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Overview

The overarching objective of the NEBEC conference is to stimulate collaboration and promote biomedical engineering research and education programs in the Northeast.

Highlights:

Senior Design Poster Competition
NEW IN 2023: Industry-supported Career Fair

Scientific Sessions:

We welcome contributions from all areas of Biomedical Engineering.
Biomechanics
Biophotonics / Biomedical Imaging
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Medical Devices
Neuroengineering
Synthetic Biology
Tissue Engineering

Themed Areas Included:

Computational Bioengineering
Extracellular Matrix Engineering
Cell and Gene Engineering
Neuroimaging, Neurostimulation and Neuroergonomics
Pediatric and Rehabilitation Engineering

Organizers:

Chairs

Ken Barbee
Andres Kriete

Administration and Sponsorships

Natalia Broz

Program Session Planning

Hasan Ayaz
Benjamin Binder-Markey
Lin Han
Xiao Huang
Ahmet Sacan
Mark Schafer
Amy Throckmorton

Senior Design Session Planning

Joseph Sarver

Program

Thursday, March 30th

12:00 Registration Open (Location: Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (PISB))

1:30-2:00 Keynote Speaker: Extracellular Matrix (Location: PISB 120)

2:00-3:00 Parallel Sessions I
Engineering of the ECM/Mechanobiology (Location: PISB 120)
Medical Imaging (Location: PISB 106)
Neuroengineering I: Biology (Location: PISB 104)
Medical and Cardiac Devices (Location: PISB 108)

3:00-3:30 Coffee Break

3:30-4:00 Keynote Speaker: Pediatric and Rehabilitation Engineering (Location: PISB 120)

4:00-5:00 Parallel Session II
Pediatric and Rehabilitation Engineering (Location: PISB 120)
Medical and Piezo Devices (Location: PISB 104)
Biomechanics (Location: PISB 106)

5:00-6:00 Research Poster Session I: Biomechanics, Biophotonics, Medical Imaging and Devices (Location: Bossone Atrium)

Friday, March 31

8:00 Registration Open
8:30-9:00 Keynote Speaker: Cell and Gene Engineering (Location: PISB 120)

9:00-10:00 Parallel Sessions II
Immune System Engineering (Location: PISB 120)
Neuroengineering II – Brain Health and Performance (Location: PISB 104)
Biophotonics/Bioimaging (Location: PISB 106)
Mechanobiology (Location: PISB 108)

10:15-11:15 Senior Design Poster Session I (Location: PISB Atrium)

11:15-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Senior Design Poster Session II (Location: PISB Atrium)

12:30-1:30 Lunch Break
High School student lunch and orientation (Location: PISB 120)

12:30-3:30 Career Fair (Location: Bossone Atrium)

3:15-3:30 Senior Design Awards (Location: PISB Atrium)

3:30-4:00 Keynote Speaker: Neuroimaging, Neurostimulation and Neuroergonomics (Location: PISB 120)

4:00-5:00 Parallel Sessions III
Neuroengineering III – Understanding Brain Mechanisms (Location: PISB 120)
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (Location: PISB 104)
Tissue Engineering/Biomaterials (Location: PISB 106)
Vascular Engineering (Location: PISB 108)

5:00-6:00 Research Poster Session II: Tissue Engineering, Neuroengineering, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Bioinformatics (Location: Bossone Atrium)

6:15-7:00 Welcome Remarks and Panel Discussion: Increasing Diversity in BME (Location: PISB 120)

7:00-7:30 Reception & Networking (Location: PISB Atrium)

Saturday, April 1

8:30 Registration Open

9:00-9:30 Keynote Speaker: Biocomputing (Location: PISB 120)

9:30-10:30 Parallel Sessions IV
Biological Computing/Bioinformatics (Location: PISB 106)
Future Biomedical Engineers (New Innovators Awardees) (Location: PISB 120)

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 Future Biomedical Engineers (Young Scientist Awardees) (Location: PISB 120)

12:15-12:30 Conclusions (Location: PISB 120)

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