MEDIA ADVISORY : A symposium on the latest developments in biomechanics, nanotechnology, tissue engineering and related bioengineering fields.
ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT DESKS
11.09.00 Jan Ambrosini, College of Engineering (510) 642-5857
WHAT: A symposium on the latest developments in biomechanics, nanotechnology, tissue engineering and related bioengineering fields, in celebration of the newest department on the University of California, Berkeley, campus: the Department of Bioengineering.
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley
WHO: The day's schedule is:
Robert Langer, professor, bioengineering & environmental health, MIT - tissue engineering.
Harold Craighead, professor, applied engineering & physics, Cornell University - nanotechnology.
Boris Rubinsky, professor, mechanical engineering, UC Berkeley - bioengineering.
Gail Naughton, Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. - tissue replacement David Saloner, professor, radiology, UC San Francisco - blood flow technology.
Robert Nerem, professor, mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech - biomechanics.
The symposium culminates at 4:15 p.m. with a panel discussion featuring key leaders from industry and government addressing "Bioengineering in the 21st Century." Panelists include Lester John Lloyd, chair of the Bioengineering Industrial Advisory Board; John Couch, DoubleTwist, Inc.; Kurt Petersen, Cepheid; Shankar Sastry, a bioengineering professor on leave from UC Berkeley while serving with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Washington, D.C.; and Michael Viola, National Institutes of Health.
BACKGROUND: Formally established in July 1998, bioengineering is the first new department in the College of Engineering in 40 years. In this Inaugural Bioengineering Symposium, six leading experts in the field of bioengineering will present talks covering a broad range of topics.
