Wednesday, August 22, 2007

College of Engineering Honors Leavesley

Silas Leavesley has had his dissertation recognized by the College of Engineering as an “outstanding idssertation.” His dissertation had been nominated for the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation doctoral dissertation award, and while it was not selected for that honor, it was one of nine dissertations recognized by the College with a cash prize and certificate.  University News Service has the full story. 

Monday, July 02, 2007

Hopewell Wins Award

Paige Hopewell, an MD/PhD student in the Weldon School, has won the Indiana Health Industry Forum’s poster competition in the non-profit category.  The paper, “Noninvasive Monitoring of Hepatic Tissue Viability by 1H and 23Na MRI,” examines research she is doing with Dr. Navin Bansal and Dr. Tom Talavage. 

Friday, May 25, 2007

Steven Lee Honored With Helfert Award

Steven Lee, a junior in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, was honored with the $1,000 Bruce Helfert Memorial Award for outstanding junior majoring in science or engineering at the annual awards convocation. He has been involved as a Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Ambassador, implemented a peer-monitoring program for Honors Engineering and serves as president of Purdue’s Engineering World Health, a student organization he helped establish to cater to the needs of the disadvantaged. Lee participated in an internship with Stryker Corp. and did volunteer work with the Timmy Foundation, which strives to improve the availability of quality health care to children worldwide. The Helfert Award is made possible through a gift from Sylvia Helfert in memory of her son, Bruce Helfert, a 1964 Purdue graduate. He was a surgeon at March Air Force Base in California, when he died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Covered Wagons

Covered by the Journal & Courier that is. 

Thursday, May 10, 2007

A Tradition Is Born

Today, the inaugural senior class delivered the first two Weldon Wagons to Home Hospital.  While some additional work, including special seating and seat belts, is still to come, the wagons should be a big hit with pediatric patients. 

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

What Is Going On?

Stay tuned, the answer is coming soon…

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

What Could This Be?

Hmmmm.  Something appears to be going on here.  What could it be? 

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Stem Cell Research

I realize that stem cell research is a highly political and a debatable issue.  Therefore, I’m not going to go into too much detail or opinions (i.e. I don’t want to step on people’s toes).  However, as I’ve done so many times, I saw this article online this morning concerning the Senate’s 63-34 passing of a policy to ease government restrictions on stem cell research.

Senate votes to ease stem cell research rules

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Burton and Lee Tapped For Mortar Board

BME students Halle Burton and Steven Lee have been tapped as members of the Class of 2008 of Mortar Board, the national college senior honor society.  Members of the Barbara Cook Chapter at Purdue University are selected for superior scholarship, service to the university community, and outstanding and constant leadership.  Our congratulations to these outstanding students on being selected for this honor. 

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Senior Class Tradition Meeting

This post goes out for any Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Class of 2007 member.  Seeing as we are the inaugural class, a gift/tradition is in the process of being initiated.  Please join us on either Tuesday, April 10 at 5:15 in BMED2001 or Wednesday, April 11 at 5:30 in BMED2001. 

Participation is integral to this project being successful, so I hope to see you all there!

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Purdue Alumni Association

This posting is for all Purdue alumni and students.  Last night, I had a chance to meet with Kirk Cerny, Executive Director of the Purdue Alumni Association.  He is an inspiring speaker and individual, but his message opened my eyes to the reality of staying tied to Purdue for years to come.

The Purdue Alumni Association--67,000 members and ninth largest alumni association in the country--consists largely of graduates from previous to 1970.  While it is great to have such a strong connection with the individuals who have paved many of our paths, I believe that the current wave of students and recent graduates should look to take an active role in enhancing the university by staying connected.

I have included the link to the Purdue Alumni Association for any interested.

Purdue Alumni Association

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Luring Viruses to Their Death

I saw this article in the New York Times the other day and thought the idea was pretty novel and interesting.  The concept is to lure viruses away from a site and attract them to a “virus trap”.  The virus trap would be located in the red blood cells, as they lack DNA and are a “dead end” for viruses.

Take a look at the following article!

Scientists Explore Ways to Lure Viruses to Their Death

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Spring Break 2007

A week and a half ago was Purdue University’s Spring Break.  Being my “Senior Spring Break”, I decided to go on a cruise with some of my friends.  The cruise line went to Nassau (Bahamas), St. Thomas, and St. Maartin.  I took quite a few pictures, for which I wanted to share a few of them.

Our cruise ship was the

“Carnival Valor”.
St. Thomas was by far the most beautiful island we stopped at.  From St. Thomas we took a ferry to St. Johns, host of Trunk Bay .
The last picture I wanted to share was from St. Maartin.  While on the island, we stopped at the “Airport Beach”, just yards from the runway of Princess Juliana Airport and location of some interesting signs .

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Discovery Park at Purdue

Last night, I had the opportunity to sit in on a small group discussion led by Al Rebar, Executive Director of the Purdue University Discovery Park Initiative.  Discovery Park is a “Mecca” for new ideas and solutions to give birth. 

I had never really truly understood what discovery park’s aim was; rather I knew it was a place on campus with new buildings popping up.  Therefore, in spreading the message, I figured that I would post an entry today about Discovery Park.  Check out the link below to learn more about the amazing things happening here at Purdue!

Discovery Park at Purdue University

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

A Mosaic for Educational Equity

The other evening, I attended a dinner hosted by the Provost of Purdue University, Dr. Sally Mason.  The dinner event was held in order to spread the word (and celebrate) the foundation of the Mosaic Plan for Educational Equity created by Provost Mason.  I was very unclear on the theme of the dinner prior to going, however, after attending the event, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the details of this program.

In essence, the Mosaic Plan was created to design new ways to expand and institutionalize educational equity initiatives through the Office of the Provost (as stated as their mission).  During the event, Julian Phillips (of FOX News Network) spoke of examples of race and gender past discriminations, the headway made to the current status, and the progress we have yet to go.

It was quite an opportunity to attend, and it opened my eyes to the positive pathway the leaders of today are taking our university into the future.  Below is a link to the pdf overview and action plan of the Mosaic Plan from the Office of the Provost.

Toward a Mosaic for Educational Equity

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