ASME International
Spring/Summer 2016
Bioengineering Division News Explore National Harbor! Register NOW! for the Summer Bioengineering, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference 2016 National Harbor, MD June 29 – July 2, 2016 Online Registration Deadline: June 28, 2016
In this Issue: Message from Current Chair
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BED Committee Meeting Schedule
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SB3C 2016 Conference Preview
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BEDrock Announcement
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Technical Committee Reports
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Administrative Committee Reports 11 SB3C 2016 Conference Announcement 20 SB3C Student Leadership & Activities 21
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Future Conference Announcements 22 2015-2016 BED Roster 24
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NEWS
A SM E I N T E RN AT I O N AL B I O E N G I N E E RI N G D I V I S I ON SPRING/SUMMER 2016
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR This June marks the end of my term as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Bioengineering Division of ASME. I will be leaving the position to become the pastchair, and entrusting the leadership to Charles Lee from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. I wish to thank the BioengiSara Wilson neering Division Executive Committee for all of their hard work. This committee includes Charles Lee (secretary and chair-elect), Ross Ethier (secretary-elect), Matt Gounis (past-chair), Rita Patterson (treasurer), Frank Gijsen (international affairs), Rupak Banerjee (external affairs), Kris Billiar (technical affairs), Jeff Holmes (member affairs), Sarah Kieweg (student affairs) and Tammy Haut-Donahue (member at large). This committee works with conference chairs on conference activities, journal editors on maintaining the strength of journals, technical committees on representing the bioengineering community, the honors committees on recognizing achievement, and ASME staff on maintaining our connections with ASME. The year has been one of ongoing change including ASME’s reorganization under the ONE ASME initiative as well as the continued independent organization of our primary summer conference. The 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C, http://sb3c.org/, June 29 - July 2, 2016) has again been organized independently by a group of dedicated volunteers, preserving the ethos, structure and features of our summer
meetings. The ASME BED technical division continues to hold close ties with this summer meeting including having open BED-related committee meetings at the SB3C meeting. ASME BED award winners and fellows will also recognized and honored at the SB3C meeting. I would like to acknowledge the extraordinary effort of the leaders of the 2016 SB3C conference including conference chair Ozan Akkus, program chair Tammy Haut Donahue, information chair Sarah Kieweg, local arrangements chair Alisa Morss Clyne, publications chair Umut Gurkan, student paper competition chair Eric Kennedy, exhibits chair Rouzbeh Amini, finance chair Rita Patterson, and Diversity Chair, Victor Barocas. Their efforts, along with the program committee, technical committees, and local arrangements committee, continue to build a foundation for a future conferences. In 2017, the Summer Bioengineering, Biomechanics, and Biotransport conference (SB3C) will continue under the leadership of conference chair, Jeff Holmes. In 2018, the executive committee has voted to merge our summer conference with the World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin (http://wcb2018.com/). ASME will be a participating society in this World Congress. I would like to thank Matt Gounis, our past chair, for his leadership of the Division through a very difficult period of transition. Matt has played many roles in the BED including student paper competition chair, (Continued on page 3) Return to Page 1 (contents)
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR (CONTINUED) NEWS
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR (CONTINUED) student affairs representative to the executive committee, member of the Fung medal committee, BED secretary, exhibits chair for several SBC conferences, and information chair for the 2011 SBC conference. We are all thankful for his leadership.
Houston and will again serve as track chair for the 2016 ASME IMECE Biomedical & Biotechnology track in Phoenix, AZ. He has acted in this role for a number of years and we are grateful for his continued efforts to maintain our division activities at this conference.
I would also like to acknowledge the leadership of the other conferences our division has participated in. Gang Bao was conference chair and Warren Chan, John Bischof, Michael Deem, Robert Griffin, Sulin Zhang and Guy Genin were steering committee members of a very successful ASME NEMB conference in February of 2016 in Houston, Texas. This conference focuses on nanoscale materials, methods, and devices for the study of biology and the treatment of disease. Ahmed AlJumaily was a track chair for Biomedical & Biotechnology Engineering for the ASME IMECE conference in November, 2015 in
The ASME BED also supports, through our volunteers, a number of ASME journals including the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (editors: Beth Winkelstein and Victor Barocas), the Journal of Medical Devices (editors: Rupak Banerjee and William Durfee), and the Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine (editor: Boris Khusid). I encourage all of you to consider these journals for your research publications and I would like to personally thank the editors, associate editors, and editorial boards for their service.
chairs for their leadership including Martin Tanaka (Dynamics, Design, and Rehabilitation), Nichole Rylander (Biotransport), Rob Mauck (Tissue and Cellular), Richard Debski (Solid Mechanics), Keefe Manning (Fluid Mechanics), and Laurel Kuxhaus (Education). Our volunteers also are critical in the selection committees of a number of ASME medals including the Y.C. Fung Medal, the Van C. Mow Medal, the H.R. Lissner Medal and, most recently, the Savio L-Y. Woo Medal and I would like to honor their service. Finally, I would like to thank Wei Tan for her efforts as the BED newsletter editor.
