Academics
Undergraduate NEWS:
ATTENTION:
Appointments with your Advisor:
Use the appointment system SSC Campus -
https://gmu.campus.eab.com/
Walk in hours:
Thursday October 24th from 1:30 – 3pm, Friday, October 25th from 1:30 -3:30 pm. Next week: Tuesday October 29th from 2-4pm, Wednesday October 30th from 9:30 -11:30 am
and Thursday October 31st from 9 am – 11 am.
The Registrar rolled out the new version of Patriot Web Registration features. Here is a link to help guide you through the new registration process:
https://registrar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/New-Registration-process-update.pdf
IMPORTANT: Please read attached notes for registration!
SPRING 2020 Registration: Departmental Controls
will be on the following classes BENG 214, BENG 230, BENG 241, BENG 320, BENG 330/331, BENG 370/371, BENG 420,
meaning you won’t be able to register until we officially lift the controls. This is to prevent students to register without the necessary prerequisites since most grades post in winter break. Controls will be lifted Monday,
January 6th at 10 am. Students who need any of these classes to graduate
in Spring 2020 email me for an override.
IMPORTANT:
Technical Electives
Spring 2020:
BENG 240 is only for students following the new 2019 curriculum, BENG 341 only for students following any curriculum BEFORE fall 2019. Both classes are cross-listed.
Winter 2019 Graduates:
Important information about timelines and the entire graduation process can be found at
https://registrar.gmu.edu/students/graduation/ .
Spring 2020 Graduates: Make sure to make an appointment with Claudia Borke to go over degree audit and classes BEFORE Spring registration.
MATH 114
and MATH 214
need to be passed with a B- and above in the department of bioengineering.
BMES:
Consider becoming a member of the national
Biomedical Engineering Society. Only $30/ year for student
membership. To become a member of our local chapter please email Holly To, our BMES president -
[log in to unmask]. This is an opportunity to mingle with BIOE students, network, go to conferences, help , fundraise and have fun. You need to provide Holly with your BMES membership number and expiration date.
Gowns for Grads:
To offer some financial relief, Mason has created the Gowns for Grads Program to make regalia available for our students who are unable to purchase regalia on their own. If you
are a first-generation student, low income, Pell Grant recipient, Stay Mason recipient, affected by the furlough, or cannot afford regalia right now due to financial difficulties, then this program is for you!
Caps and gowns that are provided by the program to students must be returned to the program after the spring ceremonies. Gowns are borrowed on a first come, first served basis.
For more information and access to the application:
https://ulife.gmu.edu/students/gowns-for-grads-lending-program/
Applications are reviewed three times a semester throughout the application period. Below are the deadlines for application submission and students will be notified of their status
with the program a week after each deadline:
Round One Deadline:
October 25th, 2019
Round Two Deadline:
November 19th, 2019
Final Deadline:
December 2nd, 2019
Events
Evening Career Fair - TODAY
Due to overwhelming demand for #MasonNation talent, employers are coming back to campus for an evening career fair. Please share with students and encourage them to attend. Career
Night is Tuesday, October 22 in the Johnson Center with a Resume Studio from 3:00 to 4:45 in the Bistro and the Employer fair from 5:00 to 7:30 in Dewberry Hall. This event includes a WIDE range of employers hiring for part-time, full-time
and internship positions. No registration is required for either event.
This event is directed at students who cannot come to our events from 9-5, but all are welcome. AND Career
Services is providing FREE childcare for our students who need it during the fair.
Cyber Security Tech Talk
| October 24 | 6:30-8:00 pm | SUB 1 Rm 3400
[Flyer]
BMES Movie Night
| Saturday | November 1
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5:00 – 9:30 pm
| JC Cinema
| Popcorn and drinks will be provided |
RSVP is needed | Movie: Crazy Rich Asians
[Flyer]
Fall 2019 Peace Corps Prep Program | November 14 |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Research Hall 301
Mindfulness/Meditation session | Tuesdays |
12:00-12:45pm | JC Rm 234 | Come and join the Mason community for an opportunity to pause, breather, relax, and be in a kind, supportive, loving space.
