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18th Annual Fred S. Grodins Graduate Research Symposium

where Biomedical Engineering graduate students of the University of Southern California
showcase their research

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Awards

Grodins Graduate Award:
Steffen Eikenberry, A hierarchy of mathematical models for the immune response in sepsis

Platform First Place:
Curtis Dixon Lee, Matrigel as a neurotophin drug delivery matrix

Platform Runner-Up:
Adriana Nicholson Vest, Closed-loop recharging system for a fetal pacemaker

Grodins Service Award:
Vanessa Landes, Samantha McBirney, Leonardo Nava-Guerra, Sn

Biomedical Engineering Department Service Award:
Brian J. Kim

Best Poster Awards 

Biosystems and Signals: Yue Kang, Travis Peterson and Winston Hien Tran

Devices and Diagnostic Technology: Nestor Cabrera-Munoz, Nii Tete Mante, Zhe "Harry" Su

Imaging: Adam Bush, Thomas Matthew Cummins, Terrence Jao, Teng Ma

Cell and Tissue Engineering: Madison Zitting

Neuroengineering: Arvind Iyer and Brian Samuel Robinson

1st Year Ph.D Student Best Poster Award: Yue Kang

Coulter Award

First Place: Brian J. Kim
Runner Up: Ruchi Deshpande

BMES Travel Awards

Yue Kang
Travis Peterson
Nestor Cabrera-Munoz
Nii Tete Mante
Zhe "Harry" Su
Thomas Matthew Cummins
Terrence Jao
Teng Ma
Arvind Iyer
Brian Samuel Robinson
Brian J. Kim
Adriana Nicholson

2013-2014 Grodins Organizing Committee

Chair: Samantha McBirney
Co-Chair: Sneha Verma
Secretary: Gene Yu
Treasurer: Leonardo Nava-Guerra

Organizer: Vanessa Landes 

Published on November 13th, 2017Last updated on June 29th, 2026