On Saturday, May 17th, the UCI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Symposium will be held at the UCI Student Center.

The MTI lab has five posters that will be presented by outstanding undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students, from 1:30-2:50 PM in the UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C&D.

1) Akshay Paul and Edmund Florendo’: Endoscopic Laser Speckle Imaging System (ELSI)

2) Josh Yakel: Alma Intense Pulsed-Light Source and Persistent Vascular Shutdown

3) Patrick Lo: High-Resolution, Depth-Resolved Imaging of Microglia and Microvasculature in Mouse Brain using Optical Histology

4) Michael Marks: HiLo Microscopy

5) Ted Chang and Kent Mayzel: Laser Speckle Imaging Instrument for Assessment of Pulpal Status in Teeth

Please stop by and check out their posters!

We were awarded a one-year grant from the UCI School of Medicine to develop and test a new functional optical imaging device for use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  This project is in collaboration with Dr. Omid Fathi, a UCI Pediatric Research Fellow.  Congratulations Ryan!

We were awarded a one-year grant from the NIH-funded UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Science to develop and test a new functional optical endoscope design.  This project is in collaboration with Dr. Brian Smith, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCI.  This work will support the research efforts of BME undergraduates Akshay Paul and Edmund Florendo and Junior Specialist Tram Pham.  Congratulations to everyone!

I’m happy to announce that Dr. Sean White was awarded a one-year, $30,610 research grant from the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.  Dr. White will work on development of a blood-flow imaging technology for use during a combined drug-/light-based treatment of port-wine stain birthmarks.  Congratulations Sean!