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FALL 2008 BIOENGINEERING BIOENGINEERING FALL NEWS 2008 CONTENTS:

PAST CHAIR’S REMARKS 3 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR SOCIETY AWARDS 4 FUNG MEDAL 4 MOW MEDAL 5 It is truly an honor foresight to envision what our com- LISSNER MEDAL to serve the Bioen- munity needed – a unique forum for 6 gineering Division the biomechanics community to hear NEW FELLOWS 7 (BED) and ASME as high caliber research in a relaxed DIVISION AWARDS 9 Division Chair this atmosphere at attractive resorts. SKALAK AWARD 9 year. I also have The results speak for themselves – STUDENT AWARDS 10 the honor of being the conference transitioned from a THE JOURNALS 13 the first female biannual to an annual event, has JBME 13 chair of the Division grown to over 700 attendees in 2008 JMD 14 since its official in- at Marco Island Florida, and has 2008 SBC 14 ception in 1966 as strengthened the Division’s ability to Jennifer S. Wayne TECHNICAL COMMITTEES 16 the Biomechanical support new initiatives and events to BIOTRANSPORT 16 & Human Factors Division, renamed benefit its membership, such as the TISSUE & CELLULAR 16 the Bioengineering Division in 1973. Van C. Mow Medal, the Student Pa- DESIGN & REHAB. We are fortunate to have had strong per Competition, and outstanding 17 leadership over these years that guided plenary speakers at our SBCs. Fur- FLUIDS 18 the Division to become the robust unit ther evidence of BED’s strength is in SOLID MECHANICS 19 it is today. Our signature conference – our flagship journal – the Journal of ADMIN. COMMITTEES 20 the Summer Bioengineering Confer- Biomechanical Engineering – under NEW DIRECTIONS 20 ence (SBC) – premiered in 1993 with the capable leadership of Dr. Michael ASME BEG 21 275 attendees in Breckenridge, Colo- Sacks. The Journal has the highest MEMBERSHIP 7 rado. Our leaders at the time had the (Continued on page 2) 2009 SBC 22 2008-9 BED ROSTER 24 EDITOR’S NOTE Welcome to another installment tions to Rich Debski on of bioengineering news from your his new appointment as UPCOMING EVENT! friends at your favorite ASME divi- editor emeritus of this 2009 Summer Bioengineering sion! esteemed publication! Conference This newsletter aims to keep us Please send comments and sug- Lake Tahoe, California abreast of the latest successes gestions to: June 17 – 21, 2009 and challenges of our ASME divi- sion and to facilitate participation Guy M. Genin in division affairs. E-mail ad- Editor, BED Newsletter dresses of all technical and ad- Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, ministrative committee chairs and Structural Engineering can be found on the back cover. Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 Thanks to all have contributed to [email protected] See pages 22-23! this newsletter, and congratula- MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR (CONTINUED)

impact factor among the ASME’s required to sign on behalf of all page 3). Many past chairs pro- Transactions. Please look to Dr. the authors of a submitted ab- vided me with the data as ASME’s Sacks report (p. 13) for other ex- stract. By SBC 2010, it is ex- records were incomplete – a big citing news about the Journal. A pected that the form will become thank you to Drs. Peter Torzilli second journal, completing Vol- electronic. This will lead to a sig- and Ken Diller for much informa- ume 2 this year, is the Journal of nificant time saving on the au- tion. If errors or omissions re- Medical Devices which continues thors’ parts, SBC Organizing Com- main in the list, please let me under the able leadership of co- mittee’s part, and even ASME, and know as soon as possible. Also, I editors Drs. Arthur Erdman and streamlining all around. would ask each prior Chair to Gerald Miller. The issue of professional licensure send me a photograph that may The voice of the Bioengineering within bioengineering continues be included with the list. I plan to Division is being heard within being discussed among the lead- have this added to BED’s website ASME administration, along with ers of several professional socie- for posterity. the other divisions of the Society. ties (such as ASME, BMES, AIChE, A major restructuring of ASME IEEE). In June 2008, a second The successes of the Bioengi- has taken place over the past summit meeting was held in Chi- neering Division are due in no few years to streamline its func- cago Illinois between NCEES small part to the tireless commit- tions and provide a larger voice (National Council of Examiners for ment of its membership who vol- to divisions whose members vol- Engineering and Surveying) and unteer their time and lend their unteer significant time to the So- society representatives about de- expertise – from those that serve ciety (see the ASME BEG report, veloping the PE exam and/or FE on the Executive Committee, to p. 21). After many years of back/ (fundamentals) module. The first the organizers of the Summer forth discussions with ASME Pub- summit was held in 2006 in Clem- Bioengineering Conferences, to lications, the infamous 1903 son South Carolina. Last year, the chairs of Technical Commit- “green” form of copyright transfer BED polled its membership about tees and Administrative Commit- has been transformed just this this issue in an electronic survey, tees, to the Editor and Associate September 2008 to eliminate with the majority of BED members Editors of our journals, to the re- one of the significant disadvan- not recommending the move for- viewers of conference abstracts tages it posed to divisions. For ward to establish bioengineering and Journal submissions, to BED SBC 2009, only one author is PE licensure at this time; this infor- representatives on ASME commit- mation was provided to the 2008 tees and external agencies. I am Bioengineering Division History summit meeting attendees. How- particularly fortunate to follow in 1956-66: Human Factors Division ever, other societies are pressing the footsteps of recent out- 1966: Official inception forward with NCEES. A consortium standing chairs – Drs. James ○ Original bylaws created has been formed, with every major Moore, Gerard Ateshian, and ○ March 28-29: First ASME society with a stake in this licen- Louis Soslowsky. They continue Annual Biomechanical and sure having the opportunity to join to have the best interests of the Human Factors Conference, to help guide direction. Member- Division at heart in offering their New York City ship in the consortium has admin- suggestions, guidance, and time – Total Attendance: 144 istrative and potentially financial as the Bioengineering Division – ASME Members: 63 implications. The ASME Bioengi- continues to serve its members in new ways. I am also grateful for ○ June: Division renamed to neering Division has not officially the “Biomechanical & joined but continues to provide the ideas shared by other past Division leaders and very pleased Human Factors Division” input as a major society. to continue receiving your input. ○ Chairs: As a tribute to the Bioengineering Jennifer S. Wayne, Chair – Willard Larson, 1965-66 Division in preserving its history, I – Lawrence Slote, 1966-67 ASME Bioengineering Division have generated a list of our prior 2008 – 2009 1973: Division renamed to the Chairs and years of service (see “Bioengineering Division” MESSAGE FROM THE PAST CHAIR

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ASME BIOENGINEERING DIVISION CHAIRS, 1973 - 2008 2008-2009 Jennifer Wayne 1996-1997 Ray Vanderby 1984-1985 Van Mow 2007-2008 James Moore 1995-1996 Steve Goldstein 1983-1984 John Brighton 2006-2007 Gerard Ateshian 1994-1995 Bob Spilker 1982-1983 Lawrence Thibault 2005-2006 Louis Soslowsky 1993-1994 Jerry Miller 1981-1982 Albert Schultz 2004-2005 Ajit Yoganathan 1992-1993 Art Erdman 1980-1981 Edward Grood 2003-2004 Sohi Rastegar 1991-1992 David Butler 1979-1980 Robert Mates 2002-2003 Maury Hull 1990-1991 1978-1979 Seth Goldstein 2001-2002 Vijay Goel 1989-1990 Morton Friedman 1977-1978 Robert Nerem 2000-2001 Noshir Langrana 1988-1989 Albert King 1976-1977 James H. McElhaney 1999-2000 Kenneth Diller 1987-1988 Jack Lewis 1975-1976 Edward F. Byars 1998-1999 Peter Torzilli 1986-1987 Savio Woo 1974-1975 Donald F. Young 1997-1998 Michael Lai 1985-1986 Don Giddens 1973-1974

