Four Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering students are taking classes in Galway, Ireland during the Fall semester of 2011. These students have begun their senior design projects while they are in Galway, with the assistance of NUIG faculty members. In the second semester the students will return to the Purdue campus and complete these projects with their senior design teammates. The following is the first progress report from one of our students:

Two BME staff members have been singled out for honors by the College of Engineering.

Marcia Pool, Biomedical Engineering Instructional Laboratory Coordinator for the Weldon School, was recently selected as the Patricia I. Horner Outstanding Chapter Advisor for Alpha Eta Mu Beta National Honors Society.

Demonstrating their shared legacy of innovative research and commitment to patient-centered medical technology, Purdue University, University of Notre Dame and GE Healthcare announce a proprietary new CT scanning reconstruction technology called Veo that may enable physicians to diagnose patients with high-clarity images at previously unattainable low radiation dose levels.

Under their "Latest News" banner, Chemical and Engineering News showcased the mass spectrometry work being done by Weldon School's Zheng Ouyang in conjunction with Graham Cooks and other colleagues.

As part of the educational alliance between the campuses of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Abbott Laboratories awarded $40,000 between the two institutions to support graduate students working on issues related to cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

The Fall 2011 edition of Engineering Impact featured the work of Professor Pedro Irazoqui and his Center for Implantable Devices.

Dr. James Leary, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and SVM Professor of Nanomedicine, was selected to receive the International Journal of Nanomedicine Distinguished Career Award at the recent Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, held in Hartford, Connecticut.

Four BME graduate students were recently selected to receive Joe Bourland Travel Grants.

Dr. Leslie Geddes' Scottish kilt is set to be archived in the Department of Theatre's Special Collection of Historic Dress. The collection features historic clothing, shoes, and accessories dating back to the 1850s.