In closing, it is a privilege to serve you all as the ASME BED chair.
Sara Wilson, Chair ASME Bioengineering Division 2015-2016
I would like to acknowledge our technical and education committee
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BED COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE AT SB3C 2016 ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION
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BED Committee Meeting Schedule, Wednesday, June 29 BED Executive Committee*
Magnolia 1
7:00-9:30 am
SB3C Organizing & Program
Magnolia 1
9:30-10:20 am
SB3C Conference Oversight*
Magnolia 1
10:30-11:20 am
Industry Interests Meeting
Magnolia 2
10:30-11:20 am
New Directions
Magnolia 3
10:30-11:20 am
Education
Magnolia 1
11:30am-12:20pm
Cell and Tissue Engineering
Magnolia 2
11:30am-12:20pm
Fluid Mechanics
Magnolia 3
11:30am-12:20pm
Design Dynamics and Rehab
Magnolia 1
12:30-1:20 pm
Solid Mechanics
Magnolia 2
12:30-1:20 pm
Biotransport
Magnolia 3
12:30-1:20 pm
Open Executive Business Meeting
Magnolia 1
9:00-10:30 pm
BED Committee Meeting Schedule, Thursday, June 30 USNCB*
Eastern Shore I
1:00-2:00 pm
BED Committee Meeting Schedule, Friday, July 1 JBME Editors (with lunch)*
Eastern Shore I
1:00-2:30 pm
BED Committee Meeting Schedule, Saturday, July 2 Student Leadership Committee (open)
Eastern Shore I
Student Leadership Committee (closed) Eastern Shore I
9:00-10:00 am 10:00 am
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SB3C 2016 ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION
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SUMMER BIOMECHANICS, BIOENGINEERING, AND BIOTRANSPORT CONFERENCE J U N E 2 9 – J U LY 2 , 2 01 6 , N AT I O N A L H A R B O R , M A RY L A N D On behalf of the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Organizing Committee, we welcome you to attend the meeting at Gaylord National Convention Center at National Harbor Maryland. The SB3C is a great opportunity for us to discuss outstanding research, to network, catch up with old friends, and meet new friends and colleagues. Although our primary focus is scientific and technical exchange, the program incorporates relaxation as well. Come and dance to the awesome tunes of BEDRock at the free Friday night concert.
with this theme we have selected an eminent Plenary Speaker, Subra Suresh, along with a number of exciting Workshops to highlight how the research of our community benefits the world at large. A key difference of SB3C this year will be a great degree of participation by program managers from a number of federal funding institutions including NSF, NIH, VA and DoD, including a town-hall meeting with some of the program managers. We were delighted to receive a large number of excellent abstracts. This is a true testament to
Roger C. Haut (Michigan State University) is the winner of the Lissner medal for his contributions and inventions in the area of Orthopaedic Biomechanics. There is ample amount of free time programmed in the conference to enjoy the great things that Washington D.C, Old Alexandria and the Potomac River have to offer. The theme of the SB3C meeting is “Impact of Biomechanics on Healthcare”. In line
the vibrancy and dedication of members of the community, who work so hard to advance human knowledge in Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport. We had about 700 abstracts submitted and have programmed an exciting meeting with outstanding
Ozan Akkus Conference Chair
Tammy Donahue Program Chair
Case Western Univ
Colorado State Unv
papers, posters, and workshops. We encourage the attendees to pay particular attention to our signature student paper competitions extending from BS to the PhD levels. These sessions had traditionally been a highlight of the conference. We will have 89 finalists presenting in the Bachelor, Masters, and Doctoral levels at SB3C. The meeting is delighted to welcome the participation of the Frontier in Medical Devices with cosponsored poster. We are also grateful to the many Societies who have extended professional recognition to the meeting. We will pay tribute to the achievements of Vijay K. Goel through a special podium session in his honor. We are excited to include an Undergraduate Student Design Competition, and a number of workshops, ranging from “Point-of-Care Healthcare Technologies” to “V &V Continues on Page 5 Return to Page 1 (contents)
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SB3C 2016 ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION
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SB3C 2016 PREVIEW (CONTINUED) Uncertainty Quantification in Cardiovascular Modeling and Diagnostics”. A special lecture will highlight the ASME H.R. Lissner medal winner and a plenary session will highlight the ASME Van C. Mow, S. L-Y. Woo and Y.C. Fung medal winners. This year we have the pleasure to acknowledge the accomplishments of Roger Haut (Michigan State University) as the winner of the Lissner medal for his seminal and life long contributions in the area of musculoskeletal biomechanics. The winner of the Mow medal for accomplishments at the mid-career level
is Beth Winkelstein (University of Pennsylvania) for her scientific contributions as well as professional develop, mentoring and contribution to bioengineering education. Dr. Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos (University of Cyprus) has been names the 2016 Y.C. Fung Young investigator for his outstanding research contributions in his early career. Please join us in congratulating each of the awardees.
ganizing Committee, Program Committee, the SB3C session chairs, workshop organizers and the many reviewers who worked hard to bring us this high-quality program. We are fortunate to receive financial sponsorship from our industry sponsors listed in the program as well as the National Institutes of Health (NIBIB, NICHD) and the National Science (GARDE, BMMB and BBE).
