BioEngineering

BIOEN 599J Archive Center

BIOEN 599J** is a weekly seminar offered every winter and spring quarter. The seminar features lecturers from within the Department, across the country, and around the world speaking on a variety of topics relevant to the field of Bioengineering.

**This course has also been offered as 599D/Q, 599I/O in the past.

For a current schedule, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/about/news/seminars/599J/index.html.

For archived lectures, please choose from the following:

 

Spring Quarter 2008

Date
Speaker Title

04.03.08

Elmar Fuchs, Ph.D.
Scientist, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Graz Technical University, Austria

"Dynamics of the Floating Water Bridge"

Presentation Slides (.pdf) / Video

04.10.08

Thomas Irving, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Physics
Illinois Institute of Technology

"What Can X-Ray Fiber Diffraction Tell Us About Regulation in Muscle?"

Presentation Slides (.pdf) / Video

04.17.08

James Glazier, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics; Adjunct Biology, Informatics
Indiana University

"Multi-Cell Modeling of Biological Development Using the GGH Mode and CompuCell3D"

Presentation Slides (.ppt) / Video

04.24.08

Stephen Hauschka, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry; Adjunct Bioengineering, Biology
University of Washington

"Muscle Gene Regulation & Applications to Gene Therapies"

Presentation Slides (.ppt) / Video

05.01.08

Deborah Nickerson, Ph.D.
Professor of Genome Sciences
University of Washington

"Genetic Mapping in Humans and Complex Trait Analysis"

Video

05.08.08

Charles Murry, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Engineering our Way to Cardiac Repair and Regeneration"

Video

05.15.08

Jay Rubinstein, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology, Bioengineering
University of Washington

Psychophysical Measures of Spectral and Temporal Sensitivity in Cochlear Implant Users: Signal Processing, Learning, and Clinical Outcomes

Video

05.22.08

John Linehan, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine
Northwestern University

"Medical Device Innovation"

Video

05.29.08

Pierre Mourad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurologic Surgery; Adjunct Pediatric Dentistry University of Washington

"Transcutaneous Acoustic Palpation (TAP) for Localizing Sources of Pain"

Video

03.13.08

Thomas Daniel, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology; Adjunct Bioengineering
University of Washington

MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) Animals: Enigmas of Controllers in Biological System

Video

Winter Quarter 2008

Date
Speaker Title

01.10.08

Adam P. Arkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley

"Appreciating the Designs of the Blind Watchmaker: How characterization and creation are creating a new biological engineering science."

01.17.08

Herbert M. Sauro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
“Cellular Network Modularity, Engineering and Software Developments”
01.24.08

David A. Mankoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology; Adjunct Medicine, Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Imaging as a Cancer Biomarker: Helping to Guide Cancer Therapy Using PET Imaging"
01.31.08

Michael MacCoss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genome Sciences
University of Washington

"Differential Protein Profiling in Complex Mixtures Using Shotgun Proteomics: Current Status and Future Needs"

02.07.08

William S. Kerwin, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Washington

"Challenges and Strategies for Imaging Inflammation in Atherosclerosis"
02.14.08

Eric J. Seibel, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Adjunct Bioengineering
University of Washington

"3D Optical Imaging of Epithelial Cells for Early Cancer Detection"

02.21.08

Shahram Vaezy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Benchtop to Bedside"
02.28.08

Andrew D. McCulloch, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego

“Cardiac Systems Biology and Multi-Scale Modeling”

03.06.08

Chun Yuan, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology; Adjunct Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering
University of Washington

"Quantitative Information from MRI and its Use in Basic and Clinical Research"

03.13.08

Ted S. Gross, Ph.D.
Professor and Sigvard T. Hansen, Jr. Endowed Chair
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine; Adjunct Bioengineering University of Washington

“The Future of Bone Mechanotransduction, or, What in the World Are Those Osteocytes Doing?

