BOA GBM (09-01-2011)

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Bioengineering Organization Alliance (BOA)

First General Body Meeting of Fall 2011

Our new logo.

Bioengineering Organization Alliance

• Me• David Franz (divadfranz@gmail.com)• Cell and Tissue Concentration• Graduating this semester

• You• Highest ACT scores of all engineering departments at UIC.• Smallest student-to-faculty ratio in the CoE.• Small student population, not large faculty population

• 85% of UIC students are commuters

About Me, About You

Social

Knowledge

Creativity

Academic Volunteer

Research

Networking

The BOA Vision

• Not Cannabis Cigarettes• Membership Forms

• Membership is good until end of Summer 2012• $10 fee covers: Food for meetings, social events, t-shirts, prizes, various program

necessities.

• GBM Sign-in Sheet– Include your desired T-shirt size!

• Committee Sign-Up Sheets• Intramurals Sign-Up Sheet• BOA Surveys• BOA Credits

What’s Being Passed Around

BOA Credits

• Prize is given to the one student who contributes the most towards the progress and impact of BOA each month.

• A personalized certificate.• Featured in a GBM

meeting.• Possible short confetti

celebration

BOA Member of the Month

Excelsior

Websiteboa.pages.uic.edu

Social Media and BOA on the Interwebs

@BOAatUICfacebook.com/boa.uic boa.uic@gmail.com

• About 10% of BIOEs have an updated UIC Careers account.• What are you missing out on?

– Baxter Info Session / Interviews (Position: Intern)• Oct. 10th (Info Session on campus) • Oct. 11th (Interviews on campus)• Can only attend Info Session if you are approved for an interview.• Deadline to submit application: September 27, 2011

– Zoll Medical Co-op for Spring 2012• Deadline to submit application: Sep 30, 2011

– Hospira Co-op for Spring 2012• Deadline to submit application: Oct 29, 2011

Jobs/Internships/Co-ops through UIC Careers

Secretary

Shelley Kerwell (skerwell@gmail.com)

Secretary of BOA

Work with all members on the BOA Board

Make copies of the agenda for all board members

Organize tasks for the Board

Take notes during executive meetings

Keep track of membership lists, forms, and fees

Print/display flyers and advertise GBM—work with Reps

Open Source Laboratory Program (OSLP)

coming soon…

Will Schulenberg

• Undergraduate Research Assistant (URA)

• Laboratory courses (BioE 431, 456, 476)

Two ways to get lab experience…

• Chicken and egg

• You are not in charge

• Limited availability

Hans VanderMad, a bioengineering undergrad at UIC who was denied a research position for the 6th time.

• BioE 431 at end of junior year

• Two semesters, at maximum

• Have to follow curriculum

Lab Courses

• Opening up the two teaching labs for use by BOA members

• Work on your own projects on your own time

• Exercise compilations

• Knowledgeable lab monitors

• Forums for organizing study groups and project teams

Enter, OSLP…

The Vision

With OSLP

Without OSLP

We need you!

Next committee meeting: Thursday, September 8th at 5pm in SEO 236

Contact: Will Schulenberg, wmschule@gmail.com

Committee Meeting

Bioengineering Volunteering Program (BVP)

Sasidhar Madugula

BVP History

BMES/BOA Volunteering Program Initial Groundwork (2008 – 2011)– High School Committee (2008 – 2010) – EBE Division

origins– Volunteering Program (2009 – 2011) – COP Division origins

• BMES and BOA

Birth of BVP (2011 to ∞)!– EBE (High School Outreach)– IBE (High School Experience At UIC Bioe Labs)– COP (BOA members/Bioe students participation in community

outreach)

BVP Strategy of Success

BVP Progression– YES YOU CAN!

