**Vijay Shamdasani
    PhD final exam
    Thursday, December 20, at 10:30 a.m.
    Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege N130A)
    "Noninvasive ultrasound elastography of atherosclerotic vascular disease: Methods and
        clinical evaluation"
    Drs. Yongmin Kim (chair), Chun Yuan (co-advisor; Radiology and Bioengineering adjunct),
        Karin Bornfeldt (GSR; Pathology), Kirk Beach (Surgery and Bioengineering adjunct),
        Alexander Clowes (Surgery), David Haynor (Radiology and Bioengineering adjunct), and
        Shahram Vaezy

**Second Annual Hoffman Lecture
    Friday, January 11, from 3:40 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.; reception follows
    Physics Auditorium (PAA A102)
    Dr. James Anderson, Professor of Pathology, Macromolecular Science, and Biomedical
        Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
    "Lymphocyte and Inflammatory Cell Interactions with Biomaterials"

**Research Seminar
    Dr. Paul Yager, Bioengineering professor and acting chair
    Thursday, January 3, from 1:15 to 2:30
    Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege N130A)
    "Decentralizing the Healthcare System, One Microfluidic Diagnostic System at a Time"
    Open to all UW faculty, staff, students, and community members