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Pre-Conference
Workshops and Special Sessions
Wednesday, October 13, 2004, Wyndham Philadelphia Hotel
| 1. Force
Measurements in Biology |
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1:30-5:30 pm, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Registration:
$150 members, $200 nonmembers |
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Faculty: Richard Superfine, University of
North Carolina |
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Forces have long been appreciated in biomedical engineering
in the context of structural stability of tissue and bone,
the action of muscle, the circulatory and pulmonary systems.
Over the past decade increasing attention has been paid to
the forces at the cellular level that give rise to phenomena
such as cellular motility, morphogenesis, and intracellular
trafficking to name a few. Techniques have been developed to
measure force generation at the single molecule level, to map
forces at the cellular level, and to correlate force measurements
with biochemical responses. This workshop will review the contexts
where forces play an important role at the cellular level,
and methods to measure those forces.
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| 2. Computational Biology |
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1:30-5:30 pm, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Registration:
$150 members, $200 nonmembers |
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Faculty: Aydin Tozeren, Drexel University,
and Susan Davidson, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Directors,
Greater Philadelphia Bioinformatics Alliance (GPBA) |
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This workshop will cover modern techniques in computational
and systems biology applied to biomedicine and bioinformatics.
Topics will include applications from functional genomics,
genomic computations, transcript and proteome analysis, flux
and system pathway analysis, mechanistic disease modeling,
and recent advances in bioinformatics.
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| 3. VaNTH
Education Workshop |
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1:30-5:30 pm, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Registration: $100
members, $150 nonmembers |
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Faculty: Sean Brophy and Thomas R. Harris,
Vanderbilt University |
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Basic concepts for the design of bioengineering instruction
in a challenge-based format that integrates learning science,
learning technology, assessment and the domains of bioengineering.
The process of instructional design is based on principles
from the book, How People Learn by Bransford JD, Brown AL,
Cocking RR, ed. 1999, Nat Academy Press, Washington, DC. Educators
and graduate students are invited to attend to gain experience
in developing challenge-based modules in bioengineering courses.
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| 4.
BMES/ABET Accreditation Program Evaluator Training Workshop |
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8:00 am-5:00 pm, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Registration:
$300 Before Sept 10; $350 After Sept 10 |
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The BMES Accreditation Activities Committee has organized
a training session for Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
Program Evaluators as well as other interested participants
under the ABET EAC/EC2000 Criteria. The 8-hour workshop covers
both ABET EAC General Criteria and Program Criteria for Bioengineering/Biomedical
Engineering. The workshop is designed to train newly appointed
ABET program evaluators and experienced program evaluators,
and can also be attended by department heads or their representatives
from programs that are accredited or planning to seek accreditation
in the future. Training materials, continental breakfast, and
lunch are included in the registration fee.
ABET Program Evaluators (No
Fee for Training Workshop) - Newly appointed evaluators;
Evaluators who have not yet attended
prior training sessions; Experienced program evaluators
with prior training are welcome. Other Interested Parties (Fee for
Training Workshop) - Other participants are invited.
Early
registration fee by September 10 is $300. Registration
Fee after September 10 is $350. A limited number of seats
will be available for on-site registration. You may register
online
at www.bmes.org.
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By invitation only
BME-IDEA Working Group Meeting: Teaching of Innovation, Design
and Entrepreneurship in BME |
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8:30am-5:00pm, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
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Faculty: Daniel K. Bogen, Penn; Paul King, Vanderbilt; and
Paul G. Yock, Stanford University |
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This working meeting of BME-IDEA (Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship
Alliance) will continue to explore new approaches for learning
and assessment in the areas of innovation, design, and entrepreneurship.
Topics include: new program "snapshots;" collaborative
teaching resources; best practices in student and course assessment;
intellectual property in project classes; national BME student
design contest; new web portal for BME (bmesource.org); and
brainstorming for the Whitaker Educational Summit in 2005.
For more information see bme-idea.org.
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By invitation only
PEBEL
II – Second Conference of the Partnership for Educational
Biomedical Engineering Laboratories |
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10:00 am-4:00 pm, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
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The first meeting of PEBEL was held earlier this year, and
was attended by 49 academic, industry, government, and private
foundation personnel. It included presentations, posters, and
workshops relevant to undergraduate BME laboratory education.
A web site is now in operation on which PEBEL members can post
and download curricular, course, experimental, and other relevant
educational laboratory materials. PEBEL II will continue this
development. Proposed discussions include academic-industry
interactions important to preparing students with necessary
lab skills for jobs in industry and research; management and
teaching models for operating learning labs; and organizational
matters for PEBEL such as structure and operations, membership
criteria, and interschool faculty and student interactions.
For more details and/or to request an invitation send email
to litt@seas.upenn.edu.
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Other workshops may be added at a later date;
please check the conference website for updates.
Workshop registration fees are separate from BMES conference
registration. Class size is limited and workshops require advance
registration. Written cancellations received before September
10, 2004 are subject to a $50 cancellation fee. No refunds
after September 10. BMES reserves the right to cancel any workshop
with insufficient advance registrants. |
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