical Physics Deputy Director) & Dr. Nicholas A. Petrick, Ph.D., (Division of Imaging Diagnosis and Software Reliability Director), Nov. 1, 2016
Acoustic Radiation Force Techniques for Clinical Health Assessment: A “Push” in the Advancement of Medical Ultrasound Diagnostic. Dr. Max Denis, Ph.D. (Mayo Clinic/Army Research Laboratory), Oct. 28, 2016.
An Overview of the Division of Biomedical Physics at the US FDA. Dr. Victor Krauthamer, Ph.D. (Division of Biomedical Physics), Sept. 27, 2016.
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Division of Biomedical Physics Director and colleagues visited the UDC CBRE Lab on June 9, 2016
Cerebellar Processing of Vestibular Signals: evidence from aging & agenesis, Dr. Richard F. Lewis, M.D. (Associate Professor Harvard Medical School, Director of the Jenks Vestibular Laboratory), April 25, 2016
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), 4 Program Directors’ meeting with UDC SEAS faculty and visited UDC CBRE Lab on Feb. 3, 2016
Developing and Manufacturing Innovative Therapies for those suffering from Neurological, Autoimmune and Hematologic Disorders, Danielle T. Reynolds (Biogenidec Corporation, Manufacturing Manager), Nov. 17, 2015
Researching a Pediatric Heart Pump, Dr. Arielle Drummond, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Division of Cardiovascular Devices), Oct.13, 2015
An Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy for Biological Applications, Dr. Song (UDC, Chemistry), Sept. 28, 2015
Neurocom Systems used for Assessing Human Balance, Patrick Olivo (Natus Medical Incorporated), Sept. 9, 2015
UDC SEAS Alumni Guest Lecture Series (Fall 2015 – present):
From UDC Engineering to a NASA Goddard Career, Thomas Emmett (NASA Goddard Mechanism Engineer and UDC SEAS Alumni) & Dr. Joanne Hill, Ph.D. (X-ray Lab Associate Branch Chief, Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Oct. 19, 2016
From UDC Engineering to Director of the Office of Defects Investigation at the Department of Transportation, Frank Borris (Director of the Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA, Department of Transportation, UDC SEAS Mechanical Engineering Alumni), Feb. 11, 2016
From UDC Engineering to a Northrop Grumman Career, Phillip Lovell (Northrop Grumman Corporation, Fellow Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Engineering Mechanical Technology, UDC SEAS Alumni), Nov. 10, 2015
From UDC Engineering to a NASA Goddard Career, Thomas Emmett (NASA Goddard Mechanism Engineer and UDC SEAS Alumni) & Dr. Evelina Félicité-Maurice (NASA Educator Professional Development and STEM Engagement Education Specialist, Sept. 29, 2015
Black History Month Events (February 2017 & 2016):
Special showing of “Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius” February 2017
Distinguished Lecture II: Professor James West (Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University). February 22, 2016
Distinguished Lecture I: Mozelle Thompson (CEO Thompson Strategic Consulting), February 10, 2016
Women’s History Month Events (March 2017 & 2016):
Dr. Arielle Drummond, Ph.D. (Lead reviewer at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Division of Cardiovascular Devices), March 21, 2017
Dr. Laleh Najafizadeh, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering & Director of the Integrated Systems & NeuroImaging Laboratory at Rutgers University), March 28, 2017
UDC SEAS International Women’s Day Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Mercedes Rubio (National Institutes of Health, NIGMS), March 8, 2016
Co-coordinators for“Accomplished Women in STEM and Health (A WISH)” Panels for UDC Flagship (March 24, 2016) and UDC Community College (March 22, 2016)
Summer Biomedical Engineering Workshop (June 19 – June 29, 2017)
The workshop will empower and inspire participants to pursue careers in Biomedical Engineering (BME) through multidisciplinary project based learning. Activities will include hands-on engineering design projects in the newly renovated Center for Biomechanical & Rehabilitation Engineering (CBRE) Lab using state-of-the-art equipment.
Dissection module within the Summer Biomedical Engineering Workshop2
