Student Accomplishments
Recent Conference Presentations
Presented in 2009
Allison I. Hoch (BME'10), Daniel C. Saunders (MECH '10), Emily L. Thiel (BME '07) and Eric A. Kennedy, A Methodology for Eye Impact Testing to Determine the Relationship Between Projectile Energy and Internal Pressure, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2009
Presented in 2008
Stephanie M. Beeman (BME ’09), Jennifer Antonacci and Robert Sah (University of California, San Diego), Preparation and Isolation of Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronan for Assessing its Boundary Lubrication Function on Articular Cartilage, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2008
Andrew Burkholder (BME ’11) and Dongming Hou (Saint Josephs Translational Research Institute), Six Month Comparison of Vasomotor Function Associated With Paclitaxel Eluting Stents, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2008
Laura Chernak (MechE ’09), Samantha Clark (BME ’10), Matthew McGraw (BME ’08) and Eric Kennedy, Femur Fracture Risk Functions from Geometrical Characteristics of Femur Based on Standing Height, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2008
Nathan Crosby (BME ’09), Mark Stecker (Neurology, Geisinger Medical Center) and Joseph Tranquillo, Epileptic Synchronization in a Simulated Macaque Cortical Network, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2008
Nathan Crosby (BME ’09), and Joseph Tranquillo, Burst Switching between incoherence and synchrony (oral presentation), American Physical Society Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009
Robert Littlefield (BME ’09), Jennifer Singelyn (University of California, San Diego), Karen Christman (University of California, San Diego), and Jeffrey Jacot (Rice University), Preparation of a Gel Form of Heart Extracellular Matrix, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, October 2008
Previous years (2007-2008, 2006-2007, 2005-2006)
Summer Internships
Each summer, opportunities are available for students to pursue employment on campus, in industry, or at other academic institutions. Below is a list of 2009 Summer Internships.
Marjie Blaskower (BME '10)
Diagnostic Imaging Dept, Spinal Cord Research, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
Oakland, CAStephanie Bost (BME ’11)
Neutraceutical company specializing in fish oil sales at Inflammation Solutions
Pittsburgh, PAAndrew Burkholder (BME '11)
Junior Research Associate at Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute
Atlanta, GASamantha Clark (BME ’10)
Cardiac Mechanics Lab at UCSD
San Diego, CAJosh Douin (BME ’10)
Neurological research in the Christopher Walsh Laboratory, Harvard Medical School Children's Hospital
Boston, MABen Geib (BME '11)
Nerve Block Project at MetroHealth Hospital
Cleveland, OHAllie Hoch (BME '10)
Injury Biomechanics Research at Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PAStefanie Hurowitz (BME '10)
Breast Cancer Imaging, FDA Medical Device Fellowship
Silver Spring, MDAlex Iwaskiw (BME '11)
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, National Security Technology Dept (NSTD)
Laurel, MDMegan Long (BME '11)
Medical Wellness Associates
Jeannette, PADan Marsteller (BME '11)
Urology Department Internship at Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PAMatthew Means (BME '10)
Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Institute Internship at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VARachel Morris (BME '11)
Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management (ILTM) Program, Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PAAshley Muller (BME ’12)
Shadowing prosthetists and interacting with clients at Prosthetic and Orthotic Associates
Middletown, NYEric Orbison (BME ’10)
Researching the use of nanoindentation for compliant materials with a focus on tissue samples at Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PAMegan Peterson (BME '09)
Development of a new device for use with IV systems at B. Braun Medical
Allentown, PADan Redmond-White (BME '12)
Process lubricant additives technician, BASF (formerly CIBA Specialty Chemicals)
Tarrytown, NYCallie Riedel (BME ’11)
Center for Regenerative Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MAJenell Smith (BME '09)
PhD Program in Biomaterials at Drexel University
Philadelphia, PAGar Waterman (BME '11)
Pfizer Internship
New York, NYCaroline Walsh (BME '10)
Medical Device Fellowship Program, FDA/CDRH
Silver Spring, MDNathan Wolf (BME '11)
Behavioral Neuroscience Department at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU)
Protland, ORJason Wong (BME '10)
Mechanical characterization of microscale natural fiber using strain gages and optical microscopy research at Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PAHighlights from 2008 include: Bucknell University, Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. (New York), University of California at San Diego, Camp John Marc (Dallas, TX), Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Maryland, B. Braun, Virginia Tech, Drexel University, Hospira, Geisinger Medical Center, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

