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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Exhibitors Move-In
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Industry Tours
  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Industry Tours
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Industry Tours
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
    Industry Tours
  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Opening Plenary Session
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PDT
    Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall - All Welcome
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
    Council of Chairs Dinner (Invitation Only)
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT
    BMES Board of Directors Meeting
  • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Belonging in BME & Friends Dessert Social (Ticketed Event)
  • Thursday, October 9, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM PDT
    Building Accessibility Breakfast [Ticketed Event]
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    BMES Exhibit Hall Stage Presentations I
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    Forensic Biomedical Engineering: Becoming A Forensic Consultant In Bioengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    A Dialogue with the Council of Chairs
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Advances in Helmet Biomechanics and Head Impact Mitigation
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Nicole E.-P Stark, PhD – Virginia Tech
    Session Chair: Lyndia Wu – University of British Columbia
    Biomechanics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Articular Cartilage, Meniscus and Joints

    Chair: Matthew Fisher – NC State University

    Chair: Brianne Connizzo – Boston University

    Track Chair: Deva D. Chan, Ph.D. – Purdue University

    Track Chair: Whasil Lee, PhD – University of Rochester, NY

    Track Chair: Jessica Isaacs, PhD PE – Exponent, Inc.

  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biomedical Engineering in Space
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biosensors I
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Yuliang Xie – Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
    Session Chair: Lin Zhang, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cardiac Regeneration 1
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Jangwook P. Jung, PhD – Louisiana State University
    Session Chair: Indrajit Srivastava, PhD – Texas Tech University
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cellular Mechanisms in Regeneration and Pathogenesis
    Session Chair: Erika Moore, PhD – University of Maryland
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Johnson V. John, PhD – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Concurrent Platform Sessions I
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence In Biomedical Imaging (DL/AI)
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Timothy K. Chung, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Design & Curriculum
    Moderator: Ruth Ochia, PhD – Temple University
    Moderator: Nicole H. Urban, PhD – Johnson & Wales University
    Track Chair: Rebecca Scott – University of Oklahoma
    Track Chair: Olivia Coiado, Dr. – Washington State University
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Drug Delivery
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Session Chair: Sufeng Zhang, PhD – Stony Brook University
    Session Chair: Adem Yildirim, Ph.D. – Oregon Health & Science University
    Biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Immunoengineering and Immunomodulation in Tissue Engineering I
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California San Diego
    Session Chair: Joscelyn Mejias, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
    Tissue Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Lab-on-Chip and Organ-on-Chip Systems: High-throughput screening and studies
    Session Chair: Karrer Alghazali, Phd – New York Institute of Technology
    Session Chair: Nate J. Cira – Cornell University
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology I
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Weitong Chen, MSc, PhD – University Georgia
    Session Chair: Susan Leggett, Ph.D – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Biomechanics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Mechanobiology in Cell and Tissue Engineering I
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, PhD – Lehigh University
    Session Chair: Stephanie Ellyse Schneider, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
    Tissue Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Microphysiological Systems (MPS) Biomanufacturing
    Track Chair: Shengjie Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Track Chair: Brenda M. Ogle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Session Chair: George Christ, PhD – University of Virginia
    Biomanufacturing
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Migration and Metabolism
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Jacopo Ferruzzi – University of Texas at Dallas
    Session Chair: Janny Pineiro, PhD – University of Florida
    Cancer Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Models of Metabolism
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: David Bernstein, PhD – University of Vermont
    Session Chair: Erika Cyphert, Ph.D. – UC San Diego
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Neural Device Interfaces
    Session Chair: Brent Winslow, PhD – Google
    Session Chair: Alan D. Dorval – University of Utah
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Platform Sessions I
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Regenerative Medicine I
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Silviya P. Zustiak, PhD – Saint Louis University
    Session Chair: Teja Guda – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    SIG Business Meeting: Computational Biomedical Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Special Sessions I
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Targeted or Localized Drug Delivery Systems
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Ying Chen – Tufts University
    Session Chair: Ashish Kulkarni, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Drug Delivery
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    T-cell Manufacturing
    Track Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang, phd – usc
    Track Chair: Daniel Abebayehu, PhD – University of Virginia
    Session Chair: Xiaoping Bao – Purdue University
    Session Chair: Feng Guo, PhD – Indiana University Bloomington
    ImmunoengineeringCancer Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Women's Cancers
    Session Chair: Angela Alexander-Bryant – Clemson University
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Session Chair: Velencia Witherspoon, PhD – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Turning Ideas into Evidence: A Workshop on Early-Stage Clinical Validation
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    BMES National Meetings Committee
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    BMES National Meetings Committee/2026 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomanufacturing - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Shengjie Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Track Chair: Brenda M. Ogle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Biomanufacturing
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomanufacturing - Posters - Poster Sessions A & B

    Track Chair: Shengjie (Patrick) Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas

    Track Chair: Brenda M. Ogle – University of Minnesota

  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomaterials - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Biomaterials
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomaterials - Poster Sessions A & B

    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin

    Track Chair: M.K. Sewell-Loftin

    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara

    Track Chair: Ester Kwon – University of California, San Diego

  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomechanics - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Biomechanics
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomechanics - Poster Sessions A & B
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomedical Engineering Education - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Rebecca Scott – University of Oklahoma
    Track Chair: Olivia Coiado, Dr. – Washington State University
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Cancer Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Engineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Drug Delivery - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Drug Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Global Health Technologies - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University
    Track Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
    Session Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
    Global Health Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Immunoengineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang, phd – usc
    Track Chair: Daniel Abebayehu, PhD – University of Virginia
    Immunoengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Nano and Micro Technologies - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Neural Engineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Deva D. Chan, Ph.D. – Purdue University
    Track Chair: Whasil Lee, PhD – University of Rochester, NY
    Track Chair: Jessica Isaacs, PhD PE – Exponent, Inc.
