Month: April 2019

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Minutes 04.22.2019

BMES Banquet

Wednesday, May 1st at 5pm in May Room, WilCo. Tickets can be bought at the Common Market using declining ($15).

BME Shirts S-XL (15$) XXL (18$) will be on sale. Spots are limited so make sure to buy your ticket soon! Hope to see everyone there!!

Fellowship Opportunity

The NSF-GRFP fellowship is a pretty incredible (and prestigious) fellowship:  it offers $32,000 per year to students attending graduate school (usually PhD programs) in most STEM and Social Science fields.  The opportunity is open to US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents.  There is no minimum GPA required, and while a background in research is helpful, it is not required.

If anyone has questions, please email or call the Fellowships Office (fellowships@rochester.edu, 585-276-5869).

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BMES Mentor Program is still open!

Please email urbmesmentorship@gmail.com if you would like to be a mentor or would like a mentor assigned to you!

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Abloom April

Family Science Day

Science experiments? Innovative designs? Young, curious minds? Yes, it’s Family Science Day! The University of Rochester’s annual ‘Family Science Day’ was held on 20th April 2019 this year in Rettner Hall. About 20 student groups, including EWB, SWE, UR Robotics and of course BMES, were present with mind-blowing projects. We had a heart model which depicted the path blood took through the different parts of the heart. For those who were interested, we gave them a worksheet in which they had to label all the parts of the heart and if they got all correct, they won a brain-shaped stress ball! So many kids were fascinated by the heart model and how it works. Many even took the quiz at the end and got all correct. By the time we had to leave, we ran out of all stress balls! Oh, and did I mention there were delicious food and drinks served by Wegman’s? It was a great time and I can’t wait for it next year!

by Reshul Narhari

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March Mania

RES Explorer

On Thursday, March 21st, Joe, Lauren, and I conducted a very successful presentation in front of a group of high school students. The audience was an assortment of freshmen to seniors, as well as some parents. The purpose of the presentation was to introduce to the students the idea of biomedical engineering and give them some insight into the premise of the program, as well as a basic understanding of the academics of the field. Our presentation was a relatively standard one, with slides and a demonstration. The students seemed to react much more actively to the demonstration portion of the presentation, in which we showed them the use of the bicep model lab from BME 101. Getting to see hands-on the practicality of BME in everyday life resonated with the students. At the end of the presentation, we all shook hands and received very kind words from both the coordinator of the program and from the parents. I think Lauren and Joe would agree with me when I say we’d be happy to do it again in the future.

by Alexander Rivera

BMES Mentoring Event

BMES had another successful mentoring event on Tuesday, March 19th in Goergen Atrium. This event focused on pre-registration, and mentees were able to get advice from junior and senior BME mentors on which classes to take and how to fit everything into their busy schedule before meeting with their advisors. Pizza and soda were served!

by Caroline Stockwell

BMES Spring 2019 Engineering Social

The Spring 2019 Engineering Social (E-Social) was held on Mar. 29th in Rettner. This semester, the E-Social included different stations held by various engineering student associations including EWB, BMES, ASME, Robotics, and UR Makers. The BMES station organized a paper tearing activity for incoming students. This involved thinking of strategies to tear paper into its maximum length and perform it. The final paper tearing product hung from the second and even the third floor of Rettner and dropped all the way to the first floor. Eventually the longest one and the most artistic one was identified. Everyone had fun during the event. So did I!

by Lauren Li

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Minutes 04.19.2019

BMES Banquet

Wednesday, May 1st at 5pm in May Room, WilCo Tickets can be bought at the Common Market using declining ($15). Seniors only ticket sales from April 1st- April 7th, everyone from April 8th. BME Shirts S-XL (15$) XXL (18$) will be on sale. Spots are limited so make sure to buy your ticket soon! Hope to see everyone there!!

Fellowship Opportunity

The NSF-GRFP fellowship is a pretty incredible (and prestigious) fellowship:  it offers $32,000 per year to students attending graduate school (usually PhD programs) in most STEM and Social Science fields.  The opportunity is open to US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents.  There is no minimum GPA required, and while a background in research is helpful, it is not required.

If anyone has questions, please email or call the Fellowships Office (fellowships@rochester.edu, 585-276-5869).

Health Professions Panel

BMES, in collaboration with the BME Department, is hoping to organize a BME Health Professions Panel of BME Alumni who are in the Rochester area practicing as MDs, MD residents, Nurses. We are trying to gauge interest and figure out potential dates/times for the session. Please fill out this form if you are interested and can make one or more of these times.

BMES Mentor Program is still open!

Please email urbmesmentorship@gmail.com if you would like to be a mentor or would like a mentor assigned to you!

