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Weekly Newsletter

April 11^th, 2018

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News

BENG Senior Design Group took 1^st prize at BMES Mid-Atlantic Research competition: Congratulations to Zachary Baker, Irvane Ngnie Kamga, Linda Azab and Brenda Nguonly!

Bioengineering Career and Advising Event
[FLYER] Friday April 20^th| 2:00pm-4:00pm| Krasnow, Great Room

Come and Talk to ALL Bioengineering faculty members:

- Explore careers and majors

- Seek experience during your degree

- Develop professional competencies and skills

- Search for post-graduation employment

- Plan for graduate or professional school

- Need health professions advising

Deadlines

Fall Registration:

April 3 Graduate Students

April 5 Seniors

April 9 Juniors

April 11 Sophomores

April 13 Freshmen

ADVISING HOURS:

Walk in Hours

April 12^th 9:30am-12:00pm and 2:00pm-4:30pm

April 13^th 12:00pm-3:00pm

April 16^th 2:00pm – 4:00pm

April 17^th: Regular appointments through SSC again.

Academics

Spring 2018 Reading Days Cancelled Now makeup days for classes cancelled due to inclement weather. For classes canceled on Friday, March 2, the makeup day is Monday, May 7 (no longer a Reading Day). For classes canceled on Wednesday, March 21, the makeup day is Tuesday, May 8 (no longer a Reading Day). Instructors should contact students directly via Mason email or Blackboard regarding any assignment adjustments for the course.

Undergraduate NEWS:

BIOL 213 changes: For students who need BIOL 213 in fall please sign up for the BIOL 213-007 class with Dr. Hoemann. This class is different from the regular BIOL 213 classes and will be mandatory for our BENG students starting this fall 2018.
MATH 203 section: Students who need MATH 203 in Fall 2018 need to sign up for MATH 203-007. Registration for this section won’t be open until mid-April. Mid-April the recitation will be added for Fridays from 9:30 am – 10:20 am. Please email me for an override. This section is mandatory for Bioengineering students.

CHEM 251 (4 credits) is NOW CHEM 271(3 credits) and its lab CHEM 272 (1 credit)

ENGH 302: Students have to take a Literature Elective first before taking ENGH 302! We allow for Natural Science section and Multidisciplinary sections.

[EXTENDED DEADLINE] Fall 2018 Multidisciplinary Senior Design | Deadline: Friday, April 13

Volgenau School of Engineering will be offering the first multidisciplinary section for senior design in Fall 2018. Students from Bio, Civil, Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering will partner to attack problems that span their respective disciplines. Students must apply by Friday April 6th to be considered for the section. The application can be found at https://goo.gl/forms/FKS6IcV74NZApgHA2

Notification to accepted applicants should occur promptly so that these students can register for the rest of their fall classes with certainty. The section will meet on Fridays from 11:30am to 2:15pm. Students that start the multidisciplinary section in Fall 2018 will be required to register for the multidisciplinary section in Spring 2019 also. For more information, contact Dr. Colin Reagle at [log in to unmask]

Events

Seminars

BENG seminar Dr. Lawrence Bonassar| Thursday, April 12 | 12pm-1pm | Research Hall 163

Lessons Learned in a Decade of Printing Cartilage

Click on link to biography and abstract https://bioengineering.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dr.Bonassar-flyer-1.pdf

BENG seminar Dr. Christopher Jewell| Thursday, April 19 | 12pm-1pm | JC Room B

Harnessing biomaterials to study and engineer lymph node function

Click on link to biography and abstract https://bioengineering.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dr.-Jewell-flyer.pdf

VSE Undergraduate Research Celebration | Monday, April 16 | 5:30-8:30pm | Johnson Center Dewberry Hall & Cinema

Find out what it means to do research and apply to OSCAR

Doctoral Defense | Monday, April 16 | 11am-12pm | Engineering Building, Room 3507

Please join us at the oral defense of the doctoral dissertation of Bioengineering PhD student, Nashaat Rasheed. Topic: Photoacoustic Sensing of Bio-electrical Activity

[FLYER] ACS on Campus | Tuesday, April 17 | 2:00pm-6:00pm|Room 2001 Fenwick Library (main reading room)

The American Chemical Society is hosting talks on publishing, social media, communication, and careers on for STEM majors

Health & Science Fair 2018 | Wednesday, April 18 | 11am-2pm | The Hub, Ballroom

Health & Science Fair: More Information

The Health and Science Career Fair connects employers with students and alumni who are interested in industries such as research and development, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, clinical careers, conservation, geographic information systems and various others.

[FLYER] Annual Neuroscience Symposium| Thursday, April 19 | 11:00am-2:00pm | Krasnow Institute

Free-of-charge symposium to allow students and faculty to explore diverse research being conducted at the university and to foster relationships and collaboration among researchers in neuroscience-related fields.

Email, Caroline Neely ([log in to unmask]), no later than April 12th, 2018, to present your poster. In your email, please indicate whether you will bring your poster to the event or if you need assistance printing it. Sponsoring organizations may be able to provide compensation for poster printing and/or print it for you. Poster boards and push pins will be provided.

[FLYER] Pitch IT 2018| Saturday, April 21 | 9:00am-12:00pm

Have an IT business idea? Come pitch it for a chance to win up to $2,000 dollars in grants. Find out more here http://lite.gmu.edu/pitch-it.html

Internship

Jobs

Scholarship

HENNAC Scholarship | Deadline: Monday, April 30

Application and more information
Scholarship awards range from $500 - $10,000
Graduating high school seniors, undergraduate students and graduate students, who intend to or are currently pursuing a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) degree at an accredited college/university in the U.S. or Puerto Rico, are encouraged to apply for these merit-based scholarships. Students must have an overall minimum 3.0 GPA and must be of Hispanic descent or demonstrate strong leadership or service within the Hispanic community.

Scholarship recipients will be invited to attend the 30th HENAAC Conference, from October 18 – 21, 2018, in Pasadena, CA. Great Minds in STEM subsidizes over $850 in registration, travel and housing for the Scholars to attend this conference, where they will meet their sponsors, be awarded their scholarship and formally recognized as new members of the GMiS Scholars Society.

[FLYER] Scholarship Fulbright US Student Program competition| Deadline: Wednesday, July 1

Grants are available for students to conduct independent research or serve as an English Teaching Assistant abroad for up to one year. U.S. citizenship is required. Interested candidates and those who wish to learn more are invited to attend an information session. A full schedule of upcoming sessions is attached. This year for the first time, Fulbright information sessions will be offered in the form of live webinars in addition to in-person sessions held on campus.

Prospective applicants must: (1) attend an information session and (2) thoroughly review the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website us.fulbrightonline.org prior to booking an appointment to discuss their candidacy with the Director of Graduate Fellowships. In order to receive university endorsement of their application, Mason-affiliated applicants must register their application and meet with Dr. Agoston by July 1, 2018, and subsequently meet a campus deadline of September 15, 2018, at 11:59pm.