Plenary Talks
audio and slides

Burtt Holmes (The Whitaker Foundation)
“Welcome”
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John Bransford (University of Washington)
“Efficiency, Innovation and Transfer: Enhancing
the development of adaptive expertise”
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John Linehan (The Whitaker Foundation)
“The Biomedical Engineer for 2020”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (12:07 min)
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Peter Katona (The Whitaker Foundation)
"BME Education: Trends and Challenges"
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (16:15 min)
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John Abele (Boston Scientific Corporation)
"Surviving in Technological Nirvana"
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (10:45 min)
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Cato Laurencin (University of Virginia)
"Critical Issues for the Future of Biomedical Engineering
Education and Tissue Engineering Research"
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Rebecca Richards-Kortum (Rice University)
“WARNING: Insufficient Bioengineering Education
Can be Hazardous to Your Health”
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James Collins (Boston University)
"Synthetic Biology and Systems Biology:
Biomedical Engineers Wanted"
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (15:19 min)
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Eugene Schnell (Johns Hopkins University)
“The Emotionally Intelligent BioEngineer”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (16:19 min)
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Wendy Newstetter (Georgia Institute of Technology)
“The Nature of Learning on the Frontiers of Science”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (17:19 min)
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Paul Yock (Stanford University)
“Teaching BME Students to Fail (And Other Key Steps to Innovation)”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (18:08 min)
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William New (The Novent Group)
“Intertwined Degrees: MD + PhD + MBA”
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Dick Slaaf (Technical University of Eindhoven) (representing EAMBES) “Biomedical Engineering Education in Europe”
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Douglas Lauffenburger (MIT)
“The Molecular Basis for Modern Bioengineering:
Sequence, Structure, and Systems”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (14:00 min)
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Jennifer West (Rice University)
"Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Nanotechnology"
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (18:15 min)
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Katherine Ferrara (University of California, Davis)
“Biomedical Imaging: Molecular, Structural,
and Functional Approaches”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (15:26 min)
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Tom Skalak (University of Virginia)
"Multi-Scale Systems Integration from Cells to Tissues:
A Critical Link in the Full Circle from Knowing to Seeing to Preventing Disease"
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Dawn Applegate (RegeneMed, Inc)
“Translating Biomedical Engineering Education through Imagination and Invention to Improve Life”
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (31:17 min)
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Peter Davies (University of Pennsylvania)
"Clinical Preceptorships for BME Students: Breadth and Depth”
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Kristina Ropella (Marquette University)
“Cooperative Education: University-Industry Partnerships”
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Matthew Glucksberg (Northwestern University)
“BME Projects for the Developing World: Engineering Global Health”
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Don Giddens (Georgia Institute of Technology)
“The Biomedical Engineering Department of 2020”
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Kenneth Lutchen (Boston University)
“Synthesizing Philosophy and People to Achieve Institutionally Driven Multi-Scale BME Education and Science”
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Workshops I
(white papers and summaries)

The goals are to delineate:

--Core BME science topics that all BME students should understand,

--Integration of the engineering sciences and modern biology,

--The BME science topics underpinning areas of BME specialization,

--Critical skills list for undergraduates.

Biomechanics - Summary
Robert Sah (University of California, San Diego)
Clark Hung (Columbia University)

Molecular & Cellular Engineering - Summary
Daniel Hammer (University of Pennsylvania)
Richard Waugh (University of Rochester)

Devices and Instruments - Sum1 Sum2
Yongmin Kim (University of Washington)
Michael Neuman (Michigan Technological University)

Biomedical Imaging - Summary
Cynthia Paschal (Vanderbilt University)
Kristina Ropella (Marquette University)
Kathy Nightingale (Duke University)

Biosystems and Signals - Summary
Kenneth Lutchen (Boston University)
Edward Berbari (Indiana U./Purdue U. at Indianapolis)

Workshops II
(white papers and summaries)

The goals are to:

--Discuss educational methods,

--Illustrate best practices adapted to teaching biomedical engineers how to solve clinical and biological problems.

Teaching Methods - Summary
Problem-based Learning
Wendy Newstetter (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Assessment (large file)
Sean Brophy (Vanderbilt University)

Design and Innovation - Summary
Paul Yock (Stanford University)
Arthur Rosenthal (Boston Scientific
Corporation & Boston University)
Bruce KenKnight (Guidant Corporation
& University of Minnesota)
Amy Lerner (University of Rochester)

Laboratories - Summary
Mitchell Litt (University of Pennsylvania)
Eric Perreault (Northwestern University)
Ann Saterbak (Rice University)

Societal Issues & Ethics
Thomas and Miriam Budinger (University of California, Berkeley)

ABET - Summary
Eric Guilbeau (Arizona State University)
Paul Hale (Louisiana Tech University)
John Enderle (University of Connecticut)

Workshops III
(white papers and summaries)

The goals are to delineate at the graduate level:

--Intellectual underpinnings for the future of biomedical engineering education,

--Integration of the engineering sciences and modern biology,

--Engineering opportunities in the clinic,

--Critical skills.

Bio-Nano/Micro - Summary
Jennifer West (Rice University)
Rebekah Drezek (Rice University)
Christopher Chen (University of Pennsylvania)

Tissue engineering - Summary
Linda Griffith (MIT)
Sean Brophy (Vanderbilt University)
Melody Swartz (EPFL)

Systems Biology - Cell to Organ (white paper revised; no summary)
Trey Ideker (University of California, San Diego)
Douglas Lauffenburger (MIT)
Raimond Winslow (Johns Hopkins University)

Imaging (white paper revised; no summary)
Katherine Ferrara (University of California, Davis)
Angie Louie (University of California, Davis)
Joseph Izatt (Duke University)

Drug Delivery - Summary
Tejal Desai (Boston University)
Mark Saltzman (Yale University)

Neuroengineering - Summary
Daryl Kipke (University of Michigan)
Ravi Bellamkonda (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Workshop
Reports
(from closing plenary)

Natacha DePaola (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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Rebekah Drezek (Rice University)
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Melody Swartz (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (11:43 min)
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William Walker (University of Virginia)
-- Audio/Slides: Large - Small (18:24 min)
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John White (Boston University)
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