Author: Anisha Khosla

Biomedical Engineering Society Minutes
TL;DR:
BMES General Interest Meeting!!! Interested in being a part of BMES this year? Come to our GIM Monday the 14th at 7 in Goergen 101! Free pizza will be provided, so be there or be square
BME Department Picnic is Friday September 18th at 4 in GVP so mark your calendars! Tons of free Dinosaur BBQ and the chance to hang out with your professors and other students in your department! Look out for more info in the coming weeks.

CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:

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Tweets by BMES_UR
http://instagram.com/ur_BMES

Social:
BMES GIM – Come to our General Interest Meeting this coming Monday September 14th at 7 PM in Goergen 101!
BME Department Picnic
To-do list: don’t forget to do things you signed up for!
List needs people to help set up at 4
Also make sure to fill out the date of completion on the Google Doc so we can keep track of what is completed
Small to-do items
Pick up ice tubs from GAC and fill with ice
Finalize all smaller details going into next week
Meliora Weekend
Alumni Panel will be held
Tabling will occur during the weekend
More updates coming soon
E-Social
No updates at this time
Laser Tag, bowling and other fun events coming later in the semester
Co-Sponsor Chi Omega’s Wish-In-One Mini Golf Event on September 19th!

Fundraising:
Quarter Zips
Coming up later this semester

Mentoring Program:
Juniors and Seniors – send in your mentoring bios!
Come on Tuesday September 7th for the mentor event at 7 in Goergen 239 (where meetings are normally held)

Social Media:
Working to join forces with the main office to create a social media outlet to easily reach students in the department
We can now start making a LinkedIn group
Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, and the CCC! Links to everything can be found above.

Academic Events:
BMES Conference – work on getting money from your PIs if you are attending
WebEx conversation with Nick Drury, UR BME Alum who now works for Zimmer Biomet next Wednesday, September 23rd at 6pm.
September 23rd from 6-7 PM, talk about CMTI – current student speaking about it, open to anyone in BME
Eventually – OrthoClinical Diagnostics, later this semester
Vaccinex maybe later in this semester
Prosthetic department at Strong tour
Ideally 3 industry tours this year

Outreach:
No updates at this time

Newsletter:
If you want to write about upcoming events, or have an idea for an article, contact Arun Nambiar
Articles will be due October 17th by 8 PM

Assessment of Events:
Complete assessment here
Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children)
Academic Event on internships and career center
Matt Spielman is primary contact
Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.
Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu

TL;DR:
Current Members: Please send in your BMES ID Numbers to Justin!
For those who don’t have BMES ID Numbers: Please obtain a student account on the BMES Website and send your number to Justin if you want to attend the BMES conference this fall!
Come to Design Day this Friday at 10:30 am in the Goergen Field House!!!
COME TO THE BME STUDY BREAK! This Friday at 7! Check the FB event for details.

CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:

Home

Tweets by BMES_UR
http://instagram.com/ur_BMES

Social:
BMES Study Break!
May 1st
Cinco De Mayo Themed
Purchase a Piñata
We also will be handing out the leftover Freshman-Finals-Survival-Kits
Next Semester
Bowling Social – a Sunday – get X number of lanes
Assassin event within BME

Fundraising:
BME Merchandise will be sold at graduation!
Quarter Zips
Looking to do them next semester, not this semester.

Social Media:
Calendar will be up to date for the fall semester
Pictures are going up
The new newsletter will be going up

Mentoring Program:
Freshman Survival Guide!
Look into doing some sort of mentor community – let students know that they can attend events even if their mentors are not present
Possible Mentor info session to get more mentors involved
Workshop for Mentoring Committee and what everyone wants – sometime mid-April

Academic Events:
Support your seniors, come to Senior Design Day this Friday!
Vaccinex tour: Recap
Went very well!
Would like to do more academic tours in the future
Potential Stem Cell Industry Tour – Latest by next semester

Outreach:
STEM Family Science Day Recap:
Yay! Went well
FoodLink – Recap
4 People went!
It went well!
On Campus tutoring/volunteering
-NSBE Study Hall Tuesdays—7-10 PM
->>Sign ups: Here
Still looking into other schools to work with – late April/May
Last Monday of every month – College Diabetes Network – help out with their events with patients from Strong
Send out Doodle Poll for the April 18th FoodLink date
IEEE event – teaching elementary school students how to build an Atari Noisemaker
April 29th, 1-3:30 pm at the Pittsford Elementary School

