A hearty welcome to Bob Wilhelm, who began work May 15 as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's new vice chancellor for research and economic development.
Wilhelm, who has an appointment as professor of mechanical and materials engineering, came to Nebraska from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he was also vice chancellor for research and economic development.
For more information about Wilhelm, click the link below.
http://research.unl.edu/blog/new-research-leader-an-expert-at-building-public-private-partnerships/
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Numerous engineering faculty played key roles in the 2018 Regenerative Medicine Symposium, hosted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and the Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program.
Angie Pannier was the Session Two Chair, and four faculty made presentations:
* Forest Kievit, associate professor of biological systems engineering: "Nanoparticles for Delivery to and Treatment of Neurological Disorders"
* Ali Tamayol, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering: "Physiological Inspired Bioinks for Engineering of Musculoskeletal Tissues"
* Rebecca Wachs, assistant professor of biological systems engineering: "Naturally-Derived Scaffolds for Low Back Pain"
* Ryan Pedrigi, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering: "The Role of Biomechanics in the Prediction and Treatment of Heart Disease"
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The Biomedical Grant Club held its first meeting on May 25.
The plan is for the group to meet once a month and present their research concepts for biomedical projects to each other, and the group will provide critique and feedback. Discussion will focus predominantly on requesting funds from NIH. The PIs will also share feedback they receive from NIH reviews.
On March 29, Dr. Nora Sarvetnick, director of the Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program and courtesy professor in biological systems engineering, visited the college to share her wisdom for developing a biomedical grant club to support faculty research proposal development. Eleven engineering faculty participated and will be building such a group starting this summer.
Those participating include several who are faculty participants in the Holland Regenerative Medicine Program - Nicole Iverson, Forrest Kievit, Jung Yul Lim, Yuguo Lei, Ryan Pedrigi, Mark Riley, Ali Tamayol, Rebecca Wachs, Qing Hui, Fadi Alsaleem, Yingying Wang, and Rajib Saha.
Sarvetnick shared a number of good ideas for laying the groundwork for such a collaboration. She suggested the group “Learn from others, work together and be committed to everyone getting funded. While listening to other projects, think about your own project and how it could be improved. Work as a team. Anyone’s success is a reflection on the group. People usually don’t think that way. Scientists are competitive. There may be issues of competition between specific investigators. Try to discuss this as a group and see how people are feeling, clear the air and give assurances to each other.”
For more information, contact Mark Riley, COE Associate Dean for Research, mriley3@unl.edu