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BIOENGINEERING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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April 16-20, 2007


Exams
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**Aileen Wu
    Qualifying exam
    Thursday, April 19 at 10 a.m. in Foege N403
    "Determining the Role of 20RH, a Novel G Protein Coupled Receptor, in the Retinoic Acid
        Signaling Pathway"
    Drs. Mike Regnier (chair), James Riley (ME), Paul Yager, and Albert Folch

**Xinliang Zheng
    Qualifying exam
    Friday, April 20 at 10 a.m. in the Bioengineering Seminar Room (Foege N130A)
    "An Automatic Leg Massage System for the Treatment of Filarial Lymphedema"
    Drs. James Bassingthwaighte (chair), Yongmin Kim, Blake Hannaford (EE and
      Bioengineering adjunct), and Shahram Vaezy (advisor)


Seminars
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**Biomaterials (511)
    Thursday, April 19
    NO SEMINAR (SFB Meeting)

**Nanotechnology (599F)
    Tuesday, April 17 from 12:30 to 1:20 in Bagley 260
    Dr. Jian Xu, assistant professor
    Pennsylvania State University Engineering Science and Mechanics
    "Circularly Polarized Emission from Colloidal Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Confined in
        Microcavities formed by Chiral Mirrors"

**Bioengineering (599O)
    Thursday, April 17 from 12:30 to 1:20 in the Bioengineering Seminar Room
    Dr. Andre Dittmar, director
    Department of Biomedical Microsensors and Microsystems
    CNRS LPM-Laboratory of INSA Lyon, France
    "Micro Sensors, Wearable Devices, Home Care, for Continuous Monitoring of Vital Signs and
        Emotional Reactivity"


Congratulations
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First-year PhD student Michael Nash received a Department of Homeland Security fellowship to begin fall 2007. The fellowship will cover tuition and fees and provide a $2,300/month stipend for up to three years. Michael is currently doing a rotation in the Stayton lab.