BOA GBM (09-29-2011)

Bioengineering Organizational Alliance

3nd General Body Meeting

• 3nd GBM sign-in sheet and Committee Sign-Ups now on clipboards and passed around.• 4 GBM attendances credit!

• Missed the 1st or 2nd GBM?• Outlined each program and society.• Committee sign-up sheets.• New BOA credit system.• Still want to get involved? New committee updates coming up!

• Not a member yet?• Join for only $10—helps pay for a T-shirt, food for meetings, exclusive BOA-

sponsored outings/events, and more.

Opening Smorgasbord

Websiteboa.pages.uic.edu

Social Media and BOA on the Interwebs

@BOAatUICfacebook.com/boa.uic [email protected]

NEUTRINO MADNESS• Who’s keeping tabs on quantum physics

and knows the latest buzz?

In the News

Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies

Link to published paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211009377

In the News

• Stay on campus after 5pm and study with BOA!• Coffee and donuts to stimulate the mind.• Form mini-study groups, study on your own, or discover

another BIOE studying the same thing!• Please don’t hit and run.

• *Must be a BOA member to get free coffee and donuts*

Dunkin’ Donuts Study Night (Monday, Sept. 19, 2011)

• Come join us outside SEO on Friday (TOMORRAH)• Bring clothes for our volunteering drive!• We’ll have food for meat-lovers AND vegetarians!• 12pm-3pm AKA FREE LUNCH!• We’ll have some footballs, soccer balls, and Frisbees.

Tribute To Soviet Russia

Sadness

Despair

Friday, September 23rd

• About 10% of BIOEs have an updated UIC Careers account.• What are you missing out on?

– Baxter Info Session / Interviews (Position: Intern)• Oct. 10th (Info Session on campus) • Oct. 11th (Interviews on campus)• Can only attend Info Session if you are approved for an interview.• Deadline to submit application: September 27, 2011

– Zoll Medical Position for Spring 2012 (Position: Co-op)• Deadline to submit application: Sep 30, 2011

– Hospira Position for Spring 2012 (Position: Co-op)• Deadline to submit application: Oct 29, 2011

Jobs/Internships/Co-ops through UIC Careers

Description: Undergraduate helper to assist in calibration and maintenance of X-Ray Laser used in a lab at UIC.Non-paid, but possible undergrad research credit or Honors College Activity.

Qualifications: Be Smart and able to learn quick. Any machining background would be a plus. No other background required. Preferred times of availability are between 8 am and 12 pm on as many weekdays as possible.

Exclusive offer from BOA• Send resumes to [email protected] by Oct. 7.

Do NOT go around BOA and bombard the professor with resumes.• We will get in trouble and won’t inform you of opportunities like this in

the future.

Based on amount of interest, we may conduct screening interviews.

Undergraduate Helper in a Physics Lab

• Suggestion Box

• Concerns about Classes or the BIOE department?

• Ideas?

Ideas/Comments/Concerns from You

Who’s taking a course where you are learning about circuits?

A Bit of Nerd Fun

BVP Update

IBE, EBE, and COP

Internal Bioengineering Exposure

• Had our first preview day tour• Looking for 2-3 volunteers for the next tour– Monday, October 10, 2011 (Columbus Day)– Saturday, October 29, 2011– Saturday, November 12, 2011

External Bioengineering Exposure

• High-School presentation is undergoing revision• Having regular meetings

UIC Bioengineering Promo Video

Shoot footage for the BIOE Promo Video

like a boss.

• Looking to “hire”:• Videographer, video editors, and actors.

• Requirements• Roughly 30 minutes in length.• Showcases live BIOE classes, professors

and students in labs, faculty members, and BOA.

• Short interviews from students and faculty.• Promo Video Uses• Will be shown at high schools for our

External Bioengineering Exposure program.• Will be featured on the BIOE website and

BOA’s website.

Interested? Contact: Salman

[email protected]

$ Will be monetary incentive $

Community Outreach Program

• Had a clothing drive last Friday• Many new volunteering opportunities available• COP Volunteering information session on Monday, October 3rd.

• Hear Honors College organizations speak!

