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BME professors Lisa Brannon‐Peppas, Tom Milner, and Stanislav Emelianov are each applying unique research approaches to attack a common problem – Coronary Artery Di‐sease. CAD is the leading cause of death in the US in men and women. The chief cause of CAD is buildup of plaque in arteries that sup‐ply blood to the heart. Plaque buildup causes arteries to harden and restrict blood flow, typ‐ically leading to heart attack, stroke, or chron‐ic stable angina (chest pain caused by insuffi‐cient oxygen reaching the heart.)
The American Heart Association has funded Profs. Brannon‐Peppas and Emelianov with grants to study atherosclerosis, a disease characterized by the formation of plaque in ar‐ teries. Brannon‐Peppas will develop nanoparticles of biodegradable polymers containing the imaging agent gadolinium. The nanoparticles will be treated with molecules that inter‐act with plaques in early stages of development and attach to different types of atheroscle‐rotic plaques. Concentrations of nanoparticles will be imaged using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dr. John Hazle, Professor and Chair of the Imaging Physics Department at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, will lead the imaging effort.
Emelianov will research morphological and functional methods of imaging coronary ar‐teries during interventional procedures to identify atherosclerotic plaques susceptible to rupture. Plaque rupture accounts for 70% of all fatal heart attacks. Emelianov, in conjunc‐tion with Interventional Cardiologist Richard Smalling, MD at the UT Health Science Center‐Houston, seeks to create a new clinical imaging technique combining intravascular ultra‐sound, and elasticity and photoacoustic imaging into a single catheter imaging system.
Prof. Milner in collaboration with Interventional Cardiologist Marc Feldman, MD at the UT Health Science Center – San Antonio, has developed an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) diagnostic catheter for detecting vulnerable plaque. The catheter allows doctors to better predict the likelihood a patient will suffer a heart attack based on vulnerable plaque, and provides diagnostic capabilities currently unavailable through existing technologies such as MRI, computed tomography (CT), and ultrasound devices. Milner and Feldman re‐cently founded CardioSpectra, Inc., a company through which the OCT system and catheter will be marketed. CardioSpectra also is the recipient of a $1.3 million grant from the State of Texas Emerging Technology Fund.
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UNewsletter Contents
From the Chair 2 Awards and Recognition 3 Department News 4‐5 Research and Activities 6 Alumni News 7
Volume 4, Issue 2 Fall 2006
Profs. Lisa Brannon‐Peppas, Tom Milner, and Stanislav Emelianov
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Greetings from students, faculty, and staff of the newly formed inter‐institutional University of Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering. There are many highlights to report from the past six months including experiences from the summer Maymester program, the establishment of the new inter‐institutional department, spectacular suc‐cesses by faculty members in acquiring new awards and recognition, enrollment of another outstanding class of undergraduate and graduate students, and the “topping out” celebration for the new BME Building held on December 7. I also am pleased to report that we have completed our ABET accreditation visit in September following the graduation of our inaugural class of seniors in May.
The new inter‐institutional department was formally established on September 1 joining the BME Department at UT Austin with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the UT Health Science Center‐Houston. Combining academic and medical expertise in one department presents great opportunities for becoming a world leader in Biomedical Engineering education and in conducting fundamental BME research for translation to clinical applications. These three institutions together afford exceptional resources for the UT BME Department. A national search is underway for the tri‐institutional depart‐ment chair.
The impact of the new department on graduate students is evidenced through the size and quality of the BME graduate class enrolled in fall 2006. Forty new students joined the department becoming the largest ever first year graduate class, and they are choosing to work with faculty advisors in both Austin and Houston. The Houston medi‐cal component of the department will have an expanding positive impact on the grad‐uate students as they chart their academic and professional careers.
The BME faculty members continue to have a high rate of return on their applica‐tions for national grants and other funding sources. Awards totaling more than $4 mil‐lion were acquired during the past six months from sources including the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the National Science Foundation, and others.
We encourage our friends and supporters to continue to provide us with your valu‐able feedback and support. We can attain our vision of world‐class stature most effec‐tively through the wisdom and guidance of those whom we serve.
Prof. Diller and BME Maymester students in Cambridge, England
From the Chair
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Kenneth R. Diller, Sc. D. Chairman, BME Department
Shanique Roberson: 1st place in the “Undergraduate Students in Tech‐nical Research” competition at the National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE) fall regional Conference. Shanique, a BME junior working in Prof. Muham‐mad Zaman’s Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics, is researching “The Effects of Extra‐Cellular Ligands on Persistence in Tumor Cell Migration.”
Myung Hee (Michele) Kim: Recipient of the BME Society’s Under‐graduate Student Design and Research Award for research on “Fibroblast Growth Factor in Microfabricated Scaffolds in Stem Cell and Tissue Engineer‐ing.” Michele is a BME senior performing research in Prof. Krishnendu Roy’s Laboratory for Cellular and Macromolecular Engineering.
Twenty‐three BME undergradu‐ates have received 2006 University Co‐operative Society $1000 Undergraduate Research Fellowships. The award cov‐ers costs of academic research projects proposed and written by student appli‐cants and undertaken with faculty or lecturer supervision.
Prof. Nicholas A. Peppas ♦ 2006 AIChE William H. Walker Award for Excellence
in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature. This is the highest honor awarded by the AIChE.
♦ James E. Bailey Award for Outstanding Contribu‐tions to the Field of Biological Engineering given by the Society of Biological Engineering and the Ameri‐can Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Prof. Krishnendu Roy ♦ 2007 Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator
Award recognizing his comprehensive research and educational program in biopolymer‐based gene ther‐apy and stem cell‐based tissue engineering that has already produced new and exciting results.
Prof. Mia Markey ♦ 2006 American Medical Informatics Association New
Investigator Award recognizing early informatics contributions and significant scholarly contributions on the basis of scientific merit and research excel‐lence.
Prof. Lisa Brannon‐Peppas ♦ Selected to deliver the Plenary Lecture of the Food,
Pharmaceutical, and Bioengineering Division at the fall AIChE national meeting in San Francisco.
Prof. A.J. Welch ♦ Will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from
the International Society for Optical Engineering at the organizations Biomedical Optics Exhibition in San Jose in January 2007.
Awards and Recognition
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Faculty
Students
BME Faculty Members Selected for Coulter Awards Profs. Mia Markey, Krishnendu Roy, James Tunnell, and Xiaojing (John) Zhang are recipients of Early Career Translational Research Awards from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. Each will re‐ceive $240,000 over two years. The Early Career Award seeks to support BME research that is readily translatable to real‐world applications and to assist in the establishment of early academic careers. Markey will use her grant to research the design of software used by radiologists to detect signs of breast cancer commonly missed in mammograms. Roy will study polymer‐based delivery systems for genetic vaccines against B cell lymphoma, a tumor that attacks immune system cells. Tunnell will de‐velop a spectral diagnosis technique to detect cuta‐neous melanoma. Zhang will develop miniaturized, single fiber endoscopes for doctors to see inside the body without surgery.
Brandon Slaughter, PhD student studying under Prof. Nicholas Peppas, is the recipient of a Graduate Research Fellowship awarded by NSF. Brandon received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineer‐ing from UT Austin and is developing MEMS fabricated devices for integrated diagnostics and therapeutics. His re‐search will be applied to the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases. Brandon also is an NSF‐IGERT student and says his ME and BME de‐grees both are beneficial to his project.
Shanique Roberson
Michele Kim
Welch
Brannon‐Peppas
Markey
Roy
Peppas
Profs. Zhang, Markey, and Tunnell
URF recipients (l‐r) Susannah Payne, Diana Wang, and Dhruv Desai
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSCH) is pleased to join The University of Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering. Located in the world renowned Texas Medical Center, UTHSCH consists of the Dental Branch, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Medical School, the School of Pub‐lic Health, the School of Nursing, the School of Health Information Sciences, the UT Harris County Psychiatric Center, and the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases.