MESSAGE FROM THE OUTGOING CHAIR

I am proud to have served as because the student chapter many wonder- chair of the BED in 2007-2008. hosted a pizza and beverage ful ways to It was a highly rewarding experi- study break around finals week show your ence that I will treasure forever. that was free to members. I support, from As with many volunteer efforts, really had no idea what kinds of organizing this duty requires sacrificing activities a professional society student paper one’s time to some degree. In might undertake. Over the years, competitions this case, I consider the time well I have come to realize that there to specialized spent if for no other reason than I is much we can accomplish sim- technical ses- had the opportunity to have a ply because of the quality of the sions at SBC positive impact on so many won- membership. To this day, I find it in your area. James E. Moore, Jr. derful BED members. I will not a real pleasure to interact with BED is one of deny that there were some frus- the BED membership. This is a the few professional organiza- trations involved, but when the group that works hard in a posi- tions in the biomedical arena that positive accomplishments result tive way to impact our field. Hats opens its arms to the participa- in a better conference, an im- off to you! tion of the younger members. All proved journal, or simply a better you have to do is show up and be I am pleased to leave BED in the experience for a single BED reliable. I would also like to point highly capable hands of our first member, the frustrations fade out that BED is perhaps the only female BED chair, Jennifer from memory. professional organizations with Wayne. Jennifer has been a real its own rock and roll band! My experience with ASME goes asset to BED for many years. I back to my days as a student. encourage you all to participate James E. Moore, Jr. Honestly, I initially joined ASME in BED governance. There are so BED Chair, 2007-2008 SOCIETY AWARDS

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AWARDS

The ASME Bioengineering Divi- Conference (SBC). Awardees are The BED is also pleased to an- sion (BED) is pleased to an- selected from a pool of nominees nounce that six of our members nounce the 2008 winners of the by committees of experts from were promoted to the grade of three society-level awards that it the BED (chaired by the individu- ASME Fellow this year. Instruc- issues: Noshir A. Lagranga (H.R. als listed below). To nominate tions for nominating a colleague Lissner Medal), Scott Delp (V.C. yourself or a colleague for a for promotion are described in Mow Medal), and Gabriel A. Silva 2010 award, please contact the the Membership committee’s (Y.C. Fung Medal). These three chairs of the appropriate commit- report on page 7. awards were presented at our tee no later than September 1, 2008 Summer Bioengineering 2009.

2008 Y.C. FUNG YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

The Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding investigators, early in their ca- reers, for innovative quality re- search and a demonstrated com- mitment to bioengineering. This

award was a division level award

1986 Mark H. Holmes from 1985 to 1998, but has 1987 Steven A. Goldstein been a society level award since 1989 David N. Ku 1998. 1990 Jay D. Humphrey The 2008 Y.C. Young Investigator 1991 Michael Kwan Award was presented to Prof. 1992 Cheng Zhu 1993 John A. Frangos Gabriel A. Silva, Ph. D., at the 1994 Mehmet Toner 2008 Summer Bioengineering 1995 Cheng Dong Conference. Dr. Silva is professor 1996 Antony Keaveny of ophtalmology and bioengineer- Gabriel A. Silva 1997 Gerard A. Ateshian ing at UCSD and is well known for 1998 Louis J. Soslowsky his outstanding research, particu- Jay D. Humphrey, Chair 1999 Rebecca Richards-Kortum larly in the area of cellular neural Y. C. Fung Young Investigator Award 2000 Farshid Guilak engineering. His work has been Committee 2001 David F. Meaney reported via many published pa- 2008—2011 2002 Jeffrey A. Weiss pers, review articles, invited com- 2003 Sangeeta N. Bhatia 2004 Richard E. Debski mentaries, and book chapters 2005 Jeffrey W. Holmes and represents an excellent syn- 2006 Beth Winkelstein thesis of the biology and engi- 2007 Stavros Thomopoulos neering that has lead to impor- 2008 Gabriel A. Silva tant new insights of clinical im- portance. We congratulate Pro- fessor Silva, the 2008 ASME Y.C. Fung Young Investigator. SOCIETY AWARDS

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2008 VAN C. MOW MEDAL

Prof. Scott L. Delp, Ph. D., is the 2008 recipient of the V. C. Mow Medal. Prof. Delp is the Charles Lee Powell Professor of Bioengineering and Mechani- cal Engineering at Stanford Uni-

versity and Chair of the Bioen- gineering Department. He re- 2005 Kyriacos A. Athanasiou ceived a B.S. in mechanical en- 2006 Robert Lie-Yuan Sah gineering from Colorado State 2007 Lori A. Setton University in 1983. He subse- 2008 Scott L. Delp quently earned MS and PhD degrees in mechanical engi- neering from Stanford Univer- sity in 1986 and 1990, respec- tively. Prof. Delp then joined the Scott L. Delp faculty in the Department of The Van C. Mow Medal is be- with The Calgary Award at the Biomedical Engineering at 2002 World Congress of Bio- stowed upon an individual who Northwestern University and has made significant contribu- mechanics, the Dana Adams subsequently moved to Stan- Griffin Award in 1999, and the tions to the field of bioengineer- ford University in 1999. ing through research, educa- Outstanding Young Scientist tion, professional development, Prof. Delp was one of the pio- Award of the American Society leadership in the development neers of computer-assisted sur- of Biomechanics in 1991. We of the profession, mentoring of gery used in orthopaedic surgi- was the David Morgenthaler II young bioengineers, and ser- cal navigation. Together with Faculty Scholar in 1999 and the vice to the bioengineering com- surgical colleagues, he per- Falk Faculty Scholar in 1995. munity. The individual must formed the first computer- Prof. Delp is also a gifted have earned a Ph.D. or equiva- assisted knee replacement in teacher, mentor and academic lent degree between ten and North America. The patents that leader. In 2002, Prof. Delp be- twenty years prior to June 1 of resulted from Prof. Delp's in- came the founding Chairman of the year of the award. The ventions were licensed to Med- Stanford University's Depart- award was established by the tronic for worldwide distribution. ment of Bioengineering. Bioengineering Division in More recently he developed a John M. Tarbell, Chair 2004. novel microendoscope that al- lows real-time measurement of V. C. Mow Medal Committee 2005—2011 muscle sarcomere length in vivo. His research efforts have re- sulted in over 100 journal arti- cles, book chapters, and con- ference papers and he is on the editorial boards of five major journals. Prof. Delp’s research efforts have been recognized SOCIETY AWARDS

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2008 H. R. LISSNER MEDAL

The H. R. Lissner Medal was cre- ated in 1977 by the Bioengineering

Division of ASME to recognize sig-

nificant contributions to bioengi-

neering. The H. R. Lissner Medal

became a Society-wide award in

1987 through a donations from

Wayne State University and the Uni-

versity of California San Diego. The

award is named in honor of Prof. 1977 Robert W. Mann Herbert R. Lissner of Wayne State 1978 Y.C. Fung 1979 Robert F. Rushmer University for his pioneering work in

1980 F. Gaynor Evans biomechanics that began in 1939. 1981 Max Anliker 1982 R.M. Kenedi Prof. Noshir A. Langrana, Ph.D., is the 2008 recipient of the H. R. Liss- 1983 Henning E. von Gierke Noshir A. Lagranga 1984 Perry L. Blackshear ner medal. Prof. Lagranga is chair 1985 Richard Skalak and professor of biomedical engi- Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. 1986 Albert H. Burstein neering at Rutgers University. He Prof. Langrana’s research activities 1987 Van C. Mow received a B.E. degree from the have focused on the lumbar spine with 1988 Alf Louis Nachemson University of Bombay in 1968, M.S. the goal of quantifying mechanical fac- 1989 Robert M. Nerem and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical tors related to lower 1990 Albert B. Schultz engineering from Cornell University back pain, with emphasis on spinal 1991 Savio Lau-Yuen Woo 1992 John C. Chato in 1971 and 1975, respectively. fusion mechanics, spinal implants, 1993 Don P. Giddens Prof. Langrana joined the Depart- vertebral bone, 1994 Sheldon Weinbaum ment of Mechanical and Aerospace and the role of facet joints in load 1995 Robert E. Mates Engineering at Rutgers in 1976. In sharing. For these contributions, he 1996 Albert I. King 2005 he became the chair of the was elected Fellow of the ASME in 1997 Ajit P. Yoganathan Department of Biomedical Engi- 1992 and of the American Institute for 1998 Malcolm H. Pope neering and has held an adjunct Medical and Biological Engineering in 1999 Stephen C. Cowin appointment in the Department of 1999. He has served as 2000 Morton H. Friedman Orthopaedics, University of Associate Editor of Spine, The Spine 2001 W. Michael Lai Journal, and our own Journal of Bio- 2002 Kenneth R. Diller 2003 Vijay K. Goel . He has been 2004 John M. Tarbell active in BED leadership positions for 2005 Steven A. Goldstein over 20 years, serving as BED chair in 2006 Peter A. Torzilli 2000, chair of the 2009 SBC. Prof. 2007 Maury L. Hull Langrana was honored as an educator 2008 Noshir A. Lagranga in 2000 when he held the Mary W. Raisler Distinguished Teaching Chair in the Mechanical Engineering Depart- ment at Rutgers. Ajit P. Yoganathan, Chair H. R. Lissner Award Committee, 2008—2011 SOCIETY AWARDS

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PROMOTION TO ASME FELLOW

We are pleased to report that, duced below. Rita Patterson and so that we can be certain to rec- since the last edition of this Jennifer Wayne, whose citations ognize all BED Fellows in this newsletter, the Bioengineering were included in the last edition newsletter and at the banquet of Division has been successful in of the newsletter, were promoted the Summer Bioengineering Con- promoting six more members to to Fellow in last year, bringing the ference. the rank of Fellow within ASME. BED total to 8 over the past year. Please join me in thanking Rita As described on the ASME web- Do you know of a BED colleague Patterson for her years of service site, “[t]he Fellow Grade is the who meets this standard and to the BED through her leader- highest elected grade of mem- who has a minimum of 10 years ship on this committee, and in bership within ASME, the attain- of active service to ASME? congratulating her on her ap- ment of which recognizes excep- Please nominate him or her on pointment as BED Secretary tional engineering achievements the ASME fellow website: http:// Elect. and contributions to the engi- www.asme.org/Governance/ neering profession.” Clark T. Hung, Chair Honors/Fellows/Fellows.cfm. Membership Committee The citations for these six new Please inform the chair of the 2008—2011 ASME Fellows are archived on BED Membership Committee the ASME website, and are repro- (Clark Hung) of your nomination

Thomas P. Andriacchi is medical engineer in the fields of ics and osteoarthritis. His research a Professor of Mechanical human locomotion and joint me- work has been published in over Engineering and Chair of chanics. In the field of human loco- 130 journals papers. 38 books the Biomedical Engineer- motion, he developed a biome- chapters and over 400 conference ing Program, School of chanics research program to study proceedings. He has also gradu- Engineering, and Profes- human gait with application to the ated 13 students, received numer- sor of Orthopedics, diagnosis of lower extremity abnor- ous awards honoring his research, School of Medicine, at malities and evaluation and design participated on six journal editorial Stanford University. Before moving of total join replacements. He de- boards, served on numerous fed- to Stanford University, Dr. Andriac- veloped advanced motion analysis eral and private research organiza- chi was the Claude N. Lambert, systems for clinical use and is rec- tions, and has been an active M.D. – Helen Thomson Endowed ognized as one of the world’s lead- member of several engineering Professor and Scientist in the De- ing bioengineers in this field. His societies, including the Bioengi- partment of Orthopedic Surgery, work in joint mechanics has fo- neering Division of ASME. Univer- Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL. cused on the study of the relation- sity of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D., Dr. Andriacchi is a leading bio- ship between ambulatory mechan- 1974.

Scott Delp, the ASME 1980’s wherein he developed a for orthopedic surgical planning. Bioengineering Division’s software package entitled SIMM, He has also played a major role in Van C. Mow 2008 Medal Software for Interactive Muscu- the application medical imaging to Winner, is perhaps the loskeletal Modeling, which rapidly musculoskeletal biomechanics. world’s leader in muscu- became the de facto standard for Finally, he has several patents for loskeletal modeling. This musculoskeletal modeling. Dr. his research on robot-assisted sur- began with his doctoral Delp has used these models to gery – a field in which he has been thesis work in the late lead major advances in simulations a leader since the early 1990’s. SOCIETY AWARDS

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Farshid Guilak has eling and experimental studies of cal and biochemical factors interact been responsible for cellular mechanotransduction, and in controlling the health of joints of major contributions in for the application of biomechani- the body. His is also recognized for applying rigorous prin- cal principals to the field of tissue the discovery of adult stem cells in ciples of mechanical engineering, now termed normal body fat, and the use of engineering to the cell “functional tissue engineering”. His these stem cells for engineered and tissue level, for work has uncovered many of the tissue repair. developing novel mod- mechanisms by which biomechani-

James E. Moore, Jr. arteries, and their influence on academia and industry; and for For seminal contribu- atherosclerosis; for the design of sustained leadership in the bioen- tions to the understand- compliance-matching biomechani- gineering field, including central ing of the biomechanics cally advanced stents and the de- role in formation of ASME Region of the cardiovascular velopment of improved testing XIII (the international region), ser- system, particularly the methods for implantable cardiovas- vice on ASME Futures Team, and flow patterns in the cular devices; for entrepreneurial leadership of the Bioengineering aorta and the coronary activities and forging links between Division of ASME.

Michael Sacks has work on the biomechanics of native professional activities serving as gained international and prosthetic heart valves and in the Editor for Journal of Biome- reputation as a leader in the development of tissue engi- chanical Engineering, and also in the field of soft tissue neered heart valves has earned the Editorial Board of J. Biome- mechanics employing him a reputation as a premier re- chanics, Cardiovascular Pathology, several innovative ex- searcher in this field, as recog- and Acta Biomaterialia in addition perimental measure- nized by winning a Chancellor's to numerous other professional ment techniques and Distinguished Research Award contributions. computational modeling to charac- from the University of Pittsburgh. terize biological soft tissues. His He is also distinguished himself in

Mehmet Toner has over 180 publications, 25 patents, liver design, mammalian cell pres- substantially contributed and several products. Dr. Toner ervation by freezing and dessica- to the fields of low tem- has provided leadership in biome- tion, and cell on a chip (bioMEMS) perature biology and chanical engineering in the fields of applications which directly impact bioheat transfer, tissue cryobiology, biopreservation, tissue numerous applications in medicine. engineering, and to engineering and microelectrome- He has trained numerous Ph.D. biomicroelectromechani- chanical (MEMs) devices. He has and postdoctoral engineers who cal systems (BioMEMS). contributed pioneering work on the are now national academic and His research resulted in major sci- mechanisms of intracellular ice industrial leaders. entific discoveries that resulted in formation (cryoinjury), bioartificial BIOENGINEERING DIVISION AWARDS

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ASME BIOENGINEERING DIVISION AWARDS

The ASME Bioengineering Divi- Journal of Biomechanical Engi- to the summer bioengineering sion presents a series of awards neering over the course of a year. conference. Awardees are se- to the authors of outstanding re- Nominations for this award are lected by a panel of faculty volun- search contributions to BED jour- submitted to the BED Honors teers from throughout the BED. nals and conferences. The Rich- Committee by the BED technical If you are willing to volunteer for ard Skalak Award is presented to committees. judging at the 2009 SBC, please the authors of the paper voted contact Beth Winkelstein, chair of A series of awards are presented by the BED Honors Committee to the Student Paper Competition to B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. level stu- be the best submitted to the Committee. dents for research contributions

