2/7/07: Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes: NeuroEngineering Training Initiative: 2/7/07

Stuff we need to do:
-Submit conferences, workshops to Andrew
-If you email anything, or if you've got information, send it to neuroengineering@gmail.com

neuroengineering@gmail.com = archive
neuroengineering@googlegroups.com = mailing list

Officer Elections
President: Issel Lim

Organizes meetings, emails people, coordinates w/ Dr. Thakor

Takes care of mailing lists
Vice President: Misti Marr

Organizes summer seminar
Secretary: Aaron Wong

Meeting minutes

Publicity/Newsletter?

Compiling the progress reports

Takes care of the blog: Aaron, Nasir, Luke
Treasurer/Fundraiser: Gabriel Colon

Possible Fundraiser for April/Spring: Activities Fair/Spring Festival

Reimbursement

JHU account or credit card (ask Allen Strong)

Keeps track of budget

We usually spend money on food, cups, plates, beer, dinner.
Webmaster: Andrew Cassidy (website)

Webpage

Write a "how-to" manual for how to edit the website

Compile/Post list of fellowships, etc.

Committees/Tasks:
Curriculum: Chris Smith, Luke Johnson, Natan Davidovics

Compiles lists of classes, who's taking/taken them

Which classes to take for each focus

Which professors did you have on your GBO? (w/ sample questions, so we know whom to put on our mock GBOs)

(Debbie/Issel : send Chris the information)

Symposium/Events: Gabriel Colon

Invite big speakers for a day (spend neuroeng money)

Or travel to some other university for that

Ski trip, camping, etc, for networking purposes

Paintball, laser tag,

... Email Gabriel your ideas.

Summer Seminar: Luke Johnson, Nasir Bhanpuri

Students talk about their research, past rotations

Newsletter/Current Events/"In the News": Natan Davidovics

What's going on in the news

Email him w/ links

Interview Weekend: Misti Marr

Neuroengineering lunch

Meet on Feb 21st: Wednesday @ 130p Clark 311 @ Feb 21st

Entrepreneurialship: Debbie Castillo, Aaron Wong

Business opportunities; meeting w/ industries;

Job opportunities for neuroengineers

Speakers; alumni from NETgrant

High School / Undergrads: Nasir Bhanpuri, Aaron Wong

Get younger students thinking about neuroengineering

College scholarships ($1000)

Submit essay and resume

Give information to guidance counselors at high schools

Connect w/ Dunbar Incentives Mentoring Program (Sarah Hemminger)

Summer Tasks
Clinical neuroengineering class/summer project

Solve faculty problems, write a proposal

Recommend as a BME senior design project

Trainees could be TAs for that class

Get clinicians to email us their problems; compile a list, organize design project

Fall Seminar

Introduce professors (chalk talks) in September so first years can choose rotations

Big Sibs/Little Sibs

Answers first-year questions. (Refer to past blog entries for details.)


How often to have meetings:
Spring 2007: Wednesdays at 130p in Clark 311
Next meeting: Wednesday @ 130p Clark 311 @ Feb 21st; Neuroengineering

Preview Weekend:

Tour of Homewood Campus

Tour of Hospital + Meet at Med Campus

March 2nd: Gabriel Colon

March 9th: Issel Lim
Meet students from Homewood and bring them to Talbot Library; Dr. Thakor will give a talk at 1100p.
Ask other alumni if they want to help w/ presentation
Presentation @ 100p: Debbie, Misti, Aaron, Chris, Gabriel, Natan, Issel
(neuroengineering grad students @ Hopkins)

Stipend increasing! :)

Email / Information:
Please email Andrew Cassidy any conferences, workshops, and/or fellowships that would be suitable for neuroengineers.

When you send out emails or documents, please also send a copy to "neuroengineering@gmail.com" so that we'll have a searchable archive of information.

neuroengineering@googlegroups.com is the mailing list for all of the people currently on the grant.
neuroengineering2@googlegroups.com is for Hopkins students interested in NETI, our events, our seminars, etc.

http://neuroengineering.bme.jhu.edu
is the current website, and it's currently being managed by Andrew Cassidy.
http://neuroengineering.blogspot.com
is the blog, on which we can put more "internal affairs" sort of things -- for example, the links/news that Natan sends out, the meeting minutes, etc.

The minutes have been emailed. Thanks for coming to the meeting! The next one will be on February 21st in Clark 311 at 130p.

Email from Dr. Reza Shadmehr:
Dear colleagues:

The BME grad student applicants are visiting on March 2 and 9th. This is my
current rough draft of their schedule.

The neuro students will start their day at Homewood at 8AM with a talk by
Rai Winslow. They will then get a tour of Mind/Brain, starting at around
9AM. I wonder if Lauren and Sia could take the students from Clark Hall to
Mind/Brain and along the way give them a brief tour of the campus. The
Mind/Brain tour should end by around 10:30, at which point the students will
be put on a bus and brought to medschool. It would be great if some of the
current neuroengineering students including Issel, Natan, and Gabriel could
meet the students upon arrival and bring them to Talbot library. At around
11:00, I will give a 15 minute intro to the various labs at medschool and
lay out the schedule for the rest of the day. I will then take the students
to the FMRI center for a tour by Jim Pekar.

Around 12:30, we will return to Talbot to have lunch. During the hour long
period, Nitish will give a description of the neuroengineering program. I
think it would also be great if the students put on a presentation, talking
about life as a grad student at Hopkins.

Around 1:30 we will leave for a tour of the hospital, focusing on the
epilepsy monitoring unit and a discussion led by Greg Bergey. From
2:30-4:30 the students have free time to visit the various labs and talk to
professors of their choice. A student panel starts at 4:30.