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Poster Session A & B
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Disease - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Orlando S. Hoilett, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Track Chair: Anita Shukla, PhD – Brown University
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases - Poster Session A & B
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Tissue Engineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Tissue Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Women's Health - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - State of the Society
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    NE-BME League Retreat (Invitation Only)
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM PDT
    Celebration of Culture Luncheon [Ticketed Event]
  • 12:15 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM PDT
    Lunch on Own
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering I
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Samantha Zambuto – University of Kentucky
    Session Chair: Daniel Shiwarski – University of Pittsburgh
    Tissue Engineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Devices 1
    Session Chair: Jeffrey G. Jacot, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Maryam Bagheri
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Computational Modeling and Machine Learning in Drug Delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Ninghao Zhu, PhD – Kansas State University
    Session Chair: Janny Pineiro, PhD – University of Florida
    Drug Delivery
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Emerging Imaging Processing
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Pingkun Yan – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Rahul Rahul, PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Engineering the Stem Cell Microenvironment
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Marley Dewey, PhD – University of California Santa Barbara
    Session Chair: Su Chin Heo, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
    Biomaterials
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Human Performance/Sports Biomechanics
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Aisha Chen, PhD – Azusa Pacific University
    Session Chair: Lin Zhang, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
    Biomechanics
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Infectious Disease Advancements for Global Health
    Track Chair: Orlando S. Hoilett, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Track Chair: Anita Shukla, PhD – Brown University
    Session Chair: Frederic Zenhausern, Ph.D., MBA, FAIMBE, FNAI – University of Arizona
    Session Chair: Jiayu Liao, PhD – University of California, Riverside
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Infectious Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, & Treatment
    Track Chair: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University
    Track Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
    Session Chair: Elain Fu – Oregon State University
    Session Chair: Ishita Jain
    Global Health Technologies
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Innovations in Immunotherapy and CAR‑T Targeting
    Session Chair: Novalia Pishesha – Harvard University/Boston Children's Hospital
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Hossein Tavana, PhD – University of Akron
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Applications (MRI)
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Walter O'Dell
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology II
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Sing-Wan Wong, PhD – Colorado State University
    Session Chair: Joshua Francois
    Biomechanics
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Mechanotransduction and Matrix‑Guided Cell Behavior
    Session Chair: Francois Bordeleau, PhD – Universite Laval
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Bryan Pfister, PhD – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Micro/Nano Technologies In Cell, Tissue, and Liquid Handling
    Session Chair: Ying Chen – Tufts University
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Session Chair: Erika Cyphert, Ph.D. – UC San Diego
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Multiscale Computation Modeling
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: John Hickey
    Session Chair: Baihua Ren, PhD – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Neuro-Regenerative Engineering
    Session Chair: Muhammad Rizwan – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Session Chair: Deependra Ban, Ph.D – University of California San Diego
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Novel Formulations and Techniques in Drug Delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Jerome Lacombe, PhD – University of Arizona
    Session Chair: Ting-Yu Shih, PhD – University of Rhode Island/Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering
    Drug Delivery
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Platform Sessions II
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Stroma in Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Steven C. George, PhD;MD – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Stephanie Seidlits – University of Texas Austin
    Cancer Technologies
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    T Cell Biology for Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Caymen Novak, PhD – University of Michigan-Dearborn
    Session Chair: Lance C. Kam – Columbia University
    Cancer Technologies
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Tendon and Muscle
    Session Chair: Mark Chapman, PhD – University of San Diego
    Session Chair: Stephanie Cone – University of Delaware
    Track Chair: Deva D. Chan, Ph.D. – Purdue University
    Track Chair: Whasil Lee, PhD – University of Rochester, NY
    Track Chair: Jessica Isaacs, PhD PE – Exponent, Inc.