BENG and CASBBI SEMINARS
Entire semester BENG seminar series attached.
[Flyer]
Sharon Xiaolei Huang , Ph.D. |Associate Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology
at Penn State University, Thursday, Oct. 24 |12:00pm-1:00pm| Exploratory Hall, Room L111
Title: Learning Biomarkers from Biomedical Image Data
[Flyer]
Joseph Majdi, M.S | George Mason University, Friday, Oct 25 |
1:00-2:00pm | Krasnow Institute, Room 229
Title: Using Ultrasound to Detect Muscle Fatigue
AND Susannah Engdahl, Ph.D | George Mason University, Friday, Oct 25 |
1:00-2:00pm | Krasnow Institute, Room 229 Title: The relationship between embodiment and functional performance with assistive devices: a discussion of upper limb prostheses
[Flyer]
Tyrone M. Porter , Ph.D. |Boston University, Thursday, Oct. 31 |12:00pm-1:00pm| Exploratory
Hall, Room L111
Title: Biomedical applications for ultrasound-triggered exploding nanodroplets
Announcement
There are two pink water bottles that were left in the Bioengineering Office at Peterson Hall Rm 3100. Please come pick it up if it’s yours.
Internships/Jobs/Opportunities
Internship
[Flyer]
Please see attachment with list. Some application deadlines are end of October/ November 1st.
SPOTLIGHT: -
Michael Joseph and Sneh Talwar interned this summer at the HIVE Lab at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences:
The objective of the High-performance Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE) lab at GWU is to integrate the HIVE platform with a variety of high throughput data analysis tools aimed at standardizing the communication and
expression of bioinformatics, glycoinformatics, cancer research, and microbiome analysis data.
https://hive.biochemistry.gwu.edu/home
Michael liked how the tasks were related to his interests and that he gained experience in a variety of different fields including Bioinformatics, research, data pipelines, web development and database management.
Sneh was able to work on three different projects and learned many different skills, like putting together a research poster, and more general ones for the workplace like doing weekly scrums, and using JIRA for task management. Sneh also learned about different
bioengineering related fields like Bioinformatics/web development/and being a research dry-lab environment.
Did you have an internship this summer and would like to tell us about it? Please email a short summary, picture and a confirmation for information release:
[log in to unmask].
Jobs
Do you have a Linkedin account? Check out what Linked in can do for you:
https://university.linkedin.com/linkedin-for-students
Post Doc position at the Hive Lab:
https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/505298/postdoctoral-scientist-mazumder-lab/
Job Services
Peer Mentor Center
| More information to come
Career Services
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Drop-in hours: Mondays and Thursdays from
2:30-4:30 pm | VSE Room 2800
Monday through Friday from 11:00-1:00 pm | SUB I Room 3400
Dorothy Hayden - Industry Advisor for Engineering, Construction, Aerospace, Manufacturing, and Transportation
Schedule your appointment here:
https://careers.gmu.edu/students/make-appointment
Handshake
handshake.gmu.edu
Mason’s source for jobs, internships, workshops, & career fairs.
Click HERE to
learn more about the latest info for employers coming to campus and featured internship and job postings.
Opportunities
[Flyer]
REU in Nanotechnology for Biology and Bioengineering
Students majoring in the STEM fields participate in research projects in the exciting and rapidly growing area of nanobiotechnology, a place where biology, medicine, and nanotech
meet. Students receive hands-on graduate level laboratory research experience and guidance from faculty and graduate student mentors.
https://inbt.jhu.edu/nanobio-reu/
[Flyer]
Rosetta Commons REU: A Cyberlinked Program in Computational Biomolecular Structure & Design
Interns in this geographically-distributed REU program have the opportunity to participate in research using Rosetta Commons software. The Rosetta Commons software suite includes
algorithms for computational modeling and analysis of protein structures. It has enabled notable scientific advances in computational biology, including de novo protein design, enzyme design, ligand docking, and structure prediction of biological macromolecules
and macromolecular complexes.
https://www.rosettacommons.org/about/intern
Scholarships
The Volgenau School of Engineering offers several scholarships for both graduate and undergraduate students.
https://volgenau.gmu.edu/admissions/financial-aid
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