1. Research Grants
2. Special BME Building Construction
3. Special Opportunity Awards
4. Graduate Fellowships
5. Industrial Internships
6. Teaching Materials
7. NIH Summer Internships
8. Conference Awards
9. Regional Awards
10. Special Grants

Boston University
Marc Herant, Ph.D.
The Mechanics of Ameboid Cells: Connecting Theory and Experiments
$240,000

Boston University
Joe Tien, Ph.D.
Use of Microfabrication and Self-Assembly in Tissue Engineering
$219,337

Boston University
Joyce Y. Wong, Ph.D.
Hydrogel Scaffolds to Probe Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotye for Vascular Tissue Engineering
$69,292

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Frank J. Rybicki, M.D., Ph.D.
An Optimized 3D MR Imaging Method to Assess Myocardial Viability
$240,000

Brown University
Diane Hoffman-Kim, Ph.D.
Following Instructions for Nerve Regeneration:
Incorporation of Permissive and Inhibitory Cues $240,000

Case Western Reserve University
Dmitri E. Kourennyi, Ph.D.
Development of a System to Simulate Light Response in the Photoreceptors and Its Application to Study the Effects of Nitric Oxide
$48,555

Case Western Reserve University
Andrew M. Rollins, Ph.D.
Phase-Referenced Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography for In Vivo Retinal
Flow Imaging
$237,022

Catholic University of America
Joseph M. Hidler, Ph.D.
Quantification of Static and Dynamic Muscle Synergy Patterns in the Paretic Leg of Stroke Patients
$219,083

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Kathleen Anne Derwin, Ph.D.
Rapid Loss of Tendon Function Associated with the Removal of Mechanical Load: A Protease-Based Mechanism
$237,475

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Melissa L. Knothe Tate, Ph.D.
Real-time Study of Changes in Osteocyte Viability and Integrity of the Bone Cell Syncytial Network and Their Relationship to Remodeling Dynamics in Bone
$239,248

Columbia University
Jeffrey W. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D.
Induction of Growth and Remodeling in Cultured Cardiac Muscle
$79,479

Cornell University
David Putnam, Ph.D.
Molecular Engineering of Efficient DNA-Vaccine Vector Nanocomposites
$240,000

Cornell University
Marjolein C. van der Meulen, Ph.D.
Simulation and Characterization of Trabecular Bone
$77,277

Emory University School of Medicine
Lena H. Ting, Ph.D.
Neuromechanical Determinants of Postural Responses
$234,192

Harvard Medical School
Bernardo L. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Synaptic Integration in Neuronal Dendrites Examined with 2-Photon Laser Uncaging $221,356

Illinois Institute of Technology
Mark A. Anastasio, Ph.D.
Development and Investigation of Local Tomography Algorithms for Imaging-Guided Patient Setup in Conformal Radiation Therapy
$216,144

Illinois Institute of Technology
Jennifer J. Kang Derwent, Ph.D.
Modeling of the Thrombotic Retinal Vessel Occlusion: A Study of Visual Function and Blood Flow
$228,018

Ithaca College
Jeff R. Houck, Ph.D., P.T.
Associations of Motor Control Strategies and Function of Subjects that Are ACL-Deficient During Expected and Unexpected Cut Tasks
$143,915

The Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D.
Photoencapsulation of Stem Cells for Cartilage Tissue Engineering
$240,000

The Johns Hopkins University
Pablo A. Iglesias, Ph.D.
Feedback Control in Spatially Distributed Biological Signaling Pathways
$71,670

The Johns Hopkins University
Allison M. Okamura, Ph.D.
Haptic Sensing, Feedback and Augmentation for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
$235,909

The Johns Hopkins University
Matthias Stuber, Ph.D.
Comprehensive and Non-Invasive Assessment of Coronary Bypass Graft Lumen and Vessel Wall
$239,949

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jinyuan Zhou, Ph.D.
Development of Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Spectroscopy (MRS) Methodology for Tumor Detection
$240,000