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Wearable Sensors and Devices I
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Session Chair: Feng Guo, PhD – Indiana University Bloomington
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Biomaterials for Immunoengineering I
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: John Hickey – Duke University
    Session Chair: Kolade Adebowale – UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
    Biomaterials
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    ABET Workshop
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Advances in Computational Biomedical Engineering: An Introduction to a New BMES SIG
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Special Sessions II
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Featured Event
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Just for Laughs! LOL to be Well
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    3D Printing
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Cody Crosby, PhD – Southwestern University
    Session Chair: Ana Jaklenec, PhD – MIT-Koch Institute
    Biomaterials
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Biomaterials for Cell Manufacturing and Tissue Biofabrication
    Track Chair: Shengjie Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Track Chair: Brenda M. Ogle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Session Chair: Jeffrey G. Jacot, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Session Chair: Ali Salifu – Boston College
    Biomanufacturing
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Biomechanics of Rehabilitation/Injury
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Marzieh Memar, PhD – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Session Chair: Megan R. Routzong, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Biomechanics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Zhengpeng (Jason) Wan, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Wuqiang Zhu, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Fem-Tech and Digital Health
    Session Chair: Rebekah Neal
    Session Chair: Joyce Wong – Boston University
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    High‑Content Single‑Cell and Spatial Profiling Platforms
    Session Chair: Michelle A. Digman – University of California Irvine
    Session Chair: Jiayu Liao, PhD – University of California, Riverside
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Immunomodulatory Drug Delivery Systems
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Indrajit Srivastava, PhD – Texas Tech University
    Session Chair: Su Yan – Pennsylvania State University
    Drug Delivery
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Implantable and Neural Devices I
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Aijun Wang – University of California Davis
    Session Chair: Dake Hao, PhD – University of California, Davis
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Innovations in Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Discovery, and Delivery
    Track Chair: Orlando S. Hoilett, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Track Chair: Anita Shukla, PhD – Brown University
    Session Chair: Congyue Peng – Clemson University
    Session Chair: Rohan Ingrole
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Mechanotransduction Under Applied Forces
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Ahmed Alshareef, n/a – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, US
    Session Chair: Yuliang Xie – Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
    Biomechanics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Micro/Nano Tools for Precision Medicine
    Session Chair: Yevgeny Berdichevsky – Lehigh University
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Session Chair: Zhenjiang Zhang, PhD – Rice University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Neuromodulation: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
    Session Chair: Alexander Boys, PhD – Dartmouth College
    Session Chair: Hyunjoon Kong, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
    Session Chair: Feng Yan – University of Oklahoma & Duke University
    Session Chair: Kirill Larin – University of Houston
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Photo or Sono Immunotherapy in Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Adem Yildirim, Ph.D. – Oregon Health & Science University
    Session Chair: Carolyn Schutt, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
    Cancer Technologies
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Platform Sessions III
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Single-Cell Measurements and Models
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Sophia Orbach, PhD – Rowan University
    Session Chair: Raha Dastgheyb
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Tissue Engineering Models of Disease I
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Xun Wang, PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Massachusetts General Hospital
    Session Chair: Annie Kathuria, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Tissue Engineering
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Tumor Microenvironment and Immunity
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Keyue Shen, PhD – University of Southern California
    Session Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Cancer Technologies
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Vascular & Blood Biomechanics
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Anandi Krishnan, PhD – Rutgers University
    Session Chair: Bryan C. Good, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT
    Alpha Eta Mu Beta: Connecting Students to Graduate School
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    An Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Related Funding and Proposal Writing
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    BME Master’s Programs: Round Table Discussion
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    CRISPR-Based Global Health Technologies: Innovations for Accessible Diagnostics and Therapeutics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Empower and Connect: Speed Networking Event by BlackinBME
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Special Sessions III
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    The 13th US-Korea Joint Workshop on Biomedical Engineering
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM PDT
    Alpha Eta Mu Beta: Mentoring for INnovative Design Solutions (MINDS) Scholars Program Workshop
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM PDT
    Plenary Session -BMES Awards and New Fellows
  • 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
    2025 BMES New Fellows Champagne Toast and Photo Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
    2025 BMES New Fellows Reception (Invite Only)
  • 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM PDT
    ABET Committee Reception (Invite Only)
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Hosted University Receptions & BMES Member Appreciation Night #1
  • Friday, October 10, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biomaterials in Biomechanical Investigations
