NEWS

ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION DIVISON

SPRING 2007 BIOENGINEERING BIOENGINEERING

MESSAGE FROM PAST CHAIR SPRING NEWS 2007 It has been both a take this opportunity to share some of MESSAGE FROM 2 CHAIR pleasure and an the highlights with you. honor to serve the H.R LISSNER 5 MEDAL Bioengineering Divi- Our flagship event has become the sion as Chair in VAN C. MOW 6 Summer Bioengineering Conference MEDAL 2005-2006. The (SBC) which is now held annually Y.C. FUNG AWARD 7 pleasure has been in (2006 was the first “even” year for this working closely with meeting). The conference, led by STUDENT PAPER 8 COMPETITIONS BED colleagues in a Vijay Goel (Conference Chair) and collaborative atmos- Sohi Rastegar (Program Chair), along PROMOTION TO 12 phere and to enhance FELLOW with the other organizing committee Louis Soslowsky the reputation of the members developed an exciting pro- NEWS FROM THE 14 Division, not only COMMITTEES gram in a beautiful and enjoyable within ASME but also nationally within the venue. We thoroughly appreciate the JOURNAL OF 18 bioengineering community At present, the BIOMECHANICAL feedback obtained from many of you ENGINEERING BED represents an extremely exciting, ener- and we look for more as we strive to getic, and thriving group. The honor has better serve our membership. Based JMED 20 been to provide leadership for such an im- on this feedback, the BED Executive AIMBEE FEDERAL 21 pressive group. My year as chair was an SYMPOSIUM Committee has decided to continue the exciting one for BED, and I would like to (Continued on page 15) NOTE—KEVIN 22 GRANATA

UPCOMING EVENTS

EDITOR’S MESSAGE 2007 Summer Bioengineering Conference Keystone, CO I have the distinct honor of bring- thank all of those individuals who June 20-24, 2007 ing you the first newsletter of have contributed to the news bulle- 2007. The Bioengineering Division tin and welcome input for future has been quite active during the issues. past year and the 2006 Summer

Bioengineering Conference was successful with its new format. Please send your comments to:

In this issue, we have reports from Richard E. Debski See Page 19 for Additional Details our technical committees, honors Editor, BED Newsletter committees and the Journal of Bio- Musculoskeletal Research Center mechanical Engineering, as well as 405 Center for Bioengineering 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference articles on the division’s major 300 Technology Drive Marco Island, FL Pittsburgh, PA 15219 June 25-29, 2008 accomplishments. I would like to or email: [email protected] ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 2

MESSAGE FROM CURRENT CHAIR

This has been secutive meeting years; when ne- delays in the preparation of the a memorable cessitated, increases have been program and the timely notifica- year for the kept as low as possible. tion of authors on the status of Bioengineer- their submission. ASME has of- ing Division As most of you know, the amount fered to perform this review for a of ASME. of volunteer effort devoted by the fee, but the BED leadership has Our division membership to the organization of been concerned about the in- continues to the SBC is simply tremendous. creased cost that would have to be thrive, in no From abstract submission and re- passed along to the conference reg- small part due view to local arrangements, from istration fee. Over the years, the to the success the management of the student Executive Committee has battled Gerard Ateshian of our annual competitions to the finances of the the ASME Publications committee Summer Bio- division, every aspect of these ef- over this matter but we have been engineering Conference. The en- forts is the result of countless countered by legal arguments that thusiasm and support of our mem- hours committed by our members we have not been able to over- bers has been a tremendous asset toward the benefit of our bioengi- come. However, I assure you that and ensures that our division will neering community. On behalf of we will continue to wrestle with continue to be a thriving and lead- the leadership of the division, I this matter to make sure that ing organization in the bioengi- would like to thank you all for ASME understands the concerns of neering community. your dedication and contributions. its membership and adapts to mod- Thanks to the efforts of the confer- ern times by creating an electronic After a small dip in attendance fol- ence chairs over the past years, we copyright form. lowing the transition from a bian- have also been very fortunate to nual to an annual meeting, the receive funding from the Whitaker To accommodate the increasing Summer Bioengineering Confer- Foundation, the National Science interest and member participation ence attendance is rising again in Foundation, and the National Insti- in the BED, the Executive Com- 2007. Over the years, you have tutes of Health. The Bioengineer- mittee was expanded this year to expressed an interest in keeping ing Division has been held up as a include two new members, bring- the size of the conference under notable success story within our ing the total membership to ten control in order to promote greater larger ASME society. voting members. These are the interactions among attendants. Member in Charge of Student Af- You have also expressed concerns I realize that a few nagging issues fairs and the Member at Large. about rising costs of the confer- continue to plague us, most nota- Furthermore, the position of Secre- ence, particularly for students. bly, the requirement for submitting tary Elect has been changed to a Conference organizers and the Ex- a signed and scanned copyright voting membership. In addition to ecutive Committee of the division form at the time of abstract sub- providing greater oversight of the have given high priority to these mission. This submission is a legal various activities of the division, concerns and efforts are made requirement imposed upon us by this expansion also allows a larger every year to make the SBC af- ASME. It causes untold head- number of members to assume po- fordable to everyone. This re- aches, not only for corresponding sitions of leadership, thus enrich- quires a delicate balance between authors who have to scramble to ing the division and providing bet- finding agreeable venues for the collect signatures from their co- ter continuity over the years. The meeting, including as many meals authors under the pressure of a division has also created a Student as possible as part of the registra- deadline, but also for conference Paper Competition committee to tion fee, and reducing audiovisual organizers who have to review the formalize these student-related and publication costs. Whenever completeness of the forms and re- activities. possible, we have maintained the quest revisions when necessary. registration fee constant over con- This process causes hardships and NEWS Page 3

MESSAGE FROM CURRENT CHAIR (CONT)

