Wan-Tzu Chen, will receive a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. Her thesis, entitled "Bioseparations for Samples Containing Listeria monocytogenes," was completed under the direction of her major professor, Mike Ladisch. Winnie will be continuing her studies as a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.

Rachel Danczyk, will receive a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. Her thesis, entitled "Preparation, Characterization, and Functionality of Immuno-surfaces for Biosensor Applications" was supervised by Professor Ann Rundell. Rachel will be continuing her studies as a medical student at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Jennifer McCann, will receive a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. Her thesis work, directed by Prof. Karen Haberstroh, was entitled "An Investigation of the Laminar Flow-Induced Biochemical Communication Between Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells." Jennifer will be continuing her studies as a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.

Derick Miller, will receive a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. His thesis, entitled "Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Polymeric Biomaterials with Nano-structured Surface Features for Vascular Applications," was supervised by Prof. Tom Webster. Derick will be continuing his studies as a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.

James Pollaro, will be receiving a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. His thesis, "Image Space Estimation and Removal of Undersampled Respiration Noise in Multi-Slice fMRI Data" was supervised by Prof. Tom Talavage. Jim will be pursuing a career in industry.

Rebecca Ann Roeder, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy degree, was mentored by Prof. L. A. Geddes. Her thesis is entitled "Transducer for Indirect Measurement of Blood Pressure in Small Human Subjects and Animals." Rebecca has accepted a Post Doctoral Research Associate position to continue working with Dr. Geddes in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University.