 

Spring Quarter 2007

Date
Speaker Title

03.29.07

Tueng T. Shen, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Director, Refractive Surgery Center

"Intraocular Drug Delivery for Cataract Surgery"

04.05.07

Bernhard H. Weigl, Ph.D., MSc
Group Leader, Diagnostic Development Teams, PATH
Affiliate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, UW

“Global Health Technology Development and Introduction - Examples and Challenges”
04.12.07
Wendy Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
“From Single Molecules to Many Cells: How Mechanical Forces Regulate Adhesion”
04.19.07

Andre Dittmar, Ph.D.
Director of the Department of Biomedical Microsensors and Microsystems
CNRS LPM-Laboratory of INSA Lyon, France

"Micro sensors, wearable devices, home care, for continuous monitoring of vital signs and emotional reactivity"

04.26.07
No Seminar  
05.03.07

Conrad H. Smits
Chief Operating Officer, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Philips Medical Systems
Latham, NY

"MRI: where to go after 3T?"
05.10.07

Xiaohu Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

“Quantum Dot Nanotechnology for Cancer Research”
05.17.07

Kareen Kreutizger, Bioengineering Graduate Student

Jennifer Patterson, Bioengineering Graduate Student

“Engineering Troponin C as a Potential Therapeutic Tool for Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Diseases”

"Angiogenic and Osteoinductive Hydrogel Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration"

05.24.07

Trevor Fowler, Bioengineering Undergraduate Student

Zuotian Tatum, Bioengineering Undergraduate Student

“Proof of Concept System for Robotically Assisted, Ultrasound Image-Guided HIFU Surgery”

“Developing Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Hydrogel as Phantom for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Dosimetry”

05.31.07
Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Simpson Endowed Chair, Professor and Chair
Department of Bioengineering
“Joys and Tribulations of Being the Chair of UW Bioengineering”

 

Winter Quarter 2007

Date
Speaker Title

01.04.07

Sayan Pathak, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst, Bioinformatics
Allen Institute for Brain Science

"Image informatics for gene expression pattern exploration in mouse brain"

01.11.07

Paolo Vicini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Modeling and Simulation Approaches to Personalized Medicine and Therapy Development: A Software Development Perspective"
01.18.07
Valerie Daggett, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
University of Washington
"Realistic computer simulations to address biological problems"
01.25.07

Daniel Ratner, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston Medical Center

"Engineering Tools for the Burgeoning Field of Glycomics: Carbohydrate Synthesis, Microarrays, and Glycoproteomics"

02.01.07
Farren Isaacs, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
"Design, Synthesis and Control of Genetic and Genomic Systems"
02.08.07

Eberhard E. Fetz, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Core Staff Member, Washington National Primate Research Center

"Recurrent brain-computer interfaces"
02.15.07

James Bassingthwaighte, MD , Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering and Radiology

"The Physiome Project: Computational integration of knowledge to improve cardiovascular health care"
02.22.07
Jennifer Reed , Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego
"Development and Applications of Escherichia coli Metabolic Models"
03.01.07

Matt O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Frank and Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering
Professor of UW Bioengineering

“Optoacoustics: Can Ultrasound Become the Preferred Modality for Molecular Imaging?”
03.08.07
Daniel Beard , Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
"Mitochondrial energetics in cardiac function and dysfunction"

 

Spring Quarter 2006

Date
Speaker Title

03.30.06

Lee Huntsman, Ph.D., President Emeritus and Professor of Bioengineering
Jim Bassingthwaighte, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering
Sandy Spelman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering
University of Washington

“Tales of the Youth of Bioengineering”

04.06.06

Paolo Vicini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Computational Bioengineering applications to clinical research: examples from the Resource Facility for Population Kinetics"
04.13.06
Scot Land
Managing Partner of Cascadia Capital
Affiliate Professor of Bioengineering
“Ethics: It is not just a good idea, it is the law”
04.20.06

Kristi Bezold, Bioengineering Undergraduate Student

 

Christian Kikuchi, Bioengineering Undergraduate Student

“Effects of EMD 57033 on Force Production and Kinetics of Cardiac Muscle”

“Nevirapine as an Imaging Target for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy”

