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Our lab had two exciting presentations at the 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium from Jacob Spainhour and Blake Herrema

Our lab contributed three presentations to this year's Artimino meeting showcasing work on swept synthetic aperture imaging, encoded aperture imaging, and design of mixed geometry sequences. Great work Blake and Melton!

Congratulations to Blake Herrema for successfully defending his thesis and graduating with his MS last week, part of just the second group of BME students from CU Boulder!

The Bottenus Lab was one of 11 winners of this year's Lab Venture Challenge competition, providing funding for translation and commercialization of multipulse synthetic aperture technology for clearer, faster cardiac images.

The Lab Venture Challenge, which will take place virtually November 3-4, 2021—funds the university's top innovations that address a commercial need, have a clear path to a compelling market, and enjoy strong scientific support. The Bottenus Lab will present on a new method for improving the quality and speed of ultrasound imaging

The lab has received R03 funding from NIH NIBIB to pursue an optical tracking implementation of swept synthetic aperture ultrasound, enabling the first freehand operation of this technique!

The ME SPUR Program, modeled after CU Summer Program for Undergraduate Research, enabled undergraduate students to work with mechanical engineering faculty during summer 2020 on research that could be conducted remotely. As a participant, Ryan Smith worked with Assistant Professor Nick Bottenus to use medical image data to develop 3D finite element models of the abdominal wall and perform various compressions to mimic clinical practice. His summer research project was titled, Modeling the Human Abdomen for Ultrasound Simulation.

In 2019, the IEEE UFFC-S established a new award to support regional travel for promising early-career leaders, the IEEE UFFC Star Ambassador Lectureship Award. Early career is considered to be within 15 years since the first degree. Each Star Ambassador receives up to $2500 to off-set travel costs while delivering technical talks in their geographic region to highlighting their research while promoting IEEE and the UFFC Society. Nick Bottenus, from the University of Colorado Boulder, was named one of six recipients of this year's award. Please contact Dr. Bottenus if you are interested in extending an invitation for a talk at your institution.

The 2019-20 academic year brings 12 new faculty members to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder, making CU Boulder home to 58 full-time mechanical engineering instructors and professors. Meet the team and see why the department is so excited about these talented new hires.