Carnegie Mellon University

2024 Fall Seminar Series 

All seminars are held in-person on Thursdays from 9:30-10:30 AM in Porter Hall (PH) 100   

Thursday, August 29, 2024

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Michael G. Risbano, M.D.
Director of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Program
Head of Translational Research for Pulmonary Hypertension
Co-Director of the Post-Covid Recovery Clinic
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Seminar Title: Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Rest to Peak Exercise Physiology

Thursday, September 5, 2024

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Patrick Franzen
Director, Publications and Platform
International Society for Optics and Photonics

Seminar Title: Scholarly Publishing in 2024: An insider’s perspective

Thursday, September 12, 2024

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David Whitcomb, MD, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology & Physiology, Human Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

Seminar Title: Precision Medicine for Biomedical Engineers

Thursday, September 19, 2024

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Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering / No Seminar

Thursday, September 26, 2024

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George Em Karniadakis, Ph.D.
Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics & Engineering
Brown University

Seminar Title: Integrating Machine Learning and Multiscale Modeling in Biomedical Sciences

Thursday, October 3, 2024 

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Michael R. King, Ph.D.
E.D. Butcher Chair of Bioengineering
Special Advisor to the Provost on Life Science Collaborations with the TMC
Department of Bioengineering
Rice University
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Editor-in-Chief

Seminar Title: Cancer Mechanotherapy: Harnessing Cellular Mechanotransduction to Understand and Treat Metastatic Cancer

Thursday, October 10, 2024

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Sarah E. Gullbrand, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania

Seminar Title: Crosstalk between the intervertebral disc and facet joints during spinal degeneration and repair

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Fall Break/No Seminar

Thursday, October 24, 2024

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BMES/No Seminar

Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Kwabena Boahen, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

Seminar Title: Scaling Knowledge Processing from 2D Chips to 3D Brains

Thursday, November 7, 2024 

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David Vorp, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research & Facilities
Swanson School of Engineering
John A. Swanson Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh

Seminar Title: Perspectives from an Interdisciplinary Career in Vascular Bioengineering and Taking on a New Research Direction (a.k.a., Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks)

Thursday, November 14, 2024

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Adele Moatti, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Pittsburgh

Seminar Title: Porcine model to the rescue! Oink-credible drug delivery models and approaches to inner ear 

Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Guohao Dai, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Northeastern University
Fellow AHA AIMBE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Semianr Title: Bioengineered perfused human brain microvasculature to model brain tumor and neurodegenerative diseases

Thursday, November 28, 2024

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No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break

Thursday, December 5, 2024

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Siddhartha Sikdar, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor
Bioengineering
Director, Center for Adaptive Systems of Brain-Body Interactions
George Mason University

Seminar Title: Novel Applications of Biomedical Ultrasound in Rehabilitation