Louisiana State University
Ram Devireddy, Ph.D.
Rational Design of Macaca Mulatta Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation Protocols
$231,461

Massachusetts General Hospital
Giorgio Bonmassar, Ph.D.
Functional Imaging in Clinical Epilepsy
$67,100

Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward Brown III, Ph.D.
Imaging Angiogenesis and Vascular Function in Tumors
$232,035

Massachusetts General Hospital
ohannes F. de Boer, Ph.D.
Burn Depth Determination Using Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography
$79,727

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D.
Engineering of Lymphoid Tissue Microenvironments
$234,243

Massachusetts General Hospital
Simona Socrate, Ph.D.
The Biomechanics of Cervical Incompetence: A Quantitative Model of Cervical Dilation
$143,079

Michigan State University
Christina Chan, Ph.D.
Systems Modeling to Characterize Lipid Metabolism
$229,040

Michigan Technological University
Tammy L. Haut Donahue, Ph.D.
Mechanotransduction in the Meniscus
$239,980

North Carolina State University
Mansoor A. Haider, Ph.D.
Multiphasic Mechanics of the Chondron: Effects of the Physicochemical Environment
$238,675

Northwestern University
Timothy J. Carroll, Ph.D.
Determination of Pulmonary Blood Volume in Heart Failure with Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
$231,466

Northwestern University
Eric J. Perreault, Ph.D.
Stretch Reflex Contributions to Human Arm Impedance Following Stroke
$238,202

Ohio University
Douglas J. Goetz, Ph.D.
Targeting Anti-inflammatory Agents to Sites of Pathological Inflammation via Biodegradable Particles
$72,910

Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
Nicholas J. Giori, M.D., Ph.D.
MR Imaging of Cyclically Loaded Articular Cartilage
$239,949

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nada N. Boustany, Ph.D.
Optical Scatter Imaging of Apoptotic Cells
$226,467

Stanford University
Daniel Palanker, Ph.D.
Plasma Scalpel for Microsurgery
$236,056

Stanford University
Krishna V. Shenoy, Ph.D.
Toward High-Performance Neural Prosthetic Icon Systems
$240,000

Stanford University Medical Center
Frandics P. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
Optimized Four-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Flow Imaging for Congenital Heart Disease
$238,580

State University of New York, Buffalo
Stelios T. Andreadis, Ph.D.
The Role of Integrins on Retroviral Gene Transfer of Epidermal Keratinocytes
$79,999

State University of New York, Stony Brook
Emilia Entcheva, Ph.D.
Electromechanical Performance of Engineered Cardiac Syncytium on Complex Surfaces
$231,374

State University of New York, Stony Brook
Stefan Judex, Ph.D.
Dependency of Skeletal Plasticity of Genetic and Epigenetic Factors
$225,028

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Matthew W. Kay, P.E., D.Sc.
New Macrostructural Determinants of Cardiac Conduction
$239,537

University of Alberta
Christian Beaulieu, Ph.D.
Multi-Nuclear High Field Magnetic Resonance of Human Stroke
$219,150

Kelvin Edward Jones, Ph.D.
Information Theoretic Analysis of Stretch Receptor Adaptation During Motor Learning
$236,312

University of California, Davis
Scott J. Hazelwood, Ph.D.
Development of a Remodeling Simulation to Study the Mechanical Adaptability and Fatigue Resistance of Bone
$232,660

University of California, Davis
Angelique Louie, Ph.D.
Dual-Mode Imaging for Three-Dimensional Visualization of Atherosclerotic Plaques
$221,262

University of Chicago
Patrick La Riviere, Ph.D.
Development of Algorithms for Quantitatively Accurate Image Reconstruction in X-ray Fluorescence Computed Tomography
$239,199

University of Illinois, Chicago
Liu Hong, M.D., Ph.D.
Stem-Cell Driven Regeneration of Craniofacial Sutures for Therapeutic Applications
$238,908

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Edward R. Damiano, Ph.D.
The Development of a Semi-Empirical Basis to Study Microhemofluidics in Post-Capillary Venules
$80,000

