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Dr. Chandrashekhar Patel wins Two Thumbs Up Award
Congratulations to Dr. Patel for winning the Two Thumbs Award from Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society. This award is given to a faculty member who has positively impacted students with disabilities at USC and his advocacy for their concerns and welfare. Congratulations Dr. Patel for this award!
Dr. Melissa Moss wins 2012 Governor's Young Research Award for Excellence in Scientific Research
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Moss for winning the prestigious award! Dr. Moss is the Undergraduate Director for Biomedical Engineering and teaches several undergraduate courses. We are extremely proud of her accomplishments!
Dr. Michael Sutton wins 2012 Governor's Award for Excellence in Scientific Research
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Sutton on receiving this prestigious award! Another wonderful achievement. Congratulations Dr. Sutton!
Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Velasquez Spearheads Alzheimer's Outreach Program in Venezuela
USC BME's own Dr. Gonzalez is traveling to participate and lead training in his home country of Venezuela in Alzheimer's and other age-related neurodegenerative disorders. This program which Dr. Gonzalez helped to start is focused on educating doctors, psychologists, and social workers on the impacts and strategies for working with Alzheimer's and dementia patients. This work is funded through a grant from the government of Venezuela. We are very proud that one of our own faculty is able to represent our BME program on the international level!
Mr. Nick Metrakos wins Whitaker Fellowship
Congratulations to BME senior Nick Metrakos for receiving a 2012-2013 Whitaker Fellowship (www.whitaker.org). This fellowship supports biomedical engineers in pursuing graduate degrees abroad. Nick will be studying and working at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. This award was given to only 50 students across the US and Nick is USC's first Whitaker fellowship recipient.
Congratulations to Ying Wang!
Congratulations to Ying Wang, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis! She is the first ever Biomedical Engineering PhD graduate working with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Her achievement represents the growing success of the program. Congratulations!
Ms. Gerry Koons wins Goldwater Scholarship
Congratulations to Ms. Gerry Koons, a sophomore in our Biomedical Engineering program for be selected as a presitigious Goldwater Scholar. This national award is for students in science, engineering, and mathematics. She is the first ever recipient from our BME program.
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Lessner, Dr. Michael Sutton, and Dr. Xiomin Deng on receiving a $398,875 grant from the National Science Foundation. Their work is titled "Biomechanics of Arterial Tissue Failure at Multiple Length Scales." Another success from South Carolina's top research university!
USC is seeking an outstanding leader for the position of South Carolina SmartState Endowed Chair in Tissue engineering. This Endowed Chair will lead/expand development of biomedical engineering research at USC. Please click here to learn more.
The Biomolecular & Biomechanical Interactions REU at USC's Biomedical Engineering Program is now accepting applicants. Please click here to learn more about the program and to apply online. Applications are due March 1, 2012.
The Biomedical Engineering Program is excited to welcome Dr. Mark Uline from Purdue University as Biomedical Engineering faculty member. Dr. Uline’s research is focused on the biological ramifications of interfacial phenomena. More
Biomolecular & Biomechanical Interactions REU 2011
The Biomolecular & Biomechanical Interactions REU was completed successfully this year. Students from the United States and abroad came to USC’s Biomedical Engineering Program to learn hands-on research techniques from leaders in the field. This year’s projects were extremely successful. The program concluded with a poster session and presentations from the participating students.
Biomedical Engineering graduates its second undergraduate class
We are proud to announce that our second graduating class participated in commencement exercises in May 2011! With 20 diverse individuals, this class of new Biomedical Engineers has a promising future in industry, medicine, and research. Two students, Ms. Emily Matherly and Ms. Denise Sullivan were NSF Fellows and will be pursuing graduate studies at the University of Denver and Georgia Tech, respectively. Additionally, many of our students were admitted into medical schools. Congratulations Class of 2011!
USC Student Won Poster Competition at NCTERM
Congratulations to Keith Moore,a graduate student in Dr. Pott's laboratory for winning the poster competititon at the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine(NCTERM)conference this past week. Keith's poster was chosen from more than 100 presented at the conference.
Congratulations to Debora Soto, our first Ph.D. graduate from the BME program at USC. She was under Dr. Moss's advisement and her research interests focused on Inhibition of the Amyloid-beta Fibril Formation in Alzheimer’s Disease.
Congratulations to our graduate student, Ying Wang, for winning first place in the poster contest at the 2010 Southeast Biomedical Engineering Career Conference (SEBECC). Her abstract entitled, “Quantitative Mechanical Tests of Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability”.
Congratulations to Prof. Lucia Pirisi-Creek for receiving the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) South Carolina IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) grant. Statewide funding for this program will total over $16 million for the next five years, with the start date of September 12, 2010. More
Congratulations to our 2010 Carolina Scholars recipiens! Biomedical Engineering: Kristina Michelle Drake, Charles Michael Hoold. Chemical Engineering: Marc-Oliver Blais, Lawton Cole Burkhalter. General Engineering: Samruddhi Prashant Somani.
Congratulations to Prof. Guiren Wang for receiving his NSF MRI grant, project is entitled " MRI: Development of a multifunctional far-field nanoscopic measurement system for multidisciplinary research." NSF funding for this project is $ 599,268 for three years. Co-PIs are Qian Wang (Chemistry), Ken Reifsnider (Mech. Eng), Jamil Khan (Mech. Eng).
On New Student Day, August 15, over 600 incoming CEC freshmen and their family members attended the reception and information sessions from each department of the college. See Photos
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