The spring semester at Binghamton University is almost over, with Commencement simply a few weeks away. The Department of Biomedical Engineering on the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is wanting again at its scholar, college, and analysis accomplishments.
Remembering Professor Ye
We proceed to mourn the loss of SUNY Distinguished Professor Kaiming Ye, the chair of the BME Department from 2013-25, who died Nov. 16. At Binghamton, Ye was instrumental in altering the main target of the earlier Bioengineering Department to biomedical engineering.
Ye’s scholarly contributions included the event of superior biomanufacturing and his management position in selling and rising it. His analysis in bioprinting and tissue biofabrication acquired assist from the NSF, the National Institutes of Health, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (now Breakthrough T1D), and several other industrial companions. He collaborated on six patents and dozens of analysis papers.
BME Expo
The division hosted the fifth annual Biomedical Research Expo on March 20, with greater than 25 posters and shows from undergraduate and graduate college students. Sponsors had been Regeneron, Fisher Scientific, VWR, and Krackeler.
Here are this yr’s winners:
- First Place Graduate Oral Presentation: Eunji Hong (PIs Siyuan Rao, Qianbin Wang) – “Single-Virus Particle Tracking to Visualize Transport Across Biological Barriers”
- First Place Undergraduate Oral Presentation: Sydney M. Nierstedt (PI Gretchen Mahler) – “Fibrin hydrogels increase bacterial biofilm resistance to antibiotic treatment in a cell culture model of a recurrent urinary tract infection”
- First Place Graduate Poster: Zachary Krassin (PI Gretchen Mahler) – “A Gravity-Driven Microphysiological System for Modeling the Human Nephron”
- Second Place Graduate Poster: Katherine Peters (PI Gretchen Mahler) – “A Biomimetic Fibrin in vitro Model to Investigate Treatment Resistance Mechanisms in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (RUTIs)”
- First Place Undergraduate Poster: Lauren Carnevale (PI Tao Zhang) – “Assessing Antidepressant Permeability in an in vitro Transwell Model to Support PBPK-Based Assessment of Transfer into Breast Milk”
- Second Place Undergraduate Poster: Justin Vy (PI Ahyeon Koh) – “Systematic Study for Developing High-Precision Flexible Biosensors Upcycled from Compact Discs”
New AI middle
A record-setting $55 million dedication from a Binghamton University alumnus and New York state will set up the Center for AI Responsibility and Research, the first-ever impartial AI analysis middle at a public college within the U.S.
Part of the Empire AI challenge, the middle might be supported by a $30 million dedication from Tom Secunda ’76, MA ’79, co-founder of Bloomberg LP, who’s a key personal sector companion and philanthropist concerned in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Empire AI consortium. This might be coupled with a $25 million capital funding from Gov. Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Research information
Professor Sha Jin will lead a $2.5 million challenge to develop a next-generation avian flu vaccine from yeast designed to be simpler to fabricate, retailer, and transport than present choices.
Associate Professor Yuan Wan printed analysis within the tutorial journal Theranostics about better ways to target mRNA cancer vaccines. It builds on Wan’s work over the previous 5 years to develop a greater supply methodology for chemotherapy medicines.
Several biomedical engineering college members had been amongst those that acquired funding via the Watson College Seed Grant Program for Major Research Proposal Development, which is designed as a catalyst for accelerating interdisciplinary analysis, and addressing urgent scientific and technological challenges whereas demonstrating a path to main analysis funding from exterior sponsors.
Student information
Isabelle Saint ’26 might be this year’s student speaker on the Watson College Commencement ceremony on May 15. While she explored totally different engineering paths, she discovered she was most excited in regards to the human physique’s electrical system. She has additionally been concerned with the Powerlifting and Olympic Weight Training Club, Alpha Omega Epsilon, the Student Association, and Watson Career and Alumni Connections.
Manar Mabrouk ’26 will also graduate this month. At Binghamton, she served as vp of the Biomedical Engineering Society and did hands-on analysis in Professor Gretchen Mahler’s lab. She plans to attend Boston University to pursue a grasp’s in biomedical engineering to work in analysis and improvement (R&D).
Doctoral scholar Eunji Hong acquired Binghamton University’s Award for Excellence in Service and Outreach for translating cutting-edge analysis into partaking academic outreach packages, together with entrepreneurship initiatives and workshops to encourage Ok-12 college students to pursue careers in science and expertise.
Graduating BME college students had been amongst these at Watson College who had been welcomed into the Order of the Engineer throughout Engineers Week in February. Students who take the Obligation of an Engineer obtain a stainless-steel ring to put on on the pinky finger of the receiver’s working hand as a reminder of their guarantees.
Alumni information
Clare Biging ’16 acquired a BOLD (Bearcats of the Last Decade) 10 Under 10 Award from the Binghamton University Alumni Association. She is an epidemiologist and public well being advocate on the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, who focuses on rising well being schooling and information of HIV prevention instruments in underserved communities.