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GUEST SPEAKERS

UDC Biomedical Engineering Guest Lecture Series ​

  • Engineering Careers at the FDA.  Dr. Ariel Ash-Shakoor (Biomedical Engineer and Diversity and Inclusion Manager, US FDA), April 2022.

  • Overview of an Aging-Related Health-Equity Centered Research Agenda.  Dr. Kellee White (Associate Professor, Department of Health and Policy Management, University of Maryland School of Public Health), Feb. 2022.

  • Restoring Motor Function in Amputees with Smart Prosthesis. Dr. Helen Huang (Jackson Family Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Director of Closed-Loop Engineering and Advanced Rehabilitation (CLEAR) core), Feb. 2022.

  • Caregiving for Older Adults with Altered Cognitive Status. Mengyao Hu (Ph.D Candidate, Rory Meyers School of Nursing, New York University (NYU)), Jan. 2022.

  • High-Performance Soft Wearable Robots for Human Augmentation and Rehabilitation: A New Paradigm of Design and Control for Translational Medicine. Dr. Hao Su (Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of the Biomechatronics and Intelligent Robotics (BIRO) Laboratory, North Carolina State University), Nov. 2021.

  • UDC BMES & NSBE Student Chapters host: Breast Cancer Ultrasound Diagnostic Research from Tissue Elasticity Imaging to Deep Learning Segmentation. Dr. Max Denis (Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of the District of Columbia), October 2021.

  • UDC BMES & NSBE Student Chapters host: Diagnosing Breast Cancer – The Role of Imaging: the present and the future.  Dr. Azra Aliza (Professor of Radiology, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine), October 2021.

  • UDC BMES & NSBE Student Chapters host: Breast Cancer Awareness. Danielle Reynolds (Associate Director, Head of Upstream Manufacturing), October 2021.

  • Bioelectromagnetics. Howard Bassen (Former Senior Research Engineer and Lead of the Electromagnetics and Wireless Laboratory, US FDA), October 2021.

  • Bone Adaptation Modulated by Mechanotransduction. Dr. Yi-Xian Qin (SUNY Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University), September 2021.

  • Daily Activity Monitoring in Aging Adults. Dr. Jacek Urbanek (Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Core faculty in the Center on Aging and Health), September 2021.

  • Granata Biomechanics Laboratory at Virginia Tech. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics.  Robin Queen (Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, PI of Granata Lab, Virginia Tech), April 2021

  •  Implementation and Evolution of Mitigation Measures, Testing, and Contact Tracing in the National Football League. Mehdi Badache (KINEXON, UDC SEAS 2018 Alumni, February 2021

  • Improvements in Dynamic Motor Control following Neurorehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury.  Samuel Acuna (Ph.D. from University of Madison Wisconsin), January 2021

  • Fall 2020 Biomedical Engineering Guest Speakers: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital & Catholic University RERC, Oct. 2020

  • 3D Printing in Military Medicine:  Transforming the Care of Our Service Members.  Peter Liacouras (3D Medical Applications Center at Walter Reed National Medical Center), Oct. 2020

  • Medical Robotics and Exoskeletons. Tianyao Chen (Humotech), Nov. 2020

  • US FDA Seminar: OSEL Regulatory Science (March 2020)

    • Introductions and CDRH and OSEL Primer (Dan Hammer)

    • Medical Extended Reality (MXR) Research Program (Ellenor Brown)

    • Medical imaging research at DIDSR/OSEL: Focus on Digital Pathology (Marios Gavrielides)

    • Division of Applied Mechanics Overview (Genevieve McRae)

    • A Regulatory Science Approach to Assess the Safety of Medical Devices Incorporating Nanotechnology (Peter Goering)

  • From blindness to handlessness: lessons on plasticity and brain organization.  Dr. Ella Striem-Amit (Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Georgetown University), Feb. 2020.

  • From Therapeutic Robots for Children to Tele-medical Robotic Assistance. Dr. Chung Hyuk Park (Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, George Washington University), Feb. 2020.

  • Neuromechanics of functional impairment following neurological disorders. Dr. Sang Wook Lee (Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic University of America), Jan. 2020.

  • Design a Wearable Pediatric Knee Exoskeleton for Overground Gait Rehabilitation. Dr. Ji Chen (Visiting Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the District of Columbia), Jan. 2020.

  • Dr. Sezin Palmer (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Mission Area Executive for National Health) April 2019.

  • Aging Effects on Working Memory, Dr. Joseph Keller (cognitive neuroscientist, nonprofit consultant, and science advocate, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy FellowNational Science Foundation (NSF)) April 2019

  • Neural Representations of Natural Self-Motion:  Implications for Perception & Action. Dr. Kathleen Cullen (Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Director of the Cullen Laboratory) March 2019.

  • Innovative Evaluation and Device-Based Treatment of Gait Pathology in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Dr. Thomas Bulea (National Institutes of Health, Staff Scientist in the Functional & Applied Biomechanics Section of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department), Feb. 2019  

  • ​Mitigating Order Dependence in Agglomerative Clustering: Dr. Donal Wunsch II, Ph.D (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory), Jan. 2019.

  • ​Objective quantification of human activity in large health studies using wearable accelerometers: Dr. Jacek K. Urbanek, Ph.D (Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Centers on Aging and Health (COAH)), Nov. 2018.

  • Human Spatial Orientation in Dynamic Motion Environments: Dr. James Lackner, Ph.D. (Brandeis University, Professor of Physiology; Director of the Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory), Oct. 2018.

  • Optical Coherence Tomographic assessment of the Aqueous Humor Outflow Pathway: Dr. Larry Kagemann, Ph.D. (United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), Lead Reviewer/Biomedical Engineer/Senior Staff Fellow: Diagnostic and Surgical Devices Branch, Division of Ophthalmic and Ear, Nose and Throat Devices, Center for Devices and Radiological Health), Oct. 2018.

  • Age-related Control of Posture & Gait: Exploring Assistive Methodologies towards Improving Elderly Balance: Dr. Lara Thompson, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director of Biomedical Engineering program & CBRE laboratory, University of the District of Columbia), Aug. 2018.

  • Sensorimotor Integration in Primates with Vestibular Dysfunction & Applicability to Human Postural Control: Dr. Lara Thompson, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director of Biomedical Engineering program & CBRE laboratory, University of the District of Columbia), Aug. 2018.

  • Dr. Kimberly Brown Smith, M.D., Ph.D. (Clinical team leader in US FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Office of Compliance), April 2018.

  • Synthesis of non-uniformly spaced circular antenna arrays using a data-driven probabilistic model: Dr. Nicholas Paul Misiunas, Ph.D. (Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell), April 2018.

  • Alignment Nulling as an Assay of Otolith Function: Astronauts, Soldiers, and Patients: Dr. Michael Schubert, Ph.D., P.T. (Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Laboratory of Vestibular Neuroadaptation), Feb. 2018.

  • Upperlimb Robotic Rehabilitation for Stroke Survivors: Peter Lum (Associate Dean, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Catholic University), Jan. 2018.

  • Anticipatory Postural Control: Translating Theory to Practice: Susan Ryerson, PT, DSc (Research Scientist at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (MNRH); MNRH and Neurologic Residency Program; Director, Making Progress - Neurologic Physical Therapy), Oct. 2017.

  • Stroke for Engineers - Studying human brain recovery in DC: Alexander Dromerick, MD (Vice President for Research at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital; Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology & Chairman of Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center; Research Scientist at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center), Oct. 2017.

  • Latest trends in Biotechnology: Dr. Bushra Ahmad Saeed, Ph.D. (Acting Division Director of the Nursing, Allied Health, Life and Physical Sciences Division, University of the District of Columbia Community College), Sept. 2017.

  • Dr. Brian Schulz, Ph.D. (Scientific Program Manager, Rehabilitation Engineering and Prosthetics/Orthotics Program U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs), Sept. 2017.

  • Stand-off Detection of Illicit Materials by Active Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy: Dr. Chris Kendziora (Research Physicist & Co-inventor of Photo-thermal Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy) from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Sept. 2017.

  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guest Speaker Seminar (Jan. 2017): 

  -  Marsha Henderson (Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Health, US FDA);

  -  Kathryn O’Callaghan (Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Assistant Director for Strategic Programs US FDA); 

  -  Nooshin Kiarashi (Lead Scientific Director of Mammography, Ultrasound, and Imaging Software Branch of CDRH, US FDA) 

  • Eye movements and sensorimotor integration research.   Dr. Wilsaan Joiner, Ph.D.   (Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University), Nov. 29, 2016.

  • Medical Imaging Research at the FDA, Dr. Daniel X. Hammer, Ph.D., (Division of Biomedical Physics Deputy Director) & Dr. Nicholas A. Petrick, Ph.D., (Division of Imaging Diagnosis and Software Reliability Director), Nov. 1, 2016.

  • Acoustic Radiation Force Techniques for Clinical Health Assessment: A “Push” in the Advancement of Medical Ultrasound Diagnostic.  Dr. Max Denis, Ph.D. (Mayo Clinic/Army Research Laboratory), Oct. 28, 2016.

  • An Overview of the Division of Biomedical Physics at the US FDA. Dr. Victor Krauthamer, Ph.D. (Division of Biomedical Physics), Sept. 27, 2016.

  • U.S. FDA, Division of Biomedical Physics Director and colleagues visited the UDC CBRE Lab on June 9, 2016.

  • Cerebellar Processing of Vestibular Signals: evidence from aging & agenesis, Dr. Richard F. Lewis, M.D. (Associate Professor Harvard Medical School, Director of the Jenks Vestibular Laboratory), April 25, 2016.

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), 4 Program Directors’ meeting with UDC SEAS faculty and visited UDC CBRE Lab, Feb. 3, 2016.