RICHARD SKALAK AWARD FOR BEST PAPER IN JBME

The Richard Skalak Award is pre- to pulsatile flow in the embryonic ment for various pressure and sented to the authors of the pa- heart tube.” Journal of Biome- flow parameters. This study illus- per voted by the BED Honors chanical Engineering 2007; 129 trates the interrelationship be- Committee to be the best pub- (3), pp. 441-9. tween form and function in the lished in the Journal of Biome- early embryonic heart.” “Early in development, the heart chanical Engineering over the is a single muscle-wrapped tube course of a year. The award is without formed valves. Yet sur- named in honor of the late Rich- vival of the embryo depends on ard Skalak (1923-1997), a pio- the ability of this tube to pump neer in the field of bioengineering blood at steadily increasing rates and editor of Journal of Biome- and pressures. Developmental chanical Engineering from 1983 biologists historically have specu- to 1987. lated that the heart tube pumps This year's winners are Larry A. via a peristaltic mechanism, with Larry A. Taber Taber (Washington University in a wave of contraction propagat- St. Louis), Jinmei Zhang ing from the inflow to the outflow (University of Rochester), and end. Physiological measure- Renato Perucchio (University of ments, however, have shown that Rochester). This is the second the flow becomes pulsatile in time that Prof. Taber has re- character quite early in develop- ceived this honor. Only two other ment, before the valves form. individuals have received this Here, we use a computational honor twice: Prof. Taber's late model for flow though the embry- colleague from Washington Uni- onic heart to explore the pumping Jinmei Zhang versity in St. Louis, George I. Za- mechanism. Results from the halak (1939-2002), and Shu Q. model show that endocardial Liu from Northwestern. cushions, which are valve primor- dia arising near the ends of the The complete citation of the arti- tube, induce a transition from cle and the abstract follow: peristaltic to pulsatile flow. Com- L.A. Taber, J. Zhang, and R. Pe- parison of numerical results with rucchio, “Computational Model published experimental data for the transition from peristaltic shows reasonably good agree- Renato Perucchio BIOENGINEERING DIVISION AWARDS

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SBC2008—STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION

The 2008 Student each theme category were asked reviewing abstracts and on-site Paper Competition to present their work in three judging. (SPC) at the Sum- concurrent, highlighted podium The review of the 2009 SPC ab- mer Bioengineering sessions. Top presentations, both stracts will begin shortly. If you conference again podium and poster formats, were would like to contribute to judg- represented a sig- scored by a minimum of three ing these papers, please contact nificant contribution judges. The total score from the the overall chair of the 2009 to the success of abstract and the on-site presen- competition: David Shreiber the meeting overall. tation determined the winners. In Beth Winkelstein ([email protected]). A total of 193 pa- each degree level, and in each pers were submitted to the SPC theme category, cash prizes were Beth Winkelstein, Overall Chair for each of the three degree lev- awarded to the top 3 placements Student Paper Competition els, BS, MS and PhD. in each category and degree level 2008—2009 at the Summer Bioengineering In each degree level, the papers Conference Banquet. were further subdivided into rele- 2007—2008 Committee: vant theme groupings, and the Historically, the SPC abstracts Overall Chair abstracts were reviewed by three have represented approximately Beth Winkelstein judges. Based on the composi- a third of the total submitted ab- University of Pennsylvania tion, structure, and technical stracts to the SBC. In 2008, Ph.D. Chair merit, 161 abstracts were se- nearly 31% of the submitted ab- David Shreiber lected for presentation at the stracts were for the SPC. This Rutgers University meeting. All selected papers were represents a tremendous amount presented at the meeting in of work by the judges who volun- M.S. Chair poster format, except for the teered to review the numerous Ender Finol highest scoring abstracts in the abstracts and presentations. This Carnegie Mellon University doctoral level. year, a total of 106 judges from B.S. Chair 70 institutions graciously volun- The six authors of the doctoral Tammy Haut-Donahue teered their time to the SPC by level having the highest scores in Michigan Tech University BIOENGINEERING DIVISION AWARDS

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STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION: DOCTORAL LEVEL AWARDS

Podium Competition Poster Competition Biofluids and Imaging 1st Place Aaron Wang, Stanford University Alex Barker, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

2nd Place Fuxing Zhang, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder Filippo Consolo, Politec di Torino

3rd Place Jennifer Erhart, Stanford University Gilwoo Choi, Stanford University

Honorable Ram Balachandran, University of Minnesota Sudhaker Chhabra, University of Delaware Mention Honorable Ashish Das, University of Cincinnati Craig Goergen, Stanford University Mention Solid Mechanics, Design, and Rehabilitation 1st Place Mark Baldwin, University of Denver David Hoey, Trinity College

2nd Place Thorsten Schwenke, Rush University Kartik Varadarajan, MIT

3rd Place Barry Doyle, University of Limerick Wilco Kroon, CARIM

Honorable Scott Bevill, Stanford University Rebecca Austman, Univ. of W. Ontario Mention Honorable Oluseeni Komolafe, Drexel University Colin McDonald, Univ. of Western Ontario Mention Honorable Nathan Netravali, Stanford University Mention Tissue Engineering and Cellular Biomechanics 1st Place Benjamin Elder, Rice University Carolyn Sargent, Georgia Tech

2nd Place Margaret Julias, Rutgers University Ronald Kwon, Stanford University

3rd Place H. Sundararaghavan, Rutgers University Zeeshan Syedain, University of Minnesota

Honorable M. El-Kurdi, University of Pittsburgh Liming Bian, Columbia University Mention Honorable Raghav Goel, University of Minnesota Gary Monteiro, Rutgers University Mention Honorable Jawaad Sheriff, SUNY - Stony Brook Mention BIOENGINEERING DIVISION AWARDS

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STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION: M.S. AND B.S. AWARDS MASTER’S LEVEL Biofluids and Imaging 1st Place Jessica Shih, Stanford University

2nd Place Ana Saaibi, University of Florida

3rd Place Shuning Li, Indiana University Honorable A. Ayyalasomayajula, University of Arizona Mention Honorable Polina Segalova, Stanford University Mention Solid Mechanics, Design, and Rehabilitation 1st Place P. Raghava, University of Alabama

2nd Place Rika Wright,

3rd Place Nicholas Drury, University of Pittsburgh Honorable Jonathan Kuo, Clemson University Mention Honorable Rebecca Taylor, Stanford University Mention Tissue Engineering and Cellular Biomechanics 1st Place Laura Yanoso, University of Rochester

2nd Place Donna Haworth, University of Pittsburgh

3rd Place Andrea Tan, Columbia U Honorable Jennifer Hurley, University of Cincinnati Mention Honorable Pui Leng Leong, Boston University Mention BACHELOR’S LEVEL Biofluids, Imaging, and Cellular Biomechanics 1st Place Ka Yaw Teo, University of Texas

2nd Place Lowell Edgar, Rutgers University

3rd Place Joyce Xie, University of Toronto Honorable Ryan Koppes, RPI Mention Honorable Laura Ricles, Lehigh University Mention Solid Mechanics, Design, and Rehabilitation 1st Place Daniel Wheeler, UC San Francisco

2nd Place Joel Palko, University of Pittsburgh

3rd Place Patricia Ho, Stanford University Honorable Daniel Hill, University of Alabama Mention Honorable Ricky Martinez, University of Texas Mention

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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

