The Conference featured plenary talks by University leaders followed by four lunchtime breakout sessions led by IEM’s pillars (Strategic Research Initiatives, Professional Education and Outreach, Inspire, and Innovation) and a Student Career Development session. The Conference ended with an afternoon student and postdoctoral poster session.
We were excited to be in-person again, and recognized that COVID was still an obstacle for some. Therefore, the bulk of the 2021 Conference is accessible via Zoom. Only the Student Career Development and Poster sessions were completely in-person.
Keynotes Included:
Jerrold Vitek, MD, Ph.D.
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota
Carla Pavone, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Timothy Schacker, MD
Vice Dean for Research, Medical School Director, Program in HIV Medicine, University of Minnesota
Agenda
9:00am - 9:05am
Jakub Tolar (Dean, Medical School) and Mostafa Kaveh (Dean, College of Science & Engineering)
"Welcome Remarks"
9:05am - 9:30am
John Bischof, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota
"STATE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE"
9:30am - 10:10am
Jerrold Vitek, MD, Ph.D.
Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota
"Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation: Role of Technology"
10:10am - 10:50am
Carla Pavone, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
"Innovation + Culture Change = New Opportunities"
10:50am - 11:05am
COFFEE BREAK
11:05am - 11.45am
Timothy Schacker, MD
Vice Dean for Research, Medical School
Director, Program in HIV Medicine
University of Minnesota
"Fostering Collaborations between Engineering and Medicine"
11:45am - 12:00pm
IEM AWARDS
Engineering in Medicine Doctoral Fellowship Recipient(s)
Industrial Fellows Inductees
12:00pm - 1:30pm
IEM PILLAR BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- STRATEGIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES
Health Disparities & Cancer Research
Facilitated by: Valerie Odero-Marah, Ph.D., MSc. Professor, Executive Director of the Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation (Morgan State University)
David Odde, Ph.D. Associate Director of IEM and lead of Strategic Research Initiatives (University of Minnesota)
The breakout session will focus on two related topics of mutual interest to UMN and Morgan faculty. Faculty from both institutions will present brief three minute/one-slide introductions to their research interests, and then we will have facilitated discussion about possible synergies and areas of research collaboration. Ideally, new pilot project concepts will emerge that can be pursued through seed funding to bring an engineering/physical sciences approach to biomedical problems.
- PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Facilitated by Paul Iaizzo, Ph.D. Medtronic Endowed Associate Director, Professional Education and Outreach
The PEO breakout meeting with IEM Industrial Fellows is an opportunity to further our discussions of how to further build the medical technology innovative ecosystem within Minnesota; with impacts beyond.
- INSPIRE
Facilitated by Rhonda Franklin, Ph.D. and Chris Pennell, Ph.D., Inspire Program Co-Directors, Abbott Professors for Innovative Education (University of Minnesota)
Albert E. Sweets Sr., Program Manager/Sr. Advisory Engineer Cybersecurity Assurance & Policy Center, (Morgan State University)
The INSPIRE Program provides students with partnerships and pathways in STEM to craft careers at the interface of engineering and medicine. The INSPIRE breakout session will be a dialog in which IEM shares its approaches and listens to participants' needs and suggestions about how best to develop the next-gen workforce. Discussion will focus on how to build out K-12, community college, REU, and RET activities.
- INNOVATION
Facilitated by Art Erdman, Ph.D. IEM Co-Director, Innovation Pillar, Richard C. Jordan Professor, Morse Alumni, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Carla Pavone, Ph.D. IEM Co-Director, Innovation Pillar, Associate Director, Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship
Discussion will focus on translating technologies out of the University research environment to startups and existing companies and the process of turning unmet clinical needs into healthcare solutions. Innovation Panel panelists: Ibrahim Yekinney (fellow, startup), Theresa Reineke (CSE faculty, industry partnerships), Bryan Ladd (medical school faculty, startups) and Vaughn Schmid (Technology Portfolio Manager, Technology Commercialization). We will also have someone from TechComm to answer questions/add commentary.
- STUDENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT SESSION
Moderators: Suhasa Kodandaramaiah and Alex Opitz
Discussion focused on diverse student career trajectories such as academic, industry and “alternative career paths.”