04.27.06
Peter Katona, Sc.D.
President
The Whitaker Foundation
"The Legacy of the Whitaker Foundation and Prospects for Biomedical Engineering"
05.04.06
Lee Mitsumori, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
University of Washington
“Nonivasive Plaque Imaging, from Clinic to Bench”
05.11.06
Zhi-Pei Liang, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
“Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Opportunities and Challenges”
05.18.06
Carlos Pellegrini, MD
Professor and Henry N. Harkins Chair of Surgery
University of Washington
"Creating a Simulation Center to Learn Procedural Tasks: How Can This Benefit Surgery and Bioengineering?"
05.25.06
Suzie Pun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
“Nanoparticles for non-viral gene delivery”
06.01.06
Buddy Ratner, Ph.D.
Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization and
Professor of Bioengineering and Director, University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB)
“Remembering Biomaterials and Rethinking Biomaterials”

 

Winter Quarter 2006

Date
Speaker Title

01.05.06

Ilya Shmulevich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute of Systems Biology

"Computational and Experimental Approaches to the Study of Genetic Networks"

01.12.06

Markus Covert, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
California Institute of Technology

"Model-driven discovery and the NF-kappaB signaling network"
01.19.06
Richard L. Page, MD
Robert A. Bruce Professor and Head, Division of Cardiology
University of Washington
"Current Practice of Cardiology and Future Opportunities"
01.26.06

Daniel Goldman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, Berkeley

"Controlling Mesoscale Substrate Properties to Study Modes of Animal Locomotion"
02.02.06
Herbert Sauro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Keck Graduate Institute
"A discussion on systems, systematic and synthetic biology"
02.09.06
Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Simpson Endowed Chair, Professor and Chair
Department of Bioengineering
"UW Bioengineering, New Building and Future"
02.16.06
Natalia A. Trayanova, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
“Virtual Reality in the Race against Sudden Cardiac Death”
02.23.06
Laura Miller, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Utah
"The Significance of Intermediate Reynolds Number Flows to Biological Form and Development"
03.02.06
Laligam N. Sekhar, MD and Basavaraj Ghodke, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurological Surgery (Dr. Sekhar)
Acting Assistant Professor of Radiology (Dr. Ghodke)
University of Washington
"Intracranial Aneurysms: Clinical Issues and Research Questions"
03.09.06
Dr. David Auth
Affiliate Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"1 + 1 = A Perfect 10: the Rushmerian Doctrine of Entrepreneurial Math"

 

Spring Quarter 2005

Date
Speaker Title

03.31.05

Allan Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Smart Polymers - Then and Now "

04.07.05

Xingde Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Biophotonic Imaging: Improving the Resolution and Molecular Sensitivity"
04.14.05
Douglas R. Hansmann, Ph.D.
General Manager & Co-founder
EKOS Corporation, Bothell, WA
"Ultrasound Enhanced Drug Delivery"
04.21.05

Marc Takeno
Ph.D. Candidate, Bioengineering


Sharon Chen

Ph.D. Candidate, Bioengineering

"Local Delivery of Antithrombotic Peptides from Novel Polymeric Matrices"

"Generating Peptide Sequence Assignments by Probabilistic Peptide Property Matching to an Annotated Peptide Database"
04.28.05
Henry Lai, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
“Use of Artemisinin for Treatment of Cancer and Bacterial Infection”
05.05.05
Stephen S. Kim, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Washington
"Progress Towards Tissue Engineering Gastrointestinal Organs"
05.12.05
Charles E. Murry, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington
"Cell-Based Engineering for Cardiac Repair"
05.19.05
Peter Allison & Ron Johnson
Biogenetic Ventures
"Technology Valuation Methodology"
05.26.05
Gary Maki, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Advanced Microelectronics Biomolecular Research
University of Idaho
"Deep Submicron Electronics and Bioengineering"
06.02.05
Paul Yager, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Recent Advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy for Point-of-Care Diagnostics"


Winter Quarter 2005

Date Speaker Title

01.06.05

Jay Rubinstein, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering

"Improved Temporal Coding for Cochlear Implants"
01.13.05 Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D. Candidate
Division of Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Microscale Approaches for Controlling the in vitro Cellular Microenvironment"
01.20.05 Xiaohu Gao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Bioemedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
"Luminescent Quantum Dots for Molecular Imaging and Optical Encoding"
01.27.05 ShahramVaezy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
"Image-Guided Therapy with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound"
02.03.05

Robert H. Waterston, MD, Ph.D.
Professor and Gates Chair of Genome Sciences

"The Turn of the Worm: An Example of the Challenges and Opportunities in Genome Sciences"
02.10.05

Ivan Nestorov, Ph.D.
Scientific Fellow at ZymoGenetics

"Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models"
02.17.05

Lotien Huang, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist II at Living Microsystems in Boston

"Microdevices for High Speed Sorting of Particles, Cells and Large DNA Molecules"
02.24.05 Albert Folch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
"Life-on-a-Chip: Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Cell Biology Studies"
03.03.05

Laura Marcu, Ph.D.
Director of Biophotonics Research and Technology Development at the Department of Surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles

"Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging for Biomedical Diagnostics"
03.10.05 James D. Bryers, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering
"Bacterial Biofilms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"


Spring Quarter 2004

Date Speaker Title

04.01.04

Bernhard Weigl, Ph.D.
Senior Partner and Principle Scientist
MicroPlumbers Microsciences LLC
Seattle, Washington
"Small, Simple, Inexpensive, and Painless - Strategies and Examples for Diagnostic Device Design for Home Care and Remote Locations"
04.08.04 Carl Morgan
Scientist, Philips Medical Systems
Co-Founder, Heartstream
“High Voltages and High Hopes: Starting a Medical Device Company in Seattle”
04.15.04 Wendy Thomas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Proteins that Sense Mechanical Force: Fibronectin, FimH, Catch-bonds and Beyond"
04.22.04 Piotr Grodzinski, Ph.D.
Microfluidics Team Leader, Los Alamos National Lab
Interim Chief Scientist, Center for Integrated Nanotechnology
Los Alamos, New Mexico
"Biochips for Isolation and Pre-concentration of Rare Target Cells"
04.29.04

Kirk Beach, MD, PhD
Adjunct Research Professor of Bioengineering

"Ultrasonic Measurement of Natural Tissue Strain for Disgnosis"
05.06.04 Albert Folch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UW Bioengineering
"BioMEMS: Cell Biology on a Chip"
05.13.04

John Kucewicz
Ph.D. Candidate
UW Bioengineering

" Tissue Pulsatility Imaging: Measuring Strain in Solid Tissue Due to Perfusion"
Elena Linardopoulou
Ph.D. Candidate
UW Bioengineering
"Subtelomeres: Dynamic Regions of the Human Genome"
05.20.04 Curtis Chen, Ph.D.
Visiting Faculty, Department of Oral Medicine
University of Washington
"3D Maxillofacial Imaging with Cone-beam "
05.27.04

Asanka Dewaraja
Undergraduate Student
UW Bioengineering

" Power M-Mode Doppler for Grading Conductance of Patent Foramen Ovale"
Jared Kirkham
Undergraduate Student
UW Bioengineering
"Activation of Cell Mediated Immunity Using pH-Responsive Polymers "
06.03.04 Van C. Mow, Ph.D.
Stanley Dicker Professor and Chairman
Department of Bioengineering
Columbia University
"Rigorous Engineering Analysis of Human Joint Function and Etiology of Osteoarthritis"

Winter Quarter 2004

Date Speaker Title

01.08.04

Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"The UW Department of Bioengineering and Medical Ultrasound"
01.15.04 Joan Sanders, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Skinny Fibers in Biomaterials Design"
01.22.04 Lecture Canceled  
01.29.04 Roy Martin, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Sonicare -- From the University of Washington Laboratory to Bathrooms Worldwide: A Case History and Lessons for Potential Entrepreneurs"
02.05.04 Vincent Bryan, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Spinal Dynamics
"Biomaterials and Entrepreneurship: The Spinal Dynamics Story"
02.12.04 Yaoqi Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysicis
State University of New York -- Buffalo
"Making a Physical Interaction Out of Statistics of Protein Structures"
02.19.04

Christopher Hernandez, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California -- Berkeley

"Bone Remodeling and the Treatment of Osteoporosis"
02.26.04 Peter Woolf, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard University
"A Systems Biology Approach to Drug Discovery"
03.04.04