We would particularly like to thank and recognize the tremendous efforts of the members of SB3C Or-
Ozan Akkus SB3C Conference Chair Tammy Haut Donahue SB3C Program Chair
Rise up high for a better view of your field at SB3C 2016 !!
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Friday Night July 1, 2016 Marina Promenade*
The rock-n-roll band made up of BED members and friends will be rocking a tea party! All are invited!
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS NEWS
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BIOEINGINEERING DIVISION TECHNICAL COMMITTEES DESIGN, DYNAMICS & REHABILITATION The Design, Dynamics, and Rehabilitation Committee will have its annual meeting in at 12:30 pm, Wednesday, June 29th in Magnolia 1 during the SB3C2016 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Martin Tanaka This committee covers a wide variety Committee Chair, of topics including human move2013—2016 ment measurement and modeling, rehabilitation, medical device design (orthopedic, cardiovascular, BioMEMS), engineering for surgery, and robotics. At the committee meeting we will let you know about the sessions we have organized for the current SB3C meeting, select theme leaders for next year’s meeting, and discuss workshops and special sessions for future meetings. Everyone with interest in design, dynamics, and/or rehabilitation is encouraged to attend, including post-docs, faculty members, and industry members. We also encourage regular member of other committees to attend. This spring will end my term as chair of the DDR Committee. It is hard to believable that six years has passed since I was elected the committee’s vice-chair. During this time we have had great technical sessions, started the undergraduate design competition, had several workshops, and visited some exciting places. For those
who would like more information please contact me (
[email protected]) or the vice-chair, Tammy Bush (
[email protected]).
BIOTRANSPORT The Biotransport (BIOT) committee will hold their annual meeting at the 2016 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference on Wednesday, June 29, 12:30-1:20 in Magnolia 3. At the BIOT committee meeting, we Marissa Nichole Rylander will deliberate on the status of Committee Chair, past initiatives, ongoing activities, 2016—2019 and future direction of our committee in the ASME BED and HTD divisions. We will take this opportunity to recognize several achievements of our members. This is an open meeting and everyone interested in linking transport of energy, mass, and momentum with medicine and functioning of living systems is encouraged to attend. The attendees will discuss past and future activities. Please contact the committee chair, M. Nichole Rylander, (
[email protected]) for further details or clarifications.
Enjoy the summer activities between sessions at SB3C 2016!
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BIOEINGINEERING DIVISION TECHNICAL COMMITTEES TISSUE & CELL ENGINEERING
The Tissue and Cellular Engineering (TCE) Technical Committee is looking forward to our annual gathering at the upcoming Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) to be held in June 29-July 2, 2016. Robert Mauck Committee Chair, 2015—2018
Theme sessions at the SB3C will be: Nano, Micro and Multiscale Mechanics Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Tissue Engineered Disease Models Growth, Remodeling and Repair Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering The Cellular Microenvironment Mechanotransduction and Sub-cellular Biophysics Technology for Probing Tissue and Cellular Me-
Most ASME Bioengineering Division committee meetings will be held Wednesday, June 29, in Magnolia. See page 4 for information on times and locations.
chanics Other – Tissue Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics
The SB3C is shaping up to be an excellent meeting with a great showing by members of the TCE committee. Details on the meeting, including registration, location and travel, housing, etc. can be found at: http://sb3c.com/. As always, if you have questions or suggestions, or want to get involved in the TCE sub-themes, reviewing abstracts, or planning symposia and other new initiatives for next year, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me (
[email protected]) or Ed Guo (
[email protected]). Please also plan to attend our TCE technical committee meeting, scheduled for Wednesday June 29th, 2016, from 11:30-12:20 in Magnolia1 of the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird. At that meeting, we’ll discuss the business of the TCE and develop new ideas to expand our impact at next year’s meeting. Look forward to seeing all of you soon!
