{"69227":{"#nid":"69227","#data":{"type":"event","title":"BioEngineering Expo 2011","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn open house, or Expo, will be held to highlight all aspects of the BioEngineering Program and celebrate the successes of this unique graduate student program. There will be research featured from various program faculty and the event conclude with a poster session and reception.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis event is an excellent opportunity for incoming graduate graduate students to learn about the flexibility and novelty of the bioengineering graduate program. In addition, this community-building event is an occasion for current BioEngineering graduate students and program faculty to learn about the breadth of research taking place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBioEngineering is the merging of engineering with biological and medical science in the study of complex living systems (human and non-human). Bioengineering research at Georgia Tech focuses on the development of innovative or improved physical and mathematical concepts and techniques that may be applied to problems in medicine and biology, including the fundamental study of biological phenomena and the development of new medical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe BioE PhD program is a unique and interdisciplinary program ranked 2nd in the nation by US News and World Report. Students apply through one of the 9 participating Georgia Tech home schools or departments and students are free to work with any of the 90+ participating program faculty members. \u0026nbsp;The BioE graduate program is the most innovative program available at Georgia Tech, giving the students the flexibility and creativity to create their own future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgenda\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1:00pm - 2:00pm\u003C\/strong\u003E\t\t\u003Cstrong\u003EBioengineering Overview\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003EAndres Garcia, Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2:00pm - 2:30pm\t\tHighlights of BioE Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003EHang Lu, ChBE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRobert Butera, ECE\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTodd McDevitt,\u0026nbsp;BMED\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMichelle Dawson, ChBE\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBrandon Dixon, ME\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYoung-hui Chang, APPH\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2:30pm - 3:00pm\t\tTraining Grant Programs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003ETodd McDevitt, BMED - Stem Cell Biomanufacturing IGERT\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRavi Bellamkonda, BMED\t- Rationally Designed Integrative Biomaterials\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMark Prausnitz, ChBE - GAANN Fellowships\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAndres Garcia, ME - Cellular \u0026amp; Tissue Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3:00pm - 3:30pm \t\t\u003C\/strong\u003EBGSAC Student Panel - Rm. 1128\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3:00pm - 3:30pm \t\t\u003C\/strong\u003EFaculty Q\u0026amp;A Session - Rm. 1107\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3:30pm - 4:00pm \t\t\u003C\/strong\u003ECourse Advisement for Incoming Students\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4:00pm - 5:30pm\t\t\u003C\/strong\u003EPoster Session \u0026amp; Reception\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:chris.ruffin@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EChris Ruffin\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBioEngineering Expo 2011\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommunity-building event for current and future BioEngineering students and faculty\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Community-building event for current and future BioEngineering students and faculty."}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-08-08 14:13:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:22","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-08-17T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-08-17T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-08-17T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-08-17 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-08-17 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-08-17 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bioengineering.gatech.edu\/","title":"BioEngineering website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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