I am also very pleased to announce tenure the impact factor of the lier this year. Kevin is remem- that the Executive Committee has journal increased from 1.37 to bered by his friends and colleagues selected a new Technical Editor for 1.75; the number of submitted pa- as an outstanding biomechanics the ASME Journal of Biomechani- pers increased from 162 to 401 per researcher, specializing in dynam- cal Engineering, to succeed Dr. year; the journal has become more ics and controls, a great teacher Frank P. Yin whose term ends in selective, decreasing its acceptance and mentor, a devoted husband and June 2007. Dr. Michael S. Sacks, rate from 50% to less than 33%; father, and a fantastic colleague William Kepler Whiteford Profes- the time from submission to publi- and friend. sor of Bioengineering at the Uni- cation has decreased from 16.4 to versity of Pittsburgh, will be as- 8.8 months; and the international I have been honored to serve as suming the editorship of JBME profile of the journal has been Chair of the Bioengineering Divi- from July 2007 to June 2012. Dr. raised substantially, with increas- sion over this past year. This Sacks is a preeminent researcher in ing submissions from overseas and unique opportunity has been an the field of quantification and greater international representation enriching experience and I have modeling of the structure- among Associate Editors. On be- been especially touched by the mechanical properties of native half of the Bioengineering Divi- dedication and commitment of all and engineered soft tissues, with a sion, I would like to express our the division members toward the focus on tissues of the cardiovas- deep gratitude to Dr. Yin for his good of our community. It is with cular and urological systems. He excellent achievements. great expectation that I pass the is an upstanding member of the baton to Professor James E. Moore Bioengineering Division, having Last but not least, while I have re- of the University of Texas A&M, served in several leadership posi- flected mostly on the positive who will be assuming this position tions. I am very pleased that he events and activities of this past in July 2007. has agreed to serve in this ex- year, it is with great sadness that tremely important role for BED, we mourn the loss of a BED mem- Gerard A. Ateshian and look forward to his tenure. ber, Kevin Granata, who was a Professor of Engineering Science I would like to thank Dr. Yin for & Mechanics at Virginia Tech, and his excellent leadership and contri- was a victim of the senseless trag- butions to the journal. During his edy that befell this institution ear- ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 4

HONORS COMMITTEE

The Honors Committee is respon- were presented to the following gineering; Skalak Best Paper sible for administering the awards individuals: H.R. Lissner Medal Award (JBME, v.127, 2005) to activities of the Bioengineering was presented to Peter A. Torzilli, Thomas B. Owatverot, Sara J. Division (BED) of the American Hospital for Special Surgery-Weill Oswald, Yong Chen, Jeremiah J. Society of Mechanical Engineers Medical College of Cornell Wille and Frank C-P Yin, (ASME). These duties include the University, for outstanding accom- Washington University, for their awarding of the ASME H.R. Liss- plishments in the area of bioengi- paper Effect of Combined Cyclic ner Medal, ASME Van C. Mow neering; Van C. Mow Medal Stretch and Fluid Shear on Medal, ASME Y.C. Fung Young was presented to Robert Lie-Yuan Endothelial Cell Morphological Investigator Award, BED Richard Sah, University of California, San Responses; ASME Fellow to Barry Skalak Best Paper Award (ASME Diego for contributions to Lieber, University of Miami. Journal of Biomechanical Engi- bioengineering research, educa- Winners of the Student Paper neering), BED Student Under- tion, mentoring, leadership and Awards can be found elsewhere in graduate and Graduate Paper society service; Y.C. Fung Young the Newsletter. Awards and ASME Fellow Investigator Award to Beth Ann Awards. At the 2006 Summer Bio- Winkelstein, University of Penn- Peter A. Torzilli, Chair engineering Conference held on sylvania, for substantial Amelia Island, Florida, awards contributions to the field of bioen-

Front: Albert King, Dawn Elliot, Beth Winkelstein, Bruce Simon, Back: Gerard Ateshian, Peter Torzilli, Louis Soslowsky Peter Torzilli and Van C. Mow

Louis Soslowsky, Vijay Goel, Sohi Rastegar

Photographs from the banquet at the 2006 Summer Bioengineering Conference. NEWS Page 5

2006 H.R. LISSNER MEDAL

The H.R. Liss- tively. Dr. Torzilli’s principal re- ner Medal rec- search interest is in studying the ognizes ac- mechanobiology of articular carti- complishments lage in health and disease, and the in the area of role of mechanical stimuli in the bioengineering development of osteoarthritis. Cur- in the form of: rent areas of research activity in- significant re- clude studying the interaction be- search contri- tween mechanics and inflammation butions; devel- and how matrix deformation af- 1977 Robert W. Mann Peter A. Torzilli opment of new fects enzyme kinetics. He has more 1978 Y.C. Fung methods of than 100 publications in these ar- 1979 Robert F. Rushmer measuring; design of new equip- eas and has made significant con- 1980 F. Gaynor Evans ment and instrumentation; educa- tributions to joint biomechanics 1981 Max Anliker tional impact in the training of bio- which led to improved techniques 1982 R.M. Kenedi engineers; or service to the bioen- for the clinical diagnosis and treat- 1983 Henning E. von Gierke gineering community and/or the ment of soft tissue injuries result- 1984 Perry L. Blackshear ASME Bioengineering Division. ing from sports trauma. He re- 1985 Richard Skalak The award was established by the ceived numerous awards including 1986 Albert H. Burstein Bioengineering Division in 1977 the O'Donoghue (American Soci- 1987 Van C. Mow and operated as a division award ety for Sports Medicine) and Neer 1988 Alf Louis Nachemson until 1987 when it was elevated to (Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons) 1989 Robert M. Nerem a Society award. Awards. A Fellow of ASME, Dr. 1990 Albert B. Schultz Torzilli has had a long history of 1991 Savio Lau-Yuen Woo Peter A. Torzilli, Ph.D., is a Senior service to the Bioengineering Divi- 1992 John C. Chato Scientist in the Research Division sion. He has chaired numerous 1993 Don P. Giddens in the Hospital for Special Surgery committees, served as editor for 1994 Sheldon Weinbaum and Professor of Applied Biome- the BED Newsletter (1977-1983) 1995 Robert E. Mates chanics in Orthopaedic Surgery, and Joint Biomechanics Symposi- 1996 Albert I. King Department of Orthopaedics, Weill ums (1987, 1989), and as an Asso- 1997 Ajit P. Yoganathan Medical College of Cornell Uni- ciate Technical Editor for the Jour- 1998 Malcolm H. Pope versity. He received an associate’s nal of Biomechanical Engineering 1999 Stephen C. Cowin in applied science degree in engi- (1992-1998). 2000 Morton H. Friedman neering science from Nassau Com- 2001 W. Michael Lai munity College in 1965, his bache- Albert I. King, Chair 2002 Kenneth R. Diller lor’s of engineering degree in engi- 2003 Vijay K. Goel neering science from the SUNY at 2004 John M. Tarbell Stony Brook in 1967, and his mas- 2005 Steven A. Goldstein ter’s of science and doctorate de- 2006 Peter A. Torzilli grees in mechanics from Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY in 1970 and 1974, respec-

