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Aug/Sep 2013 Vol. 11 No.2 Alpha Eta Mu Beta Issue Editors Dr. Marcia Pool NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY Rupak Dua Rachel Hanks Stephanie Naufel 2012-2014 National Officers MMMEEESSSSSSAAAGGGEEE FFFRRROOOMMM TTTHHHEEE Executive Director NNNAAATTTIIIOOONNNAAALLL PPPRRREEESSSIIIDDDEEENNNTTT Marcia A. Pool, PhD National President Anthony McGoron, PhD ack to a new school year. Many of us were Florida International University Bprobably in school during the summer, but perhaps National Vice President some of you were able to take some much needed rest Dominic E. Nathan, PhD and relaxation, took on a summer research position or National Treasurer an internship with a company, or maybe traveled to Teresa Murray, PhD Louisiana Tech University some exotic place. Wherever your summer took you, I hope that it was productive and welcome back. This National Student President Rupak Dua, MS year AEMB will try to expand on efforts started over Florida International University the last couple of years. We are making great progress National Student Vice President building the database of alumni members and Rachel Hanks expanding the services that the Society provides to its Louisiana Tech University current and alumni members. The National Society National Student Treasurer Rafeed Chaudhury, BS Officers meets each month to work on improving the Arizona State University Society and plan for the upcoming convention. This National Student Secretary year’s convention is in conjunction with the BMES Stephanie Naufel, MS conference in Seattle, WA. The events planned can be Northwestern University found on the Society webpage. Last year was a record for attendance and we hope to have a good showing National Advisory Board again this year. Hopefully each chapter will take Melodie Benford, BS advantage of the $500 support provided by the Society Texas A&M to defray the costs for one member to attend the Jerry C. Collins, PhD Vanderbilt University meeting. Please ask your chapter advisor and department chair to help with the rest of the expenses. Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez, PhD, DPT Nova Southeastern University Attendance at the AEMB convention and BMES Walter Lee Murfee, PhD conference is a great opportunity for you as a student, Tulane University but is also beneficial to the department and institution. Dean C. Jeutter, PhD At the convention we will discuss activities that can Marquette University help make your chapter stronger, which will surely Brent Vernon, PhD Arizona State University benefit the members of your chapter. Instead of the Herbert F. Voigt, PhD lunch, as we did in the past, this year it will be more of Boston University a social so that members can meet each other, faculty Ken Webb, PhD advisors and industry representatives. I look forward to Clemson University seeing you all at the convention and conference. Alpha Eta Mu Beta 206 S. Martin Jischke Dr. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032 Anthony McGoron, PhD Please visit us on the web at National President www.alphaetamubeta.org September 2013 AEMB NATIONAL NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Issue 2 Page 1 AADVISOR FFOCUS GRADUATE STUDENT FOCUS Name : Walter Lee Murfee III Name : Rafeed Chaudhury Position Assistant Professor Education : BS Biomedical Engineering : Dept. Biomedical School : Arizona State University Engineering, Tulane University ramblin’ Wreck and Helluva engineer, Education BS Mechanical Engineering A Rafeed Chaudhury was awarded high honors : PhD Biomedical Engineering when he graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Post doc Dept. of Bioengineering, Science in biomedical engineering in May 2012. During his University of California, San Diego time in Atlanta, Rafeed was actively involved in the W alter Lee Murfee, III is an Assistant Professor in Georgia Tech community. He served as the president of biomedical engineering and an adjunct Assistant Professor Georgia Tech’s local BMES chapter for two years, was a in physiology at Tulane University. Murfee received a member of the Biomedical Engineering Department Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT and a Student Advisory Board, and was a Resident Assistant Doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of with the Department of Housing for three years. Virginia. After graduation, Dr. Murfee completed post- While at Georgia Tech, Rafeed was also actively doctoral training at the University of California, San Diego, involved in undergraduate research. He worked in both in which he investigated the regulation of arterial/venous phenotype in the adult vascular system and the effect of neuroengineering and tissue engineering labs and also hypertension on microvascular network patterns under the served as a clinical researcher