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Biomedical Engineering 1 st Spring Meeting. Meetings. February 6 th – Emerson February 20 th – E-Week March 5 th – Dr. Tom Caven March 19 th – Speaker TBA April 2 nd – Speaker TBA April 16 th – Elections. Firesides. January 28 th (Monday noon) – Dr. Mia Markey
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Meetings • February 6th – Emerson • February 20th – E-Week • March 5th – Dr. Tom Caven • March 19th – Speaker TBA • April 2nd – Speaker TBA • April 16th – Elections
Firesides • January 28th (Monday noon) – Dr. Mia Markey • February 27th (Monday noon) – Dr. George Georgiou • March 24th (Monday noon) – Dr. James Tunnell
Fundraising • UIL Basketball Ushering • Spring Expo Liaison - February 8th (10am-4pm) • Sign up: ECAC office (begins tomorrow) • February - Breakfast Tacos Sale • March - Grilled Cheese Sale
Service Events • March 2nd – Austin Children’s Museum (1-5pm) • March 29th – Expanding your Horizon
Social Events • BME vs. IEEE Broomball Tournament - February 29th (Friday 9pm) • Chaparral Ice • End of Year Social – April 30th • BMES Spring Camping Trip – April • Palmetto State Park
IM Sports • Men’s Basketball – Monday 9:30 PM • 7v7 Soccer (Co-ed) • Indoor Soccer (Co-ed) • Softball (Co-ed) • Cost: $3 per person
Other Events • Feb. 16th – Engineering Day at the Mall • Feb. 16th – 22nd: E-Week • Root Beer Pong • March 1st – Explore UT • April – Graduate Student Panel
Membership • Dues: • $12 for membership • $20 for membership + tshirt
NanoScholar Internship Program Hosted by ACC, Sematech, ATDF, and other companies. Starts at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters. Interns work 20 - 30 hours per week About 15 - 30 weeks
NanoScholar Internship Program • Train and gain the skills to be a technician. • Experience the nanotechnology field. • Clean room and clean suits • Wafers • Fabrication techniques and tools • Electron microscopes • Etchers • Photolithography devices • http://www.sematech.org/research/nwdi/index.htm
UT Houston Medical SchoolSummer Research Program • Research Intensive Summer Program • Weekly Seminars from Distinguished Faculty • Med/Grad School Info Sessions • Wide variety of research fields to choose from • Brief Abstract due at end of program • $2500 stipend • Program Dates: May 27th – August 1st • Applications Due February 1st
My Experience • Worked for a neurosurgeon • Got the chance to observe a lot of his work • Worked on data analysis of electrocorticograms (subdurally implanted electrode data) in language areas • Also was involved in fMRI research • Overall, a fantastic experience!!! http://med.uth.tmc.edu/administration/edu_programs/ep/summer_research_program/index.htm
MDACC Clinical Education & Research Internship for BME • May 26 – August 1, 2008 • Texas Medical Center • Houston, TX • Application Deadline: Feb. 15
MDACC Clinical Education & Research Internship for BME May 26 – August 1, 2008 Texas Medical Center Houston, TX Application Deadline: Feb. 15
Program Features • Housing: Rice University dorms • HIPAA Certification, CPR, • Advanced First Aid training • Clinical Rotations: surgery, internal medicine, catheterization lab, ER, ICU, OB/Gyn, pediatrics, radiology • 80-hour Gross Anatomy Lab • Laboratory Research Experience http://www.engr.utexas.edu/bme/faculty/richards-kortum/BME377/movie/BME%20377%20ONLINE%20V1%20091404%20WEB.mov
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