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VISE Spring Seminar with Jon Heiselman, PhD 4.10.25
Apr. 4, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Jon Heiselman, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director, Master of Engineering in Surgery and Intervention Program Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Location:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Time:Â 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Precision across the Surgical Care Continuum Abstract: In the continuum of surgical care, advances...
VISE Spring Seminar with Yayun Du, PhD
Mar. 10, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Yayun Du, PhD Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Location:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Time:Â 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Health Monitoring: Wearable and Implantable Bioelectronics for Cardiovascular, Sleep, and Neurological Insights Abstract: Advances in bioelectronic sensors are transforming health monitoring and...
Mar. 6, 2025—Four 91ºÚÁÏÍø engineering students working in the fields of computer science and electrical and computer engineering won prestigious best paper awards at the 2025 SPIE Medical Imaging conference held Feb. 16-20 in San Diego.
Mar. 3, 2025—91ºÚÁÏÍø’s Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) is hosting a screening of the upcoming film Rule Breakers, inspired by the true story of an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan that defied politics and tradition to compete in events around the world.
VISE Spring Seminar: Stephen Aylward, PhD 2.27.25
Feb. 7, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Stephen Aylward, PhD Global Developer Relations Manager for Medical Technologies NVIDIA Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Simulation and MONAI: The futures of MedTech Abstract: From the hospital-scale to the molecular-scale, simulations will drive the future medtech AI. This...
Feb. 7, 2025—Following an extensive national search, Prof. Michael Miga has been named as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective January 1, 2025. Miga, who had served as the interim chair since the Fall of 2023, and is the Harvie Branscomb Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has accepted a three-year term in this role. Miga also leads the...
VISE Seminar: VISE Vision Hosts VISE Alumni Panel
Jan. 30, 2025—This week, our VISE Vision team hosts a VISE Alumni Panel. Our guests include: Sarah Goodale, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow in the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Dept of Neurology, VUMC Vishwesh Nath, PhD Sr. Research Scientist, NVIDIA Philip Swaney, PhD Manager, Licensing and Strategic Initiatives, Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization 91ºÚÁÏÍø Margaret Rox,...
Jan. 21, 2025—Virtuoso Surgical Inc. yesterday announced that it has participated in a multi-institution award from the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) program. The up to $12 million award brings together robotics and artificial intelligence experts from many of the top surgical robotics and computer science labs in the U.S.
VISE Seminar with Nanshu Lu, PhD
Jan. 10, 2025—Our first Spring 2025 Seminar will be led by Nanshu Lu Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025 Location:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Wireless E-Tattoos for Mobile and Comprehensive Cardiovascular Monitoring Abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause...
VISE Fall Seminar with Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D.,11.7.24
Oct. 8, 2024—Join us for our next Fall Seminar with our guest, Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Radiology Department of Medicine University of British Columbia, Canada Co-founder of PONS Inc. Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024 Location:Â Stevenson Center 5326 Time:Â 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: AI-integrated point of care ultrasound imaging for decentralized healthcare Abstract: Noncommunicable...
Sep. 24, 2024—A surgical robot capable of performing an entire surgery without human intervention: That’s the goal of a landmark, multi-institution project being led by a 91ºÚÁÏÍø engineer that recently received an award up to $12 million in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
VISE Fall Seminar with Victoria Morgan, PhD
Sep. 19, 2024—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Neurology and Neurological Surgery 91ºÚÁÏÍø Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time:Â 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: MRI network neuroplasticity in focal epilepsy: biomarkers and beyond Abstract: Patients...
VISE Fall Seminar with Christopher Bettinger, PhD 9.23.24
Sep. 5, 2024—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Christopher J. Bettinger, PhD Program Manager Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Date: Monday, September 23, 2024 Location: Student Life Center Meeting Room 1&2 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: Breakthrough Biological Technologies for Warfighter Protection Abstract: For more than fifty years, the...
VISE Seminer with Garrett Coyan, MD, MS
Aug. 28, 2024—Join us for our next VISE Fall Seminar with Garrett Coyan, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Biomedical Engineering 91ºÚÁÏÍø Medical Center Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, talk starts at noon Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Title: Bioinspired Heart Valve Design: A Tale of Medical Device Development and...
Aug. 27, 2024—Benoit Dawant has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. He joins a distinguished group of international scholars honored in August at the SPIE Optics + Photonics 2024 conference in San Diego.