Education

Highlights:

Brad Gill (Damaser Lab), a junior BME student at CWRU, was invited to present his abstract in the poster display at this year's LRI Research Day. His final project was “Development of a Device for Intravesical Measurement of Bladder Volume.” Brad was a 2005 summer NIH REU student and he continues to work in Dr. Damaser's lab on a part-time basis this current academic year.


Brad Gill talks about his abstract on display during LRI's Research Day.	Vaun Greer presents his abstract at the BioOhio 2005 Conference in Columbus.

Vaun Greer (Davis Lab), a student in the fall NSF REU program, and a Morehouse College physics/mechanical engineering junior, was invited to present his abstract at the BioOhio 2005 Conference held in Columbus, Ohio, in October. His research project was “Gait Analysis in Ambulatory Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy Study.” Vaun completed his internship and presented his final research presentation to his mentor and co-workers on December 16th.

Other BME students who presented posters at the LRI Research Day event include:

Ingrid Baumann, Hathaway Brown high school senior in George Muschler's lab: Effect of Menquinone on Human Marrow-Derived Connective Tissue Progenitors.

Aniq Darr, CWRU BME doctoral student in Tony Calabro's lab: Novel Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels for Tissue Repair.

Haibin Huang, CSU ABE doctoral student in Guang Yue's lab: Analysis of Human Brain fMRI Data Using a Neural Gas Algorithm with Spatial Information.

Ying Jing, OSU Chemical Engineering doctoral student in Maciej Zborowski's lab: Negative Selection of Blood Progenitors Cells by Continuous Magnetophoresis.

William Lang, Purdue U. BME undergrad, summer student in George Muschler's lab: Comparison of Iliac Crest and Femur Bone Core Biopsy as a Source of Bone Graft.

Qi (Tina) Yang, CSU ABE doctoral student in Guang Yue's lab: Fractal Dimension of Scalp EEG is Significantly Affected by Muscle Fatigue.

Bing Yao, CWRU Physics doctoral student in Guang Yue's lab: Nonlinear Analysis of Surface EEG Associated with Motor Activities of Different Levels of Force and Fatigue.

Luduan Zhang, CWRU BME doctoral student in Guang Yue's lab: Quantifying Brain White Matter Changes in Normal Aging by Three-Dimensional Fractal Analysis.

2005 Reunion of High School Student Scholars

Brian Davis and Katie Root organized a HS Scholar Program Reunion in December for all the students who participated in the program during the last few years. Most of the students contacted were excited to attend the reunion and the pizza party afterwards. The students discussed college life versus high school, job opportunities and their future plans and goals. Below is an brief educational update on what these students have accomplished since leaving BME.

BME Scholar Program Student Update:

Ashley Pruitt – Junior at Walsh College – Education Major interested in Counseling.
LaQuisha Carroll – Senior at CWRU – Nursing Major – Considering Medical Surgery; MS and PhD in Public Health and International Health.
Echo Brown – Senior at Dartmouth – Government Major – Goals: Columbia Law School and to work internationally for a year first, possibly in Capetown, South Africa.
Leonard Curry – Junior at Rhodes College – Religion Major – Possibly Divinity School or working for a non-profit organization – has good leadership skills and is very active in organizations.
Kristian Walker – Sophomore at Lakeland Community College – Considering Business Major or X-Ray Technician.
Tristta Kuykendall – Senior at CSU (transferred from Wittenberg College after 2 yrs) – Criminal Justice/ Sociology Major – interested in Parole Officer career.
Edy Hasrouni – TRI-C student – planning to transfer to John Carroll University in 2006 as Computer Science Major.
Anthony Brown – Freshman at University of Toledo – Pre-Pharmacy Major.
Tierra Smith – Freshman at TRI-C – Pre-Nursing Major.
Melanie Moore – Freshman at Northwestern University – Pre-Med Major – Worked for Tony Calabro over winter break and will work for him in summer 2006 – Funded by Dr. Calabro.
Fatimah Muhammad – Freshman at NEOUCOM/Youngstown State University – BS/MD Program.
Sandra Mitchell – Freshman at Ohio University – Considering Japanese Major.
Juante Allen – Freshman at Kent State University – Graphic Design Major.
Deante Lilly – Junior at Lake Erie College – Marriage Counselor career interest.
Brittany Paige – Sophomore at CWRU – Nursing Major.
Margaret Coley – Sophomore at CWRU – Nursing Major.
Chavaughn Gibson – Senior in HS – Early College Program at CSU – still working with Dr. Mace in Emergency Medicine.
Sonji James – Senior at East Tech HS.