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2006 VAN C. MOW MEDAL

The Van C. paradigm of joint lubrication, and Mow Medal introduced the design of cartilagi- is bestowed nous tissue implants with a biomi- upon an indi- metic lubricant-secreting surface vidual who zone. Over the past ten years, he has made has been a faculty advisor to the significant UCSD undergraduate student contributions chapter of the national Biomedical to the field of Engineering Society (BMES) bioengineer- which received recognition from Robert Lie-Yuan Sah 2005 Kyriacos A. Athanasiou ing through BMES for Meritorious Achieve- research, education, professional ment in 2004 and 2005, and it held 2006 Robert Lie-Yuan Sah development, leadership in the de- the first ever Bioengineering Quiz velopment of the profession, as a Bowl in 2006 at UCSD. Dr. Sah mentor to young bioengineers, and received the 2005 UCSD Out- with service to the bioengineering standing Mentor Award in Sci- community. The individual must ences and Engineering. Dr. Sah is have earned a Ph.D. or equivalent the recipient of the Arthritis Foun- degree between ten and twenty dation Hulda Irene Duggan Inves- years prior to June 1 of the year of tigator Award, the National Sci- the award. The award was estab- ence Foundation Young Investiga- lished by the Bioengineering Divi- tor, and the Anne Doner Vaughan sion in 2004. Kappa Delta Award as well as the Young Investigator Kappa Delta Dr. Sah joined the faculty of the Award from the American Acad- University of California, San emy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In Diego in 1992, and he is currently 2006, he was named Professor of Professor and Vice Chair of the the Howard Hughes Medical Insti- Department of Bioengineering. Dr. tute. Dr. Sah served as Chair of the Sah received his S.B. and S.M. Gordon Research conference and degrees in electrical engineering in he is on the executive board for the 1983 and his Sc.D. in medical International Cartilage Repair So- physics in 1990, all from the Mas- ciety and editorial advisory boards sachusetts Institute of Technology. for Arthritis and Rheumatism and He received the M.D. from Har- Journal of Orthopaedic Research. vard Medical School in 1991. Dr. Sah’s group has elucidated load- John M. Tarbell, Chair bearing and low-friction properties of articular cartilage, contributed to the emerging mechanobiology- Robert Sah, Van C. Mow, and Peter Torzilli NEWS Page 7

2006 Y.C. FUNG YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

1999 from Duke University The Y.C. (Biomedical Engineering) and Fung joined the faculty at Penn in 2002, Young following a post-doctoral fellow- Investiga- ship at Departments of Anesthesi- tor Award ology, Pharmacology and Toxicol- is given to ogy of the Dartmouth Medical a young School. Dr. Winkelstein’s research investiga- interests include spine biomechan- 1986 Mark H. Holmes Beth Winkelstein tor who is ics, mechanisms of painful neck 1987 Steven A. Goldstein under 36 on injuries, mechanical and cellular or before June 1 of the year of the 1989 David N. Ku mechanisms of pain onset and per- nomination, and has received a 1990 Jay D. Humphrey sistence, CNS neuroimmune re- Ph.D. or equivalent bioengineering sponses of pain, and defining the 1991 Michael Kwan degree within seven years prior to relationship between tissue injury 1992 Cheng Zhu their nomination. The individual mechanics and the physiology of 1993 John A. Frangos must be committed to pursuing pain. She has received research research in and have demonstrated 1994 Mehmet Toner grants from the Whitaker Founda- significant potential to make sub- tion, NSF, NHTSA, CDC, and 1995 Cheng Dong stantial contributions to the field of NIH. She has published over 25 1996 Antony Keaveny bioengineering. Such accomplish- full-length scientific papers, 36 1997 Gerard A. Ateshian ments may take the form of, but abstracts and 6 book-chapters, and are not limited to, design or devel- 1998 Louis J. Soslowsky served as primary research mentor opment of new methods; equip- for 27 undergraduate and graduate 1999 Rebecca Richards-Kortum ment or instrumentation in bioen- students, and medical fellows. Dr. 2000 Farshid Guilak gineering; and research publica- Winkelstein’s research has been 2001 David F. Meaney tions in peer-reviewed journals. recognized by awards from the The award was established by the 2002 Jeffrey A. Weiss Stapp Association and the Med- Bioengineering Division in 1985 tronic Sofamor-Danek Award 2003 Sangeeta N. Bhatia and operated as a division award given by the International Society 2004 Richard E. Debski until 1998 when it was elevated to for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. 2005 Jeffrey W. Holmes a Society award. She has served as the faculty advi-

2006 Beth Winkelstein sor for the student chapter of the Beth A. Winkelstein is an Assis- Society of Women Engineers since tant Professor of Bioengineering at 2003. Dr. Winkelstein has been the University of Pennsylvania and involved in organization of scien- holds an appointment in the De- tific sessions for meetings of the partment of Neurosurgery. She ASME-BED, BMES, and World received her BSE in Bioengineer- Congress of Biomechanics. ing from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1993, earned a PhD in Bruce R. Simon, Chair

Bruce Simon, Beth Winkelstein, and Louis Soslowsky ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 8

SBC2006—STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION

The 2006 Student Paper Competi- In addition to the strong student The review of the 2007 student tion at the Summer Bioengineering participants, a large team of 55 paper competition entries will be- Conference again presented a sig- judges were key to the success of gin soon after the abstracts are sub- nificant number of strong research these competitions – both in the mitted in June. If you would like projects from our students. Papers pre-conference review of the writ- to volunteer to participate as a were submitted by 146 students – ten abstracts and in the on-site judge – during the pre-conference with the submission deadline being evaluation of the students’ presen- evaluation, at the conference, or set before the general abstract tation skills. These judges were both – please contact Matthew deadline. 132 papers were ac- led by a great team of student com- Gounis, 2007 Student Paper Com- cepted for the conference and were petition co-chairs: petition Chair, at: divided into groups based on stu- dent level (BS, MS, and doctoral) Doctoral Level [email protected]. as well as technical area. All pa- Beth Winkelstein (University of pers received an initial review, and Pennyslvania) and James Iatridis We encourage past student award the top papers were then judged on (University of Vermont) winners to volunteer and partici- site to determine the final award pate in order to give back to the recipients. Both the written and Master’s Level program that supported you in the the oral scores were factored into Matthew Gounis (University of past. the final rankings. $7800 in award Massachusetts)

money was made available for this Michele J. Grimm, Chair Bachelor’s Level competition by the Bioengineering Sheldon Wang (New Jersey Insti- Division of ASME. tute of Technology) NEWS Page 9

Doctoral Level Podium Competition – Biofluids and Imaging

1st Place Rashmi Raghu Stanford University

2nd Place Rui Zhao Carnegie Mellon University

3rd Place Lingli Liu University of Colorado - Boulder

Honorable Mention Rui Wang University of Colorado - Boulder

Honorable Mention Hyun Jin Kim Stanford University

Honorable Mention Devesh Amatya University of Minnesota

Doctoral Level Podium Competition – Solid Mechanics, Design, and Rehabilitation

1st Place Raymond Hubbard University of Pennsylvania

2nd Place Jennifer Currey University of Pennsylvania

3rd Place Stephanie Perry Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute

Honorable Mention Simon Tang Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute

Honorable Mention Craig Duvall Georgia Institute of Technology

Doctoral Level Podium Competition – Tissue Engineering and Cellular Biomechanics

1st Place Christopher Wilson Georgia Institute of Technology Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology 2nd Place Stefano Oberti - Zurich 3rd Place W. David Merryman University of Pittsburgh

Honorable Mention Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos

Honorable Mention Megan Oest Georgia Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention Charles Anderson Stanford University ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 10

Doctoral Level Poster Competition – Biofluids and Imaging

1st Place Jaehoon Seong University of Miami

2nd Place Alex Barker University of Colorado - Boulder

3rd Place Sarah Vigmostad University of Iowa

Honorable Mention Taehong Kim Texas A&M University

Honorable Mention Kevin Johnson Georgia Institute of Technology

Doctoral Level Poster Competition – Solid Mechanics, Design, and Rehabilitation

1st Place Paul Briant Stanford University

2nd Place Srinidhi Nagaraja Georgia Institute of Technology

3rd Place William Francis Southwest Research Institute

Honorable Mention Niamh Nowlan University of Dublin - Trinity College

Honorable Mention Heather L. Guerin University of Pennsylvania

Doctoral Level Poster Competition – Tissue Engineering and Cellular Biomechanics

1st Place Michael Evans University of Minnesota

2nd Place Louise McMahon University of Dublin - Trinity College

3rd Place Victor Nirmalanandhan University of Cincinatti

Honorable Mention Margaret Julias Rutgers University

Honorable Mention Tao Jiang University of Virginia NEWS Page 11

Master’s Level Competition – Biofluids and Tissue Engineering

1st Place Thanh Huynh University of Alabama - Birmingham

2nd Place Koustubh Ashtekar University of Cincinatti

3rd Place Ariel Hanson North Carolina State University

Honorable Mention Dilek Tansoy Northeastern University

Honorable Mention Michael Wybenga University of Waterloo

Master’s Level Competition - Design

1st Place Kyle Bialczak University of Louisville

2nd Place Angela Knight University of Louisville

3rd Place Vega Lee University of Western Ontario

Honorable Mention Jiali Wang Florida International University

Honorable Mention Nicholas Jardine North Carolina State University

Master’s Level Competition – Solid Mechanics

1st Place Cathryn Peltz University of Pennsylvania

2nd Place Angela Kedgley University of Western Ontario

3rd Place Cheryl Dunham University of Western Ontario

Honorable Mention Aoife Connolly University College - Dublin

Honorable Mention Joseph Iaquinto Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor’s Level Competition – Biofluids, Imaging, and Cellular Biomechanics

1st Place An Nguyen University of Pennsylvania

2nd Place Allison Finger North Carolina State University

3rd Place Andrea Para Georgia Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention Philip Bransford University of Minnesota

Honorable Mention Piyush Bajaj Purdue University

Bachelor’s Level Competition – Solid Mechanics, Design, and Rehabilitation

1st Place Timothy Ficklin Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo

2nd Place Michael Anderson University of Pittsburgh

3rd Place Tara Hansen Michigan Tech University

Honorable Mention Harsha Tummala University of California - Berkeley

Honorable Mention Jami Saffioti Rowan University ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 12

PROMOTION TO ASME FELLOW

Barry B. Lieber, Ph.D. – 2005 co-editor of a book series on Dr. Lieber has been an active neurovascular disease. Dr Lieber ASME member since 1987. He Dr. Lieber's ca- secured more than $8M in research was active in the Bioengineering reer spans more funds from private and federal technical committees of Fluid Me- than 18 years sources as a PI and co-investigator. chanics, Honors, and Education the during which he Dr. Lieber holds two patents and in last 18 years and helped organize published 45 addition applied for 4 more patents technical sessions. He was the refereed journal that are at various stages of proc- Chair of the Fluids committee of papers, more essing and is serving currently or the Bioengineering division of than 140 confer- served in the past as consultant to ASME from 2001-2003; was the ence proceed- various medical device companies Bioengineering program Represen- ings, three book chapters, is on the such as Embolic Protection Inc, tative to IMECE in 2001; and editorial board of Critical reviews Cordis Neurovascular, Target Bos- chaired the Bioengineering IMECE of Biomedical Engineering and a ton Scientific and Microvention. program committee in 2003.

Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. – 2006 and transport, cell mechanics, and currently serving as the division tissue engineering. His work spans chair. He also serves on the edito- Gerard Ateshian is the range from sophisticated theo- rial boards of three major journals a leading authority retical analyses of biological tis- in biomechanics and orthopedic in the field of car- sues using mixture theory, to ex- research. Columbia University, tilage mechanics quisite experimental techniques for Ph.D., 1991, Mechanical Engineer- and biotribology, analyzing tissues and cells, and ing joint mechanics engineering tissue constructs. He is and imaging, soft a highly active member of the tissue mechanics ASME Bioengineering Division,

C. Ross Ethier, Ph.D. – 2006 ond most common cause of blind- medical imaging techniques with ness), ranging from development patient-specific blood flow simula- Has made funda- of new techniques for studying tions, and the role of biomechani- mental contribu- fluid flow in the eye to finite ele- cal factors in arterial disease. Is tions to under- ment modeling of how mechanical lead author of a comprehensive standing the role factors lead to nerve death in glau- teaching textbook in biomechanics. of biomechanical coma. Has made important contri- Mass Inst of Technology, Ph.D., factors in the butions to computational modeling 1986, Mechanical Engineering pathogenesis of of blood flow and mass transfer in glaucoma (the sec- large arteries, the integration of NEWS Page 13

PROMOTION TO ASME FELLOW

Kai-Nan An, Ph.D. – 2006 engineering and applied mechanics ments of musculoskeletal disorders to the research and development of and injuries. Dr. K. N. An’s the human musculoskeletal system career spans 30 based on experimental and analyti- years at the cal approaches. He has developed Mayo Clinic. and assessed numerous devices for He has used his joint implant replacement, fracture knowledge and fixation and soft tissue reconstruc- expertise in tion. These approaches and devices mechanical benefit the diagnoses and treat-

John C. Bischof, Ph.D. – 2006 thermophysical and biological applied work in the characteriza- study of systems after thermal ma- tion and development of devices The bioheat and nipulations (i.e. heating or cool- for preservation and destruction mass transfer ing). This work is broadly in the using heat or cold. laboratory at the scientific areas of cryobiology University of (low temperature biology) and hy- Minnesota un- perthermic biology and impacts the der the direction following applications: Dr. of Dr. Bischof is Bischof’s work focuses on basic dedicated to the aspects of thermal injury as well as ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 14

