2012 John Bischof, PhD - Events

Saturday, June 23, 2012 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Workshop: PROBING SOLID MECHANICS OVER HIERARCHICAL
SCALES BY NONINVASIVE IMAGING
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ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference
Palominito
Organizers: Corey Neu (Purdue University), Guy Genin (Washington University in St. Louis)
Participants: Gil Lee (University College, Dublin), Andrés García (Georgia Tech), Nathan
Sniadecki (University of Washington), Philip V. Bayly (Washington University in St. Louis)
This workshop will explore imaging technologies for the investigation of biological tissues, cells,
and molecules within a mechanical context. The workshop will present emerging and
established technologies spanning multiple length scales, and will include AFM probing of single
molecule mechanics, nanopatterning assays to study molecular adhesion, soft lithography
techniques to study mechanics over hierarchies from the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix,
and magnetic resonance methods to relate structure and mechanics in tissues and organs.
Workshop: BRINGING ASSISTIVE DEVICE DESIGNS TO
MARKET
Organizer: Ken Fischer (University of Kansas)
Participants: Stephen Sundarrao (University of South Florida and CEO of Rehab Ideas, Inc.),
Sandy McCombe-Waller (University of Maryland School of Medicine), Scott Daigle (Co-founder
of IntelliWheels, Inc.)
Icaco
Assistive devices may be designed/developed either through student capstone design projects
or through fundamental research projects that support their efficacy. Such rehabilitation devices
may have excellent design features, but the majority of designs never make it to point of
commercialization and availability to the rehabilitation market. This workshop presents three
individuals whose concepts were developed in academia and who have successfully
commercialized products stemming from a senior capstone design course, a research project,
and graduate school vision. Each speaker will discuss their journey from initial motivation and
design concept through to commercialization. They will focus on sources of funding to move the
design forward and will detail specific challenges or obstacles they met and how they overcame
them. There will be time for questions from the audience, including a panel discussion.
Workshop: TIPS FOR TENURE IN BIOENGINEERING Vieques
Chair: Thomas J. Perry, P.E. (ASME)
This workshop is an opportunity for graduate students, aspiring engineering faculty and entrylevel
tenure track faculty to explore behind the scenes and gain from the academic career
starting/building experience of featured department heads and senior faculty. Particular
emphasis will be given to specific issues in building a successful career in bioengineering and
bio-related mechanical engineering.
The session will be highly conversational in format and can address topics such as searching
and interviewing for faculty positions; selecting & negotiating your faculty position; balancing