1996-1997 Annual Bioengineering + Biotechnology Seminar Series

September 18, 1996
Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Arthritis
Christopher Evans, Ph.D.
Henry Mankin Professor of Orthopaedics
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

October 16, 1996
Integration of Molecular and Macroscopic Cues in Tissue Engineering
Linda Griffith-Cima, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

November 13, 1996
Role of Surfaces in Blood Coagulation
Yale Nemerson, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

December 11, 1996
Three Dimensional Visualization of Biomedical Images
Arie Kaufman, Ph.D.,
Leading Professor of Computer Sciences
State University of New York at Stony Brook

January 15, 1997
Organic Thin Films: The Building Blocks of Biomaterials
Miriam Rafailovich, Ph.D.
Professor of materials Science and Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook

February 19, 1997
Bulk Magnetic Susceptibility in MRI: From Artifact to Brain Activation
Charles Springer, Ph.D.
Senior Chemist & Professor of Chemistry
Brookhaven National laboratory, Upton, New York

March 12, 1997
Synthesis, Structure and Application of Graft Co-Polymers
Dennis Peiffer, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Tarrytown, New York

April 16, 1997
Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging of Cardiac Electrical Function
Yoram Rudy, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

May 14, 1997
Tissue Engineering in the Musculoskeletal System
A. Hari Reddi, Ph.D.
Percy professor of Orthopaedics
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland