Che
ck o
ut G
uy S
impl
ant a
t:
http
://de
pts.
was
hing
ton.
edu/
sim
plan
t
Uni
vers
ity o
f Was
hing
ton
Engi
neer
ed B
iom
ater
ials
Edu
catio
n an
d O
utre
ach
New
s let
ter
Volu
me
1
N
um be
r 1
Sci
ence
Fic
tion
: G
uy S
impl
ant
is
the
Bio
engi
neer
Cha
lleng
eW
hat d
o th
e B
ion i
c W
om an
, the
Six
M
illio
n D
ol la
r Man
, and
the
Tran
s for
m er
ha
ve in
com
mon
? T
hey
are
sci e
nce fi c
tion
hero
es w
ith sy
n the
t ic o
r en g
i nee
red
body
pa
rts.
Mee
t Guy
Sim
plan
t. A
mod
ern-
day
hero
with
bad
luck
. In
a da
r ing
esca
pe
from
en e
my
terr
itory
, the
se cr
et a
gent
’s
para
chut
e do
esn’
t wor
k pr
oper
ly a
nd
he e
nds u
p se
vere
ly in
jure
d. T
hank
s to
bioe
ngi n
eer in
g, G
uy c
an b
e re
paire
d us
ing
syn t
het ic
par
ts, b
ut o
nly
if th
e vi
r tu al
bio
-en
gine
er, t
he p
laye
r of t
he g
ame,
can
mak
e it
suc c
ess f
ul ly
thro
ugh
train
ing.
Fana
ye T
urne
r, D
irect
or o
f Ed u
-ca
tion
and
Out
reac
h, a
nd K
aren
Che
ng,
a pr
ofes
sor i
n th
e D
epar
tmen
t of V
isua
l C
omm
unic
atio
ns, l
ed th
e co
l lab o
ra tio
n to
pr
oduc
e th
e in
ter a
c tiv
e C
D a
nd w
ebsi
te.
Kar
en d
escr
ibes
the
col la
b o ra
tion
as “
a w
ay o
f sho
w in
g w
hat d
esig
n [c
an] d
o fo
r a
dif fe
r ent
fi el
d.”
Take
the
Nat
iona
l Sci
ence
Fo
un da
tion
(NSF
) man
date
that
Nat
iona
l R
esea
rch
Cen
ters
like
UW
EB m
ust c
om-
mu n
i cat
e st
ate
of th
e ar
t bio
engi
neer
ing
rese
arch
to K
-12
stud
ents
and
ther
e’s a
fu
n da m
en ta
l pro
blem
. H
ow to
brid
ge
the
min
d of
a sc
ient
ist w
ith th
e m
ind
of a
sm
all c
hild
? K
jell
Nel
son,
one
of t
he fi
rst
grad
uate
stud
ent O
utre
ach
Co o
r di n
a tor
s fo
r the
UW
EB S
tude
nt L
ead e
r shi
p C
ounc
il (S
LC),
real
ized
stud
ents
nee
ded
som
e thi
ng
mor
e en
gag i
ng th
an p
rops
to le
arn
abou
t bi
o m a t
e ri a
ls.
Som
e thi
ng “
to in
tro du
ce
the
idea
, stim
ulat
e in
tere
st in
scie
nce,
to
broa
d en
[stu
dent
s’] a
war
e nes
s of w
hat
sci e
n tis
ts d
o, a
nd th
e va
lue
of [t
heir]
re se
arch
.” K
jell’
s “ke
r nel
of a
n id
ea,”
Guy
Si
mpl
ant “
The
Han
d,”
now
reac
hes s
choo
ls
all o
ver t
he st
ate
of W
ash i
ng to
n, a
nd th
e se
c-on
d pr
o gra
m, “
Guy
Sim
plan
t: T
he H
eart,
” is
be
ing
pre p
ared
for a
nat
iona
l and
in te
r na t
ion a
l au
di en
ce.
Win
g Fo
ng a
nd K
aren
Gut
owsk
y-Zi
m-
mer
man
wer
e gr
adua
te st
uden
ts in
the
Dep
art-
men
t of V
isua
l Com
mu n
i ca t
ion
whe
n K
aren
C
heng
pro
pose
d th
e id
ea to
them
in 1
999.
