Biomedical Engineering Society

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Welcome to the web site of the Brown University Biomedical Engineering Society. The purpose of our organization is to promote the field of biomedical engineering, and to provide resources and connections for students of biomedical engineering at Brown.

Brown Biotech Expo

Looking for a job or internship in the life sciences?
The Brown Biotech Interest Group and Amgen Present the 5th Annual Brown Biotechnology Expo
Thursday, February 1st, 1p-5p at Sayles Hall

Come network with representatives from companies from all aspects of the biotech industry! Biotech start-ups, consulting firms, IP law firms, and many more congregate in this career fair centered around the biotech industry, including Amgen, IMS Health, Wolf Greenfield Sacks, and many more!

At 2pm, stem cell research leader Dr. Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology will deliver a keynote address on his company's recent cutting edge innovations in the field of medical and scientific stem cell use.

For more information, go to expo.brownbiotech.org

Brown Seniors Attend The National BMES Conference In Chicago

The National BMES Conference, this year held in Chicago, was attended by Professor Tripathi with students Matt Kerby, Jane Urban and Sarah Freeman. Also Professor Hoffman-Kim with students Jan Bruder, Julie Richardson, Celinda Gourd, Grace Li and Elke Bremus-Koebberling. Professor Webster and Professor Haberstroh with students Sirinrath Sirivisoot, Huinan Liu, Ganesan Balasundaram, Lijie Zhang and Alessandra Trire. Students Yu Kan Au, Stephen Ting, Adam Rago, Azeem Kaka, Julie Richardson, Laura Jeanbart, Jill Javier, Sylvia Cho and Tony Napolitano also attended.

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Patrick Curran Wins the Rita Schaffer Award

Rita Schaffer Undergraduate Award is conferred each year to one undergraduate student from each of the ABET-accredited biomedical engineering programs. This award was established to honor the memory of former BMES Executive Director Rita Schaffer, who passed away in 1998 and left her estate to BMES.

The Rita Schaffer Undergraduate Award recipients are selected based on leadership in the university community, outreach to the community, teaching service, exceptional initiative in research and academic achievement.

Pat Curran received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brown in May 2006 in Biomedical Engineering. He is currently participating in the 5th year master's program and will receive his Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering in May 2007. He has spent 3 years in Orthopaedics Research in the Brown Bioengineering Lab. His master's thesis is focused on designing and validating a motion capturing suit to model 3-dimensional human kinematics out of a laboratory setting. As an undergraduate, he received All-Ivy and All-America honors as a starting defensive tackle on the 2005 Ivy League Championship football team. He has volunteered as a tutor and is currently a teaching assistant in the Department of Engineering.