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Blanka Sharma – University of Florida
    Session Chair: Rahimeh Rasouli, PhD – Dalhousie University
    Biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biosensors II
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Jinhwan Kim
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cardiac Biomechanics
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Reza Avaz, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Saeed Tiari, PhD – Widener University
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cell and Molecular Immunoengineering
    Track Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang, phd – usc
    Track Chair: Daniel Abebayehu, PhD – University of Virginia
    Session Chair: Aidan Gilchrist – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Brian Aguado – University of California San Diego
    Immunoengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Mechanobiology I: From Outside to Inside of the Cell
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Megan Rexius
    Session Chair: Matthew R. Bersi, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Biomechanics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cellular Biomanufacturing
    Track Chair: Shengjie Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Track Chair: Brenda M. Ogle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Session Chair: Yonghui Ding – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Bo Wang, Phd – Medical college of Wisconsin
    Biomanufacturing
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cellular Forces, Mechanics, and Dynamic Regulation
    Session Chair: Adam Engler – University of California San Diego
    Session Chair: Sangyoon Han, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Experimental and Computational Tools in Brain Tissue Mechanics
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Grace McIlvain, PhD – Columbia University
    Session Chair: Jordan D. Escarcega, PhD. - Mechanical Engineering;B.S. - Mechanical Engineering – Washington University in St. Louis
    Biomechanics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Frontiers in CRISPR Tools and Genome Engineering
    Session Chair: Xiaoping Bao – Purdue University
    Session Chair: Yubin Zhou – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Gynecological and Breast Health
    Session Chair: Shaniel T. Bowen, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Session Chair: Joscelyn Mejias, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Immunoengineering and Immunomodulation in Tissue Engineering II
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Zhouquan Fu, PhD – BioMed X Institute
    Session Chair: Erika Cyphert, Ph.D. – UC San Diego
    Tissue Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Lab-on-Chip and Organ-on-Chip Systems: Tools and Models
    Session Chair: Yan Li – Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Session Chair: Tristan Driscoll, PhD – FAMU-FSU College Of Engineering
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Mechanobiology in Cell and Tissue Engineering II
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Sunghee Estelle Park, PhD – Purdue University
    Session Chair: Baihua Ren, PhD – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin
    Tissue Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Metabolic Imaging of Aging and Diseases
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Lingyan Shi, PhD – University of California San Diego
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    MPS for Brain Cancers
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Sigrid A. Langhans, PhD – Nemours Children's Health
    Session Chair: Shang Song, PhD – University of Arizona
    Cancer Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Systems
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Tam Nguyen – The University of Texas at Arlington
    Session Chair: Kellen Chen, PhD – University of Arizona
    Drug Delivery
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Neural Decoding & Control
    Session Chair: Chris Puleo – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Stephanie Seidlits – University of Texas Austin
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Omics Data: Methods, Modeling and Analysis
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Shawn M. Gomez, MS; EngScD – Joint University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Session Chair: Allison Greaney
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Platform Sessions IV
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Regenerative Medicine II
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Gulden Camci-Unal, PhD – University of Massachusetts Lowell, Chemical Engineering
    Session Chair: Ying Mei – Clemson University, Bioengineering
    Biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Teaching, Learning, & Pedagogy
    Track Chair: Rebecca Scott – University of Oklahoma
    Track Chair: Olivia Coiado, Dr. – Washington State University
    Moderator: Karin Jensen, PhD – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Rebecca Scott – University of Oklahoma
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Determining sex differences in cardiovascular diseases using biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Special Sessions IV
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Special Sessions IV - From Mechanobiology to Mechanomedicine
    Organizer/Submitter: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Session Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Session Chair: Song Li, Ph.D. – UCLA
    Speakers: Dennis Discher – University of Pennsylvania
    Speakers: Quinton Smith – University of California, Irvine
    Speakers: Jacopo Ferruzzi – University of Texas at Dallas
    Speakers: Jun Chen, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles
    Symposiums
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Special Sessions IV
  • 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Special Sessions IV
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology - Poster Session C & D
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Biomanufacturing - Poster Session C & D
    Biomanufacturing
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Biomaterials - Poster Session C & D
    Biomaterials
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Biomechanics - Poster Session C & D
    Biomechanics
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Biomedical Engineering Education - Poster Session C & D
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation - Poster Session C & D
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session C & D
    Cancer Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Engineering - Poster Session C & D
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering - Poster Session C & D
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics - Poster Session C & D
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Drug Delivery - Poster Session C & D
    Drug Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Global Health Technologies - Poster Session C & D
    Global Health Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Immunoengineering - Poster Session C & D
    Immunoengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Nano and Micro Technologies - Poster Session C & D