In
fact
, Guy
Sim
plan
t’s d
esig
n be
cam
e W
ing’
s m
aste
r’s th
esis
, a “
sim
ulat
ed e
xper
ienc
e in
a
mul
ti-m
edia
real
m to
edu
cate
peo
ple.
” In
a
com
put e
r-sav
vy a
ge, C
heng
says
that
“th
e jo
y of
inte
ract
ivity
is p
retty
per
va si
ve.
If y
ou
show
any
one,
eve
n gr
own-
ups a
but
ton,
the
impu
lse
to p
ress
, to
do so
met
hing
is p
retty
st
rong
.” S
he e
x pla
ins t
hat i
t’s b
ecau
se y
ou’r
e m
akin
g th
e ch
oice
s and
you
’re
in c
ontro
l.
Gut
owsk
y re
calls
de s
ign i
ng th
e ga
me
so th
at
stud
ents
can
wor
k in
depe
nden
tly to
con
stru
ct
Guy
’s h
and
out o
f syn
thet
ic m
ater
ials
, with
m
in i m
al o
r no
su pe
r vi s
ion.
Su
san
Stan
sber
ry, a
7th g
rade
Life
Sci
-en
ce te
ache
r at M
eado
wda
le M
iddl
e Sc
hool
in
Lyn
nwoo
d us
es th
e C
D a
nd w
ebsi
te in
her
cl
asse
s. S
usan
lear
ned
abou
t Guy
Sim
plan
t at
the
Scie
nce
Teac
her’s
Inst
itute
(STI
) hel
d ev
ery
sum
mer
at U
WEB
. C
ombi
ned
with
a
unit
on ti
ssue
eng
inee
ring,
she
says
Guy
is a
fu
n w
ay to
rein
forc
e th
e co
ncep
ts a
nd w
rap
up
the
last
day
.Is
ther
e a
futu
re fo
r Guy
Sim
plan
t?
“He’
s got
a w
hole
ana
tom
y w
e ca
n w
ork
on,”
Fan
aye
laug
hs.
But
in a
ll se
ri ous
ness
sh
e ex
plai
ns G
uy’s
po t
en tia
l to
beco
me
a
com
preh
ensi
ve e
d u ca
tion
prog
ram
. Th
e “Y
outh
Tak
e H
eart”
pro
gram
is o
ne e
xam
ple.
C
oord
inat
ed w
ith th
e H
ope
Hea
rt In
stitu
te,
the
pro g
ram
is c
ente
red
arou
nd th
e cu
rren
t pr
ojec
t, “G
uy S
impl
ant,
The
Hea
rt.”
In th
is
new
gam
e, G
uy’s
stre
ssfu
l life
styl
e pu
ts h
im
at ri
sk fo
r a h
eart
atta
ck.
Wor
ried,
Guy
goe
s to
see
his d
octo
r, an
d sh
e te
lls h
im to
cha
nge
his e
atin
g ha
bits
and
star
t an
exer
cise
rout
ine.
Pl
ayer
s of t
he g
ame
are
aske
d to
cho
ose
a he
alth
y di
et a
nd re
gula
r ex e
r cis
e sc
hedu
le fo
r G
uy.
De p
end i
ng o
n w
isdo
m o
f the
pla
yer’s
ch
oic e
s, G
uy is
bac
k in
the
spy
wor
ld o
r he
is
in th
e ho
spita
l ear
mar
ked
for i
n va s
ive
surg
ery
to c
lear
a b
lock
ed a
rtery
. G
uy is
a “
hero
with
pro
b- le
ms.”
Fan
aye
says
that
’s p
art
of h
is a
ppea
l. S
tu de
nts c
an
teac
h hi
m, m
ake
choi
ces f
or
him
, and
fi x
him
up.
In
deed
, th
ere
is re
al sc
ienc
e to
this
fi c
tion.
The
body
bag
is o
ne o
f the
item
s U
nive
rsity
of W
ashi
ngto
n bi
oeng
i nee
r ing
grad
uate
stud
ents
brin
g to
mid
dle
scho
ol
clas
sroo
m v
isits
. In
side
are
artifi c
ial
body
par
ts, i
mpl
ants
use
d by
surg
eons
to
repl
ace
the
faili
ng re
al p
arts
of p
eopl
e’s
bodi
es:
a kn
ee, a
hip
, fi n
ger j
oint
s, ca
th-
eter
s, ar
terie
s, ve
ins,
and
brea
st im
plan
ts.