SOLID MECHANICS The annual meeting of the Solid Mechanics committee will be held at SB3C2016 on Wednesday, June 29, at 12:30 pm in Magnolia 2. We are always looking for people who want to get involved - reviewing abstracts, chairing sessions, organizing workshops - so please join us at this Rich Debski gathering for an overview of our Committee Chair, 2013—2016 contributions to SB3C2016 offerings and a discussion of our programming for the 2017 meeting. If you want to get involved but cannot attend the meeting, please email me (Rich Debski
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BIOEINGINEERING DIVISION TECHNICAL COMMITTEES (CONTINUED)
FLUID MECHANICS The annual Fluids Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 29th from 11:30am12:20pm in Magnolia 3 at the SB3C meeting at the National Harbor. Please join us as we are always looking for more to get involved by reviewing abstracts, chairing sessions, providing feedback, and/or organizing work- Keefe Manning shops. Our meeting is always Committee Chair, 2016-2019 open to anyone interested in discussing our plans for programming at future meetings including session and workshop topics. If you are unable to attend but would like to get involved, please contact me at
[email protected].
sions, please walk through the poster sessions and engage those participants. In addition to the podium and poster presenters, we have one workshop this year. The workshop is entitled, “Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification in Cardiovascular Modeling and Diagnostics,” and meets on Friday, July 1st from 8-9:30am in Wilson B. The workshop will have speakers from academia, FDA, and industry. I would like to thank Kristian Debus, Alison Marsden, and Kristian Valen-Sendstad for organizing this workshop. Finally, I would like to thank Alison Marsden (Vice-Chair and Theme Leader) and Brandon Dixon (Theme Leader) for overseeing the abstract review process and recruiting reviewers. I also thank the many reviewers for taking time to participate in the process to ensure we have a strong program in fluids. I look forward to seeing everyone there. If you are unable to attend, we hope to see you at the 2017 SB3C.
At this year’s summer meeting, we will have 10 podium sessions including talks on aneurysms, atherosclerosis, respiratory, pediatrics, imaging, thrombosis, and more. As always, beyond attending the podium ses-
Encourage Students and Postdocs to GET INVOLVED with BED Leadership SB3C 2016 authors: Please nominate your students for our Student Leadership Committee. The purpose of this committee is to aid students in gaining leadership experience and to facilitate planning and execution of student events for upcoming conferences and other local/virtual programs. The students need to commit to a one-year term including coming to SB3C 2016 and attending a onehour planning meeting at SB3C. Please send your nominations to Sarah Kieweg (
[email protected]) . The nomination should include a short paragraph about the student in the body of an email indicating why the student is suitable for a position on the committee. We envision the committee consisting of about 10 graduate students, but committed undergraduate students are welcome as well.
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES The BED has four administrative committees: Education, Honors & Awards, Membership, and New Directions. Additionally, the BED selects representatives to other bioengineering organizations and to committees within ASME. Within
ASME, the BED has representatives to the Thurston Award Committee, the ASME annual meeting (IMECE), and the Engineering Sciences Segment. Beyond ASME, the BED typically has representatives to the American Institute for
Medical and Biological Engineering and the U.S. National Committee on Biomechanics.
international authors. 162 abstracts were submitted, 153 accepted and presented at the congress. 101 full papers were accepted and published in the proceedings. There were 14 topics with different sessions in the Track in addition to Graduate Papers Competition. These topics are
medical Engineering, and ViceChair of Anaesthesiology at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota 2. Biomedical Ultrasound 3. Biomechanics of Trauma due to Accidents, Surgery or Weapons 4. Vibration and Acoustics in Biomedical Applications 5. Bioinspired Materials and Nanomaterials 6. Dynamics, and Control in Biomechanical Systems 7. Clinical Applications of BioengiReturn to Page 1 (contents) neering 8. Transport Phenomena In Biomedical Applications 9. Computational Modelling and Device Design 10. Sport Biomechanics 11. Quantitative Biomedical Image Analysis 12. General Biomedical and Biotechnology Applications 13. Biological Tissues and Materials: Modeling, Synthesis and Characterization
Reports from these committees and representatives follow.
A S M E I M EC E ACTIVITIES This track focuses on the implementation of various engineering principles in the conception, design, development, analysis and operation of biomedical and biotechnological systems and applications. Authors and presenters are invited to participate in this track to expand international cooperation, develop understanding of bioengineering principles and methodology and promote efforts in implementing engineering principles to biomedical and biotechnological systems. This track spans a wide range of areas including assessment of the properties of biological tissues, design of cardiovascular devices, development of BioMEMS devices, the use of vibration and acoustics in medical applications, new therapy and imaging technologies, dynamics and controls in biomedical systems, the use of composite materials in bioengineering, biomedical heat transfer and fluid mechanics, computational biomedical modelling and medical devices. The track normally attracts many
1. Plenary Presentation a. Engineering biomimetic nanomaterials to overcome limitations in drug delivery and regenerative medicine by Ennio Tasciotti, Director of the Center for Biomimetic Medicine, and Director of the Surgical Advanced Technology Lab at the Houston Methodist Research Institute b. Understanding the Mechanobiology of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Premature Lung: Implications for Paediatric Asthma by Dr. Prakash is Professor of Anaesthesiology and Physiology, Chair of the Department of Physiology and Bio-
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES 14. Advances in Biomedical Electrography 15. Biomedical Graduate students paper Competition: This is not a formal topic as papers submitted to the competition already accepted in other topics. Nominated papers were submitted to a special poster session to finalise the top three PhD papers and the top three Masters Papers.
sas) and Erol Ulucakli (Lafayette College). Looking forwards to seeing at IMECE2016 in Phoenix Arizona.