Arthur Chan, Ph.D.
Engineer
Insightec

"Blades of Sound: A Revolutionary Non-Invasive Surgery Guided by MR"
03.11.04 Kristin Swanson, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Washington
"Clinical Applications of Quantitative Modeling for Invasive Brain Tumors"

Spring Quarter 2003

Date Speaker Title

4.03.03

Wayne Quinton
Retired Chairman & Founder
Quinton Instruments
"Cooperative Physicians and Engineers Change Biomedical Instrumentation to Bioengineering at the University of Washington"
4.10.03 Chun Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT
"Bio-Inspired Engineering of Biomaterials: Challenges and Opportunities"
4.17.03 Sanjay Kumar, Ph.D.
Fellow, NIH MSTP Program
Johns Hopkins University
"The Organization of Neuronal Cytoskeleton: Engineering Approaches and Implications for Molecular Design"
4.24.03 Lawrence Arnstein, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Washington
"Languages and Tools for Systems Biology: Going Commercial with two UW Technologies"
5.01.03 Mary Lidstrom, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Microbiology
University of Washington
"Metabolic Circuits in Bacteria: Methylotrophy as a Model System"
5.08.03 Paul Yager, Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Microfluidics and Point-of-Care Diagnostics"
5.15.03

Anatol Blass
Senior Technical Specialist
IBM Life Sciences
San Francisco, California

"Proteomics in the Informatics Age: Coping with Complexity, Throughput, and Discovery"
5.22.03 Tom Schulte, Ph.D.
Program Director, R&D
Pelikan Technologies, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
"The In Vitro Diagnostics Market: In Search of Really Good Bioengineers"
5.29.03

Ceci Giachelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Vascular Calcification: Good, Bad, or Just Ugly?"
6.05.03

Bryan Howie
Undergraduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Lucas Smith
Undergraduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"DNA Sequence Diversity in the Great Apes"

"Effects of Force Inhibition on Length Dependent Activation in Fast and Slow Skeletal Muscle Fibers"


Winter Quarter 2003

Date Speaker Title

1.09.03

Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"The State of UW Department of Bioengineering and a Look at What's to Come"
1.16.03 Rick Satava, MD, FACS
Professor
Department of Surgery
University  Washington
"Science After the Information Age: The Biointelligence Age"
1.23.03 Shahram Vaezy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Treating Tumors and Internal Bleeding Using Image-Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound"
1.30.03 Xingde Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Low Coherent Optical Techniques for Structural and Functional Imaging"
2.06.03 Melissa Lambeth, Ph.C.
Graduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

David Craig, Ph.C.
Graduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Exploring Regulatory Properties of Skeletal Muscle Glycogenolysis"

 

"Research and Entrepreneurship"

 

2.13.03

David Basiji, Ph.D.
CTO
Amnis Corporation
Seattle, Washington

"High Throughput Multispectral Imaging for Cellular and Molecular Analysis"
2.20.03 Lim Mong King, Ph.D.
Deputy President and Professor
Mechanical & Production Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Shankar M. Krishnan, Ph.D.
Director, Biomedical Engineering Research Center
Associate Professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

"Bioengineering Activities and Future Directions at the Nanyang Technological University"
2.27.03

Tom Daniel, Ph.D.
Komen Professor and Chair
Department of Biology
University of Washington

"Dynamics and Control of Animal Movement"
3.06.03

Charles Cao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

"Nanoparticle-Based Detectio: A New Frontier in Biodiagnostics"
3.13.03 Suzie Hwang Pun, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Insert Therapeutics, Inc.
Pasadena, California

"Design and Development of a Non-Viral Delivery System for Systemic Gene Therapy"


Spring Quarter 2002

Date Speaker Title

4.04.02

Lisa Weister
Graduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

David Nuckley, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Aortic Valve Interstitial Cells in Cardiac Valve Tissue Engineering"

"Quasi-Linear Viscoelastic Modeling of Maturing Spinal Tissue"