NEW DIRECTIONS COMMITTEE

The New Directions Committee JBME with an opportunity. To With the launch of the new Journal has been revived in the BED. This capitalize on this opportunity, the on Medical Devices, it seems im- is a great committee to serve on committee recommends making portant to establish stronger ties because it requires brainstorming JBME more attractive by decreas- with industry because many de- new ways of both strengthening ing turn around time, increasing vices are developed in an industrial the BED and enabling the BED to the page count, and allowing setting. To establish stronger ties, better fulfill its mission. During the manuscripts with primarily techni- the BED could organize an out- past year, the committee has met cal content to be published as full- reach program to industry which on two occasions including the length articles. might consist of workshops spon- recent 2006 Summer Bioengineer- sored by BED at industry events Another recommendation is to ing Conference and has made a such as trade shows. Also the BED broaden the scientific content of number of recommendations to the could invite high level industry the now Annual Summer Bioengi- Executive Committee. executives as keynote speakers. neering Conference. One means of One primary recommendation is to accomplishing this is to give each As a final note to the membership, strengthen the Journal of Biome- technical committee the ability to if anyone has any ideas for either chanical Engineering. Arguably invite a keynote speaker who new directions or changes in the our main competitor is the Journal would talk on a subject which is operations of the BED, then please of Biomechanics. There is some complementary, but not directly pass them along to this committee. dissatisfaction with this journal related, to the activities of that The input of all is encouraged and because of an unrealistically low technical committee. This would will be appreciated. mandatory word count of 3000 promote ‘cross pollination’ of words and lack of consistency in ideas outside the technical commit- Maury Hull, Chair categorizing papers with technical tee discipline. content. Accordingly this presents

MEMBERS AFFAIRS

The member affairs representative the highest elected grade of mem- In addition, please let me know of to the executive committee is re- bership within ASME, the attain- your nomination so that I can fol- sponsible for supporting member ment of which recognizes excep- low up with an announcement of activities within the division. The tional engineering achievements the members upgrade in the news- current membership of the Bioen- and contributions to the engineer- letter and at the Annual Summer gineering Division is 2269 ASME ing profession. The basic require- meeting. members who consider it their pri- ment is a minimum of 10 years of mary division. active service to ASME. The Rita Patterson, Chair nomination form is easy to fill out. During my tenure as member af- If you know of someone who fairs representative, I hope to see qualifies please go to the ASME more Bioengineering division fellow website at http:// members promoted to ASME fel- www.asme.org/Governance/ low grade. The Fellow Grade is Honors/Fellows/Fellows.cfm NEWS Page 15

MESSAGE FROM PAST CHAIR (CONT)

recent tradition of alternating con- Committee has been discussing The discussions on restructuring of ference sites between mountain these ideas and is developing some ASME continues. Our society con- and beach venues. Therefore, we initiatives based on the input and tinues to decentralize and division return to the mountains this year advice and of these junior leaders. structures are being re-evaluated for the SBC that is being organized Ideas ranged from mentoring pro- with some joining forces to form by Jimmy Moore, Conference grams to educational initiatives, to self-managing groups called Insti- Chair, and Ross Ethier, Program career guidance and fairs, to col- tutes. Over the past year BED has Chair. The 2008 SBC will be held laborative opportunities. We ex- kept its options open about joining back at the beach on Marco Island, pect to hold this event again next an Institute. We will continue to Florida (our first time on the Gulf year, so please think about indi- monitor developments carefully in Coast of Florida) on June 25-29, viduals you’d like to nominate. the coming year so that the Divi- 2008 and will be Chaired by Barry We should be proud that we are the sion is best positioned to serve the Lieber. Please see the initial Call bioengineering society that pro- membership, while remaining a for Papers for these meetings in vides forums and leadership oppor- strong functioning entity within the this Newsletter and I hope to see tunities for junior members of our greater ASME and bioengineering you there! community in an active manner. communities.

At the 2006 SBC, we initiated a Another new and exciting initiative My service as Chair has been par- new event called the BED Leader- from this past year was the devel- ticularly rewarding because of the ship Development Lunch. Mem- opment of a new journal in col- important programs and opportuni- bers of the Executive Committee laboration with the Design Divi- ties we have been able to initiate and the Chairs of all of our various sion, the Journal of Medical De- and implement. As I passed the Committees were asked to nomi- vices. The initial Co-Editors will leadership to my successor Gerard nate junior individuals, just a few be Art Erdman from the University Ateshian, I am profoundly grateful years beyond their PhD degrees (or of Minnesota and Jerry Miller from to all of those who served in the similar), who had the potential to Virginia Commonwealth Univer- many capacities to make our Divi- sity, both active members of BED become future leaders in our field. sion so successful. It has been my over the years. The area of bio- Twenty such individuals, on a privilege to serve along side each medical devices is rapidly explod- first-come first-serve basis, were one of you. invited to lunch with four current ing and the need for a journal fo- cused in this area was deemed a members of the Executive Com- Louis J. Soslowsky mittee where truly inspiring dis- high priority. The first issue of cussions on the current state and this new journal will be published future plans for the BED were dis- in 2007 with Volume 1! Please cussed. The ideas brought forth submit your best papers in this area and discussed were really exciting to our new Journal. and innovative. The Executive ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 16

FLUID MECHANICS COMMITTEE

At the 2006 Summer Bioengineer- • Fluid mechanics in healthy and interests. These members report ing Conference held at Amelia Is- pathological states on other committees’ plans and land Plantation, FL, the Biofluids • Cellular and molecular fluid help in developing coordinated Committee organized sessions un- mechanics efforts. der 5 programmed themes. At the • Biotransport and drug delivery Elections were conducted for a conference the Biofluids Commit- The programming for the coming new Vice-Chair of the Committee, tee hosted 6 sessions with a total of 2007 Summer Bioengineering and David Steinman was elected 34 abstracts. Two sessions were Conference is arranged according for the position. jointly hosted with the Solids to these overarching themes. In Committee of BED. Nine posters We are continuing our efforts to addition, efforts are being made to from the Biofluids Committee increase the active membership of increase our programming with were included in the poster ses- the Biofluids Committee, espe- other technical committees, includ- sion. The Biofluids Committee cially our newer colleagues (post- ing the Solids Committee and the also contributed to all levels of the docs and new investigators) to en- K-17 Technical Committee, by student paper competition. sure a strong future. We invite all jointly sponsoring fluid/structure with interests in biofluid mechan- The Committee members continue interaction, mass transfer, and ics to participate in our next Com- to show interest in diverse areas of other pertaining sessions/symposia. mittee meeting, which will be held biofluid mechanics, including To that end, a significant number during the 2007 Summer Bioengi- those related to: of the Biofluids Committee mem- neering Conference. Please con- • Imaging in biofluid mechanics bers serve as liaisons between our tact Danny Bluestein • Fluid mechanics of prosthetics committee and other technical ([email protected]) for • Cardiovascular mechanics committees with whom we share further details.

