GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBE) Seminar. November 16th 2009, 2:30pm-3:30pm; MPA 309, School of Media and Public Affairs (Due to unexpected scheduling conflict in MAE conference room) GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBE) Seminar. Friday, November 13th 2009, 10:30am-11:40am; FUNGER HALL 223 (Due to expected large attendance a larger room was found)   Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology: Two talks at GWU by Igor Efimov, PhD; Nov 11 Grand Rounds & seminar   GWIBE is pleased to announce the following winners of the 2009-2010 Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Fund "Large-Scale GPGPU-based Cardiac Arrhythmia Simulations" Matthew Kay (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Howie Hwang (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) "Localization of the Cold Plasma Treatment Effect on Living Tissue" Michael Keidar (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and Mary Ann Step (Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology) "Assessment of Complex Brain Stimulation for Control of Experimental Seizures in a Rat Model of Epilepsy" James Leiphart (Department of Neurosurgery and Anatomy & Regenerative Biology) and Murray Loew (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) "Studying 2D-to-3D Conversion Using an Ultrasound Simulator" John Philbeck (Department of Psychology) "Foot Biomechanics and the Origin of Human Foot Function" Brian Richmond (Department of Anthropology, and Anatomy and Regenerative Biology) The Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce a call for proposal for the GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Fund. Proposals are due October 1, 2009.   The winners of the GWIBE Undergraduate Research Fellowships for 2009 are as follows: "Origin of Electrical Events During Acute Coronary Occlusion" Alta Berger (Junior, Biomedical Engineering), Mentor: Matthew Kay, "Ultrasound-Mediated Nail Drug Delivery System" Danielle Abadi (Junior, Biomedical Engineering), Mentor: Vesna Zderic, They will each receive $5,000 to conduct research with their mentors through the summer. They will be presenting the results of their research at a GWIBE seminar in the Fall. Congratulations to Alta and Danielle.   The GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering announces the winners of the 2009 GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Fund: "Computer Algorithms for Personalized Cancer Medicine" Donald Henson, GW Cancer Institute Susan Cheng, Department of Computer Science "Validation of the Non-Invasive Determination of Cardiac Hemodynamics by Computed Tomography" Brian Choi, Medicine, Division of Cardiology "Multimodal Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion in Contracting Excised Rat Hearts" Matthew Kay, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Vesna Zderic, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering "Controlled Cell Motion Under Plasma Treatment" Michael Keidar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Ann Mary Stepp, Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology Earlier in the IBE News         801 22nd ST, NW Suite T720B Washington, DC 20052 Fax:202-994-4875 ibe@gwu.edu