4.11.02 Daniel Beard, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University  Washington
"In Silico Analysis of Integrated Cell Systems"
4.18.02 Hongyue Dai, Ph.D.
Director, Custom Analysis & Matlab Tools
Informatics, Rosetta Inpharmatics
"Gene Expression Profiling Predicts Clinical Outcome of Breast Cancer"
4.25.02 Henry Lai, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Bioelectromagnetics Research in the University of Washington"
5.02.02 Paul Kinahan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
University of Washington
"Combined PET/CT Scanners for Molecular Imaging"
5.09.02

Michael Regnier, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Protein Motors, Switches, and Rheostats: Regulation of Contraction in Cardiac vs. Skeletal Muscle"
5.16.02 Thomas Horbett, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Biological Activity of Adsorbed Proteins"
5.23.02

Roger Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Marquette University

"Case Study of a UW BIOEN Graduate's Early Career: 3D Micro-CT Imaging to Quanitfy Morphometry and Mechanical Properties of Arterial Trees"
5.30.02

Albert Folch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Microfluidic Systems for High-Throughput Cell Culture Studies"
6.06.02 Dave Castner, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Characterization of Adsorbed Protein Films"


Winter Quarter 2002

Date Speaker Title

1.10.02

Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"UW Bioengineering from 1967 to 2007"
1.17.02 Guohua Chen, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Alza Corporation
Mountain View, California
"Osmotically-Driven Controlled Drug Delivery System"
1.24.02 Roy Martin, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Engineering Considerations in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Therapeutic Use: Producing, Directing, and Controlling the Energy"
1.31.02 Buddy Ratner, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Glow Discharge Plasmas: Versatile Surface Tools for Enhancing Biomaterials and Medical Devices"
2.7.02 B. Robert Franza, MD
Research Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington
"Cell Systems: New Methods of Representation and Observation"
2.14.02

Patrick Stayton, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Biomaterials That Talk & Listen"
2.21.02 Saleet Jafri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, Texas
"Modeling the Mechanism of Calcium Sparks in the Heart"
2.28.02

Satoshi Minoshima, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

"Functional Brain Imaging with PET and SPECT"
3.7.02

Semahat Demir, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering 
University of Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee

"Computational Modeling of Bioelectric Activity in Cardiac Cells"
3.14.02 Sally MacArthur, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Henry Hess, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

"Why Surfaces Matter in Bioengineering"

"Molecular Shuttles Based on Motor Proteins"


Spring Quarter 2001

Date Speaker Title

3.29.01

James F. Greenleaf, Ph.D.
Professor of Biophysics
Mayo Graduate School
"Elastography with Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
4.5.01 Amir Amini, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
"Techniques for Image Analysis of Tagged MR Data"
4.12.01 Don Baker
Founder of ATL
Bothell, Washington
"The Origins of Development of Ultrasonic Bloodflow Detection and Imaging Methods at the University of Washington. From Concept to Worldwide Clinical Use"
4.19.01 Abraham Lee, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Microsystems Technology Office
Defense Advanced Research Producst Agency (DARPA)
Washington DC
"Microactuators for Biomedical and Biotechnological Applications"
4.26.01 Robert S. Reneman, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Research and President of the National Academy of Sciences
Maastricht University
The Netherlands
"Wall Sheer Stress in Human Arteries: It's Relation to Artery Wall Thickening"
5.3.01

Paolo Vicini, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering
University of Washington

Jim Bassinghtwaighte, MD, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Dan Beard, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Bioengineering
University of Washington

"Opportunities in Computational and Integrative Bioengineering at the University of Washington"
5.10.01 Wayne Gombotz, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Analytical Chemistry and Formulation
Immunex Corporation
Seattle, Washington
"The LIfe of a Bioengineer in a Biotechnology Company"
5.17.01

Todd McDevitt, Ph.C.
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Gretchen Baneyx, Ph.C.
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

"Spatially Organizing Sheets of Cardiomyocytes for Myocardial Repair"


"Visualizing Fibronectin Conformational Changes via Fluorescence Engergy Transfer"
5.24.01

Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Larry Crum, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

"Education and Research in Medical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy Track"
5.31.01 Sung Wan Kim, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
"Design of Polymeric Carriers for Therapeutic Gene Delivery"