University of Kansas
Sara E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Lumbar Spine Proprioception and Low Back Stability
$239,700

University of Michigan
Joseph L. Bull, Ph.D.
Gas Embolotherapy for Cancer Treatment
$239,714

University of Michigan
Benoit Desjardins, M.D., Ph.D.
Toward Noninvasive Clinical Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
$240,000

University of Michigan
Richard E. Hughes, Ph.D.
Development of Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Model of the Glenohumeral Joint
$69,978

University of Pennsylvania
Eric T. Boder, Ph.D.
A Molecular Bioengineering Approach to Identification of T Cell Antigens
$240,000

University of Pittsburgh
Richard E. Debski, Ph.D.
Function of the Capsuloligamentous Structures at the Glenohumeral Joint During a Simulated Clinical Exam
$79,902

University of Rochester
Michael R. King, Ph.D.
The Effect of Cell-Cell Hydrodynamic Interactions and Flow Disturbances on the Dynamics of Endothelial Cell Adhesion
$231,867

University of Sherbrooke
Cecile Smeesters, Ph.D.
Effect of Initial Velocity on Balance Recovery from a Fall
$234,287

University of Texas at Austin
Krishnendu Roy, Ph.D.
Spatio-Temporal Patterning of Microfabricated 3D Scaffolds: Studying Stem Cells Under Complex Microenvironments
$224,795

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Konstantin Sokolov, Ph.D.
Polarization Imaging of Precancer
$65,063

University of Utah
Eric Sobie, Ph.D.
Controlling Positive Feedback in the Heart: Understanding the Regulation and Misregulation of Cardiac Calcium Signaling in Health and Disease
$240,000

University of Vermont
James C. Iatridis, Ph.D.
Mechanical and Biological Response of Intervertebral Discs to Damage
$240,000

University of Virginia
Brett R. Blackman, Ph.D.
Adaptive Heterogeneity of Human Endothelial Cells Exposed to Human Arterial and Venous Hemodynamic Shear Forces
$239,600

University of Virginia
Brian P. Helmke, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Production by Shear Stress-Induced Modulation of Cytoskeletal Deformation
$239,829

University of Virginia
Craig H. Meyer, Ph.D.
Rapid Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myocardial Ischemia
$239,985

University of Washington
Kenneth A. Schenkman, M.D., Ph.D.
Mitochondrial Function by
Optical Spectroscopy-2
$80,000

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Naomi C. Chesler, Ph.D.
Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Artery Remodeling: Molecular and Mechanical Mechanisms
$238,139

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tomy Varghese, Ph.D.
Non-Invasive Monitoring of Lesion Formation During RF Ablation
$200,571

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thurmon E. Lockhart, Ph.D.
Biomechanical Analysis of Slip-Induced Falls
$210,738

Washington State University
Anita Nitin Vasavada, Ph.D.
Biomechanical Analysis of the Neck Musculature in Whiplash Injury
$237,855

Washington University
Kurt A. Thoroughman, Ph.D.
System Identification of Force Generation as Humans Learn Novel Dynamic Environments
$239,477

Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Yihong Yang, Ph.D.
Simultaneous Perfusion and BOLD Measurements for Optimized Determination of Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen (CMRO2) During Brain Activation
$80,000

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Kristen L. Billiar, Ph.D.
Mechanically Guided Wound Healing to Promote Dermal Regeneration
$239,952

Special Biomedical Engineering Grants for Building Construction

Purdue University
George R. Wodicka, Ph.D.
An Academic Center of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering Emphasizing Education and Research in Implantable Devices and Tissues
$5,000,000

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Martin L. Yarmish, M.D., Ph.D.
Rutgers: A New Vision for Excellence in Biomedical Engineering
$2,000,000

State University of New York, Stony Brook
Clinton T. Rubin, Ph.D.
Establishing a Research and Education Focus in Molecular Bioengineering
$3,000,000

University of Michigan
Matthew O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Leadership in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan
$8,000,000

University of Rochester
Richard E. Waugh, Ph.D.
Leadership and Development in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester
$3,000,000