The Journal of Bio- discussions with Phillip DiVietro, impact papers published a mechanical Engi- Managing Director, ASME Pub- minimum of 5 year ago. It neering reports the lishing, to make these very nec- was proposed that this award results of original essary changes to the journal be named after a major fig- research involving publication procedures. Immedi- ure in Biomechanics. the application of ate changes include: 3. Building an endowment for mechanical engi- 1. JBME, which is currently bi- JBME’s Skalak best paper neering knowledge, monthly, will begin monthly award. skills, and principles Michael S. Sacks publication beginning with to the analysis, de- Finally, I am pleased to inform the January 2009 issue. sign, development, and function that we are in the process of ap- of native and engineered biologi- 2. The annual page budget, cur- pointing several more Associate cal systems across all dimen- rently at 1,100 published Editors to start in January 2009 sional scales. Subject areas in- pages, will be increased im- to help ease the load and im- clude: native and artificial or- mediately to 1,500 published prove review times. Announce- gans, prostheses, bioinstrumen- pages. ment of the new Associate Edi- tors will be made once the ASME tation and measurements, bio- 3. ASME has approved the jour- Publications Committee has ap- heat transfer, biomaterials, tis- nal revenue sharing funds to proved them. sue biomechanics, bioprocess support the publication of engineering, cellular and bio- Special Issues, which will be I look forward to reporting more molecular mechanics, design and published above and beyond good news in the very near fu- control of biological and physio- the monthly issues. This will ture. logical systems. The journal pre- allow us to publish high- Michael S. Sacks, Editor sents full length original research impact special issues without articles, technical briefs, an- University of Pittsburgh interfering with normal issue nouncements, calls for papers, publication. calendars of events, and letters to the Editor. Changes planned to be imple- mented include: Along with the Associate Editors and the BED, I have a mission to 1. Modify ASME Journal Produc- make JBME a premier biomedical tions to so that once a manu- engineering journal. For this script is accepted, it will be year, several changes are in the sent immediately to produc- works, including cover art. More tion and the proof generated. importantly, in collaboration with Once the corrected proof is the New Directions and the Ex- return by the authors, it will ecutive Committees, I submitted be placed immediately on- a letter outlining changes needed line and submitted to MED- to make JBME competitive with LINE for on-line citation. The other major Biomedical Engineer- on-line version will be ing Journals, and designating a swapped with the actual pub- one-year timeframe for imple- lished version once the as- mentation of these changes. This signed issue is published. letter was well received by ASME 2. Establishment of a “Legacy” and I have already engaged in JBME paper award for high- BIOENGINEERING DIVISION JOURNALS

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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES

The Journal of Medi- Arthur G. Erdman, Co-Editor adverse results of health care. cal Devices focuses University of Minnesota The Design Innovation category on applied research features papers focusing on Gerald E. Miller, Co-Editor and the develop- Commonwealth University novel devices, including some ment of new medi- with limited clinical or engineer- cal devices or in- ing results. strumentation, this new journal pre- Over the past year, three new Associate Editors have been ap- Arthur G. Erdman sents papers on devices that im- proved.

prove diagnostic, Danny Bluestein, Ph.D. interventional, and Stony Brook University therapeutic treat- ments. It provides Jaydev Prataprai Desai, Ph.D. special coverage of University of Maryland novel devices that Cheng Dong, Ph.D. allow new surgical Pennsylvania State University strategies, new methods of drug The Co-Editors invite you to sub- delivery, or possible mit papers to this new Journal, reductions in the which does not have a backlog of Gerald E. Miller complexity, cost, or papers waiting to be published.

2008 SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE—FINAL REPORT Flaking skin on noses and sand in podium presentations. As de- of the conference, and stood as a laptop keyboards throughout the scribed in Beth Winkelstein's re- fitting tribute to the substantial bioengineering community bear port (page 9), our emphasis on the contributions of Prof. Nerem to testament to a highly memorable truly excellent students of our bio- these research areas and to the gathering last summer from June engineering programs around the Bioengineering Division of ASME. 25-29 at Marco Island, Florida. This world were again highlighted in Especially memorable was the was the 10th ASME Summer Bioen- the Student Paper Competition, in Plenary Lecture by Dr. Anthony gineering Conference (SBC), and which more than 160 students at Atala, Professor and Chair of the the conference's third year of an- the B.S., M.Sc., and Doctoral lev- Department of Urology at the nual programming. els presented their research. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and Director of the The 2008 SBC was one of the larg- Highlights of the conference in- Wake Forest Institute for Regen- est yet, with more 550 poster and cluded six workshops and two spe- erative Medicine on regenerative cial symposia. The Nerem Sympo- medicine. sium celebrated Prof. Bob Nerem's 70th birthday and fea- Another highlight of the program tured a carefully assembled series was the Biotransport Symposium of sessions dedicated to mech- 2008: "Nano and Multiscale Fron- anobiology and biomechanics of tiers in Biological Heat and Mass the endothelial cell, stem cells, Transfer," which focused on bio- Not even his duties as 2008 SBC Program Chair and tissue engineering. The sym- thermodynamics and bioheat and could keep David Vorp from attending doctoral posium was one of the highlights mass transfer at the microscale candidate Adele Doyle’s talk. SBC 2008

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NOTES FROM MARCO ISLAND

and the molecular brought together level. Program- individuals for a ming in the SBC series of prear- was done in col- ranged, short laboration with "dates" to lay the the K17 Commit- groundwork for The technology showcase featured demonstrations of cutting edge equipment. tee of the Heat post-conference correspondence to you a high-quality program. In a Transfer Division and follow-up. very real sense these volunteers of ASME. Dr. Arun are the heart and soul of the SBC. This year's conference included a Winners of doctoral Majumdar, Profes- We would also like to acknowledge paper awards like Craig special commemoration to honor Georgen received sor of Mechanical the tremendous support we re- the memory and legacy of Prof. baby alligators. Engineering at UC ceived from industry sponsors: Ab- Kevin Granata in the Granata Me- Berkeley and Di- bott, Elsevier, Scanco Medical, morial Session. Prof. Granata, a rector of the Berkeley Micrus Endovaxscular, Professional fellow bioengineer and ASME BED Nanosciences & Nanoengineering Engineering Publishing, Wiley- participant, Institute, delivered Blackwell, TestResources, Bose, was mur- a plenary lecture Simpleware, CSM Instruments, bio- dered after he entitled, mat.net, and WPI, as well as from left his office "Opportunities and the National Science Foundation to investigate Challenges at the (ENG), the National Institutes of events during Nano-Bio Inter- Health (NIBIB and NINDS), and the the 2007 face." /Wake Forest Center shootings at for Injury Biomechanics. Thanks Our colleagues in Virginia Tech. The 2008 SBC featured a session also to ASB, USCNB, BMES, IEEE, industry were cen- in memory of Kevin Granata. The com- and ASME. The support and guid- tral to the success memoration of two special events: the Technol- brought together friends and col- ogy Showcase and the Professional leagues from around the world, Speed Dating event and reception. and was a focal point of the con- In the former, our conference Event ference both socially and scientifi- Patrons and Premier Sponsors cally. from throughout the biomedical As described elsewhere in this engineering industry presented newsletter, we had the pleasure to their technology, both in theory and acknowledge the accomplish- in practice. The 'Professional Speed ments and valued participation of Dating' event, conceptualized by SBC chair Barry Lieber and local arrangements Profs. Noshir Langrana, Scott L. chair Charles Lee appear on the beach with the the Industry Advisory Committee rest of the conference attendees Delp, and Gabriel A. Silva through ® (founded at the 2007 SBC), with the help of Adobe Photoshop ! the awarding of society and divi- sion medals. ance provided by the ASME Bioen- We conclude with several notes of gineering Division Executive Com- thanks. The phenomenal success mittee, chaired by Prof. James E. of the conference was due in large Moore Jr., is also greatly appreci- part to the tremendous efforts of ated. the members of the Program Com- B. Barry Lieber, Chair mittee, Theme and Session Chairs 2008 SBC

Rita Patterson recruited post-docs at the and Co-Chairs, and the many re- David A. Vorp, Chair “Professional Speed Dating” gathering. viewers who worked hard to bring 2008 SBC Program Committee TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

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UPDATES FROM THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

BIOTRANSPORT COMMITTEE (FORMERLY K-17)

Our committee this year received poster sessions and 6 papers were by the BED execu- almost 60 abstracts, which is ap- in the Ph.D, 3 in the M.S., and 3 in tive committee in proximately 10% of the total ab- the B.S. Student Poster Competi- August 2008. In stracts received by the conference. tion. Our members also served as September 2009, More than thirty of our members reviewers and judges of student a strategy plan- ning committee reviewed the abstracts. Our rejec- poster competitions. Ka Yaw Teo, Liang Zhu tion rate (8%) is consistent with an undergraduate student of Dr. consisting of all other technical committees. The Bumsoo Han, took the first place at the previous and current chair of final SBC 2008 program includes 4 the BS-level student paper compe- our committee held a teleconfer- podium sessions in the Biotrans- tition in the SBC 2008. ence to address future directions to port Symposium (8 papers) and 4 better serve our members. The Biotransport Symposium was a regular podium sessions (24 pa- huge success and energized our We continue our efforts to increase pers) and both are organized by our committee. A website was estab- the active membership of the com- committee. The regular podium lished at UMN provide Biotransport mittee. We encourage all members sessions were: Characterization of related information to our mem- to participate in our future SBC Thermal Medical Applications, Bio- bers. We had a well-attended com- meetings. Co-sponsoring sessions mass Transfer Processes in Tissue, mittee meeting and significant in- and integrating with other technical Advances in Biotransport, and Bio- crease in abstracts submission this sessions were proposed and en- preservation. The podium sessions year. We are excited to see ap- couraged. of the Biotransport Symposium in- proximately 20% (152/680) of the cluded Biothermodynamics, Bio- Liang Zhu, Chair participants to SBC 2008 identify- heat transfer, Biomass transfer, Biotransport Committee ing themselves as belonging to and an open discussion. 2007—2010 “Biotransport”. Our request of In addition, 24 papers were ac- changing the name from K17 to cepted as posters in the general “Biotransport” has been approved TISSUE AND CELLULAR ENGINEERING At the 2008 SBC in Marco Island, than VandeGeest, Mohammad (Penn State), Florida there were a total of 62 pa- Mofrad, Steven Nicoll, Robert Car- Brian Helmke pers that were presented in 6 po- gill, Rene van Donkelaar, Steve (UVA), and Song dium sessions and 2 poster ses- Abramowitch, Michael Sacks, Kris Li (UC Berkeley). sions. Four podium sessions (6 Billiar, David Corr, Guy Genin, Alisa The workshop papers each) were devoted to the Morss, Marc Levenston, Alex Spec- was sponsored symposium celebrating Dr. Robert tor, Robert Mauck, Roland Kaunas, by NIST. Lastly, Nerem’s 70th birthday, one session Kelly Shields, Samir Ghadiali, Dan Dan Nicolella Clark T. Hung was on Growth and Remodeling Nicolella, Rudy Gleason, Tim Quinn, (Southwest Re- and was co-chaired/organized by Nadeen Chahine, Philip LeDuc,and search Institute) will assume the Michael Sacks (PITT) and Rudy Chris Chen. In addition to these Chair duties of the Cell & Tissue Gleason (GIT)), and one session on sessions, Timothy Quinn (NIST) and Engineering Committee vacated by Cell & Molecular Engineering. Mohammad Mofrad (UC Berkeley) Clark Hung who has joined the Ex- Three reviewers evaluated each co-organized a successful work- ecutive Committee (Member Af- abstract and the rejection rate was shop on Mechanotransduction: fairs). 5%. Many thanks to the following Tools and Measurement Needs Clark T. Hung, Chair committee members who served with 4 invited speakers: Drs. Abdul Tissue and Cellular Engr. Committee as 2008 abstract reviewers: Jona- Barakat (UC Davis), Peter Butler 2005—2008 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

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DESIGN & REHABILITATION COMMITTEE

With the help of Design Applications, BioMEMS and Micro many reviewers, • Cardiovascular Design and Devices and Nano Systems in Medicine session chairs and • Musculoskeletal Design and Devices and Biology, Composites in Bio- co- chairs, and par- • Prosthetics materials and Bioengineering, ticipants, the 2008 • Viscoelasticity of Biological Tis- Summer Bioengi- • Spine Design and Simulation sues, Dynamics and Control of neering Confer- • Other - Design Biomechanical Systems, Cardio- ence program in vascular Engineering and other Rehabilitation Sara Wilson Design and Reha- topics in Bioengineering and Bio- bilitation was a • Neural Control and Prosthetics technology. There are 138 ac- success. Sessions within Design • Rehab robotics cepted abstracts and papers be- and Rehabilitation included ses- • Other - Rehabilitation ing presented at this conference sions on the analysis of human Spine Design and Simulation un- in addition to a plenary presenta- movement, a memorial session der Design will be organized by tion by Jeffrey J. Fredberg from to Kevin Granata and an exciting Boyle Cheng and Denis DiAngelo Harvard School of Public Health. series of sessions on robotic and be jointly sponsored by Sol- With this conference almost upon simulation of joint motion organ- ids. They hope to develop an ex- us, it is time to start thinking ized by Mark Miller. In addition, citing program around the chal- about the 2009 ASME IMECE programming for the conference lenges of designing and testing conference in Orlando, FL. Any- included several joint sessions instrumentation for the spine. one interested in organizing a with Solids including design of Under Human Movement, Rick symposium, proposing sessions, biomechanical devices, design of Neptune is soliciting abstracts for or participating in the review orthopaedic devices and pros- sessions in Computational Mod- process for this congress is en- thetics, and computational mod- eling in Human Movement. Fi- couraged to contact Ahmed Al- eling in biomechanical design. nally, a workshop is being Jumaily (ahmed.aljumaily The seven technical sessions planned by B.J. Fregly and Darryl @aut.ac.nz) or Sara Wilson (including those joint with Solids) D'Lima to introduce a competi- ([email protected]). and two poster sessions included tion using computational model- We would like to express a final 39 podium presentation and 23 ing of the lower limb to predict in thanks for all of those that have poster presentations. The accep- vivo, instrumented, total knee partipated in helping make these tance rate for papers in these implant forces and moments. two conferences a success. If areas was 91.9%. On October 31-November 6th, you have any suggestions for For the 2009 Summer Bioengi- the ASME International Mechani- committee activities, conference neering Conference in Tahoe, a cal Congress and Exposition planning, or future goals of the number of exciting plans are in (IMECE) will be held in Boston. In committee, feel free to contact the works. First, we will be look- conjunction with other divisions the Design and Rehabiliation ing for submissions in design, in ASME, a track in biomedical Chair, Sara Wilson human movement analysis and and biotechnology engineering ([email protected]) or the co- rehabilitation. The following top- has been organized and chaired chair, Lorin Maletsky ics and subtopics are planned: by Ahmed Al-Jumaily of Auckland ([email protected]). University of Technology (with Human Movement Sara E. Wilson, Chair Sara Wilson as co-chair). Dr. Al- • Motion Analysis and Emerging Methods Design and Rehabilitation in Motion Measurement Jumaily has been very active in Committee recruiting leadership for a num- • Computational Modeling in Human Move- 2007—2010 ment ber of symposia including Vibra- • Other – Human Movement tion and Acoustics in Biomedical TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