HEAT & MASS TRANSFER IN BIOTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

The final SBC 2006 program had 4 Planning for a Biotransport meet- Announcements: themes which resulted in 6 podium ing has begun for 2008. This Virginia Tech a began a Summer sessions organized by K17 (33 pa- meeting will take place in Minnea- Institute for Quantitative and Inte- pers). In addition 7 papers were polis, MN in May. The format of grative Bioengineering (SIQIB). accepted as posters in the general this meeting will be patterned after More information can be found on poster sessions and 5 papers were the Allerton Meetings. Briefly, the NSF website: in the Ph.D and 1 in the M.S. Stu- themes for this meeting will center dent Poster Competition. The po- on biopreservation and thermal http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/ dium sessions were: Mass Trans- therapies including talks on Bio- showAward.do? fer in Cells and Organs, Biological logical Thermodynamics and Fun- AwardNumber=0609225 Flows and Biopreservation, Mod- damentals of Bioheat and Mass This is a program for both under- eling in Biothermal Therapy, Bio- Transfer. Request for information graduate and graduate students. thermal Therapy, Thermal/ can be directed to Dr. John Please encourage your students to Chemical Processes Mass Trans- Bischof, [email protected]. consider this program. port in Biosystems, Drug Delivery

and Biotherapeutics. Charles Lee, Chair

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Preliminary Announcement

2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference Marco Island, Florida June 25-29, 2008

The Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers cordially invites you to attend the 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference. An outstanding scientific program has been planned, including Plenary Lectures, Symposia, Workshops, and Student Competitions. Both oral and poster sessions will be presented in spectacular surroundings. Marco Island is a world-class resort with miles of pristine beaches, archaelogical sites, several National Parks and the Everglades in its vicinity (http://www.marco-island- florida.com/).

Further information about the meeting will be available via: http://divisions.asme.org/bed/events

Student Paper Competition: Abstracts are solicited for student paper competitions at the levels of BS, MS and PhD. Students selected for the competition will be able to present their work in sessions where only student presentations are given – both in dedicated student poster sessions and in highlighted PhD oral sessions. Cash awards will be made to the top papers at each level in multiple technical areas. Funds are being sought that would allow for reduced conference registration for Student Paper Competition participants. In addition, conference organizers are currently negotiating for reduced lodging costs for all students attending the conference. Further information and instructions for the submission process is available at: http://divisions.asme.org/bed/events/stu_comp07.htm

Important dates: Anticipated Submission deadline for two-page abstracts: January 31, 2007

Conference Chair: Program Chair: B. Barry Lieber Ph.D. David Vorp, Ph.D. University of Miami University of Pittsburgh

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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

The Journal of come to ASME from JBME This year the journal has plans to Biomechanical dropped considerably due to the publish another special issue on Engineering is decrease in subscriptions. The im- medical devices but it might come doing well! pact factor also dropped from 1.62 out as the first issue of a new jour- in 2003 to 1.29 in 2004. No hy- nal: Journal of Medical Devices. A large increase potheses have been proposed for in the number this sudden drop, but hopefully it is Several associate editors’ terms of submissions only temporary. (The impact fac- have ended. To handle the work- occurred last tor for the Journal of Biomechan- load, some associate editors had year and the journal published ics also dropped from 2 to 1.91 their terms renewed and new asso- 1230 pages in seven issues, includ- while the impact factor for Annals ciate editors have joined the jour- ing a special issue on medical de- of Biomedical Engineering in- nal. vices in November, 2005. ASME creased). In addition, JBME has increased the Journal’s allotment no significant backlog, unlike the Frank Yin’s term as editor ends on of pages to 1000 last year and it Journal of Biomechanics and the June 30, 2007 and the new techni- was exceeded by the end of the international visibility of the jour- cal editor for the Journal of Biome- year. nal has been increased by enlisting chanical Engineering will be Mi- more associate editors from over- chael Sacks. The average number of pages per seas. article has now exceeded 9 (9.4 Frank C. P. Yin, Editor last year). However, the net in-

TISSUE AND CELLULAR ENGINEERING COMMITTEE

At the 2006 SBC in Amelia Island, Mass Transfer in Biotechnology at Clark Hung (Columbia University) FL, there were a total of fifty-five the next meeting to plan sessions assumed the chair of the committee papers that were presented in six in areas of mutual interest and Dan Nicolella (Southwest Re- podium sessions and two poster (including biopreservation and bio- search Institute) was elected vice- sessions. Sessions ranged from therapeutics). Themes for the chair. Technological Applications in Cell 2007 SBC include Physical Effects Engineering to Tissue Engineering/ on Cells, Cell Biomechanics, Mo- Clark T. Hung, Chair Biomechanics: Bioreactors. lecular Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering. We anticipate a The Committee is strategizing to workshop in the area of Microflu- become better integrated with the idics/BioMEMS with applications other Technical Committees. To- in cell mechanotransduction and ward this goal, we plan to have an motility. overlap meeting with K17- Heat & NEWS Page 19

2007 SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE Keystone Conference Center, Keystone, Colorado June 20-24, 2007

Start your summer in the mountains and enjoy the stunning scenery and amenities at Keystone, Colo- rado's most acclaimed Rocky Mountain resort and conference center, and experience a great Sum- mer Bioengineering Conference! An easy drive from Denver, Keystone offers many recreational activities: golf, mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding, fly-fishing, whitewater rafting, festivals, films, and concerts, to name just a few. Key- stone and the surrounding area are well known for their wide array of shops, restaurants and accom- modations to suit any taste and every budget. As in the past, the meeting will feature a student-friendly casual atmosphere with outstanding plenary speakers, original science, Student Paper competitions, educational opportunities, and ample free time to enjoy the venue.

Conference Chair: Program Chair: James E. Moore Jr., Ph.D. C. Ross Ethier, Ph.D. Texas A&M University University of Toronto ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 20

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The Education Committee hosted A number of sessions will be held engineer at Zimmer Inc. in the area two sessions at the 2006 SBC in during the 2007 SBC in the follow- of computational biomechanics, Amelia Island. A workshop was ing areas: bioengineering ethics in was appointed as new chair, and held on the first morning of the education, industry versus aca- Dr. Mohammad Mofrad, Assistant conference that focused on the demic perspectives on bioengineer- Professor of Bioengineering at UC NIH/NSF Bioengineering and Bio- ing education (to be held in a con- Berkeley in the area of cardiovas- informatics Summer Institutes. trolled but confrontational arena!), cular mechanobiology, was ap- The workshop featured invited pre- and new textbooks and other re- pointed as vice-chair. senters from current and future sources for undergraduate educa- The committee constitution contin- institutes including those at the tion. Stay tuned to conference an- ues to grow, and we welcome new New Jersey Institute of Technol- nouncements for more details on members. In particular, we are ogy, Penn State, and VPI, and gen- these sessions. eager to increase undergraduate erated good interest despite the As of the 2006 SBC, Dr. Jeffrey and graduate student involvement. early bird start. A second work- Holmes completed his tenure as If you are interested, please contact shop was held on problem based chair of the Education Committee. Jeff ([email protected]). learning in biomedical engineering Dr. Jeffrey Bischoff, a research education. Jeffrey Bischoff, Chair

NEW JOURNAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES (JMED)