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Neural Engineering - Poster Session C & D
    Neural Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering - Poster Session C & D
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases - Poster Session C & D
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Tissue Engineering - Poster Session C & D
    Tissue Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Women's Health - Poster Session C & D
    Women's Health
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - NIH/NIBIB Lecture
  • 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Fair Access to BME Luncheon [Ticketed Session]
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
    Lunch on Own
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    BMES Exhibit Hall Stage Presentations II
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - Wallace H Coulter Award & Athanasiou Medal of Excellence
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Profiling and Precision Medicine
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Ian Y. Wong – Brown University
    Session Chair: Joseph Chen, PhD – University of Louisville
    Cancer Technologies
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Biohybrid Technologies
    Session Chair: Michelle H. Teplensky, PhD – Boston University
    Session Chair: Megan L. McCain, PhD – University of Southern California
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering II
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Aidan Gilchrist – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Marley Dewey, PhD – University of California Santa Barbara
    Session Chair: Adam C. Farsheed, PhD – Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Tissue Engineering
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Metabolism & Immunity
    Session Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Matthew R. Bersi, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Mechanobiology II: Between Cells
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Alexander Boys, PhD – Dartmouth College
    Session Chair: Oleg V. Kim, PhD – Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Biomechanics
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Ethics, Access, and Outreach
    Track Chair: Rebecca Scott – University of Oklahoma
    Track Chair: Olivia Coiado, Dr. – Washington State University
    Moderator: Jad El Harake
    Moderator: Aisha Chen, PhD – Azusa Pacific University
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Imaging Tissues, Organs, and Physiological Systems
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Bingmei Fu – City College of New York
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Low-resource Clinical Technology Development
    Track Chair: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University
    Track Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
    Session Chair: Bryan Ranger, PhD – Boston College
    Session Chair: Mohammad Dehghan Banadaki, PhD – University of kentucky
    Global Health Technologies
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Mechanics-Driven Brain Injury
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Curtis L. Johnson – University of Delaware
    Session Chair: Morteza Seidi – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Biomechanics
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Micro/Nano Technologies In Detection and Diagnostics
    Session Chair: Melikhan Tanyeri – Duquesne University
    Session Chair: Brian Meckes – University of North Texas
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Microphysiological Organ System Development
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Song Ih Ahn, PhD – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Session Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Cancer Technologies
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Neuromodulation: Brain & Spinal Cord Stimulation
    Session Chair: Bingmei Fu – City College of New York
    Session Chair: Enrico Opri, PhD – University of Michigan Ann Arbor
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Nucleic Acid Delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Maria Porras
    Session Chair: Alireza Najafabadi, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Drug Delivery
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Optical Microscopy, Endoscopy and Spectroscopy (Optics)
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Caigang Zhu – University of Kentucky
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Platform Sessions V
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Precision and Predictive Medicine
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Hermann Frieboes, Ph.D. – University of Louisville
    Session Chair: Atefe Alimirzaei, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Profiling and Precision Medicine
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Self-Assembling and Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Grace Ying Chen, PhD – Rowan University
    Session Chair: Vanessa Dartora, PhD – Georgia Tech
    Biomaterials
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Technology Advances and Modeling in Infectious Diseases
    Track Chair: Orlando S. Hoilett, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Track Chair: Anita Shukla, PhD – Brown University
    Session Chair: Rajarshi Chattaraj – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Session Chair: Erika Cyphert, Ph.D. – UC San Diego
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Theory and Practice of Synthetic Biology
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Vivek Kumar, PhD – University of Houston
    Session Chair: Johane H. Bracamonte, Dr – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Translational Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
    Session Chair: Karina Nakayama – Oregon Health & Science University
    Session Chair: Zachary A. Dooley, MS – OrthoFix Medical
    Track Chair: Deva D. Chan, Ph.D. – Purdue University
    Track Chair: Whasil Lee, PhD – University of Rochester, NY
    Track Chair: Jessica Isaacs, PhD PE – Exponent, Inc.
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Wearable Sensors and Devices II
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Ami Doshi, Dr – University of California San Diego
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Teaching Standards in the Classroom
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    BIEE Editorial Board Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    DEBUT Challenge Project Presentations (NIBIB/VentureWell)
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Special Sessions V
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Three Minute Thesis Competition: Communicating Science in Layman's Terms
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Part I
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Getting off on the right foot: advice panel for new and future faculty
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Featured Event - Town Hall: Help Define the Country's R&D Blueprint
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT
    Office Hours with Liz Wayne: A BMES Sponsored Podcast series
  • 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM PDT
    How can NIH help me take my innovation to market?