through the school’s clinical mentorship of Dr. Geert Schmid-Schonbein. research practicum curriculum. Rafeed’s hard work and At Tulane, Dr. Murfee is the director of the dedication to research were recognized when he was Microvascular Dynamics Lab in which in vivo, in vitro, and awarded the President’s Undergraduate Research Award computational bioengineering approaches are employed to in the fall of 2009. In 2012, Rafeed was inducted into better understand the regulation of adult microvascular patterning and the functional relationships between AEMB and elected treasurer of the Arizona State microvascular remodeling and other network remodeling University chapter. AEMB supported Rafeed’s travel to processes. Dr. Murfee’s cutting edge research is critical in the National BMES Conference in Atlanta, GA in October providing valuable insight for the engineering of functional 2012, and during this conference, he was elected National vascularized tissues and for understanding vascular Student Treasurer. dysfunction associated with multiple pathological conditions. Rafeed is currently a graduate research associate Dr. Murfee’s introduces his passion for this research to at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. He is pursuing a students by teaching several courses on topics such as vascular bioengineering, quantitative physiology, and aging Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering. Rafeed’s current effects on vascular remodeling. Furthermore, Dr. Murfee is research interests include fluid dynamics and image a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals, serves as processing. Specifically, he is interested in studying the Associate Editor of BMC Physiology, and is an active transitional flows by using particle image velocimetry mentor to numerous graduate and undergraduate students. (PIV), image processing, and computational fluid dynamics As the advisor for Tulane’s AEMB student chapter, to quantify aortic flow hemodynamics and simulate Dr. Murfee’s strong guidance and leadership saw the surgical outcomes of congenital heart defect treatment. formation of multiple career workshops and student-faculty discussions that helped transform the Tulane chapter into a His thesis co-advisors are Drs. David H. Frakes and Ronald resource for biomedical engineering student enrichment. J. Adrian. Apart from academics and research, Rafeed Dr. Murfee’s vision is to encourage consistent student continues to play an active role in the ASU community. In participation and develop the value of the Tulane AEMB April 2013, Rafeed was elected as co-president of Arizona chapter. State University's AEMB chapter. AEMB NATIONAL NEWSLETTER Volume 11, Issue 2 Page 2 NDERGRAD TUDENT OCUS U NDERGRAD STUDENT FOCUS AALUMNI FFOCUS Name : Rachel Hanks Name Chang Liu : Education : BS Biomedical Engineering BS Biomedical Engineering : Education Beijing JiaoTong University School : Louisiana Tech PhD Biomedical Engineering recent graduate of Louisiana Tech Florida International University A University, Rachel Hanks successfully The Methodist Hospital completed her Bachelor of Science in Research Institute, Texas biomedical engineering with a concentration Employer : Medical Center in computer information systems. Ms. Hanks graduated at the top of her class, with honors and a 4.0 GPA. During s a doctoral student at Florida International her years at Louisiana Tech, Rachel worked in Dr. Alan A University, Chang Liu excelled academically, leading to his Chiu’s Neural Signals and Systems research lab simulating nomination for membership in Alpha Eta Mu Beta in 2007. pre-seizure activity. As a part of the Louisiana Biomedical Chang Liu’s research interests are in nanotechnology and Research Network’s research program, Rachel spent one nanomaterials, and he performed his doctoral research summer working with Dr. Alberto Musto at LSU Health under the mentorship of Dr. Chenzhong Li in the Science Center in New Orleans, LA studying neuronal Nanobioengineering/Bioelectronics lab at Florida dysfunction during epileptogenesis. For her senior design International University. Dr. Liu aspires to use his work to project, Rachel and her group created a robotic assistive develop devices for diagnosis and therapeutic strategies arm based on the geometry of a crab arm. and for implantable bioelectronics with medical In addition to research and design projects, applications. His passion for research saw several of his Rachel was very active in participating and leading several publications gain significant exposure, one of them extracurricular groups. Over the last four years, Louisiana “Membraneless enzymatic biofuel cells based on graphene Tech saw her serve as Secretary and Treasurer of her nanosheets” , was noted as the “top-50 most cited BMES chapter, President of her Tau Beta Pi chapter, and articles” in Biosensors & Bioelectronics