The new Journal of Medical De- strategies, new methods of drug instrumentation, Image guided in- vices (JMED) is an exciting new delivery, or other devices that are tervention/treatment, Endoscopic/ venture offered by ASME with Co- intended to reduce the complexity, Laparoscopic devices, Minimally Editors Dr. Arthur Erdman, U of cost, or adverse results of health invasive devices, Human perform- Minnesota, and Dr. Gerald Miller, care. Significant biomechanical, ance/force assessment, Tissue en- Virginia Commonwealth Univer- clinical, or engineering content is gineered devices, Drug/Cell de- sity. This journal offers an impor- expected. The Design Innovation liver systems, Medical robotics, tant opportunity to our biomedical paper category is encouraged for Medical device design processes, and design community to describe reporting about novel devices for Medical device manufacturing, innovative devices used in the which there may be less extensive Human factors in medical devices clinic and the laboratory, which clinical or engineering results. and Sports biomechanics related to cannot be easily presented in other Also, featured in the Journal will devices. journals or venues. be a “medical device news” sec- tion. We encourage you to submit a pa- Papers in this Journal are expected per or subscribe to the journal, to focus on applied research and Papers are invited for submission please visit www.asme.org development of new medical de- to the Journal of Medical Devices Arthur Erdman, Co-Editor vices or instrumentation. The Jour- in the following suggested catego- nal will publish papers on devices ries: New medical sensors/ that improve diagnostic, interven- actuators, Orthopedic devices, Car- tional and therapeutic treatments. diovascular devices, Rehabilitation Of particular interest are novel de- devices, Neurological devices, vices that allow new surgical Bioheat transfer devices, Medical NEWS Page 21

AIMBEE—FEDERAL SYMPOSIUM

On September 12-13, 2006, the stitutes of Health, Dr. David Ston- priations Subcommittee on Com- American Institute for Medical and ner, Director of the Congressional merce Science and Justice, R-AL) Biological Engineering’s Council Affairs Section of the Office of and Rep. Frank Wolf (Chairman, of Societies (of which ASME-BED Legislative & Public Affairs within Appropriations Subcommittee on is a member) hosted more than 30 the National Science Foundation, Science, State, Justice, Commerce scientists and engineers in its inau- and Mr. Kei Koizumi, Director of R-VA). Multidisciplinary teams of gural Federal Symposium. The the R&D Budget and Policy Pro- industry and academic researchers Symposium focused on funding gram at the American Association traveled to lawmakers’ offices on trends and the future outlook for for the Advancement of Science Capitol Hill armed with both an medical and biological engineering (AAAS). overview of the importance of bio- across various federal agencies. engineering to the nation as a With federal appropriations bills Though each speaker had a differ- whole and a look at specific re- pending, the symposium, along ent area of expertise, the overall search programs taking place in the with the scheduled visits to legisla- message was very clear: Research Representative’s or Senator’s tors on Capitol Hill the following funding in the physical sciences home region. day, aimed to greatly influence the has been stagnant for a decade final FY2007 funding of the De- though currently the Bush Admini- As the two-day event came to a partment of Defense, National In- stration is moving to bring it back close it was evident that the voice stitutes of Health, National Science to the fore, somewhat at the ex- of medical and biological engi- Foundation and other key research pense of life sciences. Though neering had spoken clearly and programs. there are many congressional pro- loudly on Capitol Hill. With new posals to address the innovation relationships forged between fed- The program began with attendees challenge the problem remains eral offices, legislators and the undergoing an intensive one-day finding financial resources. Fur- frontline scientists, the Federal orientation session on the legisla- ther, as long as Congress and the Symposium accomplished its goal tive process and the particular President continue to focus on cut- of increasing the visibility of and challenges facing their drive for ting domestic spending as the pri- presence of bioengineering. The steady, high levels of research mary way to reduce the budget high marks of praise from present- funding. A panel of Washington- deficit the challenge of securing ers, attendees and legislative of- based experts on science research adequate appropriations will not fices were a clear sign of success. funding warned them that an in- change. However, many of the creasingly tight overall budget pic- symposium presenters expressed As a sponsor of the symposium, ture – with federal deficits swelling optimism that members of both the Council of Societies appreci- and the Iraq war costing billions political parties are beginning to ated the support of the American weekly, among other factors – fully appreciate the importance of Society of Mechanical Engineers, combines with lawmakers’ tradi- strong research and development Bioengineering Division (ASME- tional focus on short-term results to a healthy economy, rather than BED) in hosting this event. to make advocacy of sustained, focusing simply on supplies of la- AIMBE looks forward to partner- long-term funding a formidable bor or capital. ing with ASME-BED in producing task. more high quality educational pro- On the second day of the program grams and grassroots advocacy Presenters included Mr. William (September 13) symposium atten- events in the future. B. Bonvillian, Director of MIT’s dees joined with representatives of Washington office, Dr. Michael the Coalition for National Science For questions about AIMBE’s Huerta, Chair of the Bioengineer- Funding (CNSF), in visiting more Council of Societies, advocacy ing Consortium and Associate Di- than two dozen House and Senate policies, or upcoming events, rector of the National Institute of offices– including those of Sen. please visit www.aimbe.org or Mental Health at the National In- Richard Shelby (Chairman, Appro- email [email protected]. ASME INTERNATIONAL BIOENGINEERING DIVISION Page 22

NOTE—KEVIN GRANATA

Dear Biomch-L subscribers, which was filled with all sorts of work well into the evening. How- wild and strange devices he and his ever, he was also careful to reserve Like all of you, I am saddened by students had come up with to test time for his family. He was proud the loss of so many at Virginia various theories. Despite the occa- of his children and a loving hus- Tech and in particular about the sional horror of the physical thera- band and father to his family. I loss of Kevin Granata. It is unfa- pists in the lab at some of the remember one time when his old- thomable how such an event could strange devices, he came up with est son had gotten into trouble at occur. The world is diminished by many clever ways to test the theo- home. The boy, who was no more their loss. ries he was examining. than about 8 at the time, had taken I was a post-doctoral research as- it into his head to pack his brother 4) People are important. sociate of Dr. Granata's during his and baby sister into the van time at the University of Vir- My father mentioned a story that I (making sure to strap his sister into ginia. I learned many things from had forgotten about Kevin. When her car seat) and proceeded to start him during my time there that I I first came to Virginia, I had been the van and drive it down a steep thought I would list: living in Boston where a car is un- embankment behind their necessary. As such my driving house. Their mother, who was at 1) Science is fun. skills were weak and rusty. My home at the time and had been dis- father had driven my car to Vir- If you ever heard Kevin speak at a tracted only for a second, was up- ginia and had come to Kevin's conference, one of the things that set and worried. I am sure Kevin house to meet up with me. When was most notable was how excited gave the boys a serious lecture at Kevin discovered it had a stick he got when he presented a cool home. However, the next day, shift, he was concerned that I idea or discovery he had just fig- when Kevin related the story, it might not be able to handle ured out. He was also excited was obvious he was really proud of it. When I left that night, and had when he read other's work and was his son for having figured out how to back down his long dark drive- inspired by it. to start and drive the car at such a way, he watched me the whole young age. Kevin regularly in- 2) To be a good scientist one way to make sure I was OK. My cluded pictures and videos of his should look broadly. father remarked "I remember how daughter in his talks on gait in chil-

