1. Student Awards

2. Mechanically Powered Nebulizers for the Treatment of Respiratory Diseases in the Developing World (This group of BioE women continues to add to their long list of awards around the country.) Student Awards Undergraduate Aimee Bobko Amber Langston Alexandra Rybczynska (Advisor: John Hetling) UIC EXPO 2012 1st place Medical and Dental Devices 1st place Medical and Dental Devices Sara Lee Award for Environmental and Human Sustainability Sara Lee Award for Environmental and Human Sustainability

3. Inducted as a member of the Activities Honor Society Student Awards Vishal Krishna Varma Undergraduate This prestigious honor society was founded 63 years ago at Navy Pier to recognize student leaders who contribute to campus life through their involvement in student organizations in an exemplary way.

4. Student Awards EDT Sweeps at 26th Jerry Sanders Design Competition The most-winning school: UIC First, Second Place and Demolition Champion. Undergraduate Competing against 20 engineering student robotics teams from 4 Midwest universities

5. Best Poster Honorable Mention for SciVis 2012 VisWeek 2012 Seattle WA, USA Student Awards Graduate Thomas Marrinan Ian Gould Chih-Yang Hsu (Advisor: Andreas Linninger) Whole-Brain Vascular Reconstruction, Simulation, and Visualization

6. Fellowship for the 2012 NSFSummer Institute on Materiomics at MIT Distinguished PhD Student speaker Advanced Study Institute on Global Healthcare Challenges in Turkey on July, 2012 1st place in Bioengineering Oral Presenation (graduate level) 2012 Spring Symposium & student research conference in STEM Student Awards Graduate Hugo Caicedo

7. ProsthodonticsGroup Student ResearchFellowship Award 2012 International Association for Dental Research Student Awards Graduate Arman Butt

8. Student Awards Farnaz Abdollahi Fall 2012 Chancellor's Graduate Multi-disciplinary Research Fellowship Graduate Student Presenter Award Graduate

9. Student Awards Gerardo Mauleon Fall 2012 Chancellor's Graduate Research Fellowship Graduate

10. Update on Selected News & Faculty Awards (Since October 2012)

11. 2012 University Scholar Awards Michael Cho BioE Faculty Awards

12. 2012 College of Engineering Teaching Award Michael Cho BioE Faculty Awards

13. 2012 College of Engineering Advising Award Jim Patton BioE Faculty Awards

14. Jie Liang This is a new tradition that Dean Azar has just started. Each year one faculty member from each department in the College of Medicine will be recognized with this award. 19 of the 26 departments in the COM participated this year. Present at the ceremony in Moss Auditorium were recipients, department heads, members of the COM Dean's office and some recipient's families. College of Medicine Departmental Faculty of the Year Award Faculty Awards

15. Professor Hetling’s patent featured in Scientific American John Hetling Faculty News “Apparatus and Methods for Mapping Retinal Function” (US 8,118,752). May 2012 issue.

16. Lukasz Zientara Lab Support Specialist, Website Manager, IT Department, Safety Officer, Mr. Fix-it, Trade Union liaison, etc. 2012 UIC Award of Merit Staff Awards

17. Two Lines filled in FY13: Associate Professor Ao Ma, Assistant Professor Dieter Klatt. (both started Jan. 1, 2013, and already bringing in grants). Two Lines filled in FY13: Associate Professor Ao Ma, Assistant Professor Dieter Klatt. (both started Jan. 1, 2013, and already bringing in grants). Search in progress to fill two lines in FY14, 1 line in FY15 Search in progress to fill two lines in FY14, 1 line in FY15 Over 300 applicants to Search Ad this past Fall 2012. Over 300 applicants to Search Ad this past Fall 2012. Interviewed 12 in Jan-March 2013. Some stats on these 12: Interviewed 12 in Jan-March 2013. Some stats on these 12: - 6 are women - 6 are women - 3 are URMs - 3 are URMs - 4 have NIH K99/R00 grants - would join us with up to $750K in NIH funding - 4 have NIH K99/R00 grants - would join us with up to $750K in NIH funding - 1 has NIH K12 grant - would join us with $250K in NIH funding - 1 has NIH K12 grant - would join us with $250K in NIH funding - 2 are mid-career and would transfer substantial research operations - 2 are mid-career and would transfer substantial research operations Draft offers are out to 3.5 (one is a joint recruit with another dept). All of these have multiple offers from prestigious schools. Draft offers are out to 3.5 (one is a joint recruit with another dept). All of these have multiple offers from prestigious schools. Faculty Search Ongoing faculty search to expand department per growth plan under new COE/COM arrangement.

