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DTSTAMP:20261103T102645
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261105T150000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:MRI Technology and the Movement to Create Global Accessibility\nAbstract:\nMRI has been a transformative technology in healthcare\, but can fairly be charged as having been \"by the rich\, for the rich\,\" with ever increasing field strengths\, expensive hardware\, and concentration in high resource environments. Recently\, there has been a movement within the MRI world to use advances in hardware\, image reconstruction\, and computing to change this narrative\, and explore lower field strengths with an eye towards lowering costs and barriers to access. In this talk\, I will discuss what access means for patients around the world\, the recent (re)exploration of lower field scanning\, and where this movement might go in the future.    \nBio:\nVikas Gulani is the Fred J. Hodges Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology and co-Director of the Michigan institute of Imaging Technology and Translation (MIITT). He is committed to a collaborative\, diverse\, and friendly work environment where people are valued above all else\, and yet clinical\, research\, and teaching excellence is expected. He trained in Chemical Engineering at the University of California\, Los Angeles (UCLA)\, and then did his MD and PhD work at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. His residency and fellowship training are from the University of Michigan\, and he also completed a postdoctoral year in Physics at the University of Würzburg in Germany. His research interests include quantitative MRI\, fast MRI\, MRI guided intervention\, accessible MRI\, abdominal/pelvic MRI\, and prostate and liver imaging.
UID:154476-21917797@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154476
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar,Basic Science,Biointerfaces,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,bme,engineer,engineering,Medicine,Michigan Engineering,Research,Science
LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130
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DTSTAMP:20261020T090120
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261110T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261110T120000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:BME Special Guest Lecturer
DESCRIPTION:BME Special Guest Lecturer:\nStephane Avril   \n\nMultiscale Digital Twins IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE \nAbstract:\nAortic aneurysms and dissections require personalized therapeutic strategies to reduce the risk of catastrophic complications. This lecture introduces a multiscale digital-twin framework combining fast surrogate biomechanical models\, machine-learning–based inverse identification\, and tissue mechanobiology. At the clinical scale\, latent-space representations enable rapid patient-specific simulation to predict complications such as endoleaks. At the material scale\, inverse methods and neural-network constitutive models reveal regional tissue properties and rupture indicators. At the biological scale\, growth-and-remodeling models describe how proteolytic injury\, hemodynamics\, and cellular processes drive disease progression. By integrating these components\, digital twins become powerful tools to support diagnosis\, intervention planning\, and future therapies for delaying vascular aging.\nBio:\nStéphane Avril is Professor of Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering at Mines Saint-Étienne\, France\, and Director of the SAINBIOSE laboratory (INSERM U1059). He received his PhD in Mechanical and Civil Engineering from Mines Saint-Étienne in 2002. His research focuses on biomechanics and mechanobiology of soft tissues\, with particular emphasis on cardiovascular applications. His work combines medical imaging\, experimental characterization\, computational modeling\, and patient-specific digital twins. He has led major research programs funded by the ERC\, ANR\, BPI France\, and Horizon Europe. He is the recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant (JuvenTwin) and previously held an ERC Consolidator Grant. He has been a Visiting Professor at Yale University and Guest Professor at TU Vienna and TU Graz. He has authored more than 230 peer-reviewed publications and supervised over 50 PhD students and 25 postdoctoral researchers. He is cofounder of PrediSurge and KaomX\, translating biomechanical research into innovative medical and research technologies. He was elected to the World Council of Biomechanics in 2026 and has received several international awards for his contributions to biomechanics.\n\nWebsites:\nhttps://emse.fr/~avril  \nhttps://sainbiose-lab.fr/
UID:153849-21916559@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153849
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Research,Pre-Health,Pre Med,Michigan Engineering,Medicine,In Person,engineering,engineer,bme,Biotechnology,Biosciences,Bioninterfaces,biomedical engineering,biomedical,Biology,Biointerfaces,Bicentennial,Basic Science
LOCATION:Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr - 4231
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DTSTAMP:20261002T094642
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261113T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lecture-U-M Biomedical Engineering
