CPTT 2006
CALIFORNIA
5th Annual Industry Research Symposium
May 15-17, 2006
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine hosted its fifth annual industry research symposium focusing on new biomedical engineering technologies to advance society. Attendees had the unique opportunity to network and learn about new research techniques in ophthalmology, nanoscale technologies for cancer, engineering applications for neuroscience and rehabilitation, new array technologies for cellular diagnosis, as well as implantable medical devices.
In addition to UC Irvine faculty, invited speakers included industry experts, prominent scientists and researchers from around the world.
Following Monday’s symposium events, the School’s dinner and annual awards banquet was held at the Engineering Plaza on the UC Irvine campus in honor of selected outstanding faculty members and students, as well as two guests of honor who were presented with the Engineering the Future award and the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year award.
2006 Engineering the Future Award
William J. Link, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Versant Ventures
2006 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award
Georges
Russell Sage Endowed Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fariborz Maseeh Best Faculty Research Awards
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
and
Andrei Shkel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fariborz Maseeh Best Teaching Award
Tara Hutchinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fariborz Maseeh Best Student Poster Awards
Undergraduate Poster Winners:
David Truong, Garrett Thompson and Craig Griffith
Poster Title: “Epithelial Injury Influences Angiogenesis Through a TG F–Beta-2-dependent Mechanism in Vitro”
Advisor: Steve George
Graduate Poster Winners:
Laura Marchal
Poster Title: “A Robotic Strategy for Training Children to Drive a Powered Wheelchair”
Advisor: David Reinkensmeyer
and
Jian Wu
Poster Title: “A Microsystem with Varying-Length Electrode Arrays for Auditory Nerve Prostheses”
Advisor: Bill Tang