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BIOENGINEERING ANNOUNCEMENTS for October 2-6, 2006
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Welcome to Fall Quarter 2006!  Below are the concise announcements for this week. In a few weeks we will resume the weekly PDF Bulletin, as well.

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EXAMINATION
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Luisa E. Mayorga
    PhD general exam
    Friday, October 6 at 10 a.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege N130A)
    "The Mechanisms of the Foreign Body Response to Low-Fouling Tetraglyme Films"
    Drs. Tom Horbett (chair), Miqin Zhang (GSR; Materials Science and Engineering), Dave
        Castner, Ceci Giachelli, and Buddy Ratner


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DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS
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BIOEN 511 (Biomaterials Seminar)
    Thursday, October 5 from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m.
    Benson 117
    Jeanette Stein, Bioengineering graduate student
    "State of Irremoveable Water on Non-Fouling Sulphobetaine Self-Assembled Monolayers
        Studied by Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy"
    Mike Linnes, Bioengineering graduate student
        (Title TBD)

BIOEN 599X (Medical Imaging Seminar)
    Monday, October 2 at 4:30 p.m.
    Auth Conference Room (Foege N503)
    Dr. Satoshi Minoshima (Radiology and adjunct in Bioengineering)
    "Radiology Imaging Practice and Research Opportunities for Bioengineers"

BIOEN 599Y (Nanotechnology Seminar)
    Tuesday, October 3 from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m.
    Bagley 260
    UW Center for Nanotechnology Directors and Managers
    "Introduction to Nanotechnology at the University of Washington"


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OTHER EVENTS
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"Engineering for the Aging Population”
    Dr. Kirk Beach (Surgery and adjunct in Bioengineering)
    Monday, October 2 at 6:15 p.m. (snacks and socializing) and 7 p.m. (program)
    Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege N130A)
    Presented by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS) Seattle Chapter and the
        UW EMBS Student Club
    For more information, visit http://www.ieee-seattle.org/details/2006-10-02_emb-18.html

BMES Outreach Meeting
    Tuesday, October 3 at 4:30 p.m.
    Foege N303
    More information: Justin Shaffer (jfs7@u.washington.edu)

Society of Women Engineers Meeting
    Tuesday, October 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
    HUB 106B
    Information on SWE and its fall quarter events, networking, refreshments, prizes
    http://students.washington.edu/swe and swe@u.washington.edu