Researchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical CT scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data and then reconstructing images like a jigsaw puzzle.

The Super Bowl may be over, but for Purdue researchers Eric Nauman, biomechanical engineering professor, and Tom Talavage, biomedical engineering professor, and the team at the Purdue Neurotrauma Group, the drive to improve the safety of the sport continues.

A team of Purdue University students, including BME seniors Alex Guerra and Ben Zakhary, has designed a new type of prosthetic leg for a 5-year-old boy who has a rare birth defect.

Becca Scott was recently selected to be the student representative to the national Biomedical Engineering Society board.

Dr. Feng Lin, a Weldon School alumna from 2010, is the 2012 recipient of the PE Fellowship Outstanding Fellow Award from the Center for Disease Control.

Please join us for student presentations on Friday, December 14th from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering, Room 1001. Immediately following the presentations, teams will host product demonstrations in the Leslie A. Geddes Senior Design Laboratory (Room 1087).

Please R.S.V.P. to kcooper@purdue.edu
(A light snack and beverage service will be available during the design demonstrations.)

Congratulations to six BME faculty, staff, and graduate students who received awards for outstanding achievements at the annual Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association (BMEGSA) luncheon. Five of the awards were School recognitions, while two awards were conferred by the BMEGSA. The School awardees were nominated by BME students, staff, and faculty members, and selected by the BME Awards Committee. Winners received a plaque and monetary award and will have their names placed on permanent plaques in the School’s administrative office.

A three-member team consisting of James T. Jones, Engineering Resources Manager for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering; Kirk S. Foster, Senior Research Engineer for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering; and Jessica E. Huber, Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences was selected for this year's College of Engineering Team Excellence Award. Their citation reads: "For outstanding ability to work as a team to integrate research and translation to produce a device that can improve the life of individuals affected by Parkinson’s disease." The team was nominated by John C. Hertig.

Purdue alumnus Norman Weldon, of Evergreen, Colo. and Amelia Island, Fla., is the recipient of the 2012 Phoenix Lifetime Achievement Award. Weldon was honored Oct. 14th during the annual Medical Device and Diagnostic Conference for Chief Executive Officers in Laguna Beach, Calif.

Technology that Jim Jones and Kirk Foster, both from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, developed with Jessica Huber, associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences, is featured on Purdue's "Difference Makers" webpage.