About BMES
• Career Development• Networking• Research• Industry• Social Events
http://www.bme.umich.edu/societies/bmes/
President – Michael Friedman
• BME Ph.D. Candidate• Research: Kohn lab – Diet and exercise effects
on bone
• Oversees entire organization• Communicates with the BME department• Organizes meetings and BMES events
Undergrad VP – Jon Nicholas
• 3rd year BME• Experience– Research: Center for Ergonomics– Habitat for Humanity– Soccer referee
• Organizes lab tours and sales of lab notebooks• Plans and coordinates BMES events
Treasurer – Lanxin Liu
• 2nd year BME (planning to graduate next year)• Research: Human Biomechanics and Control
Laboratory (HBCL)
• Makes sure that the society doesn’t go broke, handles the money that belongs to the society
Secretary – Joshua Berus
• 2nd year BME• Research: Pej Rohani’s Lab (Center for the
Study of Complex Systems & Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
• Reserves rooms• Keeps track of membership database• Attends UMEC meetings
Webmaster – Patrick Hooper
• Computer Science, B.S.E. (2012)• Research: Dr. Christiane Wobus – murine
norovirus pyrosequencing 16S rRNA sequence analysis
• Personal Info: I’m super easy-going, and also a little lazy. I love music, sports, and food! Feel free to approach me with questions you have about anything, or just to chat.
• Maintains BMES website and social media pages
Logistics/Publicity – Ryan Randall
• 3rd year BME• Experience– Research: Dr. King Yang – Advanced Human Modeling Lab
making biological models for FEA and crash test analysis– Alternative Spring Break Lead Team
• Increase involvement of BMES within the BME department and vice versa
• Responsible for sending out the BMES newsletter
Vacant Officer Positions
• Fill out application form and give to an officer• Graduate VP– Grad student– Recruit grad students and encourage participation
• Activities chair– Plan monthly social events– Run IM sports teams
• Community service chair– Organize and run community service events
BMES Membership Benefits
• T-shirt• Gift card awards at end of year• Kaplan test prep discounts• Free IM sports participation• Free entry to holiday party and other social
events• Increased prizes in fantasy sports games• Eligible to become distinguished member
Distinguished Members
• Members that participate in 4 events• Benefits– Members-only event at end of year– Increased gift card amounts given as awards or
prizes– Eligible for BMES national conference funding
How to Become a Member
• Register on BMES website– Go to ‘Members -> Join the U-M BMES’ tab from
BMES homepage– http://www.bme.umich.edu/societies/bmes/join
• Pay membership dues - $10– Cash or check to University of Michigan
Biomedical Engineering Society– Give dues to any officer at any event
Industry Events
• Proctor & Gamble Info Session tomorrow– Thurs 9/15, 5:30 pm, 1123 LBME
• Need input on future industry events• BME department industry liaison – Anna
Folsom
Upcoming Events
• IM sports at Mitchell fields– Soccer – Sundays 5:30-6:30pm– Softball – Sundays 7:30-8:30pm
• September social at Buffalo Wild Wings– Thurs 9/22 7pm
Future Events
• Monthly socials• More IM sports – flag football, broomball• Seminar series• Industry info sessions• Holiday party• Lab tours• Fantasy sports and games
Questions?
• Ask now or after meeting• Email executive board