Newsletter 
of the Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering

University of California, San Diego                                                                                              October 2001      Vol. 8, No. 2

Industrial Profile GENOPTIX

Am. Society of Biomechanics Meeting

William J. von Liebig Center

WIBE Announcements

WIBE Profile: Michael J. Heller

WIBE Visiting Scientists/New PhD’s

Bioengineering Seminar Schedule

Dr. Sah’s Young Investigator Award

Researchers’ Honors

Student Honors

New Bioengineering Graduate Students

Student Honors
Congratulations to the following graduating seniors:

UCSD Bioengineering Academic Achievement Awards

ABET: Duc Tran, Jaeme Reser, and Andrew Sharabi

PREMED: Stephen Waldo, Anson Lee, and Gordon Beh

BIOTECHNOLOGY: Lisa Chin

UCSD Bioengineering OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AWARDS:

Buu Tu, Stephen Waldo, Iris Cheung, and Jason Nathaonson

UCSD BIOENGINEERING GENE MEAD AWARD:

Gaurav Abbi, Shashank Sirsi, and Bhavin Patel

UCSD STARRETT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 2001:

Gaurav Abbi and Duc hoai Tran

BMES AWARD:

Gerhardt Konig

In addition, the most outstanding graduate student TA’s are recognized by the faculty and also undergraduate students.  This year, there were many nominations for this prestigious honor, and the selection was extremely difficult.  Congratulations to winners!!

UCSD BIOENGINEERING TA EXCELLENCE AWARDS:

Jason Papin and Jennifer Reed