Kevin's research is most notable gracious Kevin was when I dren and always seemed to beam for his ability to cross interdiscipli- brought the Jeep back to U-Va, when he spoke of her. how he was concerned that it had a nary boundaries, bringing the tech- To conclude, Kevin taught me stick shift." niques of engineering control the- much of what I know about being ory to bear on improving the un- He thought a lot about his students an engineering professor. He derstanding of the etiology of low as people and how to encourage taught me not only how to write back injuries and the neuromotor them to be the best they could grants, manage research and nur- and musculoskeletal effects of be. He continued to be concerned ture students, but also how to be a cerebral palsy. He was always about me long after I left his lab, good and balanced person. He will looking for new ways to look at the contacting me occasionally to tell be missed by all of his current and problem, searching the literature of me about a paper he had read and former students and post-docs. other fields to see how they could keeping up on my research direc- be brought to bear on the problem tions. Sara Wilson at hand. Originally posted to Biomch-l 5) Family is important. 3) Creativity in science is impor- Kevin worked long and hard. As a tant. post-doc, I could never beat him in The best example of his creativity in the morning and he often would could be seen in a tour of his lab, NEWS Page 23

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Ben Johnston. Individuals with ally increased. The largest in- Industrial Advisory Committee questions or an interest in becom- crease went to the National Insti- This committee is spearheading ing active with the NIH Task Force tute of Allergy and Infectious efforts to increase the BED’s inter- should contact David Vorp at Vor- Disease (NIAID), which will re- actions with industry. We feel that [email protected]. A visit to the ceive $4.59 billion, a total that the BED in general and the Sum- National Institutes of Biomedical includes a $200 million contribu- mer Bioengineering Conference Imaging and Bioengineering tion to the Global Fund for HIV/ (SBC) in particular do not serve (NIBIB) on the NIH campus was AIDS. our industrial constituents well made by the Task Force on Febru- • The NIBIB has a broad mission enough. This includes doing better ary 27, 2007, during which a meet- and a small pot of money (which at programming at the SBC geared ing was held with NIBIB Director is the reverse of most institutes) toward industrial attendees, and Roderic I. Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D.. • The NIBIB FY 2008 budget re- also at guiding our students and We also attended the 5th Annual quest is $300 million, an increase post-doctoral fellows towards ca- Engineering R&D Symposium of $4 million or 1.3 percent from reers in bioengineering-related in- held on May 8, 2007, on Capitol the FY 2007 continuing joint dustry. The committee will meet Hill. Some of the most relevant resolution. Taking into account once a year, at each SBC, and be (and sobering) notes from our at- the 3.7 percent inflation rate (as comprised of volunteers from in- tendance at these events include: estimated by the Bureau of Eco- dustry or with industry ties. Mem- nomic Analysis) this effectively bership is open and innovative • Just prior to the budget doubling amounts to a decrease in funding ideas are sought for making it a days, the NIH budget as a whole by 2.4 percent. success. Interested individuals enjoyed roughly a 7% increase • The number of research project should contact David Vorp, Chair per year, always outpacing infla- applications to NIBIB continues ([email protected]) tion. to grow (a 5% increase was noted • The total FY 2008 NIH budget in FY 2006 over FY 2005). ASME NIH Task Force request is $28.85 billion, which • The success rate (i.e., payline) for This task force traditionally has represents a $330 million (1.1%) applications to the NIBIB was 17 been spearheaded by the BED and REDUCTION from the $29.18 percent in FY 2006 versus 20 is charged with “keeping an ear to billion approved in FY 2007. percent in FY 2005. the ground” on NIH funding issues • Federal funding is increased from • NIBIB has a larger than average that impact the bioengineering FY 2007 to FY 2008 in general (across all institutes) portfolio of community. Active NIH Task for weapons- or defense-related SBIR grants Force members are BED members departments (NSF, NASA, and • Quantum projects are being en- Jimmy Moore, Texas A&M Uni- DOD). couraged versity, Mohamed Samir Hefzy, • While the overall FY 2008 NIH

Univ of Toledo, and David Vorp, budget decreased compared to David A. Vorp, Chair University of Pittsburgh, and FY 2007, the budgets allotted to ASME staffers Anthony Quinn and some institutes and centers actu- http://divisions.asme.org/bed/

BIOENGINEERING DIVISON

Spring 2007 News Bulletin American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASME BED ROSTER 2006-2007

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ASME Staff Support Lissner Award Committee Chair TECHNICAL COMMITTEES Richard Ulvila Albert I. King, Ph.D. Chair Design & Rehabilitation Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. Michael C. Murphy, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] ASME Staff Support New Directions Committee Email: [email protected] Jacinta McComie-Cates Maury L. Hull, Ph.D. Secretary Heat & Mass Transfer in Bio- Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Elaine P. Scott, Ph.D. technology Email: [email protected] Newsletter Editor Charles Y. Lee, Ph.D. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES Richard E. Debski, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] Treasurer Email: [email protected] Jennifer S. Wayne, Ph.D International Congress Tissue and Cellular Engineering Email: [email protected] Program Representative Membership Development Com- Clark T. Hung, Ph.D. Michael S. Sacks, Ph.D. mittee Email: [email protected] Secretary Elect Email: [email protected] Michael J. Grimm, Ph.D. James E. Moore, Ph.D. Solid Mechanics Email: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Honors & Awards Chair Mohamed S. Hefzy, Ph.D. Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D. Awards Committee Chair Email: [email protected] External Affairs Email: ajit.yoganathan John M. Tarbell, Ph.D. David A. Vorp, Ph.D. Fluid Mechanics @bme.gatech.edu Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Danny Bluestein, Ph.D. Journal Editor Program Chair Email: Technical Affairs Frank C. Yin, Ph.D. Sohi Rastegar, Ph.D., P.E. [email protected] Michael S. Sacks, Ph.D. EMail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Education Representative to BED Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Jeffrey Bischoff, Ph.D. Member Affairs Summer Meeting Chair Email: [email protected] Rita M. Patterson, Ph.D. Vijay K. Goel, Ph.D. Bruce R. Simon, Ph.D. Email: rita.patterson@utmb. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Student Affairs U.S. National Committee on American Institute for Medical Michele J. Grimm, Ph.D. Biomechanics Representative and Biological Engineering, Rep- Email: [email protected] Kenneth R. Diller, Sc.D.,P.E. resentative Member-at-Large Email: [email protected] James E. Moore, Ph.D.

B. Barry Lieber, Ph.D. Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]