Biomedical Engineering research at UTHSCH is focused on cardiovascular bioengineering, neural “ISI” (imaging, science and informatics), rehabilitation bioengineering and adaptive technology through collaboration with The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), and cancer bioengineering. The technology strengths include computational bioengineering and bioinformatics, imaging, medical devices, and nanotechnology. Dr. Mauro Ferrari serves as the interim Deputy Chair for the joint BME Department at UTHSCH. Dr. Ferrari is a Pro‐fessor at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine at UTHSCH, Professor of Experimental Thera‐
peutics at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) and a Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University. He also is the President of the Alliance for NanoHealth (ANH), a consortium organization formed by seven universities in the Houston area including UTHSCH, UTMDACC, UTMB, Rice, Baylor College of Medicine, UH, and Texas A&M. The ANH mis‐sion is to promote interdisciplinary and translational research of medical nanotechnology. Dr. Ferrari is an internationally recognized expert in the development, refinement, and application of biomedical nanotechnology. He was trained in mathematics, engineering, and medicine and has published more than 150 peer‐reviewed articles and has 17 US and international patents awarded. From 2003 to 2005, he served as Special Expert on Nanotechnology and Eminent Scholar at The National Cancer Institute. Dr. Ferrari has been the Editor‐in‐Chief for “Biomedical Microdevices: BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology” since 1997.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering was formed at MD Anderson Cancer Center on September 1, 2006, concurrent with the establishment of the inter‐institutional Department of Biomedical Engineering. The MDACC BME Department consists of three faculty members and 13 staff members, with Dr. Charles Patrick as the interim Deputy Chair of the group.
Dr. Anshu B. Mathur holds a joint position as an Assistant Professor in the new inter‐institutional BME Depart‐ment and the Department of Plastic Surgery at MDACC. She achieved her PhD degree in BME from Duke University before joining the UT faculty. Research efforts in her lab are focused on the development of novel cell‐responsive and regenerative‐biomaterials engineered to locally control regeneration and therapeutic repair. The engineering of materi‐als is based on understanding the mechano‐transmission mechanisms that regulate the cell‐material nano‐interface dur‐
ing the regenerative process. Research is being conducted on Bone Regeneration, Short‐Interferring RNA (siRNA) Based Therapeutics, Three‐Dimensional Nano‐Structured Silk Fibroin‐Chitosan Scaffolds for Guided Tissue Regeneration, Regulation of Tissue Regeneration via siRNA, and Reconstruction and Regeneration of the Musculofascial Defect with Silk Fibroin‐based Scaf‐folds. These projects are supported by various organizations such as the Musculoskeletal Transplant Founda‐tion, the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, and the Alliance for NanoHealth/Department of Defense. On Jan‐uary 15, Dr. Mathur becomes the Director of Research for the joint BME and Plastic Surgery Laboratory at MDACC named the Tissue Regeneration and Molecular Cell Engineering Lab (TRAMCEL).
Carmen Ríos, a member of the 2006 baccalaureate class of BME at UT Austin, is currently working under the mentorship of Dr. Mathur. Carmen researches regeneration of new bone for reconstruction of mandibular defects in cancer patients, and also the development of an siRNA‐based therapeutic delivery system for the treatment of cancer. “I am happy and motivated to be working as a Research Assistant at M.D. Anderson Can‐cer Center since graduation in May. I am gaining tremendous clinically‐oriented research experience in prepa‐ration to earn a doctorate degree in Bioengineering,” stated Ríos.
