Welcome Marci – Abrams Scholar Winner
Marci is a sophomore who will be joining our lab as an Abrams Scholar for 2017-2018. Welcome Marci!
About the Abrams Scholars Program:
Abrams Scholars are outstanding BME undergraduate students who are selected to receive a stipend to conduct hands-on laboratory research projects. These projects are conceived and designed by the students with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The Abrams Scholar program honors C. Frank Abrams, Jr., a BME and BAE emeritus faculty member. Dr. Abrams led the development of the first courses in Biomedical Engineering at NC State and was instrumental in the founding of NC State’s BME Department, the creation of the joint UNC-CH/NC State graduate program, and ultimatel,y the launch of the UNC-CH/NC State Joint BME Department. He was the Joint Department’s first senior design instructor as well as the first Director of Graduate Studies.
Welcome Emily!
We’d like to welcome Emily Fawcett, a new grad student who is rotating through our lab. She comes to us from NC State’s undergraduate program in BME, and we’re thrilled to have her join us!
Carly, Michael, and Sophie all awarded research grants
Carly, Michael, and Sophie were all three were awarded NC State Undergraduate Research Grants from the Office of Undergraduate Research for 2017-2018. Congratulations all, we’re honored to have you in our lab!
Jacque Awarded Junior Faculty Research Award at ASB
At the annual American Society of Biomechanics conference, held in Boulder, Colorado August 8-11, Jacque was given the Junior Faculty Research Award. The JFRA is a grant that can be used to generate pilot data and support early-career investigators. There were nine applications this year that were each reviewed based on the significance of the problem, the scientific approach, and the impact of the project on the candidate’s research program.
Jacque’s award application is titled “Changes in the Osteovascular Niche Following Ischemic Stroke in Mice.”
Congratulations!
Jacque is pictured here with Paul DeVita, National Biomechanics Day founder and ASB member, receiving her award.
BME Department Wins NBD Student Competition
- North Carolina State/University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Stephanie Teeter): This group uploaded their demos to the ASB Teaching Repository, allowing others the opportunity to recreate them. The NC State/UNC team consisted of six independent laboratories who hosted unique demos covering a wide variety of topics in biomechanics and motor control, ranging from applications of material property testing in orthopedic care to the design of exoskeletons used to assist human locomotion. This group also hosted a scavenger hunt based on the demos to further engage the students. Overall, this event was an interactive and exciting showcase of biomechanics which introduced the students to biomechanics research and the impact it can have on the world!
Stephanie wins Award for Excellence at University Level
Many congratulations are in order for Stephanie, who was one of 12 nominees selected for the University Award for Excellence, which is the highest honor a non-faculty member can receive! Despite stiff competition, the committee recognized her outstanding contributions to the community. Now she goes on to compete for the Governor’s Awards for Excellence. Winners will be announced late this summer.
Per the website: “The NC State University Awards for Excellence recognize the notable contributions that are above and beyond an employee’s normal job responsibilities. These meritorious achievements or accomplishments should be so singularly outstanding that special recognition is justified.”
See the official announcement here.
Christian featured in Explore Wake Schools magazine
We’re so excited to see Christian featured in Explore Wake Schools magazine. Christian was with us last summer and he was wonderful to have around. (Go to page 39 to see the segment about him).
Just in case you don’t want to deal with Flash, here are screen grabs of the article and a pretty snazzy photo from our lab [click to enlarge]
Elizabeth, Harsha, and Michael present posters at OUR Symposium
Elizabeth, Harsha, and Michael all presented on their research at the 26th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Additionally, Elizabeth won an award for Top Presentation for her poster, titled “Validating Laser Doppler Flowmetry For In Vivo Longitudinal Measurements Of Bone Blood Perfusion”. We’re so lucky to have such amazing undergrads!
National Biomechanics Day 2017
The second annual National Biomechanics Day took place on April 6, 2017. We taught about 50 local high school students more about this exciting field. Check out some photos below.
Nicholas presents at ORS
Nicholas did a great job presenting his talk and poster at the recent Orthopaedic Research Society meeting in San Diego!