The
grad
uate
stud
ents
’ goa
l: to
enc
our-
age
stud
ents
to b
e in
tere
sted
in sc
ienc
e an
d to
go
to c
ol le
ge.
Eliz
abet
h Le
ber,
a th
ird-y
ear g
rad-
u ate
stud
ent,
says
stud
ents
hea
r wha
t is
goin
g on
in th
e m
edia
bec
ause
bio
m a t
-e r
i als
are
big
new
s. S
he a
sks i
f the
y kn
ow so
me o
ne w
ith a
den
tal fi
llin
g,
who
wea
rs c
onta
ct le
nses
, has
had
hea
rt su
rger
y, o
r rec
eive
d a
hip
impl
ant.
“The
ha
nds j
ust g
o up
. Th
ere
is n
o on
e th
at’s
no
t af fe
ct ed
by
bio m
a te r
i als
.” S
he a
rgue
s th
at th
e co
mpl
exity
of t
he re
sear
ch sh
e’s
doin
g—cr
eatin
g a
surf
ace
coat
ing
for
elec
trode
s tha
t will
alte
r the
fore
ign
body
re
spon
se—
does
n’t d
eter
her
from
de l
iv -
er in
g in
form
atio
n in
a w
ay st
uden
ts c
an
unde
rsta
nd.
In fa
ct, “
if w
e ca
n’t e
x-pl
ain
to th
e la
y pu
blic
wha
t we
do,”
she
decl
ares
, “th
en w
e sh
ould
reth
ink
why
w
e’re
doi
ng it
.” E
spec
ially
sinc
e pr
o- gr
ams l
ike
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Was
h ing
ton
Engi
neer
ed B
iom
ater
ials
Ed u
ca tio
n an
d O
utre
ach
is fu
nded
by
a pu
blic
age
ncy,
th
e N
atio
nal S
cien
ce F
oun d
a tio
n.
Dan
Gra
ham
, a p
ost-d
octo
ral f
el-
low
, got
invo
lved
in O
utre
ach
whe
n it
star
ted
in 1
998
and
has i
n th
e su
b se q
uent
ye
ars g
one
on o
ver 4
0 sc
hool
vis
its.
He
deve
lope
d th
e fi n
ger k
its, a
noth
er p
art
of th
e pr
e sen
ta tio
n, w
ith fe
llow
gra
du-
ate
stud
ent,
Kje
ll N
elso
n. D
an e
xpla
ins
to st
u den
ts h
ow a
bio
engi
neer
look
s at
qual
ities
in a
fi ng
er li
ke th
e st
reng
th o
f bo
ne o
r the
fl ex
i bil i
ty o
f ski
n. H
e as
ks
stud
ents
to th
ink
of e
very
day
obje
cts i
n th
e sa
me
way
. Th
en h
e gi
ves t
he st
u den
ts
a sc
enar
io, l
ike
an e
lder
ly p
erso
n w
hose
fi n
gers
are
de s
troye
d by
arth
ritis
. St
u- de
nts b
ecom
e bi
oeng
inee
rs c
harg
ed w
ith
Old
er K
ids
Teac
hing
You
nger
Kid
s:
Edu
cati
on a
nd O
utre
ach
in t
he C
lass
room
for
a B
righ
t Fu
ture
Fri d
ay, M
arch
7, 2
003
cel e
brat
ed th
e gr
ad u a
tion
of si
x gi
fted
youn
g sc
i en t
ists
: M
icha
el W
iley,
Jess
ica
Lyon
s, D
arae
Si
mps
on, K
iann
a H
all,
Ebon
y C
orne
tt, a
nd Je
nita
Fre
e man
. Th
ese
seve
nth
and
eigh
th-g
rade
stu d
ents
com
plet
ed S
ETU
P (S
chol
ar sh
ip in
En g
i nee
r ing
Trai
n ing
, the
UW
EB P
rogr
am),
an a
fter-s
choo
l pro
gram
offe
red
each
qua
rter t
o st
u den
ts a
t the
A
fric
an-A
mer
ican
Aca
d e m
y.
The
8-w
eek
cour
se c
over
ed h
y-dr
ogel
s, cr
ysta
ls a
nd c
rys t
al li z
a tio
n,
bio m
a te r
i als
, pro
tein
stru
ctur
e, a
nd
poly
mer
s. In
spee
ch es
, stu
dent
s see
med
pa
r tic u
lar ly
im pr
esse
d by
the
unit
on
hydr
ogel
s whe
re st
uden
ts m
ade
con-
tact
lens
es. M
icha
el W
iley,
an
14-y
ear
old,
adm
itted
, “It
has t
ruly
alte
red
my
per c
ep tio
n.”
Jess
ica
Lyon
s con
curr
ed
with
her
cla
ssm
ate.
“It
taug
ht m
e to
m
ake
thin
gs I
neve
r tho
ught
I co
uld
at
this
age
.” I
n an
othe
r uni
t, th
ey m
ade
poly
mer
put
ty b
y sh
akin
g up
a so
lutio
n of
Elm
er’s
glu
e an
d a
Bor
ax so
lu tio
n.
The
youn
gest
scho
lar o
f the
gro
up, D
arae
Sim
pson
, tol
d th
e au
dien
ce th
at h
e is
follo
win
g on
e of
his
dre
ams b
esid
es b
as-
ketb
all—
scie
nce.
He
adde
d th
at h
e le
arne
d in
SET
UP
“how
to
com
mun
icat
e w
ith so
me t
hing
to m
ake
som
ethi
ng e
lse.
” T
hat
som
ethi
ng e
lse
is u
sing
ev e
ry da
y pr
oduc
ts to
mak
e lif
e-sa
ving
de
vice
s lik
e im
plan
ts a
nd b
iom
ater
ials
. Pa
st g
radu
ate,
14-
year
old
Col
e Te
rry
look
ed p
roud
ly a
roun
d at
his
pee
rs.
“I d
idn’
t th
ink
scie
nce
coul
d be
this
fun.
”
The
prog
ram
is ta
ught
by
the
Dep
artm
ent o
f Bio
engi
neer
ing
and
UW
EB fa
culty
: Te
kie
Meh
ary,
Dan
Gra
ham
, Kip
Hau
ch,
Bud
dy R
atne
r, an
d W
inst
on C
irido
n w
ith tr
e men
dous
sup-
port
offe
red
by U
WEB
’s D
irect
or o
f Out
reac
h an
d Ed
u ca t
ion,
Fa
naye
Tur
ner a
nd K
-12
Educ
atio
n an
d O
ut re
ach
Coo
rdin
ator
, Jan
et B
lanf
ord.
A
lso
in a
t ten d
ance
for t
his c
om m
em o-
ra tiv
e oc
ca si
on w
as th
e V
ice-
Pres
i den
t of
Mi n
or i ty
Affa
irs, D
r. N
ancy
“R
usty
” B
arce
ló w
ho sp
oke
with
stud
ents
abo
ut
the
im po
r tanc
e of
this
pro
gram
to p
ro-
mot
e di
vers
ity h
ere
at th
e U
ni ve
r si ty
of
Was
h ing
ton.
Bud
dy R
atne
r, th
e di
rect
or
of U
WEB
, agr
ees.
He
says
that
“m
ore
dive
rse
rese
arch
er p
ar tic
i pa t
ion
in sc
i-en
ce a
nd te
ch no
l o gy
incr
ease
s the
rang
e of
idea
s, br
oad e
ns th
e po
tent
ial t
o so
lve
real
pro
b lem
s and
als
o ad
dres
ses t
he fu
-tu
re e
co no
m ic
hea
lth a
nd so
cial
stab
ility
of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es.”
Rat
ner h
opes
to g
et a
mor
e di
vers
e cl
ass
of g
rad u
ates
and
un d
er gr
ad u a
tes i
n sc
ienc
e an
d en
gi ne
er in
g at
th
e U
ni ve
r si ty
of W
ash i
ng to
n. “
We
wan
t to
tan t
a liz
e th
e yo
ung
ones
by
ex po
s ing
them
to th
e ric
h in
tel le
c tu a
l en v
i ron m
ent o
f sc
i enc
e in
a m
ost p
os i ti
ve m
an ne
r.”
the
re co
n stru
c tio
n of
a fi
nger
. D
an
tells
stud
ents
, “W
e’re
giv
[ing
you]
the
mos
t hig
h-te
ch e
quip
men
t we
can.
”
Hig
h-te
ch e
quip
men
t bei
ng a
tong
ue
de pr
es so
r, a
stra
w, s
ome
plas
tic tu
bing
, ch
alk,
toot
h pic
ks, p
aper
clip
s, an
d so
me
rubb
er b
ands
to b
uild
a fi
n ger
.In
200
2, g
rad u
ate
stu d
ents
vis
ited
34 d
if fer
ent s
choo
ls a
nd w
orke
d w
ith
3200
stu d
ents
, with
par
tic u l
ar e
m-
pha s
is o
n re
ach i
ng u
nder
repr
esen
ted
mi n
or i ti
es. E
liz a b
eth
says
that
it’s
im
por ta
nt to
con
nect
scie
nce
to th
e st
u den
ts’ l
ives
at a
n ea
rly a
ge a
nd g
et
them
in te
r est
ed. T
he fu
ture
of b
ioen
-gi
neer
ing
ap pl
i ca t
ions
in m
ed i c
ine
is
ever
gro
win
g an
d so
is th
e de
man
d fo
r bio
engi
neer
s. Sh
e ex
plai
ns th
at th
e m
ore
dive
rse
the
popu
latio
n po
ol, t
he
bette
r are
the
peop
le w
ho a
pply
to a
pr
ogra
m li
ke th
e on
e at
UW
. Th
e id
eas
that
com
e ou
t of r
e sea
rch
cent
ers w
ill
only
get
bet
ter.
A S
ET-
UP
stud
ent a
t wor
k.
Ann
ounc
ing
the
Eng
inee
red
Bio
mat
eria
ls (U
WE
B)
Uni
vers
ity o
f Was
hing
ton
Sea
ttle,
Was
hing
ton,
US
AA
ugus
t 25-
27, 2
003
For
mor
e in
form
atio
n, c
onta
ct in
fo@
uweb
.eng
r.was
hing
ton.
edu
I’m
ple
ased
to c
ontri
bute
a g
reet
ing
to th
is la
unch
issu
e of
UW
EB
EON
. Edu
catio
n an
d ou
treac
h ar
e su
bjec
ts w
orth
y of
serio
us c
on te
m -
pla t
ion
and
focu
sed
actio
n.
Thre
e qu
otes
hav
e be
en o
n m
y m
ind
late
ly:
“If a
nat
ion
expe
cts t
o be
igno
rant
and
free
, in
a st
ate
of c
iv i li
za tio
n,
it ex
pect
s wha
t nev
er w
as a
nd n
ever
will
be.
”
—Th
omas
Jeffe
rson
“. .
. whe
neve
r the
peo
ple
are
wel
l-inf
orm
ed, t
hey
can
be tr
uste
d w
ith
thei
r ow
n go
vern
men
t; th
at, w
hene
ver t
hing
s get
so fa
r wro
ng a
s to
attra
ct th
eir n
otic
e, th
ey m
ay b
e re
lied
on to
set t
hem
righ
t.”
—Th
omas
Jeffe
rson
“Mor
e an
d m
ore,
the
futu
re o
f soc
iety
is a
race
bet
wee
n ed
ucat
ion
and
cata
stro
phe”
—H
.G. W
ells
One
of T
hom
as Je
ffers
on’s
con
ditio
ns fo
r the
succ
ess o
f a d
emoc
racy
was
that
the
popu
lace
mus
t be
educ
ated
in o
rder
that
th
ey sh
ould
hav
e th
e to
ols t
o m
ake
wis
e de
cisi
ons.
Are
we
educ
atin
g ou
r stu
dent
s (an
d th
e pu
blic
at l
arge
) up
to M
r. Je
ffer-
son’
s sta
ndar
d? H
ere
are
som
e re
sults
from
the
Nat
iona
l Geo
grap
hic-
Rop
er 2
002
Glo
bal G
eogr
aphi
c Li
tera
cy S
urve
y, w
hich
po
lled
the
age
grou
p 18
to 2
4 in
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es a
nd se
vera
l oth
er c
ount
ries s
hortl
y af
ter 9
/11/
2001
:
• 11
per
cent
of t
he y
oung
Am
eric
ans c
ould
n’t l
ocat
e th
e U
nite
d St
ates
on
a w
orld
map
.•
87 p
erce
nt o
f the
Am
eric
ans s
urve
yed
coul
d no
t loc
ate
Iraq
or I
ran
on th
e m
ap•
86 p
erce
nt c
ould
not
fi nd
Isra
el•
83 p
erce
nt c
ould
n’t l
ocat
e Afg
hani
stan
.•
58 p
erce
nt o
f you
ng A
mer
ican
s cou
ld n
ot lo
cate
Japa
n•
65 p
erce
nt c
ould
not
loca
te F
ranc
e•
69 p
erce
nt c
ould
n’t l
ocat
e th
e U
nite
d K
ingd
om.