Commitment for BVP’s crucial groundwork is essential!– Plan– Initiate– Divide & Conquer• Based on self-interest of the different divisions;

Questions, Ideas, Comments or Suggestions

– Contact the Director – Sasidhar Madugula (madsas.sasi@gmail.com)

BVP E-Board Crew

Director – Sasidhar Madugula (madsas.sasi@gmail.com)EBE/IBE Director – Salman Farooqui (salmanfaroky@gmail.com)COP Director – Karan Kerwell (kkerwell12@gmail.com)BVP Advisor – Sagar Nadimpalli (skn989@gmail.com)

Engineering World Health (EWH)

Vishal Varma

Our Mission:Mobilize the biomedical engineering community to improve the quality of health care in

vulnerable communities of the developing world.

The Past:EWH Kit Building – Great success due to all your help and participation.

The Now:EWH Design Teams

The Goal of EWH Design Teams:• Design a cost effective, globally applicable medical device• Build prototype of the proposed device after design approval• Make accessible 'building-kits' for the device once EWH has approved the device for

global use.

Engineering World Health (EWH) Director: Vishal Varma

Who should take part in EWH? EVERYONE!

Regardless of year and major, you are a valuable asset to your team.Graduates and Undergraduates both provide valuable input.The word engineer is derived from a Latin root meaning "to create".As Bioengineers, I highly encourage you to participate.

Where does your effort go?Your work on these projects will make a difference in millions of lives around

the world.End result: Your device will be shipped to developing countries improving

healthcare for thousands.

Design Teams research, design,

and create prototypes.

Get prototype manufactured into

Have high school students assemble

How EWH works

This Fall and Spring Next Summer Next Spring and Fall

Prototype

Manufacture

Assemble Kits

EWH Collaboration• Collaboration with OSLP for lab space and project

expansion• Collaboration with BVP to get kits to high schools

Alpha Eta Mu Beta (AEMB)

President: Mounika Kata Vice President: Nikhil Bommakanti

• Email us: mkata2@uic.edu, nikhilbommakanti@gmail.com• Stay in touch with us via Facebook, Twitter, or Google Plus• Feel free to approach us with any questions and/or concerns

Contact Information

What is AEMB?

• Alpha Eta Mu Beta – National Biomedical Engineering Honor Society

• Recognizes top ranked juniors and seniors for outstanding academic achievement

• Provides networking opportunities and further opportunities to continue civic engagement

• Invitations extended to students excelling in academics, civic engagement, and leadership

• Members will be recognized as follows:• Events: Banquets, Initiation ceremonies, etc.• On transcript and at graduation• On BOA website

• Members will be able to attend annual conferences

Recognition

• Are you eligible?• Juniors who have obtained a grade point

average in the top one-fifth of the junior class and seniors who have achieved a grade point average in the top one- third of the senior class are eligible for active membership• Candidates must have completed at least six credit

hours of BioE courses• To maintain membership, complete at least 10 events

Eligibility Requirements and Membership Maintenance

Activities Program

Hamza Senalan

Social events for bioengineers to network, relax, and simply have fun during the grind of each semester.

On-Campus activities (Weekly)

Off-Campus activities (Monthly)

Activities

Body Worlds Millennium Park Ice Skating Six Flags

UIC is a commuter school.

Activities and social events act as the glue

that holds BOA together; the lowest

common denominator of all BOA members.

Paintballing

Game Nights

You have an outlet to meet and interact with fellow bioengineers of all levels. You will be among peers that have done what you are currently doing that will be able to offer help and guidance!

Activities

Homework HelpBooks

Inside Scoop on:-Which classes to take

-Which professors to take-Research opportunities

-MS/BS guidance

BOA Yoda

-Bioengineering Bazaar- BOA news, events, and opportunities- Exciting science, medical, and engineering news- Interesting trivia, facts, puzzles, or quotes to

-Collaborate with Bioengineering Student Journalto showcase a student publication each month

GET YOUR WORK ON THE MAP!!!- Handed out to all BOA members at General Body Meetings- Copies available in the BioE office for anyone passing by to pick up- Digital copies displayed on BOA's website (boa.pages.uic.edu).We are also setting up a type of RSS News Feed on the website where committee members

can instantly stream any interesting links they come across with a few clicks of their mouse.