Newsletter:
Articles have been written, we will be envelope stuffing THIS FRIDAY! Get excited guys
Mentoring events – Mary & Taryn – after deadline
Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) – Kelly
RIT social – Justin
Advertisement for banquet – Janet
Career Info Session – Sophie
Senior design stuff – Stephanie
examples of articles: Here

Assessment of Events:
Complete assessment here
Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
For people doing assessments, copy your newsletter article and put it in as your assessment!
Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children)
Academic Event on internships and career center
Matt Spielman is primary contact
Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month

Orientation Event:
Physics 101 Crash Course
Will happen during first week of classes
The Monday night that classes start
We need to figure out when the basic math assessment is
Every engineer has to take this test
Talk to Matt Spielman about this

General Meeting:
Look out for a general meeting next semester!

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.
Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu

Biomedical Engineering Society Minutes

TL;DR:

• Current Members: Please send in your BMES ID Numbers to Justin!
• For those who don’t have BMES ID Numbers: Please obtain a student account on the BMES Website and send your number to Justin if you want to attend the BMES conference this fall!
• Newsletter Articles are due THIS SUNDAY at 8:00 pm!

CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:

• http://sa.rochester.edu/bmes
• https://twitter.com/BMES_UR
• http://instagram.com/ur_BMES

Social:

• BMES Study Break!
  • May 1st
  • Cinco De Mayo Themed
  • Purchase a Piñata
  • We also will be handing out the leftover Freshman-Finals-Survival-Kits
  • Next Semester
• Bowling Social – a Sunday – get X number of lanes
• Assassin event within BME

Fundraising:

• Quarter Zips
  • Looking to do them next semester, not this semester.
• Tank tops will be sold at the Banquet

Social Media:

• No new updates at this time.

Mentoring Program:

• Freshman Survival Guide is in the works
  • Planned to talk to mentors at the beginning of next semester
  • Wednesday, April 8th 6:30 (tentative)
• Look into doing some sort of mentor community – let students know that they can attend events even if their mentors are not present
• Possible Mentor info session to get more mentors involved
• If we want to have an orientation event – must plan early!! and contact Matt Spielman
  • Workshop for Mentoring Committee and what everyone wants – sometime mid-April

Academic Events:

• Vaccinex tour: Recap
  • Went very well!
• Would like to do more academic tours in the future
• Potential Stem Cell Industry Tour – Latest by next semester

Outreach:

• STEM Family Science Day Recap:
  • Yay! Went well
• FoodLink – Recap
  • 4 People went!
  • It went well!
• On Campus tutoring/volunteering
  • -NSBE Study Hall Tuesdays—7-10 PM
    • ->>Sign ups: Here
• Still looking into other schools to work with – late April/May
• Last Monday of every month – College Diabetes Network – help out with their events with patients from Strong
• IEEE event – teaching elementary school students how to build an Atari Noisemaker
  • April 29th, 1-3:30 pm at the Pittsford Elementary School

Newsletter:

ARUN IS OUR NEW NEWSLETTER EDITOR!

Articles to Arun – April 26th by 8:00 pm due 

• Mentoring events – Mary & Taryn – after deadline
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) – Kelly
• RIT social – Justin
• Advertisement for banquet – Janet
• Career Info Session – Sophie
• Senior design stuff – Stephanie
• examples of articles: Here

Assessment of Events:

• Complete assessment here
• Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
• For people doing assessments, copy your newsletter article and put it in as your assessment!
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) 
• Academic Event on internships and career center
• Matt Spielman is primary contact
• Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month

Orientation Event:

• Physics 101 Crash Course
  • Try to co-sponsor with Tau Beta Pi – they have been emailed
  • If we cant get it for orientation, we will do it the first or second day of school
  • Every engineer has to take this test
  • Talk to Matt Spielman about this

General Meeting:

Look out for a general meeting next semester!

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.

Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu

Biomedical Engineering Society Minutes

TL;DR:

• WE ARE ON OUR 3RD WEEK WITHOUT A NEWSLETTER EDITOR. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT US. Thank you!
• Come to Family STEM Day this Saturday! Link here
• FoodLink This Saturday morning!!! Link here

CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:

http://sa.rochester.edu/bmes

https://twitter.com/BMES_UR

http://instagram.com/ur_BMES

Social:

Banquet Recap –

• Banquet went very well!
• Thank you so much to Janet for coordinating the whole thing!
• Janet is in charge of the assessment for the Banquet.

