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BME Program Newsletter - February 2022

Thank you Dr. Rob Davis

BME faculty and staff,

Launching a new interdisciplinary degree program requires finesse in negotiation. Fortunately, Dean Emeritus Rob Davis has stepped up to provide his wisdom and negotiation skills on behalf of the BME program.

Upon joining the program in summer 2020, Rob immediately set out to create fair and equitable MOUs between the program and departments. These MOUs stabilized the BME undergraduate curriculum by providing clear agreements on departmental courses that would be part of our core, including five from ChBE, four from ECEE and four from MechE. I was personally amazed to see how smoothly these MOUs were negotiated and finalized with the three department chairs. Only Rob could have achieved this so quickly and amicably. Thanks to Rob’s efforts, the BME curriculum transitioned from a theoretical list of courses to a concrete degree program with firm teaching commitments from the departments. In a parallel effort, Rob negotiated with Dean Keith Molenaar to create a well-justified and streamlined budget for the program, as well as remuneration to the departments for their teaching commitments to the program. Again, only Rob could have achieved this so swiftly and harmoniously.

We in the program and college are grateful to Rob for stepping into this important role and giving his valuable time and effort to ensuring the program’s success. I am honored and humbled to work alongside Rob. I have learned so much from Rob about effective leadership and how to selflessly serve the college. Thanks to Rob, we can all be confident in the future of our BME program and its interrelationship with our home departments.

Sincerely,

Mark Borden
Biomedical Engineering Program Director

 


 

Reminders

PhD recruitment

PhD Recruitment

The BME program is finalizing the invitation list for the PhD recruitment event on Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26. Please view the applicant spreadsheet to determine if there are any potential matches for you and your lab.

  • The “Master” tab lists all PhD applicants, their stats and faculty reviewer comments.
  • The “Top Applicants” tab lists outstanding PhD applicants and their stats.
  • Both tabs have space for you to take notes if you wish. See the four columns, highlighted in blue. 

If you would like to interview any applicants, please make notes on spreadsheet by Thursday, Feb. 10.

Student Spotlight series

Student Spotlight Nominations

Know a biomedical engineering student that deserves to be featured on our website and social media? Has a student completed a project that should be getting the attention of people in industry or research that we want peers to see?

We are taking nominations for the ongoing BME Student Spotlight series.

  • Fill out this form to nominate a student.
  • We would like to feature students from all class levels: undergraduate, masters and/or PhD students.
  • Feel free to nominate more than one student!

News and Announcements

Wyatt Shields

Professor Wyatt Shields receives NSF CAREER Award

The grant will support Shield and his group's effort to study electrokinetic particles as biosensors and to promote STEM education among URMs and first-gen students. Shields has also recently won an ONR Young Investigator Award. 

Cell study

NSF: Engineers examine the mechanical forces that influence cell development

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Purdue University, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, explored how mechanical forces guide the early cell development of organisms.

BME graduates

What's next for the Biomedical Engineering Program's first group of graduates

The new alumni are already starting their careers to help improve the world of healthcare – from designing diagnostic equipment to developing technology for disease treatment.

 


 

Upcoming Deadlines and Events

Calendar

Webinar: Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2023-24

  • Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 12 p.m.
  • The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program will host an informational webinar on opportunities for 2023-24 via Zoom. Program staff will present offerings across all world regions and answer questions from attendees.
  • Registration details and a list of other related sessions is available online​​​​​​​.

Second CONVERGE Virtual Forum on Boulder County Fires

  • Thursday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.
  • The Natural Hazards Center on campus will host another virtual forum via Zoom related to the recent Boulder County Fires. This session will highlight four new research studies focused on damage to the built environment, the response of water utilities, and assessments of air quality impacts from the Marshall Fire. Each of the four research teams will take ten minutes to present the preliminary findings from their research. The remaining time will be dedicated to questions from the audience as well as resource sharing and research coordination efforts.
  • Participants from all disciplines and from any organization or institution are welcome to attend. Registration and details are available online.

CEAS co-sponsoring "Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement"

  • Monday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m.
  • The lecture and music performance will begin with a flute prelude performed by Flutist/Lecturer Galen Abdur-Razzaq, followed by a presentation chronicling the history of music from the turn of the century to the present day, highlighting various artists, their music, their influence on the evolution of jazz and their struggles. Additionally, it will illustrate how jazz became an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement, with proceeds from jazz concerts used to finance major events such as the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington in 1963.
  • Register for the event here.

Undergraduate college award nominations

  • Deadline: Tuesday, Feb. 22
  • Student must be graduating in May or August 2022. These undergraduate awards bestowed at graduation represent the values of the college and promote important themes among the student body. 
  • Nominate a student through this link.
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