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• May

  11

  BME Seminar Series: John Georgiadis, PhD

  McCormick - Biomedical Engineering Department

  4:00 PM McGaw Pavilion

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  John Georgiadis, PhD
  Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
  R.A. Pritzker Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Illinois Institute of Technology
  Host: Professor Todd Parrish
  *Location: Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium, Chicago Campus
  

  Title:
  “Quantitative MRI of Human Brain and Muscle via Mechanics–

  Abstract:
  The explosive development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is primarily due to its non-invasiveness, its ability to exploit a multitude of contrast mechanisms, and the cross-pollination of ideas from basic science, technology, and medicine it affords its user. This seminar focuses on our use of proton-MRI to probe the human muscular and central nervous system in vivo. Two “firsts– are highlighted. We used Diffusion Tensor Imaging to link the effect of nutrition or exercise on the histoarchitecture and function of leg muscles in obese older women at risk for disability. We have also reported the highest resolution mapping of viscoelastic properties of the healthy human brain using Magnetic Resonance Elastography. The common thread through these investigations is the judicious coupling between theory and experiment in the pursuit of explaining rather than merely validating or modeling. The progress made in these projects highlights the role of quantitative imaging and non-invasive mechanical
  

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  TIME Thursday, May 11, 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, Northwestern Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and 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

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• 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

  LOCATION Welsh-Ryan Arena   

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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

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  CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science