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  • The Institute for Biomedical Engineering is happy to announce the winners of 2007 Undergraduate Research Fellowship:

    Timothy Kim (Computer Science)
    "Medical Terminology Analysis using Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)"
    Pavan Luckoor (Biomedical Engineering)
    "Safety of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Application in Tumor Treatment: Impact of Air on Bone Interfaces"
    Joshua Samuels (Biomedical Engineering)
    "High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Tumor Removal"

  • Steering committee of the GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering is happy to report the following awards for 2007:

    IBE Research Instrumentation Grant:
    Susan Gillmor and Akos Vertes, Department of Chemistry, "Lipid Manipulation through Laser Nanosurgery for Cancer Therapies"
    Vesna Zderic and Matthew Kay, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, "Contrast Harmonic Ultrasound Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion"

    IBE Interdisciplinary Research Fund:
    Israel Gannot, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, "Thermal Specific Bio-Imaging and Therapy Technique for Diagnostic and Treatment of Malignant Tumors by Using Magnetic Nanoparticles"

    Congratulations to all the winners!

  • The Institute for Biomedical Engineering announces a call for application from GW Undergraduates interested in Research Fellowship support in Biomedical Engineering for Summer 2007. Proposals are due May 1, 2007.

  • The Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce a call for proposal for the Instrumentation Grant. Proposals for the grant are due March 19, 2007.

  • The Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce a call for proposal for the Interdisciplinary Research Fund. Proposals for the grant are due March 19, 2007.
  • The GWIBE is pleased to announce the winner of the 2006 Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship Program.
    Faezeh Razjouyan will work with Dr. Jason Zara on "Dynamic Properties of Polyimide Microfan".

  • The GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering announces a call for applications from GW Undergraduates interested in Research Fellowship support in Biomedical Engineering for Summer 2006.

  • The Executive Committee of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the Instrumentation Grant. Proposals for the grant are due March 15, 2006.

  • The GW Cancer Institute and the GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering in conjunction with the GW Department of Medicine and Medical Grand Rounds, are pleased to present 2006 Distinguished Lecture

    "Nanotechnology Approaches to Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment"
    James R. Baker, Jr., MD
    Director, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan

    Thursday, January 26, 2006
    Noon to 1 PM
    The George Washington University Hospital Auditorium
    900 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC

  • The Executive Committee of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce that the following proposal has been awarded the IBE Interdisciplinary Research Fund for 2006.
    "Optimization of Treatment Planning in Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Cancer Tumors" Hernan Abeledo and Enrique Campos-Nanez
    The winners will be presenting the results of the work at a future IBE Colloquium. We congratulate the winners!

  • The Department of Computer Science, the Institute for Computer Graphics, and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering sponsor an Open House on Monday, Nov 14th at noon (Staughton Hall, 3rd floor) for the University's newest laboratory devoted to motion capture and analysis (MOCA).

  • IBE Interdisciplinary Research Fund: The GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering (GWIBE) is pleased to announce the second annual call for proposals from the University faculty interested in biomedical engineering research support from GWIBE. The proposals are due to the Director of IBE by December 12th, 2005.

  • The following students were selected for the IBE Undergraduate Research Summer Internship Program:

    Jared Kiraly (Computer Science) "Motion Capture and Analysis of Tongue During Speech", Mentors: James Hahn (Computer Science) and Geralyn Schultz (Speech and Hearing Science)

    Courtney Wang (English), "Comparative Linguistic Analysis of Cross-gender and Same-gender Interactions During Virtual Job Interviews", Mentor: Shelly Brundage (Speech and Hearing Science)

    Ryan Kelly (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Fluid Dynamics of the Forearm: Examining Configurations that Maximize Propulsive Forces in Swimming", Mentor: Rajat Mittal (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)

    Joshua Rudawitz (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), "Mechanical Design Improvement in the Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Scanner", Mentor: Kerr-Jia Lu (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Jason Zara (Electrical and Computer Engineering), and Mike Manyak (Urology)

  • We are pleased to announce that the Advisory Council on Research, AVPRGS Carol Sigelman, and EVP Don Lehman has selected our proposal "Motion Capture and Analysis Laboratory (MOCA)" for funding.
    The proposal was a truly interdisciplinary collaboration: David Chichka (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Jerome Danoff (Department of Exercise Science), James Hahn (Department of Computer Science), James Michelson (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery), John Philbeck (Department of Psychology), Margaret Plack (Program in Physical Therapy), Brian Richmond (Department of Anthropology) and Maida Withers (Department of Theatre and Dance).

    This will enable us to purchase and maintain infrared motion capture equipment. The technology consists of infrared light sources, reflective markers, IR cameras, and associated image-processing software that enable the digital recording of 3-Dimensional positions of moving targets in space. Such markers are usually attached to various parts of a human body to capture their motions in space as a function of time. This technology has enabled a variety of applications including the synthesis of motions of digital characters in movies and computer games, rehabilitation of neurological and physiological disorders in adults and children, analysis of sports performance, analysis of primate locomotion in anthropology, and creation of performance pieces based on capturing dance motion.
    If you are interested in research and educational activities that can benefit from such technology, please contact us.
    We are very much interested in making MOCA a focal point for faculty from all over campus to collaborate in motion capture, analysis, and visualization

  • The GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce the first call for applications from GW Undergraduates interested in IBE Undergraduate Research Fellowship support for the summer of 2005. Please click here to get more information.
  • The Steering Committee of the GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 IBE Interdisciplinary Research Fund competition. The decision was made difficult by the many very strong proposals received.
    However, the Committee felt that the following proposals best represented the spirit of the competition:
    "to provide the catalyst for researchers to seek collaborations across disciplines" and
    "to provide seed funds to develop successful externally-funded proposals in biomedical engineering."
    Congratulations go to these winning proposals:

    "Methods to Investigate the Role of miRNA in Blocking the Replication of HCV during the Differentiation of Human Primary Liver Cells," Liliana Florea, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, SEAS

    "Microstructural Modeling of Biomechanics of Trabecular Bone," James D. Lee, Ph.D. and Youping Chen, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS

    "Translation of 3-D Articulatory Signals Acquired by Electromagnetic Articulography to On-Line Visual Display of Lingual Movements for Biofeedback," Geralyn M. Schultz, Ph.D., Department of Speech and Hearing Science, CCAS

  • IBE Interdisciplinary Research Fund: The GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering (GWIBE) is pleased to announce the first call for proposals from the University faculty interested in biomedical engineering (BME) research support from GWIBE. The proposal is due to the Director of IBE by January 17, 2005.

  • The proposal to the USA Swimming "Full-Body Analysis of Swimming Techniques Using CFD and Computer Animation" has been funded. The interdisciplinary research involving The Flow Simulations and Analysis Group in MAE, Institute for Computer Graphics and the Institute for Biomedical Engineering will begin January 1, 2005.

  • Our work on the Full Body Analysis of Swimming has appeared in a number of publications including:
    The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, By George!, The Wall Street Journal, and the Times of India

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