Car Bash –

• Not happening anymore
• The funding fell through, so the Car Bash is no longer happening.
• Look forward to it NEXT semester!

BMES Study Break!

• Date: May 1st at 7:00 pm
• Cinco De Mayo Themed!
• Stuffing envelopes starts around 6 or 6:30 pm.

Things to Look Forward To!

• Bowling Social – a Sunday – get X number of lanes
• no potential good dates between now and the end of the semester
• Possibly combine it with mentoring, in the fall!
• Assassin event within BME

Fundraising:

• Quarter Zips
• Looking to do them next semester, not this semester.
• Tank tops will be sold at the Banquet

Mentoring Program:

• Freshman Survival Guide is in the works
• Tons of Freshman Survival Guides are made
• Mentors will be given to their menses directly
• Workshop for Mentoring Committee and what everyone wants – sometime mid-April
• Summer poll will be sent out

Website/Social Media:

• Working on LinkedIn page
• Looking to link Twitter with Facebook
• Instagram is in the works – Caeli has control
• Make sure the airmail links stop happening in the minutes – oops…

Academic Events:

• EVENT: Out on a Limb Screening and discussion with speakers 
• April 13th 7-8 PM before meeting – NEXT MONDAY!
• Student Travel Award is due May 31st
• for BMES Annual Conference
• The Undergraduate Student Design Competition – 2015
• Taimi will send out details
• due in May of 2015
• Submit some sort of design proposal
• good idea for Senior Design Teams to look into
• Vaccinex tour: 5-6 person tours (2) on Mt Hope Ave. 
• 2 dates, 2:30-5 Tuesday or Thursday, 2:30-5 on Friday – April 14, 16, 17 
• Likely we will get Tuesday and Thursday
• Already filled up
• Dates: April 14th (Tuesday), April 16th (Thursday)
• Will give description of bioprocess engineering
• Matt Spielman/ SA is interested in showing academic movies
• Video called “Fixed” – about human enhancement
• March 19th 7 PM Gowan Room
• Potential Stem Cell Industry Tour – Latest by next semester

Outreach:

• STEM Family Science Day THIS SATURDAY!  – ECG, Doppler
• Fill out this Doodle: Here
• FoodLink -THIS SATURDAY
• April 18th at 9 am until 12.
• Be at Goergen at 8:30 am
• Sign up here
• On Campus tutoring/volunteering
• -NSBE Study Hall Tuesdays—7-10 PM
• ->>Sign ups: Here
• Still looking into other schools to work with – late April/May
• Last Monday of every month – College Diabetes Network – help out with their events with patients from Strong
• Send out Doodle Poll for the April 18th FoodLink date

Newsletter:

• WE HAVE NO NEWSLETTER EDITOR RIGHT NOW!
• Let us know if you’re interested
• Articles due by the beginning of Reading Period
• Banquet – Janet
• Smash Bros – Justin S.
• Elections – will be done
• Prospective Students Event – Mary or Justin
• E-Social – Andrew
• Mentoring Article – Taryn
• Senior Design Article – Stephanie
• STEM Day – Kelly
• Examples of articles: Here

Assessment of Events:

• We need to do a Chapter Development Report – Due June 1st
• Complete assessment here
• Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
• Banquet – Janet
• Smash Bros – Justin S.
• Mentoring – Taryn
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) 
• Academic Event on internships and career center
• Matt Spielman is primary contact
• Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month

Orientation Event:

• Physics 101 Crash Course
• Try to co-sponsor with Tau Beta Pi – they have been emailed
• no response yet
• deadline for application is the 24th
• Every engineer has to take this test
• Talk to Matt Spielman about this

General Meeting:

• Look out for a general meeting next semester!

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.

Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu

Biomedical Engineering Society Minutes

TL;DR:

• SEE YOU THIS FRIDAY AT THE BME BANQUET AT 5:30 PM!
• Fill out the doodle about attending STEM Family Science Day next Saturday! Located here
• Out on a Limb Screening and discussion with speakers 
• April 13th 7-8 PM before meeting – NEXT MONDAY!
• Vaccinex Tours next week on Tuesday and Thursday!!!!
• Priority goes to upperclassmen, check the doodle that was emailed out for details

CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:

http://sa.rochester.edu/bmes

https://twitter.com/BMES_UR

http://instagram.com/ur_BMES

Social:

Banquet Updates – THIS FRIDAY AT 5:30 PM!

• Sign up sheets will go around in classes – YOU CAN PAY WITH DECLINING!!!!!!! (So everyone should sign up)
• Join the Facebook Event!
• Senior class gifts are given out at the banquet, so seniors should attend
• Tickets will be sold at the door (cash only)
• Online sign up: Here
• Selling BME stuff at banquet (cash only) 

E-Social – Recap

• E-Social was good, quite long

Car Bash – Co-Hosting

• Marina needs someone to loan her their car so that she can go to a junkyard and find a car OR donate their time and their car, and go with her to bring the car back to campus.
• Will cost $800 – strip car, bring it here, tow it away
• Our contribution will be: sending members and giving money
• We probably will charge for a certain amount of time
• Tentative Date: April 15th

Super Smash Brothers Tournament – Recap

• “Awesome”

BMES Study Break!

• Tentative Date: May 1st
• Cinco De Mayo Themed again

Bowling Social – a Sunday – get X number of lanes

Assassin event within BME

Fundraising:

• Quarter Zips
• Looking to do them next semester, not this semester.
• Tank tops will be sold at the Banquet

Mentoring Program:

• Some sort of Freshman Survival Guide is in the works
• Wednesday, April 8th 6:30 (tentative)
• Emails will be sent out by the end of this week
• Possible Mentor info session to get more mentors involved
• if we want to have an orientation event – must plan early!! and contact Matt Spielman
• Workshop for Mentoring Committee and what everyone wants – sometime mid-April

Academic Events:

• EVENT: Out on a Limb Screening and discussion with speakers 
• April 13th 7-8 PM before meeting – NEXT MONDAY!
• Vaccinex tour: 5-6 person tours (2) on Mt Hope Ave. 
• 2 dates, 2:30-5 Tuesday or Thursday, 2:30-5 on Friday – April 14, 16, 17 
• Likely we will get Tuesday and Thursday
• Already filled up
• Dates: April 14th (Tuesday), April 16th (Thursday)
• Will give description of bioprocess engineering
• Matt Spielman/ SA is interested in showing academic movies
• Video called “Fixed” – about human enhancement
• March 19th 7 PM Gowan Room
• Potential Stem Cell Industry Tour – Latest by next semester

Outreach:

• STEM Family Science Day THIS SATURDAY!  – ECG, Doppler
• Fill out this Doodle: Here
• On Campus tutoring/volunteering
• -NSBE Study Hall Tuesdays—7-10 PM
• ->>Sign ups: Here
• FoodLink –
• Two people attended
• In the future, people should really go to these things
• Another FoodLink Event on April 18th at 9 am until 12.
• Be at Goergen at 8:30 am
• Still looking into other schools to work with – late April/May
• Last Monday of every month – College Diabetes Network – help out with their events with patients from Strong
• Send out Doodle Poll for the April 18th FoodLink date

Newsletter:

• WE HAVE NO NEWSLETTER EDITOR RIGHT NOW!
• Let us know if you’re interested
• Articles to Sophie (xzhang73@u.rochester.edu) – March 2nd due -Email out during Spring Break
• Mentoring events – Mary & Taryn – after deadline
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) – Kelly
• RIT social – Justin
• Advertisement for banquet – Janet
• Career Info Session – Emily/Sophie
• Senior design stuff? 
• Interview Professor Brown on 101 – Janet and Sophie
• examples of articles: Here

Assessment of Events:

• Complete assessment here
• Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) 
• Academic Event on internships and career center
• Matt Spielman is primary contact
• Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month

Orientation Event:

• Physics 101 Crash Course
• Try to co-sponsor with Tau Beta Pi – they have been emailed
• Every engineer has to take this test
• Talk to Matt Spielman about this

General Meeting:

Look out for a general meeting next semester!

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.

Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu

Biomedical Engineering Society Minutes

TL;DR:

Make sure you sign up for the Annual BME Banquet! You can pay in Declining!!!