Sara E. Wilson 2015-2016 IMECE Representative 2013-2016 Ahmed Al-Jumaily Biomedical & Biotechnology Engineering IMECE Track Organizer
This track of IMECE is chaired by Ahmed Al-Jumaily (Aukland University of Technology) with the assistance of co-chairs Sara Wilson (University of Kan-
EDITOR’S NOTE Again, it is the time of the year when we are all counting down the days until the SB3C2016 conference. In this year, with the conference held just before July 4th and the venue being close to the nation’s capital, National Harbor will surely provide a special and fresh taste of the conference. Enjoy your summer days at the waterfront, while attending great sessions and networking with colleagues at SB3C2016 - this conference has a lot to offer. Check out the highlights of the excellent program on page 5.
page 4 for details of meeting times and locations. As always, a BIG thanks to all who contributed to this edition! Anyone can send comments or suggestions of your own, to me at the address below.
The BED is a volunteer driven division of ASME. At SBC2016, join a technical committee meeting. See
Wei Tan Editor, BED Newsletter Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado at Boulder
Beautiful Harbor in the day and at night!
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES NEW DIRECTIONS COMMITTEE At the New Directions Committee held at the SB3C 2015, I presented a basic outline to establish a global biomeMichael Sacks chanics wiki portal that will act as a Bioengineering & Biomechanics Modeling Archive (BBMA). It is hoped that this will become a comprehensive multidisciplinary library of computational models & data. The plan is to have data entered as wiki entries and moderated blogs. An industrial partnership pro-
gram will be part of the BBMA. The archive will receive guidance and regulation The current plan is to move forward with cardiovascular models first and then extend to modeling of all biological systems. To better plan these activities, I have spent much of the past year extensively researching existing archives for how other worldwide groups have developed similar resources. I have now completed this task and will be presenting my results at the New Directions Committee to be held at the SB3C 2016. The goal will be to develop a set of short-term priorities to estab-
lish the BBMA, including funding plans. If you would like to provide input and/or help with this effort, then plan to attend the New Directions Committee meeting, Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:30-11:20 am, in Magnolia 3, at SB3C 2016! If you can’t be there, but want to help, contact M i c h a e l S a c k s (
[email protected]). We hope to see you there! Michael Sack, Chair New Directions Committee
EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Education Committee of the Bioengineering Division is looking forward to a terrific SB3C meeting! We’ll have a podium session highLaurel KuxHaus lighting best practices in biomechanical engineering education (“Trends, Tips, and Tricks in Biomechanical Engineering Education”, on Thursday afternoon). There will also be a lively poster session (“Best Practices in Contemporary Biomechanical Engineering Education”)
on Friday. Our workshop this year, (“Active Teaching and Learning in Bioengineering”, organized by Alisa Morss Cline, Virginia Ferguson, and Ferris Pfeiffer) will feature a special guest, Dr. Suzanne Burgoyne from the Center for Applied Theatre and Drama Research at the University of Missouri. We hope that the breadth of events enable everyone to participate in the Education Committee’s activities. Have an idea for a future workshop? Do you want to be more involved in the Bioengineering Division in a small committee? Come
give the Education Committee a try! The Education Committee meeting will be held at the SB3C on Wednesday, June 29th at 11:30am – we welcome both new and “more experienced” committee members. We will discuss future workshop planning and programming to serve our Division, as well as ideas for other pedagogy resources that we might develop. See you at SB3C! Laurel Kuxhaus , Chair BED Education Committee 2013– 2016
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE The ASME BED Student Leadership Committee (SLC) was formed at the ASME Summer Kristen Billiar Bioengineering Conference three years Sarah L. Kieweg ago. The purpose of the SLC was to involve students through both social and informative events. In preparation for last year’s conference, the SLC was formally structured into three subcommittees to plan and execute a social activity, a Q & A panel, and a workshop for the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C2015) that was held in Snowbird, Utah. Due to its success and popularity, this year’s SLC has organized a workshop for communicating science, a social get-together, and a career networking event for the SB3C2016 in National Harbor, MD. The students describe these events in the following paragraphs. The BED Executive Committee and the SB3C2016 Conference Organizing Committee greatly appreciate and enjoy the input from the students. If you are
interested on serving on the SLC, please ask your advisor or other faculty member to nominate you by sending an email to Professor Sarah Kieweg (
[email protected]) with a short note indicating the basis for the nomination along with your resume and a brief personal statement on why you want to be a part of the SLC. Faculty may send nominations as well.