Activities: Newsletter Committee

Tutoring Coordinator

Nairyna Constantino

• Provides students with extra resources• Gives students the opportunity to have a

one-one tutoring session with other BIOE students

• Tutors will have already taken these courses which provides with a better insight on how to succeed in the class

• Can begin to meet other Bioe students• Most important: getting help so that you can

enjoy your Bioengineering classes at UIC• Tutoring Calendar and Survey on Website

Binder-Binder system

Director of Funds

Kathleen Broughton

• 2011 – 2012 Budget

• Roll-over and Department• Potential Fundraising Opportunities

• Funding Supports:

• AEMB• BVP• EWH• OSLP• Activities• Tutoring• General Body Meetings and Others• Awards, Prizes, and Apparel

Director of Funds Duties

Undergrad Reps

Emil Jose and Chaitra Kishore

ckisho2@uic.edujose6@uic.edu

Who are we?

• We are YOUR liaison with BOA• If you have any concerns, comments, questions, or

suggestions … let us know!• These can be about BOA , BioE, or just life in

general • We will try our best to take your input and use it to

create a BOA that works for you• We will also be the main people contacting you

about various general BOA info including about GBM times

• Email either of us or boa.uic@gmail.com• Facebook : Add BOA at UIC and Like Bioengineering

Organizational Alliance • Twitter: Follow @BOAatUIC• Google plus : Add BOA UIC to your circles• Phone: 847-886-9575 call / text • We will use all these accounts to try to be available to and

reach as many of you as possible!• Depending on how many people are interested, we will start

a texting notification system to remind people of events

Stay in touch with us!

• In addition to using our various online accounts for communication, we will also be using them as discussion forums, posting things like:• Question of the day• Fun facts• Tips• Links

• Contribute!! You can get credit for it • Don’t hesitate to post your own stuff!• Will have a prize for most active online member in the end

Online Forums

Suggestion Box

• You can always contact one of us anytime about anything • We will keep your suggestions /questions private if you so

desire• However, if you still feel • awkward..• Anonymously drop off• comments in our suggestion box!• We will bring it to meetings• Or it will be in the BioE Office• Feel fry to add a comment, concern, or suggestion,

whenever!

• Do you live in the suburbs?• Do you commute via car?• Carpool with other BOA members to save gas!• Who knows? You could even make lasting friends • Sign up to either drive or ride on our Carpooling Flyer• If you signed up to ride, contact willing driver who

lives by you • And you are good to go! • Be eco friendly and make the commute more fun!

Carpooling

• One on one mentor/mentee program for undergraduates• Freshmen/Sophomores – Sign up to be Mentees• Juniors/Seniors – Sign up to be Mentors• We will contact you asking you to fill out a info form• i.e: gender, concentration, interests, location, etc..

• We will match pairs based on the answers• We will encourage/facilitate frequent contact between pairs• There will be a monthly meeting for pairs to mingle• Sign up to receive more info and be informed of when meetings

Undergraduate Big Brother Big Sister Program

• Open Art program!• Submit any type of art to boa.uic@gmail.com all semester long• i.e: sketches, paintings, 3D things, poetry, videos,

digital shorts, etc• Displayed on: hallways, website, display screens, etc.• Deadline is the Friday before the last week of classes• Top 3 pieces of art will receive Amazon gift cards!

BioE Art Program

• First mini contest:• Design a logo for the BVP program

• Second mini contest:• Design a logo for the OSLP Program

• Deadline: The week before finals!

BioE Art Program Contest

Graduate Representative

Arman Butt

Big/Little “Sibling” Program

To assist undergraduates in the planning of future academic and career decisions

Lab tours

Need graduate volunteersNeed undergraduates who need helpbutt2@uic.edu

– Graduates should tell me their expertise– Undergraduates should tell me their needs

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