Keynote Speakers
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William R. Wagner, Ph.D. Deputy Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Professor of Surgery, Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering The University of Pittsburgh Editor-in-Chief, Acta Biomaterialia |
Andrew Laine, Ph.D. Vice-Chair, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Columbia University |
Simon Cherry, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
Schedule-At-A-Glance
| Friday, April 29, 2011: | |
04:00 PM to 08:00 PM |
Registration and Reception (Sheraton Arlington Hotel, 1500 Convention Center Drive, Arlington) |
Saturday, April 30, 2011: |
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07:00 AM - 08:00 AM |
Breakfast and Registration (Maverick Activities Center) |
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM |
Welcome: UT Arlington Engineering Dean Bill Carroll (Lonestar Auditorium, MAC) Keynote Speaker: William Wagner |
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM |
Registration (Engineering Research Building, Section B Foyer) |
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM |
Poster Sessions (ERB, Section C, First and Second Floors) |
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
Concurrent Sessions, Session One (ERB, Rooms 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 228) |
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM |
Coffee Break & Exhibits (ERB, Section C Foyer, First and Second Floors) |
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions, Session Two (ERB, Rooms 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 228) |
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch (Engineering Research Building Courtyard (Rain Location: Nedderman Hall Atrium) |
02:00 PM - 03:15 PM |
Concurrent Sessions, Session Three (ERB, Rooms 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 228) |
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM |
Coffee Break & Exhibits (ERB, Section C Foyer, First and Second Floors) |
03:45 PM - 05:00 PM |
Concurrent Sessions, Session Four (ERB, Rooms 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 228) |
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM |
Happy Hour Reception (Bluebonnet Ballroom Foyer, University Center) |
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM |
Dinner (Bluebonnet Ballroom, University Center) Keynote Speaker: Simon Cherry |
Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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07:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Registration (ERB, Section B Foyer) |
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM |
Breakfast (Nedderman Hall Atrium) |
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM |
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Laine (Nedderman Hall Room 100) |
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
Concurrent Sessions, Session Five (ERB, Rooms 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 228) |
10:45 AM -11:15 AM |
Coffee Break & Exhibits (ERB, Section C Foyer, First and Second Floors) |
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions, Session Six (ERB, Rooms 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 228) |
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM |
Lunch and Awards (Bluebonnet Ballroom, University Center) |
Poster Session (Posters should be no larger than 30" high x 40" wide; Presenters should be at their poster location during breaks to talk to visitors to their poster)
Track 1: Bioinformatics/Computational Biology
Track 2: Bioinstrumentation/MEMS
Track 3: Biomaterials/Nanomaterials
Track 4: Biomechanics/Cellular Engineering
Tracks
1. Bioinformatics/Computational Biology
Directors
- Jean Gao and Yu “Max” Qian
Names of sessions
1. Statistic strategies for exploring massive complex data sets in Biomedical Research
2. Synthetic & systems biology
3. Sequence analysis and next-generation sequencing
4. Data management & mining in biological & biomedical databases, applied bioinformatics
5. High-throughput data & proteomics
6. Bioimaging informatics
7. Others
2. Bioinstrumentation/MEMS
Directors
- J.C. Chiao and Samir Iqbal
Names of sessions
1. Implantable and prosthetic devices
2. Biosensors and biointerfaces
3. MEMS and instrumentation
4. Nano- and micro-fluidics, Lab on a chip
5. Nanotechnology
6. Clinical applications
7. Others
3. Biomaterials/Drug (gene) Delivery/Nanotechnology
Directors
- Jian Yang and Kytai Nguyen
Names of sessions
1. New Biomaterials
2. Micro-/Nanofabrication of Materials
3. Drug/Gene Delivery
4. Biomaterials and (stem) Cell Interactions
5. Modification/Functionalization of Materials
6. Industrial Applications of Biomaterials
7. Others
4. Biomechanics/Cellular Engineering
Directors
- Charles Chuong and Young-Tae Kim
Names of sessions
1. Cardiovascular Biomechanics
2. Orthopedic Biomechanics
3. Biomechanics of Auditory System
4. Bioacoustics: Diagnostic & Therapeutic Applications
5. Vascular & Endothelial Bioengineering
6. Cell Mechanics & Cancer Cell Invation/Metatasis
7. Others
5. Imaging (Optical, Medical, Other Imaging)
Directors
- Hanli Liu and Digant Dave
Names of sessions
1. Optical, Cellular Imaging
2. Ultrasound and photo-acoustic imaging
3. Molecular and fluorescence imaging
4. MRI, CT, and PET
5. Functional Brain Imaging
6. Nanoparticles for imaging applications
7. Others
6. Tissue Engineering
Directors
- Liping Tang and Mario Romero
Names of sessions
1. Vascular Tissue Engineering
2. Bone Tissue Engineering
3. Nerve Tissue Engineering
4. Stem Cell Tissue Regeneration
5. Nanomedicine & Tissue Engineering
6. Composite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
7. Others
There will be multiple parallel sessions per track.