Sarah L. Kieweg, Chair BED Student Affairs
Update from the Student Leadership Committee: Our “Career Networking Mixer” event is scheduled for Thursday, June 30, 2016 between 5:00 7:30 pm at Eastern Shore 1. For this event, the SLC has invited engineering professionals from a range of careers from academia to government to industry. At this event, the attendees will be able to interact with professionals in these areas of work and learn about their jobs, day-to-day activities, skillsets beneficial for these positions, and so much more! Our workshop titled “Communicating Science” will be held on Friday, July 1, 2016 between 8:00
am and 9:30 am at Annapolis 1. Drs. Victor Barocas (University of Minnesota), Elise Morgan (Boston University) and Melissa Carl (at the ASME Government Relations) have committed to conducting the workshop. This workshop will enable the students to hone their presentation and communication skills to talk about their research not only to people in academia, but also to students, potential employers, and lay audiences. There will be time designated for a Q&A with the panel following their presentations. For the social get-together, students who have prepaid for the water taxi should meet on Friday, July 1, 2016 at 4:20 p.m. at the Gaylord South Dock. The water taxi will depart Gaylord South Dock at 4:35 p.m. and arrive at Alexandria, VA in approximately 10 minutes. Once students reach Alexandria, VA, they can enjoy the gorgeous scenery and local atmosphere that is highly recognized for its rich history, beautifully preserved architecture, walkable lifestyle and fun local restaurants. To return, the students can group up with their friends (old and new) whenever they want
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES and take a taxi ($12 one way approximately) back to the Gaylord Convention Center. We encourage all students at the SB3C to attend the open SLC meeting on July 2, 2016 between 10:0010:30 am at Eastern Shore 1, to provide feedback and ideas for next year’s SLC. It is also open to postdocs, faculty and industry; we welcome your feedback and ideas for future student events. There is a flyer in the SB3C pro-
gram booklet, the SB3C webpage, and on the ASME Bioengineering Division Facebook page, which contains the above event information as well as a list of things to do in National Harbor, MD. In the days preceding and during the conference, the SLC will be sure to post reminders and updates to the Facebook page and our Twitter account (@asmebedstudents), so please check back frequently. We are extremely excited for these student events and look forward to a
strong turnout. For any questions, please feel free to contact us through email at:
[email protected]. We look forward to seeing everyone in National Harbor!
David Schreier, Bhargavi Krishnan, Kathryn Drzewieki, Jared Zitnay and Mark Hedgeland BED Student Leadership Committee
Students: The get-together in Alexandria will be a great social networking time
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES HONORS & AWARDS COMMITTEE As the current chair of the BED Honors and Awards Committee, I encourage you all to nominate candidates for Noshir A. Langrana the Division’s four special recognition awards. Nominations from the pool of active members of the BED are now open for the 2017 awards! To nominate a colleague or yourself for a 2017 award, please submit the nomination form to the Chair of the appropriate Honors Committee no later than Sept. 1, 2016. In preparing nomination packages please note that Honors committee members cannot submit a candidate or provide a letter of support to the committee they are serving. Please follow the guidelines of the nominations forms; they can be found at https:// community.asme.org/ b i oen gi nee r ing _d i v is ion /w/ wiki/3494.honors-awards.aspx The details of four awards are as follows.
The Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding investigators, early in their careers, for significant potential to make substantial contributions to the field of bioengineering and a demonstrated commitment to bioengineering. Candidates must have earned a relevant Ph.D. or equivalent degree within seven years of their nomination and must be under 36 years of age on June 1 of the year of nomination. The Chair of this Award Committee is Jeff Holmes (University of Virginia):
[email protected] The Van C. Mow Medal is bestowed upon an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of bioengineering through research, education, professional development, leadership in the development of the profession, mentoring of young bioengineers, and service to the bioengineering community. The individual must have earned a Ph.D. or equivalent degree between ten and twenty years prior to June 1 of the year of the award. The Chair of this Award Committee is Ray Vanderby (University of Wisconsin):
[email protected] The Savio L-Y. Woo Medal is the most recent award which was es-
tablished in June 2015 as a society-level award and recognizes a sustained level of meritorious contributions in translating bioengineering research to clinical application, to improve the quality of life. Any member of ASME who has demonstrated a sustained level of outstanding achievement in translating bioengineering findings to the clinical community may be eligible for this medal. The Chair of this Award Committee is James Moore Jr. (Imperial College, UK)
[email protected] The H. R. Lissner Medal was created in 1977 by the Bioengineering Division of ASME to recognize significant contributions to bioengineering. These may be (1) research contributions; (2) new methods for measurement; (3) new equipment and instrumentation; (4) educational contributions; and/or (5) service to the BED and/or the bioengineering community. The Chair of this Award Committee is Noshir Langrana (Rutgers University)
[email protected] Please join us this summer as we recognize four recipients of the 2016 awards at the SB3C banquet. Noshir A. Langrana Chair, Honors & Awards Committee 2014 – 2017
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PROMOTIONS TO ASME FELLOW Please consider nominating your Jeff Holmes colleagues to become ASME Fellows. Fellow Grade is the highest elected grade of memJeff Holmes bership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contribu-
tions to the engineering profession: https://www.asme.org/ about-asme/get-involved/ honors-awards/fellows The process of becoming a fellow involves a nominator and three sponsors. Two of the three sponsors are required to be ASME Members or Fellows. It is important that nominators are in the field of the nominee.
Nominations are considered quarterly. In this edition of the newsletter, we are recognizing twelve new members of the Bioengineering Division elected Fellows in 2015 and 2016. Jeff Holmes, Chair Membership Committee 2014—2017
Alisa Morss Clyne is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Drexel University and the
principal investigator of the Vascular Kinetics Laboratory, which studies how the interaction of cardiovascular cells and their extracellular matrix is altered in diabetic hyperglycemia. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University
in 1996, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1999 and a PhD in Medical and Mechanical Engineering from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 2006.
Rafael V. Davalos is a Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University. His research addresses in
vitro and in vivo applications of electroporation, biotransport, cellular engineering microsystems, bioheat transfer, bioMEMS, dielectrophoresis, cancer detection and treatment. He received a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell
University in 1994, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley in 2002.
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Randy E. Ellis is a Professor in the School of Computing at Queen's University, with additional appointments in the
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Surgery. He has worked with surgeons in Canada, the USA, Italy, Sweden, and Saudi Arabia on ways to improve surgical procedures with computer assistance. He re-
ceived his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1987
Andrés J. García is the Rae and Frank H. Neely Chair in Mechanical Engineering and Regents' Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. García's research centers on cellular and tissue engineering, areas which integrate engineering and biological principles to control cell function in order to restore and/or enhance function in injured or diseased organs. He
received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1991, an M.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, and a PhD. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.
Reza Ghodssi is the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Director of the Institute for Systems Research at the University of M a ryla nd . D r.
Ghodssi's research interests are in the design and development of microfabrication technologies and processes in micro/nano/bio devices and systems for chemical and biological sensing, smallscale energy conversion and harvesting with a strong emphasis toward health monitoring applica-
tions. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1990, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1992, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1996, all from the University of Wisconsin Madison.
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Robert E. Guldberg is the Petit Director's Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience, Executive Director of the Parker H. Petit Institute
for Bioengineering and Bioscience, and Professor of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Guldberg’s research interests focus on musculoskeletal growth and development, functional regeneration following
traumatic injury, and degenerative diseases, including skeletal fragility and osteoarthritis. He received a B.S in 1989, an M.S. in 1992, and a Ph.D. in 1995, all from the University of Michigan.
Tammy L. Haut Donahue is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University. Her research aims to find ways of pre-
venting the onset of diseases, such as osteoarthritis, a painful and debilitating disease caused by bone-on-bone wear on the knee joint surface. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1995, an M.S. in Mechanical En-
gineering from the University of California at Davis in 1997, and a PhD. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California at Davis in 2000.
Elizabeth T. HsiaoWecksler is a Willet Scholar and Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at University of Illinois U r b a n a Champaign. Her
research focuses on investigating and improving movement control and function through two main areas: assistive device development and locomotion biomechanics. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1987, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley in 2000.
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PROMOTIONS TO ASME FELLOW (CONTINUED) Tony Jun Huang is a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. His research group develops innovative
acoustofluidic (i.e., fusion of acoustics and fluid mechanics) technologies and uses them to solve challenging problems in the fields of biological studies, medical diagnostics, and therapeutics. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
Xi’an Jiao Tong University in 1996, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Xi’an Jiao Tong University in 1999, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles in 2005.
Kenton R. Kaufman is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic, which
studies human movement to improve range of motion and quality of life for patients. His research focuses on prosthetics and orthotics, rehabilitation and recovery, and the musculoskeletal system. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Engineering from
South Dakota State University and a Ph.D. in Biomechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University.
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Dalin Tang is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His research interests include computational
biomechanics and modeling, especially image-based modeling for vulnerable plaque progression and rupture investigations. He received a B.A. from Southeast University 1981, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Online Registration Deadline, June 28, 2016
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C O M M E RC IA L IZ E YO U R R E S E A RCH : F IN D W HAT YO U N E E D TO S U C C E E D AT C O M S 2 016 The transfer of technology from the research lab to the marketplace can be a daunting process. But, it doesn’t need to be. Now in its 21st year, The Commercialization of Micro, Nano, and Emerging Technologies Conference (COMS) is a hands-on, practical meeting to assist you in bringing your research to market, finding new customers and networking with investors, suppliers and other entrepreneurs. Join us this year in Houston, August 28-31. COMS 2016 is a joint conference between ASME and the Micro, Nano, and Emerging Technology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF) designed to bring the latest information on micro and nanotechnology transfer, manufacturing processes, facilities, infrastructure, investment, applications and markets. Regulatory issues, social implications, education and workforce development also will be covered.
