The Board of Trustees of Purdue University has approved the nomination of the University Committee on Faculty Promotions and the recommendation of the President of the University to promote Sherry Voytik-Harbin to the rank of Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering with tenure at Purdue University.

Jody Riskowski, a graduate student working with Professors Hillberry and Burr, has been selected to receive a fellowship in the National Science Foundation/Discovery Learning Center GK12 Program.

Aliss Russ, a BME graduate student working with Professor Ann Rundell, was recently named to the Chancellor's List.

Friends and co-workers of Dr. Leslie A. Geddes surprised him with a birthday party on Wednesday, May 24th, in honor of his 85th birthday.

Megan Bosley, who will be beginning her senior year in BME this fall, has been selected to receive the inaugural Havel-Decker Scholarship.

For years, scientists have studied the Earth by examining not just a single image in a single wavelength, or even a limited range, but by studying that image in a variety of frequencies. This process, known as multispectral imaging, is now being applied by J. Paul Robinson, a professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and a professor of cytomics in the School of Veterinary Medicine, to flow cytometry and medical analysis. Read more here on this advancement.

Professor Jenna Rickus has been notified that she has been selected as the recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) grant. The funding will support her research project entitled "Solid State Induction Surfaces for Maximizing Neurotransmitter Release in Hybrid Cellular Silicon Devices."

Maia Mahoney and Silas Leavesley were selected as recipients of the 2005-2006 Ronald Dollens Graduate Scholarship.

Professor Pedro Irazoqui has received notification that he will receive support from the Purdue Research Foundation for his research proposal entitled "Brain-Computer Interfaces for Epilepsy Prosthetics."

In addition to participating as an International Program Committee member for the International Association of Science and Technology Development's international conference, Professor Albena Ivanisevic was asked to present a tutorial.