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Department News
UT Health Science Center-Houston News
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center News
Dr. Anshu Mathur (l)and Carmen Ríos
Dr. Charles Patrick
Dr. Ferrari with students in his lab
Dr. Mauro Ferrari
The newest member of the BME faculty, Dr. Muhammad H. Zaman, comes to UT via MIT where he was a Margaret and Hermann Sokol Foun‐dation Post‐Doctoral Fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Department of Bio‐logical Engineering. Prior to his post‐
doc, Dr. Zaman was a Burroughs‐Wellcome Interdisciplinary graduate research fellow at the University of Chicago. Dr. Zamanʹs research focuses on combining tools of chemical phys‐ics, statistical mechanics, and systems biology in understanding cancer progression and metastasis. His lab combines novel com‐putational and experimental strategies to address problems at the interface of biology, engineering, and medicine. In addition to BME, Prof. Zaman is also affiliated with UT Austinʹs Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, the Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, and the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology.
Immediately following our first baccalaureate graduation in May, 24 BME students and three BME professors left for Europe for their first Maymester experiences in Lille, France and Cambridge, England. Maymester is a short UT Study Abroad program that begins in May. This European learning adventure lasted four weeks and afforded students the opportunity to take required BME courses and travel throughout Europe prior to their return to Texas.
Professors Stanislav Emelianov and Randi Voss presented their BME courses at Ecole Centrale de Lille, one of France’s top engineering schools. Professor Voss’ class studied commu‐nication through analyzing case studies in engineering ethics as well as cultural similarities and differences between American and French life. Several French engineering students were able to participate in the class as well. Voss took advantage of having the French students in her class by assigning group projects that required comparing cultural perspectives and values. Dr. Eme‐lianov offered his Medical Imaging class to BME seniors participating in Maymester. All stu‐dents lived in apartment style dorms at the school.
Professor Ken Diller taught Transport Phenomena in Living Systems at Cambridge Univer‐sity, where he is a Life Fellow. After classes, students enjoyed home stays as well as daily bicycle rides throughout Cambridge. Each evening, students would join Dr. Diller and his wife at Clare
Hall for dinner and conversation. Dr. Diller and the stu‐dents expressed their pleasure at getting to know one another on a personal level.
In May 2007, BME will again participate in the May‐mester program in Cambridge and Lille. Many BME stu‐dents are eagerly awaiting their opportunity to experi‐ence European life.
Prof. A.J. Welch has been honored by the Journal of Biomedical Optics with a special section in the July/August 2006 issue highlighting his vast contributions to and his continuing legacy in the field of bio‐medical optics. Prof. Welch is a pioneer in the field of tissue optics and laser‐tissue in‐teraction. His research career began by chance in the early 1970s with a grant from the US Air Force to investigate laser blind‐ ness in pilots. From that unassuming beginning sprang a long career of landmark research in light transport in tissue and the en‐suing thermal effects. During his career, he has developed models to predict light transport in tissue, characterized the biophysical mechanism of laser ablation of tissue, and devised a method to ren‐der tissue transparent for clinical utility of light‐tissue interaction, to name a few accomplishments. He also has supervised nearly 150 graduate students and is co‐author of Optical‐Thermal Response of Laser‐Irradiated Tissue, known as “The Book” in the field of light‐tissue interaction. On top of his world‐renowned credentials, he is a role model to his students and peers, and one of the nicest and most humble people you will ever meet.
Department News
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Welch Honored by Leading Optics Journal
BME Students Enjoy Europe Through Maymester Program
Christine Smid and Amy Smith visit Stonehenge
BME Welcomes Muhammad Zaman to Faculty
Bicycling in Cambridge
Maymester students in Paris
Jordan Dwelle received his BS in Me‐chanical Engineering from Washington State University in 2003. He joined the BME department at UT Austin in fall of 2003 to pursue a PhD and was awarded an IGERT fellowship to help fund the degree. He received his master’s degree in 2005 and continues to work in the lab of Dr. Milner and Dr. Rylander. Jordan’s
research combines optical coherence tomography (OCT) with polarization measurements to diagnose glaucoma, a degenera‐tive eye disease that eventually can lead to blindness.