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FLUID MECHANICS COMMITTEE

At the 2008 SBC in ming, eventually programmed lowing SBC 2009 David Stein- Marco Island, Florida a into exclusive solids or fluids ses- man, the current vice-chair, will total of 73 papers were sions. Similarly, joint AAA session become the next Biofluids com- presented in 9 podium initiated by David Vorp ended up mittee chair. This will be followed sessions (one joint ses- as AAA/VP exclusively fluids ses- by elections for a new vice-chair. sion with the Solids sion). We would like to thank the many committee) and 2 There was a discussion regarding reviewers who participated in the Danny Bluestein poster sessions. Those the need to have more effective rigorous review process of all the were programmed into way to facilitate the desired joint submitted abstracts: two major themes, and sessions programming, by allow- the following sub- Antaki, Jim (Pitt/CMU) ing more possibilities via the themes: Chandran, KB (Iowa) online submission website. It was Elad, David (Technion) • Biofluids in Health, suggested that abstracts submis- Ethier, Ross (Imperial) Disease, and Devices sion for the joint sessions will be Evrensel, Cahit (Nevada) routed specifically to them (i.e., • Fluid Mechanics of Finol, Ender (CMU) David Steinmann Devices and Prostheses going back to session based pro- gramming, where part of the sub- Friedman, Mort (Duke) • Fluid Mechanics in Arterial Dis- missions may be ‘invited’ type of Ghadiali, Samir (Lehigh) ease and Thrombosis abstracts). Additionally, it was Giddens, Don (GATech) • Heart Valve and Ventricular recommended that the sub- Gijsen, Frank (Eindhoven) Biofluid Mechanics themes will appear in the ab- Girdhar, Gaurav, Stony Brook () Gounis, Matt (MG) • Mechanobiology in Biofluids stracts submission website (currently only the themes ap- Hyun, Sinjae (Mercer) • Microcirculation pear). This would be achieved by Keynton, Rob (Louisville) • Respiration coordination with the next SBC Kieweg, Sarah (KU) Program and Information chairs, Kleinstreuer, Clement, ) • Biofluids Toolkit Development as well as direct communications Lee, Joon Sang (Wayne State) • FSI and CFD Techniques in Bioflu- with SBC 2009 chair- Noshir Lan- Long, Quan (Brunel) ids grana. Accordingly, the following Manning, Keefe (PSU) recommendations were passed • Multiscale Modeling in Biofluids McGloughlin, Tim (Limerick) on to the Executive committee vis Miller, Jerry (VCU) • Imaging Modalities and Image -à-vis planning for 2009 Summer Ovaert, Tim (ND) Reconstruction in Biofluids Bioengineering Conference (Lake Redaelli, Alberto (Milano) Tahoe, June 17-21 2009): 1) Pro- • Experimental techniques in Bioflu- Schima, Heinrich (Wien) gramming according to overarch- ids Sharp, Keith (Louisville) ing themes- with more flexibility Tang, Dalin (WPI) • Cardiovascular and Device Engi- (see above). 2) Increase pro- neering gramming with other technical Udaykumar, Holavanahalli (Iowa) The initial program announce- committees (Solids Committee Vande Geest, Jonathan (U. Vermont) ment included several joint ses- and the K-17 Technical Commit- Vlachos, Pavlos (Virgina Tech) sions- few reached realization tee, jointly sponsoring fluid/ Xenos, Michalis (Stony Brook) (e.g., a call for Heart Valve Bioen- structure interaction, mass trans- Danny Bluestein, Chair gineering abstracts by Sacks & fer, and other pertaining ses- Stony Brook University Bluestein for joint fluid/solid ses- sions/symposia). David A. Steinman, Vice Chair sions resulted in too few submis- According to ASME bylaws, fol- University of Toronto sions to justify joint program- TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

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SOLID MECHANICS COMMITTEE

The Solid Me- 1) Cardiovascular Tissue Mechan- but are interested in participating chanics Com- ics: Jeff Holmes, in our committee – please email mittee contin- 2) Musculoskeletal Tissue Mechan- me ([email protected]). If you ues to have ics ­Soft Tissues: Richard Deb- know of colleagues, particularly strong participa- ski, new investigators, who may be tion in the Sum- 3) Musculoskeletal Tissue Mechan- interested in getting more in- mer Bioengi- ics ­Bone and Joints: Elise Mor- volved with the Solids Commit- Dawn Elliott neering Confer- gan tee, please have them get in ence. At the touch with me. It is through the 2008 SBC in Marco Island our 4) Injury, Trauma, and Occupa- participation of our members that tional Biomechanics: Cindy Bir committee had 200 abstract sub- we develop the outstanding pro- missions; up from 178 last year. 5) Design: Sara Wilson, and gramming at the Summer Confer- Of these 65% (114) were ac- 6) Other Tissues: Victor Barocas. ence. cepted as podium papers, 35% It is not too late (yet!) If you have (62) were accepted as posters, Themes were modified for the ideas for Workshops for the and 12% (24) were rejected or SBC 2009 and a few new Theme 2009 meeting, please send them withdrawn. Nineteen sessions Leaders were recruited. This to me. were organized. year they will be: I invite all interested in Solid Me- I would also like to thank the 1) Cardiovascular Tissue Mechan- ics: Jonathan Vande Geest, chanics to participate in the next many reviewers (all EIGHY SIX of meeting which will be held the you!), without whom these ab- 2) Musculoskeletal – Soft Tissue day prior to the 2008 SBC. I am stracts could not be evaluated Mechanics: Richard Debski, looking forward to working with and programmed into sessions. 3) Musculoskeletal – Bone and you all! If you have any questions Your service to our society is so Joint Mechanics: Elise Morgan, or suggestions, please contact important. 4) Injury, Trauma, and Occupa- me at [email protected]. Congratulations to Jeff Holmes! tional Biomechanics: Cindy Bir,

He was elected Vice Chair of the 5) Growth and Remodeling: Rudy Dawn Elliott, Chair Solids Committee by email vote. Gleason, and Solid Mechanics Committee We had several outstanding can- 6) Other Tissues: Victor Barocas. 2007—2010 didates and it was a tight race. Thanks to all who put their name Please work with these folks and on the slate and all who voted. respond to their emails when they request your contributions to To help organize the abstract re- reviewing. view process, last year I created “Theme Leader” positions in I have updated the Solids mem- each of the major themes of our bership list. There are currently committee. The Theme Leaders 195 individuals on the Solids worked with me to manage the Membership list, most of which abstract reviews and organize have been active participants sessions. I would like to thank over the last 3 years. If you have the following individuals for doing gotten an email from me in the an excellent job for the SBC last year, you are on the list. If 2008: you didn’t get an email from me, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

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BIOENGINEERING DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

The BED has four administrative Additionally, the BED selects rep- this section). Beyond ASME, the committees: Education, Honors resentatives to other bioengi- BED has representatives to the & Awards, Membership, and New neering organizations and to American Institute for Medical Directions (see report in this sec- committees within ASME. Within and Biological Engineering and tion). Reports of the Honors & ASME, the BED has representa- the U.S. National Committee on Awards and Membership Com- tives to the Thurston Award Com- Biomechanics . mittees can be found in the mittee, the ASME annual meeting “Society Awards” section of this (the “IMECE”), and the Basic En- newsletter (page 4). gineering Group (see report in

NEW DIRECTIONS COMMITTEE

The New Directions The Journal of Biomechanical needed to compete with JBME Committee met at Engineering competitors (Annals of Biomedi- the 2008 SBC to cal Engineering and Journal of Raising the impact factor. The identify the most Biomechanics) and designating a new editor (Michael Sacks), the important areas of one-year timeframe for imple- associate editors, and the BED focus for the Bioen- mentation of these changes. The have a mission to make JBME a gineering Division letter was signed by the BED Divi- premier biomedical engineering (BED) and to discuss sion Chair and sent to ASME Pub- journal, but JBME’s impact factor Maury Hull actions that could lications. This letter was well re- has slipped over the past few be taken to build in ceived by ASME and Prof. Sacks years, in part due JBME’s image these areas. The has already engaged in discus- as a “slow” Journal. As noted by meeting was led by sions with Phillip DiVietro, Man- Prof. Sacks, minimizing time be- John Bischof and aging Director, ASME Publishing, tween submission and publica- to make these very necessary Michael Sacks. tion is crucial for raising JBME’s changes to the journal publica- Areas of focus. impact factor now, and for pre- venting the obsolescence of our tion procedures. The mission of the journal in the future after the Na- Best paper awards. Based upon BED is to bring to tional Institutes of Health the recommendations of Prof. John Bischof bear mechanical switches to reduced length fund- Sacks, the committee proposes engineering knowl- the BED establish a “Legacy” edge, skills, and ing proposals. JBME paper award for high- principles on bio- While the new editor has made impact papers published a mini- medical systems. substantial progress in reducing mum of 5 year ago. It was pro- The two mecha- review times, ASME Publications posed that this award be named nisms through which policies and procedures retard after a major figure in Biome- the BED achieves its the review process by clumsy chanics. In addition, BED is goals are the annual web management, and further working towards building an en- SBC and Journal of harm the journal by unacceptably dowment for JBME’s Skalak best Biomechanical Engi- long intervals between accep- paper award. Michael S. Sacks neering (JBME); the tance and publication of articles. new Journal of Medi- ASME Summer Bioengineering At the request of The New Direc- cal Devices is now providing an tions Committee, Prof. Sacks Conference additional mechanism. drafted and sent a strongly Industry involvement. Improving worded letter outlining changes and increasing industry involve- ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

