Department of Bioengineering 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend Friday, November 3, 2023 8:30am: Breakfast Social with BioE Graduate & Undergraduate Students – Lobby & 102 Benedum Hall, 3700 O’Hara St. • 8:45 am – Sanjeev Shroff, PhD, Interim US Steel Dean, Swanson School of Engineering, Former Chair, Department of Bioengineering: Welcome • 8:50 am – Mark Redfern, PhD, Interim Chair, Department of Bioengineering: Opening Remarks 9:00am to 10:00am: BioE Faculty Talks – 102 Benedum • 9:00am – Tamer Ibrahim, PhD, Professor: The 7 Tesla Bioengineering Research Program (7TBRP) at Pitt • 9:20am – Katrina Knight, PhD, (Pitt BioE PhD 2017) Assistant Professor: From the Palmetto State to the Steel City, Academia, and Beyond • 9:40am – William Wagner, PhD, Distinguished Professor: Biomaterials for Heart Failure 10am – 11:30 BioE Lab Tours – Benedum Hall & Schenley Place (Shuttle Provided) • Cardiovascular Health Tech Laboratory – Rama Mukkamala, PhD, Professor – 438/439 Benedum Hall • The Kumta Lab – Prashant Kumta, PhD, Distinguished Professor – 426 Benedum Hall • Human Movement & Balance Laboratory (HMBL) – Drs. Kevin Bell (Pitt BioE BS 2002, PhD 2013), Kurt Beschorner (Pitt BioE PhD 2008) , Rakie Cham (Pitt BioE PhD 2000), April Chambers (Pitt BioE BS 2003, MS 2005, PhD 2011) and Mark Redfern – 303 Schenley Place, 4420 Bayard St. 11:30am to 12pm: Break 12pm to 12:30pm: Lunch – Lobby Benedum Hall 12:30pm to 1:30pm: Magnificent BioE Alumni Panel Discussion – 102 Benedum • Hosted by Arash Mahboobin, PhD, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education • Jennifer Collinger, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh (Pitt BioE BS 2003, PhD 2009) • Alexandra Delazio, MS, Senior Engineer, Risk Management, Baxter (Pitt BioE BS 2017, MS-MPE 2020) • Damion Shelton, PhD, CEO and Co-founder, Agility Robotics (Pitt BioE BS 2001) • Noah Snyder, PhD, President and CEO, BioInterphase (Pitt BioE PhD 2015) • Sossena Wood, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (Pitt BioE PhD 2018) 1:30-1:35pm: Kurt Beschorner, PhD (Pitt BioE PhD 2008) Associate Chair of Graduate Student Professional Development: Engagement with Pitt BioE – 102 Benedum 1:35pm to 2pm: Break 2pm to 4pm: Social and Activity Stations in Benedum Hall – B Level and Third Floor Benedum Hall • Bioengineering Underground (BiU) – Dan Yates and Brandon Barber – B09 Benedum • Music Engineering Lab (MEL) – George Stetten, PhD, Professor – 305 Benedum • Agility Robotics, Damion Shelton, PhD (Pitt BioE BS 2001) • UPMC Artificial Heart Program, Rick Shaub, PhD (Pitt BioE PhD 1999) • ALung Technologies, Inc. now a part of LivaNova, Katrina Zougari, Senior Biomedical Engineer (Pitt BioE BS 2017, MS-MPE 2023) 4pm to 4:30pm: Break and Shuttle Provided to Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center 4:30-6:30pm: Cocktail Reception – Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, Schenley Ballroom, 100 Lytton Ave. • Harvey Borovetz, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Former Chair, Department of Bioengineering: Recollections & Reflections on 25 Years of Pitt BioE • Steve Abramowitch, PhD (Pitt BioE PhD 2004), Associate Chair for Culture and Community: Continually Improving Our Culture and Community for the Next 25 Years of Pitt BioE • Mark Redfern, PhD, Interim Chair: Closing Remarks Page 1 of 2
BioE 25th Anniversary Celebration Weekend Detailed Schedule
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