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• Apr

  6

  BME Seminar Series: Alumni Speakers

  McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department

  4:00 PM L361 Technological Institute

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  Alumni Speakers
  Carson Thomas, Amanda Sawicki, and Simone Horneye
  Host: Professor Suzanne Olds

  Carson Thomas, BS, PhD:
  Carson Thomas (BS 1993, PhD 1999) is currently Director of Portfolio Strategy for the Baxter's renal business, which works to improve the lives of renal patients worldwide. Before joining Baxter, Carson spent 15 years with GE Healthcare working in marketing, strategy, and product development within the X-ray business and the radiation dose tracking business. When he was hired at GE, he initially worked in Clinical Research and Advanced Clinical Applications, helping to introduce the first digital X-Ray systems and several advanced applications that helped transition the X-Ray modality into a digital modality.

  Amanda Sawicki, BS, MS:
  Amanda Sawicki (BS/MS, 2014) is a Senior Engineer at Baxter Healthcare. She started working for Baxter in 2012, as a co-op student on an R&D team developing a home hemodialysis device. Following graduation from NU, she joined full time as a member of Baxter's Technical Development Program, where she had the opportunity to complete rotations across R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality organizations. Her current role is in the Risk Management Office, where she recently helped develop a new global risk management process and is responsible for coaching product teams through the process.

  Simone Horneye, BS:
  Simone Horneye (BS, 1994) is a Marketing Consultant for Medtronic plc. She began her career as an Applications Engineer at GE Healthcare. She received her MBA from the University of Michigan in 2001, and has worked at Medtronic for the past 16 years in a number of US and international positions. She is currently responsible for sales and marketing execution in the Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure Management Division.

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  TIME Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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  CONTACT Jody Hoks    jody.hoks@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department

• May

  8

  Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and Futurity

  Block Museum of Art

  6:00 PM Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh

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  The Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts is a collaboration between the Art Institute of Chicago and materials science-related departments at Northwestern University to pursue objects-based and objects-inspired scientific research. Materials research benefits ongoing work in conservation, archaeology, art history, and curatorial scholarship.

  Learn how the Center uses materials research to care for art objects in sustainable, innovative ways with Maria Kokkori, Senior Scientist in the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. She will be in conversation with Corey Byrnes, Northwestern Associate Professor of Chinese Culture and co-founder/co-director of the Environmental Humanities Workshop in Kaplan Humanities Center.

  This event is presented by the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science in conjunction with exhibition Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology.

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  TIME Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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  CONTACT Block Museum of Art    block-museum@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR Block Museum of Art

• Jun

  10

  Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  9:00 AM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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  McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony

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  TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Jun

  10

  Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

  McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  2:00 PM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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  McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

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  TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena   

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science