Biomedical Engineering Graduate Seminars
The School of Biomedical Engineering hosts graduate seminars to help students expand their knowledge of current research and industry trends in biomedical engineering and related disciplines. Speakers include leading faculty and trainee researchers at Colorado State and distinguished guests from around the world.
The Spring 2022 seminars will take place on Mondays from 12:30 to 1:20 PM (MT) in Scott Bioengineering Building, Room 229, except as noted.
Contact Michael Benedict

2022 Spring Seminar Schedule
January 24
Iain Briongos, SBME Ph.D. Student
Assessing Haemostatic capacity through microfluidic, paper-based analytical devices
January 31
Dr. Kambez Benam
Microengineering Human Lung: Now and Future
Note: This seminar will be available via Microsoft Teams.
February 7
Dr. Carmen Menoni, CSU
Extreme ultraviolet laser ablation mass spectrometry: a sensitive diagnostics to map isotope ratio distributions at the nanoscale
February 14
Musamma Akhtar, SBME M.S. Student
The Selective De-identification of ECGs
and
Tracey Wick, SBME M.S. Student
Investigation of Metal-Organic Framework Composites on Membrane Oxygenators and ECMO Tubing
February 21
Naomi Andre, SBME M.S. Student
Neural Net Security and Functionality for Single-Person EEG Classification
and
Adam Schneiderhan, SBME M.S. Student
A Novel Approach to Critical Bone Defect Repair
February 28
Wes Anderson, SBME Ph.D. Student
Sensing via Signal Analysis, Analytics, and Cyberbiometric Patterns
March 7
Dr. Ben Gadomski, CSU
Orthopaedic Devices and FDA Regulation: Preclinical Studies of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
March 14
Spring Break – No Seminar
March 21
Ahmed Aldohbeyb, SBME Ph.D. Student
Action Potential Initiation: Numerical Study and Analysis
March 28
Samantha Kaonis, SBME Ph.D. Student
Investigation of the Environmental Factors on the Intranuclear Landscape of Mesenchymal Stomal Cells for Bioengineering
April 4
Nikki Farnsworth, Colorado School of Mines
Engineering Insights into Type 1 Diabetes Through Biomaterials Development
Note: This seminar will be available via Microsoft Teams.
April 11
Dr. Fred Hoerndli, CSU
Using C. elegans to study how molecular motors deliver and take up cargoes in neurons
April 18
James Michael, SBME M.S. Student
Investigating the biocompatability and anti-microbial activity of plasma electrolytic oxidized 316L Stainless Steel to be utilized as a biomaterial
and
Eric Ron, SBME M.S. Student
Dual Specific Phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) mRNA expression dynamics in response to pro and anti-inflammatory stimuli revealed thorugh stochastic modeling and single molecule inexpensive fluorescent in situ hybridization (smiFISH)
April 25
Dr. Daniel Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder
Surfaces that Mediate the Structure and Activity of Absorbed and Tethered Proteins
Note: This seminar will be available via Microsoft Teams.
May 2
Dr. Margarita Herrera, Alonso, CSU
Functional Polymers for Nanoparticle Formation
May 9
Finals Week – No Seminar