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Bioengineering Organizational Alliance 4 nd General Body Meeting
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Bioengineering Organizational Alliance
4nd General Body Meeting
• 4th GBM • AWARD ALL YE WHO HAVE BEEN PERFECT
• Not a member yet?• Join for only $10—helps pay for a T-shirt, food for meetings, exclusive
BOA-sponsored outings/events, and more.
Opening Smorgasbord
Websiteboa.pages.uic.edu
Social Media and BOA on the Interwebs
@BOAatUICfacebook.com/boa.uic [email protected]
• You scratch our back, we’ll scratch yours.• Every 5 credits you can advertise
something through BOA.• Advertising includes:
• Flyers with BOA logo on it• Facebook/Twitter/Google+• Front page of our website• Display Monitors by BIOE office• GBM Slide• Email
• *If you don’t have 5 credits yet but still want to advertise something, let us know. We’re nice.
Advertising Through BOA
Obligatory Cliché “Advertising” Concept Art That Is Trying To—Wait,
Why Are They Standing on Buildings?
Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies
Link to published paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211009377
In the News
• 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 Position for Spring 2012 (Position: Co-op)• Deadline to submit application: Sep 30, 2011
– Hospira Position for Spring 2012 (Position: Co-op)• Deadline to submit application: Oct 29, 2011
Jobs/Internships/Co-ops through UIC Careers
Engineering World Health
Presenter: Adithya Potluri
Electro-surgery tester kit building
Requires Simple Soldering
We will show you how to assemble the kits.
If you do not know how to solder, don’t worry!
We’ll train you on site.
If you are interested, put your name on the EWH Kit Building sheet.
Engineering World Health (EWH)
Kit building process
Circuit board template
Kit building process
Finished Circuit board
Kit building process
Finished Device:Electro-surgery tester
The device tests the power output of ESU (
Signing up
If you are interested, please sign up or email Vishal VarmaEmail: [email protected]
So we can order a sufficient amount of kits for everyone.
Any BOA member can participate in this activity!
• BOA is making a T-shirt to acknowledge the Merger of COM and COE. • Fundraiser for BOA• We would like your input on what the T-shirt design will look like!• Then we will go over the options you’ll have for:• Sizes • Colors • Clothing Options
College of Engineering/College of Medicine T-Shirt
COM/COE T-shirt Logo Design Options
COM/COE T-shirt Logo Design Options
• In addition
• Which design do you like most?
• Clothing options:• T-shirt• Long-sleeve shirts• Sweaters• Hoodies
• Various Colors and Sizes options make ordering one suited perfectly to your tastes EASY.
• Prompt:If you were responsible for redesigning the human body, what significant changes would you make? Any revision must be biologically feasible (ex: nothing metallic or plastic).
• End Product?An artistic BOA mural. We will combine the responses and work with someone who can draw the revised human body.
Human v2.0 – BOA Style
Your Idea; Your Name
Volunteer for High School Preview Days at UIC!
•IBE is looking for 2-3 volunteers for the next tours• Saturday, October 29, 2011• Saturday, November 12, 2011
• How will you be helping?• Assist with a 10-20 minute slideshow presentation about BIOE
department and our bioengineering major.• Show high schoolers a couple research labs.• Answer questions the high schoolers may have!
• Contact Sasi ([email protected]) if interested!• Thou Shalt Receive 2 BOA Credits for Volunteering!
Free Scheck and Siress Prosthetic Lab Tours
• What: 1.5 hour lecture-tour of the Sheck and Siress Prothetic Lab at the UIC Hospital (http://www.scheckandsiress.com)
• Who: Free for any BOA member!• When:• Tuesday, October 11th at 10:30am• Friday October 28th at 1pm • Monday November 7th at 1pm
Note: Only 15 students can attend each tour date. We have plenty of spaces open right now though.Interested or want more information? Email [email protected]!
UIC Bioengineering Promo Video
Shoot footage for the BIOE Promo Video
like a boss.
• Looking to “hire”:• Videographer, video editors, and actors.
• Requirements• Roughly 30 minutes in length.• Showcases live BIOE classes, professors
and students in labs, faculty members, and BOA.
• Short interviews from students and faculty.• Promo Video Uses• Will be shown at high schools for our
External Bioengineering Exposure program.• Will be featured on the BIOE website and
BOA’s website.
Interested? Contact: Salman
$ Will be monetary incentive $
Stem Cell Society
• Status: First “committee” meeting to brainstorm logistics soon• Goals:
• To compile the latest stem cell research and applications from various outlets to discuss, analyze, and learn with other members.
• To provide a setting where various UIC stem cell research labs can discuss their latest research and explore collaborative possibilities with each other.
• Operation:• Bi- or tri-weekly meetings• Members compile material they’ve discovered and outline main talking
points, things of interest, and background information.• Research labs present progress at select society meetings.
• Interested? Contact David Franz ([email protected])
Upcoming Events That Might Be Relevant To Your Interests
WE THE PEOPLE
VOTE FOR THE NEXT ON-CAMPUS ACTIVITY NOW
IF WE BUILD IT THEY WILL COME
• “Today’s Engineering Challenges – Tomorrow’s Solutions” • Technical Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday, November 15, 2011• Time: 7:30am – 7:00pm (aka All Day Extravaganza)
• Interested? Fill out top half of IEEE registration forms and give to board member or leave in BOA mailbox, or RSVP to [email protected] by October 1.
• Tickets are $50 but they will be free for all BOA members!• Party Bus to Argonne (Keg not included).
IEEE Conference at Argonne National Laboratory (November 15, 2011)
Google is hosting a student outreach event with: • a Resume & Interview Workshop • a Lightning Tech Talks highlighting a few of Google's awesome projects. • **Google is flying in a handful of PhD Googlers for this UIC event.
Location: The Cardinal Room in SCE. Day: (Tuesday, September 27th)Times:• 5:00-6:00pm Resume & Interview Workshop• 6:30-7:30pm Lightning Tech Talks (food included)
No registration required!
Google Visits UIC!