Here are just a few entrepreneurial experts who will be joining us:
MAURO FERRARI, President and CEO, Houston Methodist Research Institute
ROBERT GIASOLLI, CTO and VP of R&D, Cagent Vascular, LLC.
JACKIE KERBY-MOORE, Executive Director, Sandia Science & Technology Park
MICHAEL MEADOR, Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, National Science and Technology Council
EMMANUELLE SCHULER, Head of JLABS @ TMC, Johnson & Johnson
BRUCE SWOPE, VP of Engineering, Sterling Medical Devices
WIM VAN HOEVE, Founder, Tide Microfluidics
ELIZABETH WAGAR, Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center
MARK ZDEBLICK, CTO and Co-Founder, Proteus Digital Health
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I M E C E 2 016 : ST I L L T I M E TO S H A R E YO U R R E S E A RC H For more than 100 years, the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) has played a significant role in stimulating innovation—across 20+ mechanical engineering disciplines—from basic discovery to translational application. Join the best-of-the-best innovators in mechanical engineering in Phoenix this November 11 – 17, and create history with us. There’s still time to contribute your research to IMECE 2016 and to participate in our ever-growing bioengineering program. Society-Wide Micro and Nanotechnology Forum Poster Abstracts Due: July 15 Micro- and nano-scale phenomena and processes are widely explored across many ASME divisions to create new applications and to improve the existing engineering systems. This forum, scheduled on Tuesday afternoon, seeks to bring together ASME members and researchers from academia and industry with a common focus on micro- and nanotechnology. This year, students and post-docs will be eligible for Best Poster Awards. The members of the Award Selection Panel are leaders from academia, industry, and government funding agencies. Each award recipient will receive a certificate signed by the ASME President. To submit your abstract, visit Track 20 (Virtual Podium) and select “20-1 Society-Wide Micro and Nanotechnology Forum.” NSF Student Competition Poster Abstracts Due: September 15 Students and recent graduates (within 1 year from graduation) are invited to present and compete with their posters based on work from NSF-funded research. This forum provides the students an opportunity to disseminate their research to their junior, peer, and senior colleagues. IMECE provides the unique environment for students to interact with fellow researchers from single-focus, multidisciplinary, and/or international backgrounds. The track is divided into the topics of (1) NSF-funded research grants/programs and (2) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs). To submit your abstract, visit Track 19 (NSF Student Competition). Registration will be open later this summer. Until then, visit the IMECE website for ongoing program and information updates.
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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION
Spring/Summer 2016 News Bulletin American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASME BED ROSTER 2015-2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair Sara E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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Secretary Charles Y. Lee, Ph.D.
[email protected] Treasurer Rita M. Patterson, Ph.D.
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ASME Support Staff Christine Reilley
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS Biotransport Nichole Rylander, Ph.D.
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Design & Rehabilitation Martin Tanaka, Ph.D.
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Secretary Elect Ross Ethier, Ph.D.
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Fluid Mechanics Keefe Manning , Ph.D.
External Affairs Rupak Banerjee, Ph.D.
Solid Mechanics Richard Debski, Ph.D.
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Technical Affairs Kristen Billiar, Ph.D.
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Member Affairs Jeff Holmes, Ph.D.
[email protected] Student Affairs Sarah Kieweg, Ph,D.
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Tissue and Cellular Engineering Rob Mauck, Ph.D.
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BED JOURNAL EDITORS Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Editors Beth Winkelstein, Ph.D.
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Victor Barocas, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large Tammy Haut-Donahue , Ph.D.
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International Affairs Frank Gijsen, Ph.D.
Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering & Medicine Editor Boris Khusid
Journal of Medical Devices Co- Editors Arthur G. Erdman, Ph.D.
AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIRS Lissner Award Committee Chair Noshir A. Langrana, Ph.D.
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Gerald E. Miller, Ph.D.
Mow Award Committee Chair Ray Vanderby, Ph.D.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES Education Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D.
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Honors & Awards Noshir A. Langrana, Ph.D.
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Inclusion and Diversity Naomi Chesler, Ph.D.
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Industry Advisory Currently Vacant Membership Jeff Holmes, Ph.D.
[email protected] New Directions Michael Sacks, Ph.D.
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Newsletter Editor Wei Tan, Ph.D.
Fung Young Investigator Chair Jeff Holmes, Ph.D.
[email protected] BED REPRESENTATIVES U.S. National Committee on Biomechanics Representative David A. Vorp, Ph.D.
[email protected] IMECE Representative Sara E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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AIMBE Representatives Currently Vacant ASME ESS John Bischof, Ph.D.
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Thurston Award Don Giddens, Ph.D.
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