Distinguished Medical Engineering Seminars

Title: Artificial Skin Perception
Date: November 19, 2020, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: Join Zoom Event
Speaker: Xiaodong Chen, Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX) and the Director of Max Planck at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

Title: GI Device Development in a Few Movements
Date: May 7, 2020, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Giovanni Traverso, Gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital., Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Title: Seminar Cancelled
Date: January 9, 2020, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: Moore B270
Speaker: Yoram Rudy, Director, Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC), Washington University in St. Louis

Title: Small-scale Wireless Robots for Medical Applications
Date: January 16, 2020, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Metin Sitti, Professor

Title: Optically Detecting Structure and Granularity in Tissues
Date: January 23, 2020, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Steven Jacques, Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle

Title: High-Performance MRI applications that benefit from Low-Field
Date: February 27, 2020, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Krishna Nayak, Electrical and Computer Engineering (joint appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Radiology), Viterbi School of Engineering - University of Southern California

Title: Microfluidics for Disease Diagnosis and Wearable Technology – From Bench to Bedside
Date: October 10, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Chwee Teck (C.T.) Lim, Director, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology, National University of Singapore

Title: Discovery and Translation of the Cell Membrane Coating Nanotechnology
Date: November 7, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM (Social to follow)
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Liangfang Zhang, PhD, Professor of Department of Nanoengineering, Bioengineering, and Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego

Title: Cell Engineering for Tissue Regeneration
Date: December 5, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Song Li, Ph.D., Chancellor Professor and Chair of Bioengineering, UCLA, Samueli School of Engineering

Title: Microfluidic Living Neuronal Networks as Disease-on-Chip models for Neurobiological Research and Drug Evaluation
Date: April 11, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Etienne Jacotot, Neuronal Stress and Ageing (NSA), Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine

Title: Skin-Inspired Polymer Electronic Materials and Devices
Date: April 18, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Zhenan Bao, Ph.D., Director, Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR), Stanford University

Title: ChemoFilter: Novel Endovascular Medical Devices to Reduce the Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Date: April 25, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speakers: Steven W. Hetts, M.D., Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
Anand S. Patel, M.D., Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers-Torrance & San Pedro, A Research Associate of Radiology, University of California San Francisco Medical Center

Title: Exploiting Information and Communication Theory in Biology and Neuroscience
Date: May 2, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Andrea Goldsmith, Ph.D., Stanford University

Title: Epigenetic Regulation of Mechanotransduction in Vascular Endothelium
Date: May 9, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California San Diego

Title: Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUTs) in medical ultrasound imaging and therapy
Date: May 16, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Butrus (Pierre) T. Khuri-Yakub, Stanford Univeristy

Title: Quantitative Radiomics and Machine Learning in Breast Cancer Image Analysis
Date: January 17, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Maryellen L. Giger, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology, University of Chicago

Title: On the Motion of the Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and its Role in Disease Processes of the Central Nervous System (CNS)
Date: January 24, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Juan Lasheras, Stanford and Beverly Penner Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University California San Diego (UCSD)

Title: Multimodality Functional Imaging of Brain Tumor
Date: January 31, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Nitish V. Thakor, Professor, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology

Title: Activating Ion Channels with Drugs and Ultrasound
Date: February 7, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Jianmin Cui, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis

Title: Advances in Functional Optical Coherence Tomography: Translation of FOCT Technology From Bench to Bedside
Date: March 7, 2019, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Zhongping Chen, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Beckman Laser Institute, The Edwards Life Sciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology, University of California, Irvine

Title: Cardiovascular Biomineralization
Date: October 25, 2018, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Linda L. Demer, University California Los Angeles

Title: Computational Modeling of the Mitral Heart Valve: From Mechanobiology to Surgical Repair
Date: April 5, 2018, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Michael Sacks, University of Texas at Austin

Title: Out of this World Med Techs for Space and Earth
Date: April 12, 2018, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Dorit Donoviel, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Title: Biologically Inspired Engineering: From Mechanotherapeutics to Human Organs-on-Chips
Date: May 3, 2018, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Donald Ingber, Harvard University

Title: New Strategies in Image-guided Interventions
Date: May 10, 2018, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Kathy Ferrara, University of California - Davis

Title: Microfabrication of Elastomeric Polymers for Organ-on-a-chip Engineering and Injectable Tissues
Date: May 17, 2018, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Milica Radisic, University of Toronto, Canada

Title: Soft Electronics for the Human Body
Date: January 11, 2018, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: John Rogers, Northwestern University

