Event
BIOE Retreat
Friday, August 26, 2022
The Hotel at the University of Maryland
Alyssa Tomlinson
301 405 3936
awolice@umd.edu
https://bioeumd.wufoo.com/forms/m1g5r32q18lf5d2/
The Fischell Department of Bioengineering invites BIOE graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to attend our fifth annual EPIC (Enhancing and Promoting Interactions and Conversations) retreat on Friday, August 26 at the Hotel at the University of Maryland (7777 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD 20740).
Please note: As of Aug. 2, we have reached RSVP capacity. If you would like to add your name to our waiting list in the event of cancellations, please email Alyssa Tomlinson (awolice@umd.edu) at your earliest convenience. We will notify you as soon as possible in the event that a spot has opened up. (Incoming Fall 2022 graduate students should not RSVP unless you are unable to attend the retreat.)
The retreat will kick off with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude with a happy hour beginning at 5:00 p.m. Additional programming details are as follows.
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Breakfast & Coffee |
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Welcome Dr. John P. Fisher |
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | Session I: Graduate Student Talks Udara Mendis Camilla Edwards Sumiao Pang |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Ice Breaker: BGSS |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | Identity & Power in Work Relationships Dr. Alisa Clyne |
| 11:15-12:00 p.m. | Faculty Talk Dr. John P. Fisher |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | Session II: Graduate Student Flash Talks David Boegner Shrey Shah Micaela Everitt Chris Bridgman Nicholas Pirolli Neel Sanghvi Suhas Gotla |
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Team Building Activity Bioengineering Graduate Student Society (BGSS) |
| 3:00-3:45 p.m. | Could Management Consulting be Right for Me? Claudio Knizek – BIOE advisory board member |
| 3:45-4:45 p.m. | Academia, or There and Back Again Dr. Marc Dandin (Ph.D. '12) – BIOE alum and advisory board member |
| 4:45-6:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks, Awards & Happy Hour |
This event is made possible by the University of Maryland Chapter of the Bioengineering Graduate Student Society.
If you have any general questions about this event, please email BIOE Assistant Director of Communications Alyssa Tomlinson.