  • Developing and Manufacturing Innovative Therapies for those suffering from Neurological, Autoimmune and Hematologic Disorders, Danielle T. Reynolds (Biogenidec Corporation, ‎Manufacturing Manager), Nov. 17, 2015.

  • Researching a Pediatric Heart Pump, Dr. Arielle Drummond, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (U.S. FDA, Division of Cardiovascular Devices), Oct.13, 2015

  • An Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy for Biological Applications, Dr. Song (UDC, Chemistry), Sept. 28, 2015.

  • Neurocom Systems used for Assessing Human Balance, Patrick Olivo (Natus Medical Incorporated), Sept. 9, 2015.

 

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Biomedical Engineering Journal Club                                                                                                    

•    Spatial Disorientation, Mohammed Fallatah, Ammar Samman, Salman Alhuwayshil (UDC SEAS student presenters), April 2017

•    A Discussion on Euthanasia, Moussa and Khalid Bingonyh (UDC SEAS student presenters), March 2017

•    Sensory Substitution Assistive Devices, Takele Gemeda (UDC SEAS student presenter), March 2017

•    An Overview of Neuroprosthetics, Abdullah A. (UDC SEAS student presenter), Feb. 2017

•    The applications of 3-D printing to tissue engineering, Lonika Behera (UDC SEAS student presenter), Feb. 2017

•    Medical Applications for Advanced Manufacturing, Mehdi Badache (UDC SEAS student presenter), Feb. 2017

•    Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of the District of Columbia, Dr. Lara Thompson (UDC SEAS faculty) Nov. 10, 2016.

•    Overview & Applications of Brain-to-Machine Interface (BMI), Charles Wilson (UDC SEAS student presenter) Feb. 17, 2016. 

•    Dance Intervention Enhances Postural, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Elderly Subjects, Steven Cale (UDC SEAS student presenter) Dec. 3, 2015

•    Bioimaging Using Quantum Dots, Beachrhell Jacques (UDC SEAS student presenter) Nov. 18, 2015

•    Weighted Extreme Learning Machine for Imbalance Learning, Tilaye Alemayehu (UDC SEAS student presenter), Nov. 3, 2015

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UDC SEAS Alumni Guest Lecture Series        

•    From UDC Engineering to a NASA Goddard Career, Thomas Emmett (NASA Goddard Mechanism Engineer and UDC SEAS Alumni) & ‎ Dr. Joanne Hill, Ph.D. (X-ray Lab Associate Branch Chief, Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Oct. 19, 2016

•    From UDC Engineering to Director of the Office of Defects Investigation at the Department of Transportation, Frank Borris (Director of the Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA, Department of Transportation, UDC SEAS Mechanical Engineering Alumni), Feb. 11, 2016

•    From UDC Engineering to a Northrop Grumman Career, Phillip Lovell (Northrop Grumman Corporation, Fellow Mechanical Engineer, Hardware Engineering Mechanical Technology, UDC SEAS Alumni), Nov. 10, 2015

•    From UDC Engineering to a NASA Goddard Career, Thomas Emmett (NASA Goddard Mechanism Engineer and UDC SEAS Alumni) & Dr. Evelina Félicité-Maurice (NASA Educator Professional Development and STEM Engagement Education Specialist, Sept. 29, 2015

 

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UDC SEAS Black History Distinguished Lectures I/II  

•    Distinguished Lecture II: Professor James West (Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University). Feb. 22, 2016

•    Distinguished Lecture I: Mozelle Thompson (CEO Thompson Strategic Consulting), Feb.10, 2016

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UDC SEAS Women’s History Month & Women's Outreach Events        

•    UDC STEM Luncheon featuring Dr. Lara Thompson (March 2019)

•    Panel Speaker - Women’s History Month STEM Forum: An open forum to discuss careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (March 2015, 2016, and 2018)      

•    GirlsLEAD SummitPresenter (March 2018)

•    Dr. Laleh Nazafizadeh, Ph.D. (Director of the Integrated Systems & NeuroImaging Laboratory at Rutgers University), March 28, 2017

•    Dr. Arielle Drummond, Ph.D. (Lead Reviewer, US FDA Division of Cardiovascular Devices), March 21, 2017

•    TrailblazHERS Panelist, Pepco-Edison Gallery, Washington DC (Oct. 2017)

•    Lead Coordinator for UDC SEAS International Women’s Day Distinguished Speaker:  Dr. Mercedes Rubio (National Institutes of Health, NIGMS), March 8, 2016  

•    Co-Coordinator for two “Accomplished Women in STEM and Health (A WISH)” Panels for UDC Flagship (March 24, 2016) and UDC Community College (March 22, 2016)

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UDC SEAS Workforce Professional Development Series (Fall 2015 & 2016, Summer 2017):

•    Session I: Developing & Promoting Qualifications - Internships, Cover Letters & Resumes 

•    Session II: Developing & Promoting Qualifications - Pursuing an Advanced Degree in STEM

 

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