DESCRIPTION:2026 Alan J. Hunt Memorial Lecture\n\nPhysical principles of cardiac sarcomere organization in health and disease\n\nAbstract:\nThe remarkable capabilities of living tissues reflect the self-assembly of biological macromolecules into structures far larger and more complex than their individual components. The Dunn laboratory seeks to understand the physical principles that allow molecular interactions to produce organized\, functional tissues. In this talk\, I will focus on cardiomyocytes\, whose contractile machinery provides a striking example of biological self-assembly. Using single-molecule force spectroscopy\, we find that α-actinin-2\, a core component of the sarcomeric Z-disc\, binds actin in a strongly force- and direction-dependent manner. This behavior suggests a mechanism by which forces generated during contraction can help organize and stabilize sarcomeric architecture. In parallel\, we are investigating how inherited cardiomyopathy mutations perturb sarcomere mechanics and organization. Genetically encoded force sensors reveal how disease-associated myosin mutations alter force propagation within sarcomeres\, while cryo-electron tomography shows how these mutations disrupt sarcomere order at the molecular scale. These and other data suggest that alterations in sarcomeric organization may be intimately linked to the development of cardiomyopathy. Finally\, I will describe emerging approaches for scaling single-molecule biophysics from measurements of individual interactions to systematic surveys of hundreds of molecular variants. These approaches open the door to studies of mechanobiology at scale and to the design and characterization of new molecular mechanosensors.\n\nBio:\nAlex Dunn is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. His research focuses on understanding how living cells sense mechanical stimuli\, with particular interests in stem cell biology and tissue engineering. Dr. Dunn worked as a postdoctoral scholar with James Spudich in the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Harry Gray\, where his work focused on understanding the catalytic mechanism selective C-H bond oxidation by cytochrome P450 enzymes. His work has been recognized with numerous awards\, including the Hertz Fellowship\, the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award at the Scientific Interface\, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award\, and the HHMI Faculty Scholar Award.
UID:153197-21915407@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153197
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biointerfaces,Michigan Engineering,Basic Science,Biology,biomedical,biomedical engineering,Bioninterfaces,Biosciences,Biotechnology,Discussion,engineer,engineering,In Person,Lecture,Medicine,Research,bme
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20261103T103732
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Biomedical Engineering (BME 500) Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:Making Learning Visible: Reflection\, GenAI\, and Measurement in Authentic Learning Environments\nAbstract:\nAuthentic learning environments\, such as capstone design or undergraduate research experiences\, give engineering students opportunities to practice being an engineer. These learning environments are often characterized by students needing to navigate uncertainty\, exercise judgment\, and learn through collaboration. Yet measuring this learning is challenging\, particularly across engineering’s diverse educational contexts. Students’ written reflections offer both a way to support learning and a window into how they make sense of their experiences. How can we use these rich\, traditionally qualitative accounts to investigate patterns in learning across students and settings?\n\nOur research addresses four connected challenges: eliciting substantive reflection\, establishing what students’ accounts can tell us about the learning we value\, interpreting those accounts reliably\, and producing findings that can inform educational practice. This seminar focuses on developing methods and tools that elicit deeper student reflection and support reliable analysis\, drawing on both pedagogical design and new capabilities of generative AI.\n\nI will share work exploring AI-personalized short-form reflections and longer reflective memos\, alongside human and AI-assisted approaches to analyzing students’ writing. These examples bring questions of validation\, interrater reliability\, and the role of course context into focus. Together\, they contribute to a broader effort to develop measurement approaches that preserve the richness of students’ experiences while supporting research across learning environments and helping instructors improve their own courses.    \nBio:\nAlexandra Werth is an assistant professor in Cornell University’s Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and a core faculty member of the Duffield Engineering Education Research Institute. She directs the Biomedical Engineering Education\, Assessment\, and Research (BEEAR) Lab\, where her group studies how students learn and develop as engineers through research\, design\, and other authentic learning experiences. Her work examines reflection\, feedback\, and teamwork while developing human and generative AI-assisted methods for studying learning across educational contexts. She leads NSF-funded projects on AI-augmented reflection and pedagogical practices for engineering teamwork and received Cornell Engineering’s 2025 EPICC Award for Innovation.\n\nWerth holds bachelor’s degrees in engineering and physics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Princeton University\, where her research focused on noninvasive glucose sensing using quantum cascade laser spectroscopy. She subsequently conducted postdoctoral research in physics education at the University of Colorado Boulder\, studying undergraduate laboratory learning and helping developed the first large-enrollment introductory physics course-based undergraduate research experience.
UID:154477-21917798@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154477
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar,Research,Public Health,Michigan Engineering,Medicine,engineer,bme,Biotechnology,Biosciences,Bioninterfaces,biomedical engineering,biomedical,Biology,Biointerfaces,Basic Science
LOCATION:Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) - 1130
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