BME News

4-25-08. Congratulations to Dr. Charles Turner! Dr. Charles Turner was recently appointed as a Chancellor's Professor at the Chancellor's Honors Convocation. He was one of three selected among all of the senior faculty on the campus. He joins Dr. Akay as the only Chancellor's Professors in our school.

3-31-2008. Congratulations to BME Senior Rachel Meyer! Rachel Meyer was recently selected Most Outstanding Female at IUPUI during the Top 100 Banquet held on March 28, 2008. Congratulations to BME senior Eddie Shmukler who was named in the Top 10 during the banquet.

3-31-2008 Professor Ghassan Kassab creates new device. Dr. Kassab's device is called LumenRECON and is being produced by a start-up company called FlowCo.

Dr. Kassab's device uses electricity to measure the dimensions of a blood vessel by mounting small electrical wires on a standard catheter. Electrical currents are sent to the electrodes, which give the cardiologist a digital output in real time of the blood vessel's diameter to provide a better fit for an implanted stent that the cardiologist will place to improve blood flow to the heart muscle.

For more information visit the website at www.electro-cat.com/
Dr. Kassab's technology was featured in an article for the Indiana Business Journal by Scott Olson.

3-27-2008. BME Departmental Awards. Congratulations to the following recipients of our first ever undergraduate departmental awards!
Outstanding Senior Eddie Shmukler
BME Community Service Hazel Gomes
Exemplary Internship Performance Rachel Meyer
Best Senior Design Team Jennifer Doyle, Rachel Meyer, & Mark Williamson
Bepko Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in the Junior Year
Kellen Knowles, Kevin Mauser, Lora Perry and David Sempsrott
Bepko Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in the Sophomore Year
Jonathan Landes

3-19-2008. BME Club becomes IUPUI BMES-Student Chapter! The Biomedical Engineering Club has joined the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). The BME Club will now be known as the IUPUI BMES Student Chapter. President Eddie Shmukler states, "We are excited to be a part of the BMES, and having our club members enjoy many of the perks that come with being a BMES member. These perks include discounts for BMES conferences, networking with other students and professors from all over the country, and finally, being able to add the membership on their resume."

3-3-2008. Congratulations to 5 BME students! Hazel Gomes, Kellen Knowles, Rachel Meyer, Lora Perry and Eddie Shmukler have been named in the IUPUI Top 100.

2-1-2008.  Prof. Ghassan Kassab wins $1.8M grant from the National Institutes of Health. more

1-18-2008.  Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center is named a Signature Center at IUPUI.  Ten proposals have been selected for funding in the second round of the Signature Centers Initiative at IUPUI, bringing the total number of potential IUPUI signature centers to 29...more.

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