Winter Quarter 2001

Date Speaker Title

1.4.01

Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, UW Bioengineering
"UW Bioengineering in the 21st Century"
1.11.01 Jeffrey Bonadio, MD
Associate Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Local Gene Delivery to Induce Tissue Regeneration"
1.18.01 Daniel Graham
Graduate Student, UW Bioengineering

Tyrone Porter
Graduate Student, UW Bioengineering
"Time of Flight SIMS Analysis of Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Multivariate Approach"

"Measured Bioeffect of Combining High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and pH Sensitive Membrane Disrupting Polymers"
1.25.01 Dan Beard, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Computer Modeling of Biological Systems: Some Examples from Molecular Modeling to Systems Physiology"
2.1.01 Ted Gross, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UW Orthopedics
"Mechanotransduction in Bone: Is Less More?"
2.8.01 Kam Leong, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
"Polymeric Controlled Gene Delivery"
2.15.01 Alan Nelson, Ph.D.
Chairman and CEO
VisionGate, Inc.
"Art and Science of  a Biomedical Technology Company: A Real World Perspective"
2.22.01 Trevor Moody
Partner of Frazier & Company
Seattle, WA
"The Role of Venture Capital in Medical Innovation"
3.1.01 Paul Yager, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Bioengineering at UW: The View from the Copilot's Seat"
3.8.01 Xingde Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"High Resolution Imaging of Biological Tissues with Optical Coherence Tomography"

Spring Quarter 2000

Date Speaker Title

3.30.00

Yoshihito Osada, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
"Intelligent Gels: Their Dynamism and Functions"
4.6.00 Francis Spelman, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Contacts and Codes for Cochlear Implants"
4.13.00 Gerald Pollack, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Molecules and Motion: Toward a Fresh Understanding of How Muscles Contract"
4.20.00 Steven George, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of California, Irvine
"Characterizing Nitric Oxide Transport in the Lungs"
4.27.00 Viola Vogel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Nanoscale Mechanical Switches"
5.4.00 Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, UW Bioengineering
"Imaging and Computing in the Future Healthcare"
5.11.00 Cecilia Giachelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Artificial Heart Valves: New Anticalcification Strategies for Improved Performance and Durability"
5.18.00 Pedro Verdugo, MD
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"From Living Cells to Ocean Colloids: The Engineering of Bipolymer Gels"
5.25.00 Grace Bartoo, Ph.D.
Vice President & Senior Partner
Instrumentation for Science & Medicine, Inc.
San Carlos, CA
"Journeys: Grad School and Beyond for Bioengineers"
6.1.00 Anita Bessler
President
Edwards Lifesciences (formerly Baxter Healthcare)
Irvine, CA
"Introduction to Edwards Lifesciences"

Winter Quarter 2000

Date Speaker Title

1.6.00

Yongmin Kim, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
UW Bioengineering
"Introduction to Bioengineering and Image/Video Computing"
1.13.00 Allan Hoffman, Sc.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Designing Smart Polymers to Enhance Non-Viral DNA Delivery to Cells for Gene Therapy"
1.20.00 Buddy Ratner, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Medical Implants: Brutal Realities, Futile Strategies, and Novel Approaches"
1.27.00 Jacques Souquet, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer/Sr. Vice President
ATL, Bothell, WA
"Ultrasound Contrast Imaging: Past, Present, and Future New Signal Processing Challenge"
2.3.00 Paul Yager, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Microfluidics: An Enabling Technology for Distributed Biomedical Diagnostics"
2.10.00 Marty Kushmerick, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Radiology, Bioengineering, and Physiology & Biophysics
"Biomedical Opportunities for Bioengineering Space Research"
2.17.00 Joan Sanders, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Prosthetic Engineering"
2.24.00 Albert Folch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, UW Bioengineering (7/00)
"BioMEMS: The Art of Engineering the Behavior of Cells at a Micrometer Scale"
3.2.00 David Foster, Ph.D.
Professor, UW Bioengineering

Paolo Vicini, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, UW Bioengineering
"Computational Bioengineering"
3.9.00 Jon Anderson, Ph.D.
Former Bioengineering Graduate Student
UW Postdoctoral Fellow of Pathology
"Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV Type 1"

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