Alpha Eta Mu Beta (AEMB)

Emails sent out to all eligible studentsInitiate Meeting- Wednesday, October 5th at 5 pm in SEO 236- Discussing initiation requirements, membership requirements, and

membership fees- Eligible students will be receiving a packet will all of the requirements- If not cannot make the meeting, please email us at [email protected]

and other arrangements will be made- As always, FOOD WILL BE SERVED

• Redesign of Cell and Tissue lab format

• Proposal based• Proposals evaluated on feasibility, fundability and available

resources

• Committee votes once a month on proposals to send to PI• PI has final say• Adds valuable experience with funding proposal-type

procedure• Next committee meeting Wednesday, 10/5/11

• Need input to flesh out new format• Still need to finalize Bioinstrumentation lab plans

Open Source Lab Program

EWH Design Team MeetWhen: Friday Oct. 7th, 2011. Where: SEO 236What: • Create Design Teams / Select project

• About Us Meeting Minutes EWH• Special Events / Programs Engineering World Health Design Teams 2011-

2012 Project List• Create a plan for the semesterAs always, everyone is welcome to join.

If you cannot make it, email me within before hand. Vishal [email protected] / [email protected]

Engineering World Health (EWH)

• Not too late to apply to be a big/little!

• First meeting - next Wednesday, 10/5

• Come chill at our Ice-cream social

• Chance to meet Bigs and find out more about the program

Big Brother Program

Graduate Representative

Big/Little “Sibling” Program

Arman ButtPhd 2nd Year BioMolecular Engineering

Dr. TakoudisAdvanced Material Research Laboratory (AMReL)

Personal Message

I am sorry I could not there today, but enjoy. Email me if you have questions about anything in the next few slides:

[email protected] day, I have been able to help out four students get connected with a

graduate student:

– You know who you are. Please let me know how the contacts helped/did not help so that I can better adjust

https://www.cs.uic.edu/pub/BIOE/BioeGrad/bioe_grad_handbook.pdf

This is the link to the graduate student handbook with details for graduate school

uic.edu > department of bioengineering > academics > graduate > Important Links > “Graduate Student Handbook”

What do I do?

Biomolecular EngineeringI am currently researching different surface and bulk

materials for dental and hip implants to improve longevity of the implant by eliminating infection and corrosion due to wear and bio-chemical attacks.

Possible Professional ProgramsMD (Medical Doctor)= like to give drugs to help youDO (Doctor Osteopathy)=like to fix your way of living to help youMD-PhDDO-PhD

Fin

Upcoming Events That Might Be Relevant To Your Interests

• “Today’s Engineering Challenges – Tomorrow’s Solutions” • Technical Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday, November 15, 2011• Time: 7:30am – 7:00pm (aka All Day Extravaganza)

• Interested? Fill out top half of IEEE registration forms and give to board member or leave in BOA mailbox, or RSVP to [email protected] by October 1.

• Tickets are $50 but they will be free for all BOA members!• Party Bus to Argonne (Keg not included).

IEEE Conference at Argonne National Laboratory (November 15, 2011)

"Engineering Biology: From tools to insights“

• Takes place at UIC Forum.• All day event: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM• Dr. Eddington is presenting “Leveraging the

Microscale in Biological Models”• Receive 1 BOA credit for attending!• Registration Deadline: September 16th at noonhttp://chicagobiomedicalconsortium.org/events/symposium/cbc2011/register.phpor go look at the Events Calendar on BOA’s website for the link.

9th Annual Chicago Biomedical Consortium (Friday, October 21, 2011)

Registration Closed.

Who’s attending?

Google is hosting a student outreach event with: • a Resume & Interview Workshop • a Lightning Tech Talks highlighting a few of Google's awesome projects. • **Google is flying in a handful of PhD Googlers for this UIC event.

Location: The Cardinal Room in SCE. Day: (Tuesday, September 27th)Times:• 5:00-6:00pm Resume & Interview Workshop• 6:30-7:30pm Lightning Tech Talks (food included)

No registration required!

Google Visits UIC!

Stem Cell Society

• Status: In the works• Goals:

• To compile the latest stem cell research and applications from various outlets to discuss, analyze, and learn with other members.

• To provide a setting where various UIC stem cell research labs can discuss their latest research and explore collaborative possibilities with each other.

• Operation:• Bi- or tri-weekly meetings• Members compile material they’ve discovered and outline main talking

points, things of interest, and background information.• Research labs present progress at select society meetings.

• Interested? Contact David Franz ([email protected])