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2011
11.29.2011: Dan (now pursuing doctoral studies at UC Davis ME) awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

11.14.2011: Prof. Rao presents at the ASM West / MATSCI Symposium on Biomaterials, Medical Devices, and Tools.

10.12.2011: The BML’s efforts in neural prosthetic interface device development highlighted in UCR Magazine article, “Unlocking the Powerful Mysteries of the Mind.” Link

9.26.2011:
BML goes to ASME 2011 6th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference
- Omid presents his work on Ti microneedles.
- Shannon presents her work on Ti stents.

6.23.2011: Fady Hanna (Stanford ME Undergrad) joins the BML for the Summer.

6.13.2011: Dan graduates with UCR BS ME and will enter UC Davis ME PhD program this Fall.

6.10.2011: Prof. Rao awarded UCR Regents’ Faculty Fellowship for development of microneedle devices for ocular drug delivery.

6.01.2011: Prof. Rao presents invited seminar for UCR Department of Bioengineering Colloqium.

5.06.2011: Pat’s paper entitled “Simultaneous recording of rat auditory cortex and thalamus via a titanium-based, microfabricated, multi-nucleus, microelectrode device" published in Journal of Neural Engineering.

4.05.2011: Gabrielle awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Dan receives an Honorable Mention! Link, Link

3.22.2011:
Dan selected for California Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Program for Spring 2011. Link

3.01.2011: Pat’s paper entitled “Robust penetrating microelectrodes for neural interfaces realized by titanium micromachining" published in Biomedical Microdevices.

1.03.2011: Gabrielle Goodman (BS BIEN, UCR) joins the BML.

2010
11.20.2010: Dan presents his Ti anodic bonding work at the 2010 Southern California Conf. for Undergrad. Research.

9.20.2010: Prof. Rao presents at the ASME 2010 5th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference.

8.27.2010: Dan presents his Ti anodic bonding work at the UCR CCRAA Undergrad. Summer Bridge Program Symp.

8.12.2010: Dan presents his Ti anodic bonding work at the 22nd Annual UCR Summer Research Symposium.

7.31.2010: Prof. Rao presents at the UCR Latinos in Science Summer Camp 2010.

7.26.2010: Dan’s research mentioned in AAAS EurekAlert! - Science News, R&D Magazine Online, Medical News Today, & NewsRx articles about UCR CCRAA Undergraduate Summer Bridge program.

6.23.2010: Pat presents his Ti-based neuroprostheses work at the 39th Neural Interfaces Conference.

6.06.2010: Cara presents her MEMS-based drug reservoir work at Hilton Head 2010.

6.05.2010: Picture of Clara featured in Riverside Press-Enterprise article on UCR CNSE research. Link

5.28.2010:
Titanium deep etch patent application featured in MEMS Investor Weekly Newsletter.

5.28.2010: Nanopatterned stent project featured in invited presentation at ASAIO 56th Annual Conference by Prof. Robert Keynton, Chair, Professor, & Lutz Endowed Chair of Biomechanical Devices, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville.

4.05.2010: Shannon awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

3.23.2010: Prof. Rao awarded patent for “3-D metal microfabrication process and devices produced thereby” (U.S. Patent No. 7,682,956).

1.20.2010: Prof. Rao awarded NIH grant entitled “Ultrahigh throughput cellular manipulation via massively parallel microinjection” in collaboration with Prof. CB Ballas, Indiana University School of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology.

2009
10.9.2009: Louis Balderrama (UCR ME Undergrad) joins the BML.

9.24.2009: Daniel Stark (UCR ME Undergrad) joins the BML.

9.24.2009: Shannon Gott (BS ME, Walla Walla University) & Omid Khandan (BS ME, UC Davis) join the BML.

9.08.2009: Clara passes her Qualifying Exam!

9.02.2009: Pat presents his Ti-based neuroprostheses work at the 31st IEEE EMBC.

6.16.2009: Heather Salvador (UCR ME Undergrad) joins the BML.

5.28.2009: Prof. Rao presents Keynote Talk at the 4th UC Riverside Mechanical Engineering Graduate Symposium.

4.24.2009: Prof. Rao presents at the UC Riverside Mechanical Engineering Board of Advisors Meeting.

3.30.2009: Yanyan (Clara) Zhang (MS ME, UCR; BS ME, Zhejiang University) joins the BML.

1.06.2009: Prof. Rao moves from Purdue University and establishes the Biomedical Microdevices Laboratory at UCR.

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