Glaucoma causes irreversible loss of nerve cells in the reti‐na. It is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide and currently affects more than 3 million people in the US. Doctors use clinical instruments to view the retina and to measure its thickness, but the nerve cells are too small to be seen with optical imaging. Jordan’s research incorporates polarization measurements in combination with OCT to measure the nerve density. OCT allows non‐invasive imaging of the 3D structure of tissue using light interference to localize reflected light from different depths in the tissue. When polarized light travels in highly structured tissue, as in the retina, the light is affected by the orientation and density of fibers in the tissue. Jordan has built an instrument capable of 3D imaging of the retina and is currently working to incorporate the ability to make polariza‐tion measurements. The project will progress to clinical trials using animal models to test the device’s capability to accurately identify diseased eyes. With early detection of glaucoma, there are treatments available that will halt the progression of the disease and reduce the risk of blindness.
Students from Austin’s Anderson High School learned first‐hand what it is like to be a Biomedical Engineering researcher. Katrina Jazayeri and Kapil Saxena worked this summer in Prof. Krish Roy’s lab as part of a special BME outreach opportunity to high school students. After working with BME students on stem cell research, Katrina said, “This has been an amazing experience. I’ve learned so many things and met such nice people. The entire experience is unforgettable.” Kapil stated, “Thanks to Professor Roy, I was able to explore a new world I had never known before.”
The BME Department is privileged to have bright and engaging students like Ka‐trina and Kapil working and learning in our labs.
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Kapil Saxena, Katrina Jazayeri, and BME senior Lena Dixit (l‐r)
High School Students Perform Stem Cell Research
Roy Receives $1.6 Million to Study Stem Cells and DNA-Based Vaccines
Prof. Krishnendu Roy has received $1.6 million through two National Institutes of Health grants. Under one, a four‐year, $1.2 million grant, Roy will research the produc‐tion of immune‐stimulating cells from mouse stem cells. The goal is to better un‐derstand how to turn mouse stem cells into cells that mount an immune response to cancerous cells, bacteria, and other invad‐
ing organisms in mice. Roy’s research augments work per‐formed by other researchers developing equivalent human im‐mune‐system cells called functional dendritic cells.
The other, a two‐year, $405,000 grant, will involve engi‐neering DNA‐based vaccines that deliver immune‐stimulating factors to naturally occurring functional dendritic cells in the human body. The stimulatory DNA will be foreign genes, which will be carried within circular genetic elements called plasmids.
Arnold Estrada is an MS candidate working in Dr. Andrew Dunn’s Functional Optical Imaging Laboratory. Arnold re‐ceived his BS degree in Physics from Cor‐nell University in 1994. Prior to beginning his graduate studies, he spent 5 years as a test engineer for a manufacturer of infrared imaging sensors. Many of the devices he worked on have been incorporated into var‐ ious space‐based telescopes now in orbit. Arnold also ran his own consulting company where he wrote software used to test imaging sensors that will be incorporated in the James Webb Space Telescope.
Arnold’s research interests include the use of two‐photon microscopy to better understand brain function and pathology at the neuronal level. Two‐photon microscopy is uniquely suited for imaging in the brain because of its inherent sectioning prop‐erties and large penetration depth. Arnold has constructed a cus‐tom two‐photon microscope designed for in vivo applications and is currently incorporating the system into a new imaging tech‐nique to quantify local oxygen concentration in tissue. This technique combines two‐photon excitation with phosphorescence lifetime imaging. The imaging modality will allow scientists to produce three‐dimensional images of dissolved oxygen in tissue with high spatial resolution. An immediate application is in evaluating various therapies for stroke victims. Once developed, the technique will be used to investigate the efficacy of hyperoxia as a treatment immediately following a stroke. This work has the potential to directly impact the 600,000 Americans who suffer from strokes each year. The new imaging modality also has im‐plications as a research tool for studying diabetic retinopathy as well as basic capillary function within the brain.
