The Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering values the sharing of experiences from biomedical experts in the field through scheduled seminars throughout the year.
The SBME Academic Seminar Series feature faculty members from in-state and out-of-state, some with whom we have established shared collaborative research projects.
We are excited to announce our seminar speakers for the FALL semester. Check them out below!
September 24, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Brian Pogue, Ph.D. MacLean Professor of Engineering Dartmouth College
ENGINEERING OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR SPECIALTY MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Zoom Meeting ID 964 0790 5078 and password: 37917981.
October 1, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Lesley Chow, Ph.D.
SPATIALLY ORGANIZED BIOMATERIALS TO DIRECT OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUE REGENERATION
Zoom Meeting ID 96407905078 and password 37917981
October 22, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Shalini Prasad, Ph.D.
SWEATSENSER DX an enabling technology for on demand profiling of cytokines on passively expressed eccrine sweat
Zoom Meeting ID 96407905078 and password 37917981
October 29, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
David Otuya, Ph.D.
Transnasal Platform for Imaging, Biopsy and Biomass Sampling of the Gut.
Zoom Meeting ID 96407905078 and password 37917981
November 12, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Chandramouli Krishnan, Ph.D.
Zoom Meeting ID 96407905078 and password 37917981
November 19, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Sydney Schaefer, Ph.D.
Zoom Meeting ID 96407905078 and password 37917981
December 3, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Ze Wang, Ph.D.
Zoom Meeting ID 96407905078 and password 37917981
March 5, 2021 | 9:30 - 10:30 am
Kirill Larin, Ph.D.
Structural and Functional Imaging of Tissues with Optical Coherence Tomography / Elastography.
April 9, 2021 | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D.
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April 16, 2021 | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Jamal Lewis, Ph.D.
ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING PARTICLES FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
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April 23, 2021 | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Chris Xu, Ph.D.
MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY FOR IMAGING DEEPER, WIDER, AND FASTER
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April 30, 2021 | 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Devin Hubbard, Ph.D.
WILD IDEAS IN DESIGN PEDAGOGY & MASK TECHNOLOGIES
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NOVEMBER 6, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Satoshi Kashiwagi, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Department of Radiology.
Near-Infrared Laser Adjuvant for Vaccinations
OCTOBER 30, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Sahab Khalsa, Ph.D. Professor, Director of Clinical Studies, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Univeristy of Tulsa.
From Sensations to Symptoms: The role of Interoception in Mental Health.
OCTOBER 9, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Silvestro Micera, Ph.D. Professor, Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering., Swiss Federal Institute of Tecnology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
IMPLANTABLE NEUROPROSTHESES TO UNDERSTAND AND RESTORE SENSORY, MOTOR AND AUTONOMIC NEURAL FUNCTIONS
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Franca Tecchio, Ph.D. Director of Laboratory of Electrophysiology for Translational Neuroscience, National Research Council (CNR), Italy.
How Simple is the Brain Complexity
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Lee E. Miller, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and BME, Northwestern University.
Designing Motor BCIS for the Real World
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ashish Ranjan, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Kerr Chair Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University.
Virtual BESA Symposium
APRIL 24, 2020
Jennifer L. West, Ph.D. Co-founder | NanoSpectra Biosciences Professor | Biomedical Engineering, Duke University.
Title: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Nanotechnology: Translating Cutting-Edge Technologies from the Lab to the Clinic, 1:30 P.M, Zoom.
APRIL 17, 2020
Jeff Ross, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer, MiroMatrix.
Title: Bioengineering Transplantable Organs— The Future of Regenerative Medicine, 1:30 P.M, Zoom.
April 10, 2020
Doris M. Benbrook, Ph.D. Presidential Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Co-Leader, Gynecologic Cancers Program Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Cancer Prevention and Drug Development Stephenson Cancer Center University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A CANCER DRUG THAT DISRUPTS ONCOGENIC HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN A/CLIENT PROTEIN INTERACTIONS, 1:30 p.m., Friday, Zoom
Meeting ID: 759 581 394, Call in: 602 753 0140
March 6, 2020
Anna Csiszar, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair of Aging Research Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Title: ADJUSTMENT OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW VIA NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING, 1:30 p.m., Friday, DEH, Room 270.
Jan 23, 2020
Yuan Yang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University Medical School.
Title: FUNCTIONAL NEURAL CONNECTIVITY IN HEMIPARETIC STROKE, 11 A.M, Thursday, Gallogly Hall, Room 126.
Jan 09,2020
Dr. WEI CHEN, Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dean, College of Mathematics and Science, University of Central Oklahoma
Title: ANTITUMOR IMMUNE RESPONSES INDUCED BY LASER IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF METASTATIC CANCERS, 9 A.M, Thursday, Gallogly Hall, Room 126.
Jan 6, 2020
Yu Zhang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Stanford University
Title: NEURAL PATTERN DECODING USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, 11 A.M, Monday, Gallogly Hall, Room 126.
Fall 2019 Seminar Series
Dec 06,2019
Metin Akay, Founding Chair, John S Dunn Endowed Chair Professor, University of Houston.
Title: BRAIN CANCER CHIP FOR PRECISION MEDICINE, 1:30 PM Friday, Gallogly Hall, Room 127
Nov 15, 2019
Joseph culver, Professor of Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine.