University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth R. Diller, Sc.D.
Molecular-Based Diagnosis, Treatment,
and Prevention of Disease: Vertically Integrated Biomedical Engineering
Education and Research
$3,000,000

Special Opportunity Awards

Stanford University
Norbert J. Pelc, Ph.D.
Department of Bioengineering Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
$999,765

University of California, San Diego
Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California Systemwide Biomedical Engineering Education Consortium
$100,000

Graduate Fellowships Approved in 2003

Amar Sarbbasesh Basu
University of Michigan
(B.S.E.,University of Michigan)

Jamie Michelle Bergen
University of Washington
(B.S., Duke University)

Amy Louise Butterworth
University of Wisconsin, Madison
(B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Richard Nathan Cohen
University of California, San Francisco
(joint program with University of California, Berkeley) (B.S., Cornell University)

Benjamin David Cosgrove
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(B.S., University of Minnesota)

Darryl Athos Dickerson
Tulane University
(B.S., Tulane University)

Danielle Nicole Drury
Georgia Institute of Technology
(B.S.E., Mercer University)

Stephanie A. Eucker
University of Pennsylvania
(B.A., Washington University)

Suzanne Flanary
University of Washington
(B.E., Vanderbilt University)

Kristen Hunter Fouts
Case Western Reserve University
(B.S., Case Western Reserve University)

Peter Paiman Ghoroghchian
University of Pennsylvania
(B.S.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Jordan Jamieson Green
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(B.S., Carnegie Mellon University)

Albert Hsiao
University of California, San Diego
(B.S., California Institute of Technology)

Ngan Fong Huang
University of California, San Francisco
(joint program with University of California, Berkeley)
(B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Damien Craig Rodger
California Institute of Technology
(B.S., Cornell University)

Wesley Nicholas Sivak
University of Pittsburgh
(B.S., University of Dayton)

Andrew M. Sloan
University of Oklahoma
(B.S., University of Oklahoma)

Kyle Christopher Smith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(B.S.E., Duke University)

Simone Suzette Stalling
University of Pennsylvania
(B.S.E., University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn
University of California, San Diego
(B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Samuel Thomas Wall
University of California, Berkeley (joint program with University of California, San Francisco)
(B.S.E., University of Michigan)

John Tanner Wilson
Georgia Institute of Technology
(B.S., Oregon State University)

Industrial Internships

Boston University
Herbert F. Voigt, Ph.D.
An Enhanced Industrial Internship Program for Biomedical Engineering Students
$120,000

Case Western Reserve University
Patrick E. Crago, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Industrial Co-op and Internship Program
$180,000

Michigan Technological University
David A. Nelson, Ph.D.
Enhancement of Industrial Internship Opportunities for Biomedical Engineering Students at Michigan Technological University
$180,000

University of Michigan
Douglas C. Noll, Ph.D.
The BME Industrial Internship Program at Michigan
$179,958

University of Virginia
Thomas C. Skalak, Ph.D.
Industrial Internship Program for BME Undergraduates
$179,856

Vanderbilt University
Jerry C. Collins, Ph.D.
A Program of Industrial Internships for Biomedical Engineering Students at Vanderbilt University
$178,268

Teaching Materials

University of California, San Diego
Dr. Bernhard O. Palsson, Ph.D.
Systems Biology and Bioengineering
$84,713

NIH Summer Interns

Heather Brant
Vanderbilt University

Angela Bryl
University of Maryland

Elizabeth Burney
Rice University

Brett Byram
Vanderbilt University

Jennifer Dempsey
University of Iowa

Ravi Desai
University of Minnesota

Neil Geisler
Oregon Sate University

Betsy Hunt
LeTourneau University, Texas

Margaret Johnson
Columbia University

Rosanne Leger
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Murtaza Mogri
University of California, San Diego

Clare Poynton
The Johns Hopkins University

Kyle Quinn
University of Wisconsin

Vipul Sheth
Case Western Reserve University

Adam Travis
Vanderbilt University

Brent Warner
Duke University

Conference Awards

Alfred University
22nd Southern Biomedical
Engineering Conference
$8,000

Alfred University
Bioengineering in New York
$7,000

American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons
Physical Regulation of Skeletal Repair
$5,000