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Minutes 04.11.2019

BMES Grad School Panel

Wednesday, April 17th at 6pm in Goergen 109

BMES is organizing a Graduate School Panel on Wednesday, April 17th @ 6pm in Goergen 109 featuring BME seniors that have been accepted to programs such as MD, MD-PhD, MS Design, MS Thesis, MS Coop, PhD, TEAM @ UR and CMTI @ UR

Please fill out this form so we know who is attending and also list your questions so we can address them during this event! Even if you cannot attend, please fill out the form and we will try to connect you with a senior! P/S: There will be food!

BMES Banquet

Wednesday, May 1st at 5pm in May Room, WilCo Tickets can be bought at the Common Market using declining ($15). Seniors only ticket sales from April 1st- April 7th, everyone from April 8th. BME Shirts S-XL (15$) XXL (18$) will be on sale. Spots are limited so make sure to buy your ticket soon! Hope to see everyone there!!

Fast-a-thon Dinner

Advertising Support for Muslim Student’s Association

Friday, April 12th from 7-9pm in the River Level Room in the Interfaith Chapel

Students can come enjoy food from Tandoor of India and learn about fasting in Islam. We will be having an info session for the event on April 9th at 6PM in Gowen Room so those interested in fasting the day of the event can learn more about how fasting works in Islam. Tickets will cost $5/students and faculty, $7/public. All ticket proceeds will be donated to a charity to benefit refugees.   IAW.jpg

Health Professions Panel

BMES, in collaboration with the BME Department, is hoping to organize a BME Health Professions Panel of BME Alumni who are in the Rochester area practicing as MDs, MD residents, Nurses. We are trying to gauge interest and figure out potential dates/times for the session. Please fill out this form if you are interested and can make one or more of these times.

BMES Mentor Program is still open!

Please email urbmesmentorship@gmail.com if you would like to be a mentor or would like a mentor assigned to you!

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Minutes 04.01.2019

MES Grad School Panel

Wednesday, April 17th at 6pm in Goergen 109

BMES is organizing a Graduate School Panel on Wednesday, April 17th @ 6pm in Goergen 109 featuring BME seniors that have been accepted to programs such as MD, MD-PhD, MS Design, MS Thesis, MS Coop, PhD, TEAM @ UR and CMTI @ UR

Please fill out this form so we know who is attending and also list your questions so we can address them during this event! Even if you cannot attend, please fill out the form and we will try to connect you with a senior! P/S: There will be food!

BMES Banquet

Wednesday, May 1st at 5pm in May Room, WilCo Tickets can be bought at the Common Market using declining ($15). Seniors only ticket sales from April 1st- April 7th, everyone from April 8th. BME Shirts S-XL (15$) XXL (18$) will be on sale. Spots are limited so make sure to buy your ticket soon! Hope to see everyone there!!

50 Years of Vocal Point

Advertising Support for Vocal Point

Saturday, April 6th at 8pm in Strong Auditorium

This semester Vocal Point will be celebrating our 50th anniversary as a group! We will be debuting new music from Panic! At the Disco, Billie Eilish and Hozier, as well as performing our 2019 ICCA Competition set!

Fast-a-thon Dinner

Advertising Support for Muslim Student’s Association

Friday, April 12th from 7-9pm in the River Level Room in the Interfaith Chapel

Students can come enjoy food from Tandoor of India and learn about fasting in Islam. We will be having an info session for the event on April 9th at 6PM in Gowen Room so those interested in fasting the day of the event can learn more about how fasting works in Islam. Tickets will cost $5/students and faculty, $7/public. All ticket proceeds will be donated to a charity to benefit refugees.

 IAW.jpg

Health Professions Panel

BMES, in collaboration with the BME Department, is hoping to organize a BME Health Professions Panel of BME Alumni who are in the Rochester area practicing as MDs, MD residents, Nurses. We are trying to gauge interest and figure out potential dates/times for the session. Please fill out this form if you are interested and can make one or more of these times.

BMES Mentor Program is still open!

Please email urbmesmentorship@gmail.com if you would like to be a mentor or would like a mentor assigned to you!

Color a Cure – Advertising Support for Cancer Awareness Club

The Cancer Awareness Club (previously known as Colleges Against Cancer) is hosting Color A Cure. Last year, due to campus feedback we changed the mission of our club and partnered with Wilmot Cancer Institute right here at the University of Rochester in hopes of better the lives of cancer patients and investing in cancer research right here at home.

No longer a part of the American Cancer Society, we have had some freedom to rebrand our biggest event of the year and last spring created Color A Cure. This year we are hosting Color A Cure once more. We hope you can come join us on April 7th, 3pm to 5pm in the May Room for a fun-filled afternoon of activities, raffles, food, and guest performances.

Signing up is easy, just click the link below and “form a team” or “join an existing team”.

http://teamraiser.rochester.edu/site/TR?fr_id=1321&pg=entry