Title: Technology Transfer for Medical Device Development FDA Approval Challenges (Using Logicon Caries Detector as example)
Date: February 1, 2018, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: David Gakenheimer, President, GA Industries

Title: Printable Wearable Electrochemical Sensors: Toward Lab on the Body
Date: February 8, 2018, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Joseph Wang, University California San Diego (UCSD)

Title: Faculty will discuss research being conducted in their labs
Date: March 1, 2018, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Faculty from the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering

Title: Redefining the Drug Discovery Pathway-From Drug Candidate Search to Phenotypic Personalized Medicine (PPM)
Date: October 12, 2017, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Chih-Ming Ho, Distinguished Research Professor, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University California Los Angeles

Title: Protein Aggregates and Potential Immunogenicity in Biotherapeutics
Date: November 2, 2017, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Linda Narhi, PhD, Scientific Executive Director, Process Development, Amgen

Title: Broad-Spectrum Electronic Biomolecular Sensing
Date: November 30, 2017, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Roger T. Howe, Faculty Director of Nanofabrication Facility, Stanford University

CANCELLED Title: Extreme Environments as Catalysts for Disruptive Innovation
Date: April 13, 2017, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Scott Parazynski, MD, Astronaut, Everest Climber, Physician, Pilot, Inventor

Title: Engineering Viruses for Cancer Therapy
Date: February 2, 2017, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Dr. Yuman Fong, M.D., Chair, Department of Surgery, City of Hope

Title: Implantable Biomedical Microsystems: Permanent and Biodegradable Devices
Date: October 6, 2016, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Mark Allen, Alfred Fitler Moore Professor and Director, Singh Center for Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania

Title: Biodesign: The Process of Innovating New Medical Technologies
Date: November 3, 2016, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Josh Makower, MD, General Partner, Healthcare Team, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Title: Interplay of Materials and Mechanics in Rapid 3D Printing of Precision Tissues
Date: November 10, 2016, 4:10–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Shaochen Chen, Ph.D., Professor of NanoEngineering and Bioengineering Departments, Co-Director, Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Center, University of California, San Diego

Title: Innovations in Patient Monitoring: A Masimo Story
Date: January 14, 2016, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Joe Kiani, Founder, Chairman CEO of Masimo Corporation

Title: Precision Medicine: A Journey Through Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Commerce
Date: February 4, 2016, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Ryan Egeland, Senior Director of Business Development Licensing, Medtronic, Inc.

Title: TBD
Date: February 25, 2016, 4:00–5:00 PM - Cancelled
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Kurt Petersen, PhD, American Inventor

Title: Presbyopia: The Final Frontier in Vision-Correction Surgery
Date: October 15, 2015, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Daniel Chang, MD, Empire Eye Laser Center

Title: Rays vs. Shadows: Fighting Global Blindness through Ophthalmic Genetic Bioengineering
Date: October 22, 2015, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Balamurali K. Ambati, University of Utah

Title: MEMS, a Perspective from Berkeley
Date: November 5, 2015, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Richard S. Muller, Professor, Director of Dept. of EECS, BSAC , University of California Berkeley

Title: Microengineered Hydrogels for Stem Cell Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration
Date: December 3, 2015, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

Title: Innovation in Rare Diseases in the Real World
Date: April 2, 2015, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: James E. Lock, Department of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital Boston

Title: The Advent of Ultrafast Imaging in Biomedical Ultrasound
(Jointly hosted with CNS)
Date: May 7, 2015, 4:00–5:00 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Mickaël Tanter, Ph.D, French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM)

Title: Making waves in biomedical imaging with micro-ultrasound
Date: April 10, 2014, 4:10–5:10 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: F. Stuart Foster, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto

Title: Calhoun Vision: The Excitement and Perils of Physician Driven Innovation
Date: May 22, 2014, 4:10–5:10 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Dan Schwartz, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of the Retina Division at UCSF

Title: Innovation: Fetal Surgery to Pediatric Device Consortium
Date: February 13, 2014, 4:10–5:10 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Michael R. Harrison, Director of the UCSF Pediatric Device Consortium

Title: Converging low power microelectronics, IT and Communication Technology into Implantable Medical Devices
Date: February 27, 2014, 4:10–5:10 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Stephen N. Oesterle, Director of the UCSF Pediatric Device Consortium

Title: Update on Argus II Retinal Prosthesis Study
Date: March 13, 2014, 4:10–5:10 PM
Location: 105 Annenberg
Speaker: Mark S. Humayun, Director of the USC Eye Institute and the USC Sensory Science Institute