ALT A flyer of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's workshop titled "The Importance of Advocacy in Biomedical Engineering Research" on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 8:00-9:30 AM ET at the 2025 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas (TERMIS-AM) Meeting in Detroit, Michigan. Speakers include Drs. Dawn Beraud (AIMBE), Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez (University of Texas at Austin), Brendan Harley (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and Joyce Wong (Boston University).
ALT Dark red banner at the top with the WPI seal and “Worcester Polytechnic Institute” in white lettering. Thursday, October 9, 10:00-11:00 AM Poster Session “Shear Stress and Vascular Heparan Sulfate-Dependent Expression of Endothelin B Receptor” WPI Presenter: Camden Holm (PhD Student) WPI Co-Authors: Son Nam Nguyen, (Undergraduate Student), Solomon Mensah, PhD (Faculty) Vascular & Blood Biomechanics Track “Empower and Connect: Speed Networking Event by BlackinBME” WPI Presenter: Catherine Whittington, PhD (Faculty)
ALT Dark red banner at the top with the WPI seal and “Worcester Polytechnic Institute” in white lettering. Thursday, October 9, 10:00-11:00 AM Poster Session J19 – “Shear-Induced Deformation and Drug Effects on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells: Biomechanical Properties and Cytoskeletal Structure” WPI Presenter: John Obayemi, PhD (Faculty) WPI Co-Authors: Yasaman Ganjineh (BS ’25), Delany Lippert (BS ’25), Eleni Xhupi (BS ’25) Biomechanics Track K7 – “Rapid Prediction of Multimodal Axonal Responses Using a Deep Learning Model” WPI Presenter: Chaokai Zhang (PhD Candidate) WPI Co-Authors: Songbai Ji, PhD (Faculty) Biomechanics Track K9: On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis Presenter: David Luke MASc, University of British Columbia WPI Co-Authors: Chaokai Zhang (PhD Candidate), Songbai Ji, PhD (Faculty) Biomechanics Track
ALT Dark red banner at the top with the WPI seal and “Worcester Polytechnic Institute” in white lettering. Thursday, October 9, 10:00-11:00 AM Poster Session M26 – Competency-based Grading, Exam Corrections, and Token Economy in a BME Classroom: Impacts on Student Learning and Instructor Workload WPI Presenter: Yonghui Ding, PhD (Faculty) Biomedical Engineering Education Track M30 – “Comprehensive Analysis of Longitudinal Cortical Morphometry Patterns in Collegiate Contact Sport Athletes” Presenter: Daniel Bondi, University of British Columbia WPI Co-Authors: Songbai Ji, PhD (Faculty) Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation Track S4 – “Development of Physiological Mock Loop for Hemodynamic Assessment for Pediatric Heart Valves” WPI Presenter: Sucheta Tamragouri. (PhD Candidate) WPI Co-Authors: Maduka Maduka, PhD (Post-Doctoral Fellow), Zhenglun Alan Wei, PhD (Faculty) Cardiovascular Engineering Track
ALT Dark red banner with the WPI seal and “Worcester Polytechnic Institute” in white. Thursday, October 9, 10:00-11:00 AM Poster Session T24 – “Stomonitor: An Innovative Solution to Preventing Leaks in Ostomy Bags” WPI Presenter: Theresa Rosato (BS ’24; Boston University), Martin Fortou (BS ’24) WPI Co-Authors: Dirk Albrecht, PhD (Faculty) , Solomon Mensah, PhD (Faculty) Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics Track Y13 – “Evaluating Effects of Macromolecular Crowders on the Structure and Mechanical Integrity of In-Vitro Tissue Ring Models of Uterine Myometrium” WPI Presenter: Kiran Tremblay (PhD Student) WPI Co-Authors: Isabella Palit (Mass Academy HS ’24, Arthur Clark (BS ’25), Catherine Whittington, PhD (Faculty) Tissue Engineering Track Z19 – “Extrusion-Based Printing of Myoblast-Loaded Fibrin Microthreads to Induce Myogenesis” WPI Presenter: Hanson Lee (PhD Candidate) WPI Co-Authors: Bryanna Samolyk (PhD Candidate), George Pins, PhD (Faculty) Tissue Engineering Track
ALT Text: The 2nd Annual Empower and Connect Networking Event by BlackInBME. Act like a PI, Think like a Trainee. Thurs Oct 9th - 3:45 PM - Room 28D Background: The background looks like a black chalkboard with equations and diagrams written in white chalk. There are a series of photos from past events showing Black people talking and networking at the conference.
