Bioengineering Seminars, University of Maryland

The Bioengineering Seminar Series

Join us for the Bioengineering Seminar Series, which brings bioengineering experts from around the country to campus to discuss their recent findings. Everyone is welcome!

Seminars are held Fridays at 11 a.m. in Room 2108, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building, unless otherwise noted.

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor Adam Hsieh (hsieh@umd.edu).

You can find all of these seminars, as well as others of potential interest, on our events calendar.

Previous semesters: Fall 2007 | Spring 2008

Fall 2008

Dates, titles and abstracts will be added as they are received.
Last updated 8/15/08.

Date	Speaker	Host
September 5	No Seminar
September 12	TBA (Topic: site-specific delivery of therapeutics) Silvia Muro Fischell Department of Bioengineering, UMD and Center for Biosystems Research, UMBI (Abstract forthcoming.) There will be pre-seminar refreshments from 10-11 a.m. Location TBA.	Hsieh
September 19	TBA (Topic: biomolecular engineering) Greg Payne Center for Biosystems Research (CBR) University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) (Abstract forthcoming.) There will be pre-seminar refreshments from 10-11 a.m. Location TBA.	Bentley
September 26	TBA (Topic: global modeling and assimilation systems) John Chung-Yu Wu Graduate student, Biological Resources Engineering University of Maryland/NASA (Abstract forthcoming.) There will be post-seminar refreshments from 12-1 p.m.. Location TBA.	Shirmohammadi
October 3	TBA (Topic: clinical and regulatory affairs) Audrey Chang Principal Investigator, NIAID Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Fisher BioServices (Abstract forthcoming.) There will be post-seminar refreshments from 12-1 p.m.. Location TBA.	Kofinas
October 10	TBA (Topic: fluid/nutrient transport) Weiyong Gu Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering University of Miami (Abstract forthcoming.)	Hsieh
October 17	TBA (Topic: interface tissue engineering) Helen Lu Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Columbia University (Abstract forthcoming.)	Hsieh
October 24	TBA (Topic: bone biomechanics/mechanobiology) Elise Morgan Assistant Professor, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Boston University (Abstract forthcoming.)	Hsieh
October 31	TBA (Topic: biomolecular self-assembly) Wonmuk Hwang Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University (Abstract forthcoming.)	Seog
November 4 Special Day: Wednesday Location TBA	TBA (Topic: An overview of the literature resources on campus) University of Maryland Reference Librarians	Hsieh
November 7	Controlled Nanostructured Polymers for Biomedical Applications Melik Demirel Pearce Assistant Professor of Engineering Penn State University Abstract »	Kofinas
November 14	TBA (Topic: cell-cell interactions of the immune system) Rodger McEver Eli Lilly Distinguished Chair Cardiovascular Biology Research Program University of Oklahoma (Abstract forthcoming.)	Aranda-Espinoza
November 21	RAE Prep Session—No Guest
November 28	Thanksgiving Holiday—No Seminar
December 5	TBA (Topic: environmental microbial safety) Dan Shelton Chief, Animal Pathogen Lab Agricultural Research Service, USDA (Abstract forthcoming.) There will be post-seminar refreshments from 12-1 p.m.. Location TBA.	Shirmohammadi
December 10 Special Day: Wednesday	TBA (Topic: protein engineering) Matt DeLisa Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Cornell University (Abstract forthcoming.)	Bentley

Questions? Want to meet the speaker? Please contact Professor Adam Hsieh (hsieh@umd.edu).