American Society for
Artificial Internal Organs
49th Annual ASAIO Conference
$10,000

American Society for Laser
Medicine and Surgery
2004 ASLMS Meeting
$5,000

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2004 ASME Educational Conference
$5,000

Association for the Advancement
of Medical Instrumentation
2004 AAMI Young Investigators Competition
$6,500

Biomedical Engineering Society
2003 Annual BMES Meeting
$35,000

California Institute of Technology
International Biofluid Mechanics
Symposium and Workshop
$5,000

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fifth Bone Fluid Flow Workshop:
Organ to Cell, Lab Bench to Bedside,
on Earth and in Space
$5,000

Cornell University
4th International Conference
on Biomedical Microscanning
$5,000

Duke University
2003 North Carolina Tissue Engineering Research Interest Group Meeting
$3,000

Engineering Conferences International
Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery
$10,000

Gordon Research Conferences
2003 Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering
$8,500

House Ear Institute
2003 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses
$5,000

IEEE-EMBS
International IEEE/EMBS Student Paper Competition
$15,000

International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology
9th Annual Meeting of the ISACB
$5,000

The Johns Hopkins University
Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS)
$3,000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
First U.S. National Symposium on Frontiers in Biomechanics
$8,000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 BioMEMS and Nanotech
World Conference
$8,000

Materials Research Society
Symposium on Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering at the 2003 MRS Fall Meeting
$10,000

National Institutes of Health
Catalyzing Team Science
$10,000

Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America
2003 RESNA Student Scientific Paper Competition
$4,800

Robarts Research Institute
MICCAI 2003
$5,000

Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Inc.
40th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium
$5,000

Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Inc.
41th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium
$4,500

Society for Biomaterials
29th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Society for Biomaterials
$23,500

Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine
22nd Annual Symposium of the Society of Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine
$4,000

Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation
BioInterface 2003-Annual Symposium of the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation
$5,000

Texas A & M University
Photons plus Ultrasound:
Imaging and Sensing
$7,600

Texas Tech University
Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Biological Systems
$5,000

Trustees of Indiana University
Multi-Scale Modeling in Biology Workshop
$5,000

University of California, Los Angeles
Third Annual Southern California Biomedical Engineering Student Symposium
$2,500

University of California, San Diego
Second Annual California Tissue Engineering Meeting
$5,000

University of California, San Diego
University of California System-Wide Bioengineering Symposium
$8,000

University of Illinois, Chicago
CUBIC 2003
$8,500

University of Maryland
2003 Telluride Neuromorphic Engineering Summer Workshop
$7,500

University of Minnesota
2003 Life Sciences Summer Internship Program
$4,000

University of Pennsylvania
2003 Summer Bioengineering Conference
$8,000

University of Toledo Foundation
2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics
$5,500

University of Washington
Biotechnology and Materials Research to Reduce Caries Disparity
$4,000

Vanderbilt University
2003 VaNTH ERC's Summer Workshop
$3,500

Vanderbilt University
BIROW II
$10,000

Regional Awards

Capital Regional Chamber/ ACES Foundation
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

Cleve J. Frederickson Library
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

Dauphin County Library System
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

Elizabethtown College
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

Gettysburg College
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

The Greater Harrisburg Foundation
Harrisburg Regional Program for 2003
$2,000,000

WITF Inc.
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

Special Grants

Carnegie Mellon University
2003 Annual Grant
$15,000

Cleveland State University
2003 Annual Grant
$15,000

Foundation Center
2003 Annual Grant
$10,000

Hood College
Scholarship Aid
$3,000,000

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 Annual Grant
$15,000

Meharry Medical College
2003 Annual Grant
$15,000

Research!America
2003 Annual Grant
$2,500

The Philanthropy Roundtable
2003 Annual Grant
$2,500

United Negro College Fund
2003 Annual Grant
$15,000