2022 CfB FacultyXchange Agenda
Session 1
Keynote Presentation
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| Time | Topic | Speaker | Photo |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Opening Remarks | Mary Frecker, Ph.D. Director, Center for Biodevices |
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| 9:15-9:45 | Driving Innovation for Patient Solutions | Sally Allain Head, JLABS @ Washington, DC Johnson & Johnson Innovation |
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| 9:45-10:00 | Q&A/Discussion | Mary Frecker (moderator) | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break | ||
Session 2
Industry Engagement
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| Time | Topic | Speaker | Photo |
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| 10:15–10:45 | Engaging with Industry Through Sponsored Research and Corporate Engagement Introduction by Erika Swift |
Melissa Erekson Assistant Vice President for Corporate Engagement, Penn State |
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| Jade Honey Director of Corporate Engagement, Penn State |
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| 10:45–11:15 | Industry Presentations Introduction by Greg Lewis |
Maureen Mulvihill Actuated Medical Inc. |
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| Sally Liarno Stryker |
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| Andrew Davison SIG Medical Corporation |
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| 11:15–11:30 | Q&A/Discussion Instructions for breakouts |
Greg Lewis and Erika Swift (moderators) | |
| 11:30–12:00 | Industry-led Networking Breakout Sessions | Maureen Mulvihill Actuated Medical Inc. |
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| Sally Liarno Stryker |
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| Andrew Davison SIG Medical Corporation |
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| 12:00–12:30 | Lunch Break | ||
Session 3
Pecha Kucha-style Presentations, Part 1
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| Time | Topic | Speaker and Campus | Photo |
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| A Biomarker Trial in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors | Seth Hardy, Hershey | ![]() |
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| Advancements and Opportunities in Physical-Plasma Biodevices at Penn State | Sean Knecht, University Park | ![]() |
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| The Magneto-Active Composites and Structures Lab (MACS) / Magnetoelastic peristalsis pumping | Paris von Lockette, University Park | ![]() |
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| Development of a Child Centrifugal Blood Pump | Choon-Sik Jhun, Hershey | ![]() |
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| Soft electronics, circuits and sensors for organs, tissues and robotics | Cunjiang Yu, University Park | ![]() |
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| Advancing Equity through Biodevice-related ELSI Research | Jennifer Wagner, University Park | ![]() |
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| Ultrasound imaging of the brain: challenges and opportunities | Yun Jing, University Park | ![]() |
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| What is all the fuss about Additive Manufacturing -AM? Exploring novel meta biomaterials via AM | Guha Manogharan, University Park | ![]() |
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| Quic-Fuze: The off-the-shelf, Pancreatic Chemoablation Device | Kayla Hartz, Hershey | ![]() |
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| Understanding Alzheimer’s disease and coronavirus via machine learning-enhanced optical probe | Shengxi Huang, University Park | ![]() |
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| The Quick Connector | Heidi Flory, Hershey | ![]() |
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| Granular hydrogel biodevices: Towards accelerating in situ tissue regeneration | Amir Sheikhi, University Park | ![]() |
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| Q&A | Mary Frecker (moderator) | ||
| 1:30-1:45 | Break | ||
Session 4
Pecha Kucha-style Presentations, Part 2
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| Time | Topic | Speaker | Photo |
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| 1:45-2:30 | Translational Multifunctional Citrate Biomaterials for Regenerative Engineering | Jian Yang, University Park | ![]() |
| Automated left ventricle segmentation tool for point-of-care ultrasounds | Melissa Brindise, University Park | ![]() |
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| Smart Cannula for Control of Continuous Flow LVADs | Josh Cysyk, Hershey | ![]() |
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| Predicting Thrombosis to Improve Technology | Keefe Manning, University Park | ![]() |
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| Benchtop Knee Extension Simulation Augmented by Model-Based Post-Processing | Steve Piazza, University Park | ![]() |
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| Leveraging wearable sensors to mitigate the risk of musculoskeletal disorders among construction workers | Esther Obonyo, University Park | ![]() |
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| Ergonomics of Vascular Surgeons | Faisal Aziz, Hershey | ![]() |
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| Q&A | Mary Frecker, moderator | ||
Session 5
Seed Grant Program
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| Time | Topic | Speaker |
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| 2:30–3:15 | Seed Grant Opportunities | Mary Frecker and Sarah Bronson |
| Innovation Fellows Program | Erika Swift | |
| 3:15–3:30 | Wrap Up and Next Steps | Mary Frecker |


























