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  • Thursday, October 9, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    BMES Exhibit Hall Stage Presentations I
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM PDT
    Building Accessibility Breakfast [Ticketed Event]
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Regenerative Medicine I
  • 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

  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 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: 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
    Session Chair: Matthew Fisher – NC State University
    Session 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.
    Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biomedical Engineering in Space
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Biosensors I
    Track Chair: Kiana Aran – 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
    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 – 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
    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 – Duke University
    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 Kwon – 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
    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 – 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
    Session Chair: Nate J. Cira – Cornell University
    Track Chair: Molly Kozminsky – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology I
    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 – 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 – University of Minnesota
    Biomanufacturing
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Migration and Metabolism
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang – 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
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: David Bernstein
    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
    Track Chair: Mario Romero Ortega
    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 Kwon – 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 Menon – University of Rhode Island
    Session Chair: Ying Chen – Tufts University
    Session Chair: Ashish Kulkarni – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Drug Delivery
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    T-cell Manufacturing (joint with Cancer Track)
    Track Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang
    Track Chair: Daniel Abebayehu, PhD – University of Virginia
    Session Chair: Xiaoping Bao – Purdue University
    Session Chair: Feng Guo, PhD – Indiana University Bloomington
    Immunoengineering
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Women's Cancers
    Session Chair: Simona Plesselova, PhD – Sanford Research
    Session Chair: Angela Alexander-Bryant – Clemson University
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Turning Ideas into Evidence: A Workshop on Early-Stage Clinical Validation
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
    BMES National Meetings Committee
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Alexander Xu
    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 – 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 Kwon – 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: 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 – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Cancer Technologies - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang – 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 – 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 – 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 Menon – University of Rhode Island
    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 – University of Kentucky
    Global Health Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Immunoengineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Peter Yingxiao Wang
    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 – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu
    Nano and Micro Technologies
  • 10:00 AM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Neural Engineering - Poster Session A & B
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim
    Track Chair: Mario Romero Ortega
    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 – Tulane University
    Women's Health
  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    Plenary Session
  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    Plenary Session - State of the Society
  • 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 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 Kwon – 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
    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 – 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 Menon – University of Rhode Island
    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 – Duke University
    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 Kwon – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Marley Dewey, PhD – University of California Santa Barbara
    Session Chair: Su Chin Heo – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Biomaterials
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Human Performance/Sports Biomechanics
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Aisha Chen – Azusa Pacific University
    Session Chair: Lin Zhang
    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: Jiayu Liao, PhD – University of California, Riverside
    Session Chair: Frederic Zenhausern, Ph.D., MBA, FAIMBE, FNAI – University of Arizona
    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 – University of Kentucky
    Session Chair: Elain Fu – Oregon State University
    Session Chair: Mahima Sharma
    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
    Session Chair: John Hickey
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Applications (MRI)
    Session Chair: Lingyan Shi, PhD – University of California San Diego
    Track Chair: Stephen LaConte – Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, VA
    Track Chair: Junjie Yao – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Matrix Effects in Mechanobiology II
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Session Chair: Sing-Wan Wong
    Session Chair: Joshua Francois
    Biomechanics
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM PDT
    Mechanotransduction and Matrix‑Guided Cell Behavior
    Session Chair: Philip Leduc – Carnegie Mellon University
    Session Chair: Francois Bordeleau, PhD – Universite Laval
    Track Chair: Aylin Acun, PhD – Widener University
    Track Chair: Cheemeng Tan – University of California, Davis
    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 – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu
    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
    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
    Track Chair: Mario Romero Ortega
    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 Menon – University of Rhode Island
    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 – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Steven George – UC 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 – 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 – 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
  • 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 Kwon – University of California, San Diego
    Session Chair: Cody Crosby, PhD – Southwestern University
    Session Chair: Ana jaklenec – 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 – University of Minnesota
    Biomanufacturing
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Biomechanics of Rehabilitation/Injury
    Track Chair: Kristen Mills – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Biomechanics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Zhengpeng (Jason) Wan
    Session Chair: Wuqiang Zhu, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Cardiovascular Engineering
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Fem-Tech and Digital Health
    Session Chair: Catherine Klapperich – Boston University
    Session Chair: Rebekah Neal
    Track Chair: Mykel D. Green – 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 Menon – University of Rhode Island
    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 – 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, Ph.D. – 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: 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 – Iowa State University
    Track Chair: Onyema Osuagwu
    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
    Session Chair: Hyunjoon Kong, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Track Chair: Joon (Simon) Shim
    Track Chair: Mario Romero Ortega
    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 – Duke University
    Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Photo or Sono Immunotherapy in Cancer
    Track Chair: Priscilla Hwang – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Carolyn Schutt Ibsen
    Session Chair: Adem Yildirim, Ph.D. – 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
    Track Chair: Megan McLean
    Session Chair: Sophia Orbach, PhD – Rowan University
    Session Chair: Raha Dhastgeyb
    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 – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Track Chair: Claire Robertson, PhD – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Keyue Shen – 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
    Session Chair: Manu O. Platt, PhD – National Institutes of Health
    Track Chair: Kareen LK Coulombe, PhD – Brown University
    Track Chair: Hoda Hatoum – Michigan Technological University
    Session Chair: Anandi Krishnan, PhD – Rutgers University
    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 NSF Biomedical Engineering Related Programs 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
  • 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 Reception (Invite Only)
  • 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM PDT
    ABET Committee Reception (Invite Only)
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Hosted Reception- Johns Hopkins University
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
    Hosted University Receptions & BMES Member Appreciation Night #1