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NEW DIRECTIONS COMMITTEE (CONT’D)

ment at the SBC would further terials meeting. MEMS, devices, and cellular our mission. Ideas discussed for therapies. To attract the best Plenary lectures. The committee achieving improved and in- minds from other communities, suggested that some plenary lec- creased industry support include industrial support and recogni- tures might be used in future to (1) improving opportunities for tion such as named lectureships cross-pollinate our research com- industry to recruit at the SBC, (2) munity with others, for instance were discussed. allowing industry to name and by inviting an expert a relevant Maury Hull, Chair, 2005 – 2008 support specific talks or ses- but scientifically distant field New Directions Committee sions, and (3) including more ses- such as in animation, or even in sions on translational activities, John Bischof and Michael Sacks, closely aligned fields such as following the model of the Bioma- Acting chairs at the 2008 SBC

ASME BASIC ENGINEERING GROUP

BED Participates in ASME Techni- crease the efficiency of the com- another cal Division Governance munication. The mode of opera- agenda item tion of BEG involves the discus- that needs to The Bioengineering Division has sion and prioritization of action be communi- recently re-initiated active partici- items with participation from cated to pation in the activities of the technical divisions which are ASME. ASME ASME’s Basic Engineering Group then relayed to ASME by mem- has taken note (BEG). Once the dust settled from bers at large. BEG has ensured of these is- the overhaul of the ASME govern- the involvement and representa- sues and we ing structure (Continuity and Ozan Akkus tion of divisions at higher levels hope to get Change), it was clear that the than before with the primary aim the response technical divisions needed to of having an effect on how ASME and potential coalesce their efforts in specify- conducts business with technical actions to rem- ing the kind of support they ex- divisions. edy these is- pect from ASME. BEG is one of sues in the the seven groups in which techni- One of the key issues which was coming cal divisions are represented (see brought to BEG’s agenda during months. figure). The primary mission of 2008 was the simplification of BEG is to serve as a mode of the 1903 copyright process to BED’s repre- communication between ASME have author sign on behalf of all sentatives to James Moore, Jr. and its technical divisions. Repre- co-authors. BED has communi- the BEG are sentative of ASME are invited to cated the importance of expedit- Ozan Akkus () the platform offered by BEG to ing of the publication timeline for and James Moore (Texas A&M receive feedback on the needs of manuscripts submitted to the University). technical divisions and assess- Journal of Biomechanical Engi-

ment of the action items taken by neering. ASME. Historically, this liaison Ozan Akkus and James E. Moore The need for clarification of the was facilitated by vice presidents BED Representatives coverage provided by the ASME and BEG was introduced to in- to the ASME BEG level awards was introduced as 2008 – 2011 SBC 2009

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CALL FOR PAPERS 2009 SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE Lake Tahoe, California, June 17-21, 2009 The Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers invites you to attend the 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference which will be held in the spec- tacular Squaw Creek Resort, a majestic setting at the base of the mountain and minutes from the natural wonder of Lake Tahoe (www.squawcreek.com). An outstanding scientific pro- gram has been planned: Symposia will include the “Mow 70th Birthday Symposium” to be held to honor Van Mow, PhD. This symposium will include sessions focusing on orthopaedic biomechanics, tissue me- chanics, cartilage mechanics, constitutive modeling, and tis- sue engineering, and will recognize the substantial contribu- tions of Dr. Mow to these research areas. Plenary lectures will highlight two outstanding speakers with lectures relevant for all attendees. Martin Yarmush, MD, PhD will lecture on “A Challenging Biomedical Science and Research Environment: The Need for Cooperation, Mentorship and Research Translation.” Current times are challenging for all investigators regardless of field or ca- reer stage. Stagnant federal research budgets, downward trends the economy and aggressive research competi- tion conspire to “rock” the biomedical science and engineering research world. Now more than ever bioengineering communities need to establish programs to aid and mentor investigators. In addition, non-conventional research programs and sources of funds may be available to those who expend effort on research translation. Dr. Yarmush, from Rutgers University, is a leading investigator in molecular and cellular bioengineering with seminal contribu- tions to the fields of liver and skin tissue engineering, applied immunology, BioMEMS, genomics and proteomics technologies, stem cells and metabolic engineering. Kathy Pearson, PhD, will speak about “Developing Peripheral Vision.” This talk is about the need to build our ability to look for weak signals in the external environment regard- ing potential changes to a profession or an industry. We require awareness that in order to plan for the future we must not only focus on today's work – we require peripheral vision. This session introduces the concept of organ- izational peripheral vision in order to identify opportunities and threats faster. Dr. Pearson is from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a senior consultant for Decision Strategies International, a manage- ment consulting firm focused on scenario-based strategic planning and decision-making. Workshops and Awards Lectures will encompass Obtaining the Ideal Faculty Appointment, Predicting In-Vivo Knee Loads, Fluid-Solid Interactions, Course Development in Bioengineering, and Teaching Undergraduate Biomechan- ics. In addition to the Lissner Lecture, new this year, the winners of the Fung Young Investigator Award and the Mow Medal will make scientific presentations in a Bioengineering Awards Lecture workshop. 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 presenta- tions are given – both in dedicated student poster sessions and in highlighted PhD oral sessions. Cash awards will be made to the top papers. Further information and instructions for the submission process is available at http:// divisions.asme.org/bed/events/2009/student09.htm. Submission instructions may be found at http://divisions.asme.org/bed/events/summer09.html. Important Dates: January 15, 2009 Submission of two-page abstracts (including Student Paper Competition), March 31, 2009 Notification of Authors Conference Chair: Noshir Langrana, PhD Program Chair: Dawn Elliott, PhD SBC 2009

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2009 SBC Abstract Themes and Subthemes When submitting your abstract, you will be required to select: 1) a “theme” from the list below (in blue), and 2) a “subtheme” associated with your chosen theme. These will be used by the organizing committee to assign reviewers and develop the program. http://divisions.asme.org/bed/

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Fall 2008 News Bulletin American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASME BED ROSTER 2008-2009

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ASME Support Staff Journal of Medical Devices AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIRS Chair Lee A. Hawkins Co- Editors Lissner Award Committee Chair Jennifer S. Wayne, Ph.D [email protected] Arthur G. Erdman, Ph.D. Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jacinta McComie-Cates Gerald E. Miller, Ph.D. Secretary [email protected] Mow Award Committee Chair [email protected] B. Barry Lieber, Ph.D. John M. Tarbell, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES Treasurer Biotransport Fung Young Investigator Chair 2009 SBC Chair Mohamed Samir Hefzy, Ph.D Liang Zhu, Ph.D. Jay D. Humphrey, Ph.D. Noshir A. Langrana, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Secretary Elect Design & Rehabilitation 2009 SBC Program Chair BED REPRESENTATIVES Rita M. Patterson, Ph.D. Sara E. Wilson, Ph.D. Dawn M. Elliott, Ph.D. U.S. National Committee on [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Biomechanics Representative External Affairs Fluid Mechanics Education David A. Vorp, Ph.D. David A. Vorp, Ph.D. Danny Bluestein, Ph.D. [email protected] Jeffrey E. Bischoff, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] IMECE Representative Technical Affairs Solid Mechanics Honors & Awards Noshir A. Langrana, Ph.D. John C. Bischof, Ph.D. Dawn M. Elliott, Ph.D. [email protected] Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AIMBE Representatives Member Affairs Tissue and Cellular Engineering Membership James E. Moore, Jr., Ph.D. Clark T. Hung, Ph.D. Daniel Nicolella, Ph.D. Clark T. Hung, Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. Student Affairs New Directions [email protected] Michele J. Grimm, Ph.D. BED JOURNAL EDITORS Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D. ASME BEG [email protected] Journal of Biomechanical [email protected] Engineering Editor Ozan Akkus, Ph.D. Member-at-Large Michael S. Sacks, Ph.D. Newsletter Editor [email protected] Michael S. Sacks, Ph.D. [email protected] Guy M. Genin, Ph.D. James E. Moore, Jr., Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]