Title: DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY, 1:30 PM Friday, Gallogly Hall, Room 127
Nov 08, 2019
Larry McEnerney, Director of Writing Programs, University of Chicago
Title: Writing Effectively for Biomedical Engineering: The Value of Creating Value, 1:30 PM Friday, Gallogly Hall, Room 127
Oct 25, 2019
Anthony C. Johnson, clinical assistant professor of research in the OU Medicine Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Title: THE BLACK BOX OF CHRONIC VISCERAL PAIN: SHINING LIGHT ON NOVEL CIRCUITRY, 1:30 pm, Friday, ,Gallogly Hall, Room 127
Oct 08, 2019
T. Venky Venkatesan, Director of the Nano Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUSNNI) Professor of ECE, Physics, MSE and NGS.
Title: ULTRA-LOW SWITCHING ENERGY MEMORIES TO ARTIFICIAL NEURONS, 11 AM, Tuesday, Gallogly Hall, Room 126
Sept 12, 2019
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D, University Professor, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering,Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Connecticut
Title: Success is What you Leave Behind, Zarrow Hall, Rm. 145
September 6, 2019
WEI CHEN, PH. D Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Education and Research Dean of the College of Mathematics and Science University of Central Oklahoma
Title: SYNERGIZING PHOTOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOTERAPY FOR METASTATIC CANCERS, OMU, Associates Room (Third Floor, North).
August 30, 2019
NANYIN ZHANG, PH.D Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Pennsylvania State University
Title: MANIPULATING AND MONITORING THE BRAIN NETWORK FUNCTION IN AWAKE RODENTS USING MULTI-MODAL APPROACHES, CEC, Rm. 438
Ph.D. Telecom ParisTech, France
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Neural signal (EEG, EMG) analysis and multi-modal neuroimaging for brain research and rehabilitation.
June 14, 2019
Jenny Robinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
Title: Emulsion Electrospun Fibers for Sex-Dependent Fibrocartilage Regeneration, CEC, Rm. 100
March 15, 2019
Javier A. Jo, Ph.D., Professor of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma
Title: Novel Technologies for Quantitative Optical Image Guided Precision Medicine
REPF, Rm. 200
March 6, 2019
X. Edward Guo, Ph.D., Chair and Stanley Dicker Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Columbia University
Title: Bone Bioengineering: Microstructure, Mechanics, Mechanobiology and Beyond
REPF, Rm. 200
December 5, 2018
Craig Duvall, Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University
Title: Matrix binding nanocarriers for molecularly targeted osteoarthritis therapy
CEC , Rm. 100
November 30, 2018
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy.
Title: Emerging Nanosystems in Drug Delivery: It’s all about delivery
REPF, Rm. 200
November 2, 2018
Robin Felder, Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology
CEC, Rm.100
October 26, 2018
Michael Businelle, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Title: Using smartphones to identify and intervene upon mechanisms of behavior change
REPF, Rm.200
September 28, 2018
Jie Zheng, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title: Renal Clearable Nanomedicines
CEC, Rm.100
September 14, 2018
Wendy Newstetter, Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering, Georgia Tech.
Title: Problem-based Learning in Engineering Education
REPF, Rm. 200
August 17, 2018
Ramin Skibba, PhD. Scientific Writer
Title: Charting a Course from Science Research to Science Writing for the Public!
August 13, 2018
George Gopen, JD, PhD, Professor Emertitus, Duke University.
Title: Scientific Writing from the Reader’s Perspective
November 9, 2018
Kent Leach, Professor in Biomedical Engineering at UC Davis
Title: Engineered microenvironments to guide progenitor cell-based therapies in tissue paper.
CEC , Rm. 100
October 12, 2018
Liping Tang, Professor at the Universtiy of Texas - Arlington
Title: Development of Cancer Traps for Combating Metastatic Cancer
CEC, Rm.100
Nov 10, 2017
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University.
Title: Designing Mineral Based Therapeutics to Control and Direct Cell Function
October 27, 2017
Kumar Sripathirathan, Ph.D. CEO of DRIK, Inc.
Drug discovery and development
October 20, 2017
Michael Deem, Ph.D. Department of Bioengineering Rice University
Sept. 1, 2017
Cory Berkland, Ph.D., Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at The University of Kansas.
Title: A Few Early Lessons in Entrepreneurship
May 5, 2017
Brendan Harley, Sc.D. Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Engineering the Niche to Address Emerging Challenges in Regenerative Medicine
Nov. 18, 2016
Hinrich Staecker, MD, Ph.D. Professor Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery University of Kansas Medical Center
Title: Molecular Modification of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Translational Inner Ear Research
Nov. 11, 2016
Michael C. Morton Vice President for Corporate Regulatory Affairs Medtronic, Inc.
Title: The Medical Device Industry: Perspectives of the Global Healthcare Ecosystem
Nov. 4, 2016
Emily Day, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Delaware
Title: Enabling High Precision Cancer Therapy with Engineered Nanoparticles
Oct. 28, 2016
Lijie Grace Zhang Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Medicine The George Washington University
Title: Integrating 3D Bioprinting and Nanomaterials for Complex Tissue Regeneration
Sept. 16, 2016
Gregory Sutton, Ph.D. Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department Biological Sciences University of Bristol, UK
Title: Lessons in Mechanical Design Learned from Insects
April 13, 2016
Rachel Childers Ph.D. Candidate, Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Candidate for Professor of Practice
Title: Teachers: The Catalysts to Student Learning
