Celimar Valentin-Rodriguez, a PhD candidate working with Professor Albena Ivanisevic, has received a poster award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology at the 2011 SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics Native Americans in the Sciences) conference.

Congratulations to Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar, who received a Graduate Student Silver Award from the Materials Research Society at the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston.

Dr. Eric Nauman, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, was one of five Purdue faculty members to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's third Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium, held November 13-15, 2011.

Hi from Galway!

I'm spending the fall semester of my senior year at NUI in Galway, Ireland, and for the last two months have been enjoying all the adventures that come with studying in a foreign country - a new campus, new classes, new friends, and certainly some new challenges! As an underclassman at Purdue, I formed some great relationships, both academic and social, with my engineering peers. And now as a senior, I am thrilled to be studying abroad as part of the Purdue BME exchange program with NUI Galway. It has been the perfect opportunity to expand my world view and also work with engineering students and faculty that have a bit of a different perspective on the field of biomedical engineering.