Event
EPIC Retreat
Friday, August 23, 2024
8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
University of Maryland Golf Course
Lauren Smith
lvsmith@umd.edu
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The Fischell Department of Bioengineering invites BIOE graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to attend the seventh annual Fischell Department of Bioengineering EPIC (Enhancing and Promoting Interactions and Conversations) Retreat.
The retreat is to be held on Friday, August 23rd, at the University of Maryland Golf Course, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., concluding in an evening happy hour.
The deadline to RSVP to attend is Friday, August 2nd—please note, we highly anticipate that this event will reach capacity before the deadline so be sure to RSVP at your earliest convenience. Please only RSVP if you are able to attend the whole day, excluding the optional happy hour event. If you are an incoming first-year graduate student, DO NOT fill out this form. You are already registered.
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This event is made possible by the University of Maryland Chapter of the Bioengineering Graduate Student Society.
Questions? Please email Lauren Smith (lvsmith@umd.edu) or Lara Larson (larson@umd.edu) with any questions.
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PROGRAM (click here to view)
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome, Dr. John P. Fisher
9:15 – 10:00 am Career Paths in BIOE, Peter K. Soltani, PhD
10:00 – 10:15 am Ice Breaker, BGSS
10:15 – 11:15 am Session I: Graduate Student Talks (15 minutes + 3 minutes Q/A)
11:15 – 11:45 am A Long Time and This Place for Spatial Biology, Alex Xu, PhD
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 pm Session II. Graduate Student Flash Talks (5 minutes + 10 minutes Q/A)
2:00 – 3:30 pm Team Building Activity, BGSS
3:30 – 4:00 pm Interweaving Passions: My Journey from Music to Computational Brain Science, Nan Xu, PhD
4:00 – 4:15 pm Concluding Remarks and Awards
4:15 – 6:30 pm Happy Hour