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Fundamentals and Perspectives in Medical Product Regulation for Biomedical Engineers
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Workshop
    Workshops
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Workshop- Fundamentals and Perspectives in Medical Product Regulation for Biomedical Engineers (Ticketed Event)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Workshop
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Biomechanics In Cell and Tissue Engineering
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Katherine Young, MS, PhD – Rice University
    Session Chair: Xiangyu Gong, PhD – Stony Brook University
    Biomechanics
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Cellular Stress, Adhesion, and Metabolic Regulation
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Sangyoon Han, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Shahid Khan, PhD – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    CNS Drug Delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Feng Guo, PhD – Indiana University Bloomington
    Session Chair: Jeffrey G. Jacot, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Drug Delivery
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Computational Cardiovascular Biomechanics
    Session Chair: Vidya Murthy, PhD – University of Nevada, Reno
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Philippe Sucosky – Kennesaw State University
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Drug Delivery/Immunotherapy
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Simona Plesselova, PhD – Sanford Research
    Session Chair: Sheng Tong – University of Kentucky
    Cancer Technologies
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Emerging Imaging Technologies
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Sangpil Yoon – University of Oklahoma
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Experimental and Computational Approaches in Vascular Mechanics
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Laura Hansen – Emory University
    Session Chair: Hadi Wiputra, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Biomechanics
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Hydrogel Based Drug Delivery
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Jonathan Zuidema
    Session Chair: Erika Cyphert, Ph.D. – UC San Diego
    Biomaterials
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Imaging Genome, Molecules, Cells, and Organoids
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: John Hickey – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Implantable and Neural Devices II
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Xiaoguang Dong, PhD – Vanderbilt University
    Session Chair: Maryam Moarefian, Maryam Moarefian, PhD – University of California Santa Cruz
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Reza Avaz, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Kwonmoo Lee, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Modeling Metastasis In Vitro
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Elizabeth Lipke – Auburn University
    Session Chair: Walter L. Murfee – University of Florida
    Cancer Technologies
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Molecular Sensors and Nanodevices for Diagnostics and Biomedical Imaging
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Natural and Bioinspired Biomaterials
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Greg Harris, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Session Chair: Ali Salifu – Boston College
    Biomaterials
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Neural Models & Tissue Engineering
    Session Chair: Jungwook Paek – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Session Chair: Yevgeny Berdichevsky – Lehigh University
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Platform Sessions VI
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Reproductive and Maternal Health
    Session Chair: Megan R. Routzong, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Samantha Zambuto – University of Kentucky
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Stem Cells and Developmental Bioengineering
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Vivek Kumar, PhD – University of Houston
    Session Chair: Megan L. McCain, PhD – University of Southern California
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Thrombosis & Hemostasis
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Megan Rexius
    Session Chair: Oleg V. Kim, PhD – Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine and Translation I
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Olivia Boerman – Bucknell University
    Session Chair: Neda Latifi – University of South Florida
    Tissue Engineering
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Ethics and use of social media amongst student members and professional biomedical engineers
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Special Sessions VI
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Part 2
  • 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Analyze Smarter, Not Harder: Generating Publication-Ready Citation Diversity Reports with LLMs
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    BME Resume Guidance and Review for Students Pursuing Opportunities Outside of Academia
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Special Interest Group - Council Meeting
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
    Industry Mixer & Panel (Ticketed Event)
    Social Events
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Hosted University Receptions & BMES Member Appreciation Night #2
  • Saturday, October 11, 2025
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    High School Poster Expo
  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
    BMES Exhibit Hall Stage Presentations III
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Bioinspired and Biomaterials-based Micro/Nano Devices
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Session Chair: Jing Wang – Iowa State University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biomaterials for Studying and Controlling Cell Behaviors
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Susan Leggett, Ph.D – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Session Chair: Jon Scoucy, PhD – UW-Madison
    Biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biomaterials Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Session Chair: Cody Crosby, PhD – Southwestern University
    Session Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Session Chair: Alex Frickenstein – University of Oklahoma
    Biomaterials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cardiac Regeneration 2
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Lakeshia Taite
    Session Chair: Neda Latifi – University of South Florida
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cardiovascular Engineering Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Vasiliki Kolliopoulos, PhD – Rice University
    Session Chair: Ishita Jain – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Session Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Drug Delivery Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Drug Delivery
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Engineering Tools and Therapeutics for Targeted Therapy
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Session Chair: Larry Dooling
    Session Chair: Jacob Schimelman, PhD – University of California San Diego
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Experiential Learning & Career Readiness
    Track Chair: Rebecca Scott – University of Oklahoma
    Track Chair: Olivia Coiado, Dr. – Washington State University
    Moderator: Charles Peak
    Moderator: Janine Hoelscher – Clemson University
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Global Health Technologies Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University
    Track Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Interventional Devices, Prosthetics, Robotics, and Assistive Technology
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Brent Winslow, PhD – Google
    Session Chair: Jimin Lee, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Mechanosensing in Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Adam Engler – University of California San Diego
    Session Chair: Jian Zhang, PhD – University of Arkansas
    Cancer Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Multiscale Modeling and Simulations in Cardiopulmonary Systems
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Reza Avaz, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Bryana N. Harris – University of Minnesota
    Biomechanics
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Neuroimaging
    Session Chair: Thomas Everett – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Session Chair: Su Yan – Pennsylvania State University
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    New Tools for Immuno Regulation
    Track Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang, phd – usc
    Track Chair: Daniel Abebayehu, PhD – University of Virginia
    Session Chair: Allison M. Greaney, PhD – Yale University
    Session Chair: Keyue Shen, PhD – University of Southern California
    Immunoengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Novel Methods for Systems Biology
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Siddharth Dey, PhD – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Session Chair: Jangwook P. Jung, PhD – Louisiana State University
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Photoacoustic and Optoacoustic Imaging (PAI)
    Session Chair: Lei S. Li, PhD – Rice University
    Session Chair: Jesse Jokerst
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Platform Sessions VII
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Protein and Vaccine delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Rajarshi Chattaraj – New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Session Chair: Rohan Ingrole
    Drug Delivery
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Sex Differences in Health and Disease
    Session Chair: Brian A. Aguado – University of California San Diego
    Session Chair: Caymen Novak, PhD – University of Michigan-Dearborn
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green, PhD – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases Undergraduate Fire Talks
    Track Chair: Orlando S. Hoilett, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Track Chair: Anita Shukla, PhD – Brown University
    Session Chair: Chris Puleo – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Soroosh Torabi – University of Kentucky
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Tissue and Organ Biomanufacturing
    Track Chair: Shengjie Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Track Chair: Brenda M. Ogle, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Session Chair: Dake Hao, PhD – University of California Davis
    Session Chair: Lin Zhang, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
    Biomanufacturing
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine and Translation II
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Jason Marvin, Ph.D. – AIMBE
    Session Chair: Ramya Prabhakar, PhD – KBI Biopharma
    Session Chair: Aparna Bhattacharyya, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Tissue Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Tissue Engineering Models of Disease II
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: Di Zhang, PhD – Yale University
    Session Chair: Jeongmin Hwang, PhD – Northwestern University
    Tissue Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    Special Sessions VII
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Hear from the Experts: Applying to Medical School as a Biomedical Engineer
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Nanomedicine for efficacious cancer treatment: how bioengineering technologies are turning an elusive dream into reality
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Special Sessions VII
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Women's Health and Biomedical Engineering S.I.G. Launch
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology - Poster Session E
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Biomanufacturing - Poster Session E
    Biomanufacturing
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Biomaterials - Poster Session E
    Biomaterials
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Biomechanics - Poster Session E
    Biomechanics
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Biomedical Engineering Education - Poster Session E
    Biomedical Engineering Education
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation - Poster Session E
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session E
    Cancer Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Engineering - Poster Session E
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering - Poster Session E
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics - Poster Session E
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Drug Delivery - Poster Session E
    Drug Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Global Health Technologies - Posters
    Global Health Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Immunoengineering - Poster Session E
    Immunoengineering
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Nano and Micro Technologies - Poster Session E
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Neural Engineering - Poster Session E
    Neural Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering - Poster Session E
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Poster Session E
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Disease - Posters
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Tissue Engineering - Poster Session E
    Tissue Engineering
  • 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Women's Health - Poster Session E
    Women's Health
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    High School Poster Expo
    High School Poster Expo
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - BMES Awards
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM PDT
    Lunch on Own
  • 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Meet the Faculty Candidates Forum
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Advances in Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases
    Track Chair: Orlando S. Hoilett, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Track Chair: Anita Shukla, PhD – Brown University
    Session Chair: Maryam Moarefian, Maryam Moarefian, PhD – University of California Santa Cruz
    Session Chair: Atefe Alimirzaei, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Technologies for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Analysis of Cell Signaling
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Sameer S. Bajikar – University of Virginia
    Session Chair: Hanieh Mazloom Farsibaf, PhD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Biomaterials-based Tissue on a Chip Models
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Monica Moya
    Session Chair: Larry Dooling
    Biomaterials
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Cancer Drug Delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Ali Salifu – Boston College
    Session Chair: Johnson V. John, PhD – Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
    Drug Delivery
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Devices 2
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Netanel Korin – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    ECM Dynamics in Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Alexander Buffonne
    Session Chair: Amit Patak
    Cancer Technologies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Imaging Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Sangpil Yoon – University of Oklahoma
    Session Chair: Walter O'Dell, PhD – University of Florida
    Cancer Technologies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Mechanotransduction and Inflammatory Signaling in Vascular Endothelium
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Soham Ghosh – Colorado State University
    Session Chair: Olivia Boerman – Bucknell University
    Biomechanics
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Micro/Nano Technologies In Therapeutic Development
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Session Chair: Chris Puleo – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Sheng Tong – University of Kentucky
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Musculoskeletal Biology and Mechanics
    Session Chair: Alejandro Almarza
    Session Chair: Katherine Hixon – Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering
    Track Chair: Deva D. Chan, Ph.D. – Purdue University
    Track Chair: Whasil Lee, PhD – University of Rochester, NY
    Track Chair: Jessica Isaacs, PhD PE – Exponent, Inc.
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Neural & Glial Cell Engineering
    Session Chair: In Hong Yang – UNC, Charlotte
    Session Chair: Jonathan Zuidema
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Platform Sessions VIII
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Point-of-Care Diagnostics
    Track Chair: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University
    Track Chair: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
    Session Chair: Xiaoguang Dong, PhD – Vanderbilt University
    Session Chair: Benjamin Casteneda, MS, MS, PhD – University of Rochester
    Global Health Technologies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering Toolkits
    Session Chair: Vivek Kumar, PhD – University of Houston
    Session Chair: Congyue Peng – Clemson University
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    T Cell Therapeutics
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Jiahe Li, PhD – University of Michigan
    Session Chair: Xiaoping Bao – Purdue University
    Cancer Technologies
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Therapeutic & Cell Delivery in Tissue Engineering
    Track Chair: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Track Chair: Cathal John Kearney
    Session Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Session Chair: Weitong Chen, MSc, PhD – University Georgia
    Tissue Engineering
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutic Ultrasound (US)
    Session Chair: Pengfei Song, PhD – Duke University
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Special Sessions VIII
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Special Event
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Special Event - Voices and Stories from LatinXinBME
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Analysis of Multi-Cellular and Spatial Systems
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu, PhD – University of Maryland College Park
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Joshua Francois
    Session Chair: Mark Chapman, PhD – University of San Diego
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Biomaterials for Immunoengineering II
    Track Chair: Janeta Zoldan – The University of Texas at Austin
    Track Chair: MK Sewell-Loftin – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Track Chair: Ryan Stowers – UC Santa Barbara
    Track Chair: Ester J. Kwon, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Christopher Jewell – Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices/University of Maryland; Veterans Affairs MD Healthcare System/Department of Veterans Affairs
    Session Chair: Kolade Adebowale – UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
    Biomaterials
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Cancer Mechanobiology: Mechanics of Metastasis, Migration, and Invasion
    Track Chair: Luke (Lucas) Timmins, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Jian Zhang, PhD – University of Arkansas
    Session Chair: Quinton Smith – University of California, Irvine
    Biomechanics
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum, PhD – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Megan L. McCain, PhD – University of Southern California
    Session Chair: Ho-Wook Jun, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Lipid-based mRNA delivery
    Track Chair: Elizabeth Barker, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Track Chair: Jyothi U. Menon, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Session Chair: Kuei-Chun Wang – Arizona State University
    Session Chair: Jacob Schimelman, PhD – University of California San Diego
    Drug Delivery
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Molecular Sensors and Nanodevices for Diagnostics, Imaging, and Therapeutics: Nucleic acids and nucleic acid technology
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky, PhD – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu, PhD – Morgan State University
    Session Chair: Jing Wang – Iowa State University
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    MPS for Modeling Immunity
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Sarah Shelton, PhD – North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
    Session Chair: Zhengpeng Wan – Massachusetts Inst Technology - Cambridge, MA
    Session Chair: Sarah Shelton, PhD – North Carolina State University & University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
    Session Chair: Zhengpeng Wan – Massachusetts Inst Technology - Cambridge, MA
    Cancer Technologies
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Neurodegeneration & Hydrocephalus
    Session Chair: Bin Duan, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Session Chair: Raha Dastgheyb, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim, PhD – Marshall University
    Track Chair: Mario I. Romero-Ortega, PhD – University of Arizona
    Track Chair: Nanyin Zhang, PhD – Penn State University
    Neural Engineering
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Platform Sessions IX
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Point of Care and Mobile Devices
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    Track Chair: Yongkuk Lee, PhD – Wichita State University
    Track Chair: Aijun Wang, Ph.D. – UC Davis
    Session Chair: Bhushan N. Kharbikar, PhD – University of California San Francisco
    Session Chair: Lin Zhang, PhD – Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
    Device Technologies and Biomedical Robotics
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Stress Responses, Disease Modeling, and Therapeutic Insights
    Session Chair: Olivia Boerman – Bucknell University
    Session Chair: Duc‑Huy Nguyen
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    X-ray Computed Tomography (CT)
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao, PhD – Duke University
    Session Chair: Amber Doiron – University of Vermont
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Special Sessions IX
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Workshop- Science Communications and Policy
    Workshops
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Featured Event
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Special Event
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Special Event - BMES Robert A. Pritzker Awardee Roundtable
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PDT
    Break- Dinner on Own
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
    Featured Event
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
    Saturday Conference Keynote
  • Sunday, October 12, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Discounted Tickets- Local San Diego Attractions
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    Career Fair
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Featured Event - The Impact of AI in Biomedical Engineering Innovation
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Sunday Conference Keynote- The Impact of AI in Biomedical Engineering Innovation: A Conversation Among Clinicians and Biomedical Engineers
  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Workshop - Optimized Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Data Analysis