Massoud Motamedi received his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from UT Austin in 1978 and 1980, respectively. While studying under Dr. A.J. Welch, Massoud re‐ceived his PhD degree in the BME concentration within the Electrical Engineering Department in 1988. Massoud’s dissertation research focused on the characterization of the effects of high power laser light on soft tissue which involved theoretical and experimental evaluation of light and heat interaction with vascular tissue.
In 1987, Massoud accepted a faculty position in the Division of Cardiology of the Depart‐ment of Internal Medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. Massoud establish‐ed a multidisciplinary research team to pursue the development of a laser‐based system for interventional cardiology. In 1991, Massoud moved to Galveston to join the faculty of The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) where he became the Director of the Biomedical Laser Program in the Center for Biomedical Engineering. In his role as Director of the Laser Program, Massoud established a multi‐disciplinary biophotonics research program at UTMB and expanded collaboration with researchers in the Biomedical Engineering Pro‐gram at UT Austin. In 1997, Massoud was appointed Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering at UTMB where he has been successfully leading the efforts to integrate bioengineering with basic and translational research and development at UTMB. Due to the
efforts of Massoud and BME faculty members in Austin, there now is an MD/PhD program in place that allows students to pursue a PhD degree in BME at UT Austin and medical education and training at UTMB.
Massoud is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology, Medicine, and Surgery at UTMB. He has an active re‐search program in the development of new optical imag‐ing and sensing technology as well as applications of nanotechnology in biophotonics. His research efforts have lead to the issuance of eight patents and develop‐ment of several imaging and sensing technologies that are currently under testing and clinical evaluation. Massoud continues to collaborate with the BME faculty at UT Austin and believes that his prior training at UT and his current involvement in collaborative research in Biomedical Engineering has been a key factor contribut‐ing to his successful career development.
Massoud and his wife, Firoozeh, have two sons, Saam (13) and Nick (10). Firoozeh also attended UT Austin and went on to receive a medical degree from UTMB. Massoud and Firoozeh hope that their children will also pursue their education at UT Austin.
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Hook ‘em Horns!
UT BME Alumnus Massoud Motamedi, PhD
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Simran Kaur and Kunal Shah, BS 2006 After graduating in the inaugural BME baccalaureate class, Simran Kaur and Kunal Shah joined Medtronic, Inc. Kunal is training with the Cardiac Rhythm and Disease Management Division. “Our work includes learning every‐thing from arrhythmia physiology to specifics of implantable device technology. I’m having an amazing time meeting new people, getting exposure to the corporate world, and seeing the immediate effects of Biomedical Engineering,” says Kunal. Kunal will be a clinical specialist providing follow‐up checks for pacemaker and implantable defibrillator patients and assisting surgeons during device implantation.
Simran is an Associate Clinical Specialist at Medtronic where she has been training in hospitals to develop a com‐prehensive knowledge of clinical processes and how the Medtronic products will be used in the clinical setting. ʺMy work at Medtronic gives me the satisfaction of knowing that what I do improves someoneʹs quality of life while giv‐ing me the opportunity to employ my engineering skills in clinical environments,ʺ stated Simran.
Kunal Shah
Simran Kaur
BME Building construction site – December 2006
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Spring 2007 Calendar
January 16 Classes BeginFebruary 8 BME Seminar – Michael Sachs, PhD, University of Pittsburgh March 1 BME Seminar – Rox Anderson, MD, Harvard Medical School March 3 Explore UT March 12‐16 Spring Break April 5 BME Seminar – Mauli Agrawal, PhD, University of Texas at San Antonio April 19 BME Seminar – Edward H. Shortliffe, MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center April 12 Honors Day May 4 Last Day of Spring Classes May 9‐15 Final Exams May 18 College of Engineering Commencement May 19 UT Commencement