Look out for the Doodle for our FoodLink event on April 18th!

CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:

http://sa.rochester.edu/bmes

https://twitter.com/BMES_UR

http://instagram.com/ur_BMES

Social:

Banquet Updates

• Sign up sheets will go around in classes – YOU CAN PAY WITH DECLINING!!!!!!! (So everyone should sign up)
• Join the Facebook Event!
• Freshmen will get the sheet in either CHM 132 or PHY 121
• Senior class gifts are given out at the banquet, so seniors should attend
• Tickets will be sold at the door (cash only)
• Gag gifts – need to be accumulated in one place by next Monday
• Online sign up: Here
• Vote for senior superlatives & professor of the year BY THE END OF THIS WEEK: Here
• Will send emails to top 3 in each category
• Selling BME stuff at banquet (cash only) 

E-Social – Recap

• E-Social was good, quite long

Car Bash

• Marina needs someone to loan her their car so that she can go to a junkyard and find a car OR donate their time and their car, and go with her to bring the car back to campus.
• Will cost $800 – strip car, bring it here, tow it away
• Our contribution will be: sending members and giving money
• We probably will charge for a certain amount of time
• Tentative Date: April 15th

Super Smash Brothers Tournament – Recap

• “Awesome”

BMES Study Break!

• Tentative Date: May 1st
• Cinco De Mayo Themed again

Bowling Social – a Sunday – get X number of lanes

Assassin event within BME

Fundraising:

• Quarter Zips – finding out more information to get finalized
• Custom Ink will do them
• We need to know how many we want, design, etc.
• We will have a price quote by Friday
• They will take a week to get them for us
• We can potentially have them for the Banquet
• Ask for about 35-40
• Tank tops will be sold at the Banquet

 

Mentoring Program:

• Wednesday, April 8th 6:30 (tentative)
• Emails will be sent out by the end of this week
• Possible Mentor info session to get more mentors involved
• if we want to have an orientation event – must plan early!! and contact Matt Spielman
• Workshop for Mentoring Committee and what everyone wants – sometime mid-April

Academic Events:

• internship session: helpful/useful – try to host another one middle/end of Fall semester and Spring semester 
• Vaccinex tour: 5-6 person tours (2) on Mt Hope Ave. 
• 2 dates, 2:30-5 Tuesday or Thursday, 2:30-5 on Friday – April 14, 16, 17 
• Likely we will get Tuesday and Thursday
• Dates: April 14th (Tuesday), April 16th (Thursday)
• Will give description of bioprocess engineering
• EVENT: Out on a Limb Screening and discussion with speakers 
• April 13th 7-8 PM before meeting
• Matt Spielman/ SA is interested in showing academic movies
• Video called “Fixed” – about human enhancement
• March 19th 7 PM Gowan Room
• Potential Stem Cell Industry Tour – Latest by next semester

Outreach:

• On Campus tutoring/volunteering
• -NSBE Study Hall Tuesdays—7-10 PM
• ->>Sign ups: Here
• FoodLink –
• Two people attended
• In the future, people should really go to these things
• Another FoodLink Event on April 18th at 9 am until 12.
• Be at Goergen at 8:30 am
• STEM Family Science Day (April 18th)  – ECG, Doppler
• Still looking into other schools to work with – late April/May
• Last Monday of every month – College Diabetes Network – help out with their events with patients from Strong
• Send out Doodle Poll for the April 18th FoodLink date

Newsletter:

• WE HAVE NO NEWSLETTER EDITOR RIGHT NOW!
• Let us know if you’re interested
• Articles to Sophie (xzhang73@u.rochester.edu) – March 2nd due -Email out during Spring Break
• Mentoring events – Mary & Taryn – after deadline
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) – Kelly
• RIT social – Justin
• Advertisement for banquet – Janet
• Career Info Session – Emily/Sophie
• Senior design stuff? 
• Interview Professor Brown on 101 – Janet and Sophie
• examples of articles: Here

Assessment of Events:

• Complete assessment here
• Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
• Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children) 
• Academic Event on internships and career center
• Matt Spielman is primary contact
• Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month

Orientation Event:

• Physics 101 Crash Course
• Try to co-sponsor with Tau Beta Pi
• Every engineer has to take this test
• Talk to Matt Spielman about this

General Meeting:

• Look out for a general meeting next semester!

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.

Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu