Thirteen Rose-Hulman students and four Rose faculty attended the 39th annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium held April 12 through 14 at Copper Mountain, Colorado.  The RMBS has been held annually since 1964, making RMBS the oldest continually held biomedical engineering conference in North America.  At this year's symposium we had contributors from all over the world including 26 states and 8 countries.
Jameel Ahmed, Brenda Mardis, Ruth Waite, Youichi Shimada

Twelve manuscripts listed below were co-authored by Rose-Hulman students, recent alumni, and faculty, and were published in Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, the proceedings of the conference. Eight Rose students made podium presentations at the conference and three students presented posters.
 

The slopes at Copper Mountain.

Best student poster - Eric Soller - The use of an infrared temperature feedback control system to determine the optimal temperature
for polymer-reinforced  tissue repair
Advisor Dr. Karen McNally

Best of session - Grant Hoffman - Biodegradable synthetic polymer scaffolds for reinforcement of albumin protein solders used for
laser-assisted tissue repairs -
Advisor Dr. Karen McNally

chairman’s choice - Travis Gilmour - Solubility studies of albumin protein solders used for laser-assisted tissue repair
Advisor Dr. Karen McNally

right - Best of session - Matt Kuester - Analysis of pin force distributions of halo orthoses -
Advisor Dr. Rick Stamper

award winner Carolyn Sterling & the RMBS Board of Directors

left - right above: Davis; Janet, Carolyn & Brenda; Jason;  Jennifer & Adam; Lee; Ruth.

left-right below: Ryan; Lee, Jennifer & Adam; Lee Rick, Jennfer & Adam; Youichi; Zach; Youichi.
 

2002 RMBS Attendees:
Faculty / Staff
Jameel Ahmed   (ABBE)
Brenda Mardis   (secretary, ABBE)
Rick Stamper  (ME)
Youichi Shimada  (visiting professor, ABBE)
Lee Waite  (ABBE/ME)

Students:
Maggie Boozer (ME-Gr)
Jason Davis  (BE - Gr)
Travis Gilmour (BE - Gr)
Grant Hoffman (ME - Jr)
Matt Kane  (BE - Gr)
Adam Keown  (ME - ?)
Jennifer Klingenberg (ME - ?)
Matt Kuester  (BE - Gr)
Jason Lucas  (BE - Gr)
Zach Nicoson  (BE - Gr)
Charlie (Xinfeng) Shi (BE - Gr)
Davis Soans  (BE - Gr)
Eric Soller  (ME - Jr)

PUBLICATIONS
BIODEGRADABLE SYNTHETIC POLYMER SCAFFOLDS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF ALBUMIN PROTEIN
SOLDERS USED FOR ASSISTED TISSUE REPAIR
Hoffman, Grant  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Soller, Eric   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
McNally-Heintzelman, Karen Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

BOND STRENGTH OF FIBRIN GLUE BETWEEN LAYERS OF PORCINE SMALL INTESTINE SUBMUCOSA (SIS)
Nicoson, Zach  Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology
Buckley, Christine Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology

ANALYSIS OF PIN FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS OF HALO ORTHOSES
Kuester, Matt Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Stamper, Rick Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Ordway, NR SUNY Upstate Medical University
 

A NEW METHOD OF TIGHTENING HALO ORTHOSIS PINS THAT REDUCES INITIAL PIN FORCE VARIATION
Klingenberg, Jennifer Dept of Mech. Eng., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Keown, Adam  Dept of Mech. Eng., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Moser, David  Dept of Mech. Eng., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Neal, Teresa  Dept of Mech. Eng., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Stamper, Rick  Dept of Mech. Eng., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

A VARIABLE VALVE AREA, LUMPED PARAMETER MODEL OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FILLING
Soans, Davis  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Szabo, Gabor  University of Heidelberg
Bolind, Charissa  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Waite, Lee  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

APATITE FORMATION ON BIOACTIVE ZIRCONIUM METAL PREPARED BY CHEMICAL TREATMENT
Shi, Charlie (Xinfeng) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Hulbert, Sam  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

SOLUBILITY STUDIES OF ALBUMIN PROTEIN SOLDERS USED FOR LASER-ASSISTED TISSUE REPAIR
Gilmour, Travis  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Riley, Jill   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Moser, David

THE OPTIMIZATION OF LASER-SOLDER REPAIRED TISSUE STRENGTHS BY VARYING MEMBRANE FABRICATION PROCESSES AND GEOMETRIES FOR POSSIBLE APPLICATION IN STRABISMUS SURGERY
Davis, Jason  Biomedical Engineering Dept., RHIT, Terre Haute, IN
McNally-Heintzelman, Karen Biomedical Engineering Dept., RHIT, Terre Haute, IN

MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A VARIABLE APERTURE MITRAL VALUE
Franck, Christoph  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Waite, Lee  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

DEVELOPMENT OF A PC-BASED SYSTEM FOR RECORDING FLASH ELECTRORETINOGRAMS IN
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
Sundseth, Keoni Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Lucas, Jason  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Ahmed, Jameel  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
 

INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCH HEIGHT AND REARFOOT MOTION DURING
RUNNING
Boozer, Maggie  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Finch, Al  Indiana State University
Waite, Lee  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

THE USE OF AN INFRARED (IR) TEMPERATURE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL
TEMPERATURE FOR POLYMER-REINFORCED TISSUE REPAIR
Soller, Eric   Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Hoffman, Grant  Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
McNally-Heintzelman, Karen Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology