Biomedical Engineering 1 st Spring Meeting

 February 6 th – Emerson  February 20 th – E-Week  March 5 th – Dr. Tom Caven  March 19 th – Speaker TBA  April 2 nd – Speaker TBA  April 16 th – Elections Meetings

Firesides  January 28 th (Monday noon) – Dr. Mia Markey  February 27 th (Monday noon) – Dr. George Georgiou  March 24 th (Monday noon) – Dr. James Tunnell

Fundraising  UIL Basketball Ushering  Spring Expo Liaison - February 8 th (10am-4pm)  Sign up: ECAC office (begins tomorrow)  February - Breakfast Tacos Sale  March - Grilled Cheese Sale

Service Events  March 2 nd – Austin Children’s Museum (1-5pm)  March 29 th – Expanding your Horizon

 BME vs. IEEE Broomball Tournament - February 29 th (Friday 9pm)  Chaparral Ice  End of Year Social – April 30 th  BMES Spring Camping Trip – April  Palmetto State Park

 Men’s Basketball – Monday 9:30 PM  7v7 Soccer (Co-ed)  Indoor Soccer (Co-ed)  Softball (Co-ed)  Cost: $3 per person

 Feb. 16 th – Engineering Day at the Mall  Feb. 16 th – 22 nd : E-Week  Root Beer Pong  March 1 st – Explore UT  April – Graduate Student Panel

 Dues:  $12 for membership  $20 for membership + tshirt

NanoScholar Internship Program  Hosted by ACC, Sematech, ATDF, and other companies.  Starts at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters.  Interns work hours per week  About weeks

NanoScholar Internship Program  Train and gain the skills to be a technician.  Experience the nanotechnology field.  Clean room and clean suits  Wafers  Fabrication techniques and tools ▪ Electron microscopes ▪ Etchers ▪ Photolithography devices 

 Research Intensive Summer Program  Weekly Seminars from Distinguished Faculty  Med/Grad School Info Sessions  Wide variety of research fields to choose from  Brief Abstract due at end of program  $2500 stipend  Program Dates: May 27th – August 1st  Applications Due February 1st

 Worked for a neurosurgeon  Got the chance to observe a lot of his work  Worked on data analysis of electrocorticograms (subdurally implanted electrode data) in language areas  Also was involved in fMRI research  Overall, a fantastic experience!!! gram/index.htm

 May 26 – August 1, 2008  Texas Medical Center  Houston, TX  Application Deadline: Feb. 15

May 26 – August 1, 2008 Texas Medical Center Houston, TX Application Deadline: Feb. 15

 Housing: Rice University dorms  HIPAA Certification, CPR,  Advanced First Aid training  Clinical Rotations: surgery, internal medicine, catheterization lab, ER, ICU, OB/Gyn, pediatrics, radiology  80-hour Gross Anatomy Lab  Laboratory Research Experience kortum/BME377/movie/BME%20377%20ONLINE%20V1% %20WEB.mov

Kat McCarty