1:30pm - 3:00pm
STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL POSTER SESSION
Poster winners listed below
CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING
1st Place "Similarity score for the identification of active sites in patients with atrial fibrillation"
Vasanth Ravikumar 2, Sanket Thakare 1, Xiangzhen Kong 2, Henri Roukoz 3, Elena G. Tolkacheva 1. 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2. Department of Electrical Engineering, 3. Cardiovascular Medicine; University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
2nd Place "The Effects of LVAD Pump Speed on Coronary Perfusion: Reanimated Heart Studies"
Emma Schinstock 1, D'Anne Kudlik 2, Michael Eggen 2, Paul A. Iaizzo 1. 1. University of Minnesota, USA 2. Medtronic, USA
3rd Place "Ex Vivo Heart Perfusion: Assessing Vitrification Solution Toxicity"
Casey Kraft, Bat-Erdene Namsrai, Zhe Gao, Michael Etheridge, Erik Finger, John Bischof. University of Minnesota
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOENGINEERING
1st Place "Synthetic Cell Lines for Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) Production"
Min Lu 1, Zion Lee 1, Eesha A. Irfanullah 2, Morgan T. Soukup 2, Christopher S. Stach 1, Daniel Schmidt 3, WeiShou Hu 1. 1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, 3. Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; University of Minnesota
2nd Place "Developing Collagen Droplets for Single Cell Culture and ECM Remodeling Studies"
Katherine A. Cummins, David K. Wood. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
3rd Place "Engineered Protein-Small Molecule Hybrids Empower Selective Enzyme Inhibition"
Abbigael Harthorn 1, Andrew K. Lewis 2, Sadie M. Johnson 2, Roy R. Lobb 3, Benjamin Hackel 1,2. 1. Biomedical Engineering, 2. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA, 3. Itara Biotherapeutics, London, UK
FRONTIERS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
1st Place "Vitrification and Nanowarming of Kidneys"
Anirudh Sharma1, Joseph Sushil Rao2, Zonghu Han1, Lakshya Gangwar1, Erik B Finger2, John C Bischof1. 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2. Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota
2nd Place "Thermal Modeling of Cryoprotective agents (CPAs) for varied size range (mL to L system) in evaluating success and failure for cryopreservation"
Lakshya Gangwar 1, Shaunak S. Phatak 3, John C. Bischof 1,2. 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, 3. Armorblox, India
3rd Place "Rotator Cuff Compression During Arm Elevation in Individuals with Excessive Scapular Anterior Tilt"
Gaura Saini, S. Cyrus Rezvanifar, Paula M. Ludewig. University of Minnesota, USA
MEDICAL DEVICES
1st Place "fM-aM Detection of SARS-COV-2 Antigen by Advanced Lateral Flow Immunoassay with Thermal Contrast Amplification"
Yilin Liu(*)1, Li Zhan1, Jesse W. Shen1, Bàrbara Baro2, Andrea Alemany3, James Sackrison4, Oriol Mitjà3,5,6, John C. Bischof1,7. 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. 2. ISGlobal, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 3. Fight AIDS and Infectious Diseases Foundation, Badalona, Spain. 4. 3984 Hunters Hill Way, Minnetonka, MN 55345, USA. 5. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. 6.Lihir Medical Centre – International SOS, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. 7. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
2nd Place "Automated microinjection robotic platform for zebrafish embryos"
Amey S. Joshi* 1, Andrew D. Alegria 1, Kieran Smith 2, Kunpeng Liu 1, Daryl M. Gohl 3, 4, Kanav Khosla 1, John Bischof 1, 5, Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah 1, 5, 6 . 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2. Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, 3. University of Minnesota Genomic Center, 4. Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, 5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, 6. Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA
3rd Place "Combined On-Chip Spectroscopy and Rheology as a Pre-clinical Drug Screening Tool for Sickle Cell Disease"
Scott Hansen 1, John Higgins 2, 3, David K. Wood, 1. 1. University of Minnesota, USA, 2. Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, 3. Harvard Medical School, USA
NEUROENGINEERING
1st Place "Region-Level Functional and Effective Network Analysis of Human Brain During Cognitive Task Engagement"
Sandeep Avvaru 1, Noam Peled 2, Nicole R. Provenza 3, Alik S. Widge 4, Keshab K. Parhi 1. 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA, 2. Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA, 3. Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University School of Engineering, Providence, RI 02912 USA, 4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
1st Place "High-performance, Conformable, Stencil Fabricated Graphene μ-ECoG Array"
Jia Hu* 1, Ridwan Fayaz Hossain 1, Zahra S. Navabi1. 1, Alana Tillery 2, Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah 1. 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA 2. Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
1st Place "Bayesian Optimization of Closed-Loop Electrical Stimulation Enables Robust CerebellarDirected Seizure Control"
Bethany J. Stieve* 1, Thomas J. Richner 2,3,4, Chris Krook-Magnuson 4, Theoden I. Netoff 1,3, and Esther Krook-Magnuson 1,4. 1. Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, United States, 2. Current: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester 55902, United States, 3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, United States, 4. Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, United States
POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
1st Place "Automated Microfluidic Device for Whole Blood Plasma Separation and Biomarkers Analysis in Microliter Samples"
Alan M. Gonzalez-Suarez 1, Gulnaz Stybayeva 1, William A. Carey 2, and Alexander Revzin 1. 1. Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 2. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
2nd Place "Mechano-transcriptomic analysis of migratory phenotypes of glioblastoma patient cells"
Jay C. Hou 1, Mariah M. McMahon 1, Jann N. Sarkaria 2, Clark C. Chen 3, and David J. Odde 1. 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities 2. Department of Radiation Oncology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, USA 3. Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
3rd Place "3D printing of organisms for biotechnology, biomedicine, and devices"
Guebum Han*1,2, Kanav Khosla1,2, Kieran Smith1,2, John Bischof1,2, Michael McAlpine1,2. 1. University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States, 2. NSF Center for Advanced Technologies for Preservation of Biological System, United States