Robinson to present on “Emulsion Electrospun Fibers June 14

It is a great pleasure to announce that Dr. Jenny Robinson is going to give a presentation on “Emulsion Electrospun Fibers for Sex-Dependent Fibrocartilage Regeneration,” on Friday, June 14, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. We hope everyone can join us. Please refer to the flyer below. 

Ali Khan selected to Open Finalist of the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE EMBC’19

The SBME family congratulates Ali Khan, recently selected as the Open Finalist of the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE EMBC’19, the prestigious flagship annual conference for the largest international society of biomedical engineering (i.e., Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

Ali Khan will compete in the oral presentations for the first three positions at the conference on July 25th, in Berlin, Germany. He was rated TOP THREE out of more than 200 student papers from all over the world (ranked number 2 for North America Regions).

This truly represents a significant achievement for his hard work!

Ali Khan is advised in research by Dr. Han Yuan and Dr. Lei Ding.

Thomas Selected to Receive Astronaut Scholarship Award

The SBME family congratulates Emily Thomas, recently named recipient of the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship Award.

Emily, a junior from Chickasha, Oklahoma, will travel to Washington D.C. in August to attend the Innovator's Gala, during which she will be presented with the ASF award.

As part of this honor, Emily will receive the following:

• Up to $10,000 award
• Expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the Innovators Gala featuring the Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence
• Opportunity to present and represent their institution at the Scholar Technical Conference
• Mentoring for one year by a scholar alumni, C-suite executive or astronaut
• Opportunity to participate in the Professional Development Program
• Opportunity to participate in Foundation events
• Membership in the Astronaut Scholar Honor Society

Emily is known for her enthusiasm, positivity and hard work. Emily is advised in research by Emi Kiyotake, Stephenson Graduate Fellow and PhD candidate from Dr. Detamore's group. She is currently doing summer research in the Bioengineering Program at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Leadership Workshop: Critical Communication

News9 Features Building of Prosthetic Hands for OU Boeing Engineering Days

OU Biomedical Engineering was featured on News9 for their efforts as part of the OU Boeing Engineering Days - a day where high school students learn more about engineering disciplines. Saturday's focus, presented by Dr. Rachel Childers, focused on building prosthetic hands. 

View News9 video.

SBME Graduate Student Paper Selected as Finalist at International IEEE Conference

Yafen Chen, a first-year graduate student in SBME has been selected as a finalist in the Student Paper Competition of the Annual Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Medicine and Biology Society, the largest international organization of biomedical engineers.

Out of 180 student paper entries, Chen's submission was selected as one of ten finalists. She will present her work at the international conference in July at Jeju Island, Korea, where she will compete for three final awards.

Chen's paper focuses on integrating brain imaging with a treatment device of stimulation. Her research is being conducted in collaboration with Yoon-Hee Cha from the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, as well as SBME Associate Professor Lei Ding. Han Yuan, an assistant professor in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, is her Ph.D. advisor.

Graduate Students Shine Bright at Inaugural Symposium

Three graduate students from the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering shone bright at the inaugural 2017 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Biomedical Engineering Symposium held March 24. The students, all in pursuit of their doctoral degrees, presented posters on their respective research projects. They placed as follows (pictured above from left):

1st place – Jakob TownsendPoster title: “Bone regeneration in critical size calvarial defects utilizing natural materials and growth factors in vivo”

2nd place – Pratik SamantPoster title: "Nanoscale Photoacoustic Tomography for Single Cell Imaging"

3rd place – Salma Mahzoon
Poster title: “Synthetic Peptide Effects on Chondrogenic Differentiation of Stem Cells”