Is th
e pr
oble
m ju
st g
eogr
aphy
? H
ardl
y. A
199
8 N
SF re
port
stat
es th
at o
nly
13 p
erce
nt o
f Am
eric
ans c
an d
efi n
e “m
ol-
e cul
e.” A
n as
toun
ding
48
perc
ent o
f Am
eric
ans d
o no
t kno
w th
at th
e ea
rth g
oes a
roun
d th
e su
n on
ce e
ach
year
. Whi
le g
reat
er
than
46
perc
ent o
f the
pub
lic u
ses t
he In
tern
et, o
nly
16 p
erce
nt k
now
s wha
t it i
s. O
ver 7
0 pe
rcen
t of a
dult
Am
eric
ans d
o no
t kn
ow w
hat D
NA
is.
The
case
for a
n ed
ucat
ed p
opul
ace
is e
asy
to m
ake
— st
art w
ith T
hom
as Je
ffers
on’s
obs
erva
tions
on
the
elem
ents
nee
ded
for a
succ
essf
ul d
emoc
racy
and
then
mul
l ove
r the
edu
catio
nal r
equi
rem
ents
for
a co
mpe
titiv
e ec
onom
y. S
ince
our
eco
nom
y an
d so
ciet
y ar
e im
mer
sed
in te
chno
l-og
y, d
ecis
ions
requ
iring
an
un de
r sta
nd in
g of
tech
nolo
gy fr
eque
ntly
mus
t be
mad
e.
Thus
, circ
a 20
03, t
echn
olog
ical
lite
racy
is a
crit
ical
com
pone
nt o
f the
edu
catio
n fo
r a
citiz
en w
ithin
our
de m
oc ra
cy. T
hink
of t
oday
’s p
ress
ing
scie
nce/
tech
nolo
gy is
sues
: gl
obal
clim
ate
chan
ge, s
tem
cel
ls, w
orld
wat
er re
sour
ces,
AID
S, m
alar
ia, c
loni
ng,
gene
tic m
odifi
catio
n of
cro
ps, f
ossi
l fue
l res
erve
s, sp
ecie
s div
ersi
ty, a
nim
al re
sear
ch,
canc
er, b
iow
arfa
re, a
nd m
any
othe
r iss
ues.
It’s s
impl
y im
poss
ible
to v
ote
on th
ese
issu
es o
r to
vote
for e
lect
ed o
ffi ci
als t
o ac
t on
thes
e pr
oble
ms,
with
out a
t lea
st a
bas
ic
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
the
scie
nce
and
tech
nol o
gy u
nder
lyin
g th
em.
The
UW
EB in
vest
men
t in
educ
atio
n an
d ou
treac
h is
a p
atrio
tic a
ctio
n. O
ur c
oun-
try a
nd o
ur w
orld
will
be
bette
r pla
ces t
o liv
e w
ith a
pop
ulac
e th
at c
an a
p pre
ci at
e th
e si
gnifi
canc
e of
DN
A, t
he re
la tio
n shi
p be
twee
n au
to e
mis
sion
s and
glo
bal c
limat
e ch
ange
, the
die
tary
con
tribu
tors
to h
eart
dise
ase
or th
e ris
k/be
nefi t
ratio
of n
ucle
ar
pow
er. T
he U
WEB
inve
stm
ent i
s ram
ping
up
with
mor
e pr
o gra
ms r
each
ing
larg
er
popu
latio
ns —
we
feel
the
pres
sure
to m
ake
a di
ffere
nce…
“Mor
e an
d m
ore,
the
futu
re o
f soc
iety
is a
race
bet
wee
n ed
ucat
ion
and
ca ta
s -tro
phe.
”
Dir
ecto
r’s
Cut
A C
ase
for
Edu
cati
on/O
utre
ach
Ind
ust
rr
/D/2/K-
1re
ach
tu
Ou
O
Engine
ered
Bioma
terials
Thrus
t
Future
Facul
ty Cert
ificate
Progra
m
Techn
ology
Entrep
reneur
ship C
ertific
ate
Indust
ry Sho
rt Cou
rse
Indust
ry Ment
orsUW
EB Cou
rses, W
orksho
ps &
Semina
rJU
RIBE
S
umme
r REU
Toolb
ox Co
urse
Unde
rgrad
uate
Bioma
terials
Speci
ality
REME
USIR
P
Struc
tured
Men
toring
SET-UP
Lab Ex
perien
ce for
High
Scho
ol Stu
dents &
Scien
ce for
Succe
ssSTI
Youth T
ake He
art
JUR
IBE
Subm
issi
ons
for t
he J
uly
2004
issu
e of
th
e Jo
urna
l of U
n der
grad
u ate
Re s
earc
h in
Bio
engi
neer
ing
(JU
RIB
E) a
re n
ow
bein
g ac
cept
ed!
JUR
IBE
show
cas e
s re
sear
ch re
sults
of u
n der
grad
u ate
st
u den
ts in
bio
engi
neer
ing
and
pub-
lish e
s or
igin
al re
sear
ch p
aper
s. C
onta
ct
info
@uw
eb.e
ngr.w
ashi
ngto
n.ed
u fo
r m
ore
info
rmat
ion.
JUR
IBE
Even
t C
alen
dar
Sum
mer
Res
earc
h E
x pe r
i enc
e fo
r U
n der
grad
u ate
s (R
EU
) Wel
com
e D
inne
r
Sci
ence
For
Suc
cess
Beg
ins
(one
m
onth
rese
arch
ex p
e ri e
nce
for h
igh
scho
ol s
tude
nts)
Sci
ence
Tea
cher
’s In
stitu
te (S
TI)
“Stic
k Th
is in
You
r Ear
: Coc
hlea
r Im
plan
ts”
Sci
ence
Tea
cher
’s In
stitu
te (S
TI)
“Wha
t’s G
row
ing
On?
An g
io ge
n e si
s”
Sci
ence
Tea
cher
’s In
stitu
te (S
TI)
“Bui
ld M
e U
p, S
cotty
: Tis
sue
En g
i -ne
er in
g”
Lab
Exp
erie
nce
for H
igh
Sch
ool S
tu-
dent
s (2
-Wee
k R
esea
rch
Exp
erie
nce
for H
igh
Sch
ool S
tude
nts)
Sum
mer
Res
earc
h E
x pe r
i enc
e fo
r U
n der
grad
u ate
s (R
EU
) BB
Q
Sum
mer
Res
earc
h E
x pe r
i enc
e fo
r U
n der
grad
u ate
s (R
EU
) Pos
ter S
es-
sion
NE
SA
C/B
IO W
orks
hop
(ww
w.n
b.en
gr.w
ashi
ngto
n.ed
u)
UW
EB
Sum
mer
Sym
po si
um o
n “B
io co
m pa
t i bil i
ty/B
ioco
mba
tibili
ty”
(See
ad
in th
is is
sue
for d
etai
ls)
7th In
tern
atio
nal S
ympo
sium
on
“Pol
y- m
ers
for A
d van
ced
Tech
nol o
gies
,” Ft
. La
uder
dale
, Flo
rida
EO
N is
pub
lishe
d by
the
Uni
ver s
i ty o
f W
ash i
ng to
n E
n gi n
eere
d B
iom
ater
ials
, a
Nat
iona
l Sci
ence
Fou
ndat
ion
En g
i nee
r ing
R
esea
rch
Cen
ter.
E
lizab
eth
Sha
rpe,
MA
Edi
tor
S
hari
Ireto
n, M
A
Layo
ut &
De s
ign
Ben
efi t
s of
the
RE
U p
rogr
am:
“I w
as a
ble
to e
xplo
re m
y in
tere
sts
in s
cien
ce/
engi
neer
ing
and
med
icin
e. I
t has
pus
hed
me
beyo
nd
my
limits
.”