18. Events

19. 19 Welcome to UIC Bioengineering, Assistant Professor Dieter Klatt The UIC Department of Bioengineering welcomes Dr. Dieter Klatt as a new tenure- track assistant professor as of January 2013. Dr. Klatt is also the Academic Director of the new 9.4 Tesla 30 cm bore MRI system, managed by the Research Resources Center. Dr. Klatt received his PhD in Physics in 2010 from the Humboldt University & Charité University of Medicine in Berlin. There he worked with one of the leading groups in the emerging area of Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE). During his PhD and a brief post-doc period in Berlin Dr. Klatt authored 19 archival journal publications and more than 50 conference publications, mainly focused on application of MRE to detecting diseases and injuries of the brain, heart and liver.

20. 20 Welcome to UIC Bioengineering, Associate Professor Ao Ma The UIC Department of Bioengineering welcomes Dr. Ao Ma as a tenured associate professor as of January 2013. He is joining us from Einstein College of Medicine where he was an assistant professor. Dr. Ma received his PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from Brown, followed by a post-doc at the University of Chicago before joining Einstein. Dr. Ma is in the computational biophysics and systems biology area and joins our growing group in bioinformatics. He has made contributions to our understanding of mitotic spindle function, as well as kinesin, microtubule, and molecular motor behavior. He has authored more than 30 archival journal publications and has been an organizer and presenter at prestigious Gordon conferences multiple times. Dr. Ma is currently PI on 2 major NIH R01 grants.

21. New Grants (selected) Since October 2012

22. Todd Kuiken RIC Tom Royston Development of a Neural Interface for Powered Lower Limb Prostheses Rehabilitation Inst. of Chicago $14,811 (01/01/13 - 05/15/13) New Grants

23. Andrew Larson NU Tom Royston SIR Foundation Grant for (Yue Zhang) in Support of "MRI for Intra-Procedural Mojitoring During Irreversible Electroporation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" Northwestern University $12,500 (01/01/13 - 05/15/13) New Grants

24. Andreas Linninger EAGER: Computational Investigation of the Distributed Decentralized Control of Cerebral Blood Flow National Science Foundation $70,000 (01/01/13 - 12/31/14) An Obstruction Sensor with a Non Surgical Clearance System Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation $7,300 (01/17/13 - 12/31/13) New Grants

25. Andreas Linninger Bedside Cerebrospinal Fluid Monitor and Control System Systems Science Inc. $114,715 (09/01/11 - 08/31/13) New Grants

26. Dave Eddington Jalees Rehman UIC Cardiology IDBR-B: Precise Oxygen Landscapes for Cells and Tissues in Culture National Science Foundation $597,850 (06/01/13 - 05/31/16)

27. Jim Patton Machines Assisting Recovery from Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury for Reintegration into Society (MARSs) Rehabilitation Inst. of Chicago $37,536 (10/01/12 - 09/30/13) New Grants

28. Richard Magin Orthopaedic Research Fund Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center $95,390 (08/16/11 - 08/15/12) New Grants

29. Ao Ma Phosphoregulation of the Kinesin Motor Domain: Structure, Dynamic and Function Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University $33,866 (01/01/13 - 04/30/13) New Grants

30. D. Lewandowski (PI, Physiology & Biophysics) R. J. Solaro (Co-PI, Physiology & Biophysics) Tom Royston (Co-PI) Gender Effects on Remodeling of Lipid and Sarcomere Dynamics in Hypertrophy National Heart Lung & Blood Inst. $2,186,108 (01/15/13 - 11/30/16) New Grants

31. Irena Levitan (COM PI) Michael Cho Richard Minshall (COM Co-PI) Papasani Subbaiah (COM Co-PI) Impact Of Dyslipidemia On Endothelial Biomechanics National Heart Lung & Blood Inst. $2,744,290 (07/01/12 - 04/30/17) New Grants

32. Xiaofeng Zhou (COM PI) Yang Dai (Co-PI) Joel Schwartz (COM Co-PI) Antonia Kolokythas (COM Co-PI) MicroRNA Determinants of Oral Cancer Detection Natl. Cancer Institute at the NIH $139,563 (04/01/13 - 03/31/15) New Grants

33. Cortino Sukotjo (PI, Dentistry) Christos Takoudis (Co-PI) Arman Butt (Co-PI) Novel Ti-V (Ti90A16V4) Surface Modified by Chemical Vapor Deposited TiO2 Coating and TiO2 Nanotubes Intl. Assn. for Dental Research $3,000 (07/01/12 - 06/30/13) New Grants