Seminars

Fall 2025 Seminars

Thursdays, 11:00am-12:00pm, Horizon Hall 3014, Fairfax Campus

Speakers TBD

September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9 - no seminar (BMES)
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20

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Previous Seminars

Title: Therapeutic Ultrasound for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Vesna Zderic, PhD
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
George Washington University
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: From Concept to Care: The Transformative Power of Additive Manufacturing in the Medical Device Industry 
Geetha Manivasagam, PhD
Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Clinical Engineering (SHINE) and the Founding Director of the state-of-the-art Center for Biomaterials, Cellular, and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT)
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore
 Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Getting Tensor: Using Acoustic Radiation Force to Measure Elastic Modulus...and other things
Steve McAleavey, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Advancing Neurochemical Imaging with Optical Probes Derived from Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Abraham Gusu Beyene
Janelia Research Campus
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: From Laboratory Discovery to Clinical Application: Translational Research in Biomedical Science 
Alessandra Luchini
Biosciences PhD Program Director, School of Systems Biology 
Professor, Center for Applied proteomics and Molecular Medicine
GMU
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Targeted NIR Fluorescent Dyes for Intraoperative Lung Cancer Visualization
Jim Delikatny
Research Professor; Director, Small Animal Imaging Facility
Director of Translational Research, Center for Precision Surgery
Chair, Pharmacology Graduate Group Admissions 
University of Pennsylvania
Recording available upon request. Email Carol at cmchugh4@gmu.edu.

Title: Seeing the Invisible: Real-Time Vascular Imaging with Wearable Optical Tomography
Andreas Hielscher, PhD
Professor and Chair
Biomedical Department
New York University
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: My Journey to Microscopy Mastery
Bryce Dunn, PhD Candidate
Bioengineering, GMU
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Modern Applications of Quantitative Ultrasound for Biomedical Research
Jonathan Mamou, Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering in Radiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Cornell University
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Models for Petascale Imaging: Applications to Humans in Alzheimer Disease and Mice
Michael Miller, Professor and Director 
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Reactivating Memories in the Mammalian Brain
John White, Professor and Chair
Biomedical Engineering
Boston University
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Data-driven computational modeling and analysis of human movement.
Qi Wei, Associate Professor
Bioengineering, GMU
Please email Carol McHugh (cmchugh4@gmu.edu) if you'd like to view this talk

Title: 3D Printing to Engineer Complex Tissues
John Fisher, Fischell Family Distinguished Professor & Dept. Chair
Fischell Dept. of Bioengineering
University of Maryland
Watch recorded seminar here

Title Ultrasound-mediated wound healing and rehabilitation
Parag Chitnis, Associate Professor
Bioengineering, GMU
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Mechanical Characterization through Bioindentation in Optimizing Biomaterial and Nanomedicine Fabrication
Arjunsinh Harer, Account Partner
Optics11 Life
Alumni of GMU Bioengineering
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Naturally derived polymers as biomaterials
Liszt Madruga, Research Assistant Professor
Bioengineering, GMU
Watch recorded seminar here

Title: Assessment of Deep Neural Networks from a Medical Imaging Perspective
Mark Anastasio, Head
Dept. of Bioengineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Watch recorded seminar here