NETI Meeting Minutes, 2/27/08

Meeting Minutes
Neuroengineering Training Grant
2/27/08

Attendance: Heather Benz, Nasir Bhanpuri, Natan Davidovics, Suneil Hosmane, Alan Huang, Luke Johnson, Joseph Lin, Laura Malone, Rezina Siddique, Nitish Thakor, Aaron Wong

NETI Projects
Administrative and initiative projects were distributed, with the suggestion that most people focus on the administrative tasks and perhaps a few members focus primarily on the larger projects, which might run on a year-long or longer time scale. All primary volunteers are asked to email L. Johnson a short write-up discussing the specific task(s) they are undertaking, what it will entail, and a projected timeline to complete the project. Projects and collaborators are listed below (heads are in bold).

Administrative Projects
Update the curriculum
C. Smith, N. Bhanpuri
Gather student information; finding a method for ease of updating. Suggestion: use a wiki or google documents
S. Hosmane, H. Benz
NETI website update and maintenance
N. Davidovics
NEWRON newsletter
N. Davidovics
Faculty symposia (clinical, BME core, Mind-Brain, etc.)
L. Johnson, H. Benz
Rotation listing website to facilitate finding potential advisors
S. Hosmane
Update the job blog
N. Bhanpuri
Create and maintain an alumni database (that also includes past trainees who have not yet graduated)
A. Huang
Update and organize a list of Neuroengineering-related conferences and workshops
A. Wong
Plan and organize the NETI Student Summer Seminar
L. Malone
Create a flier advertising NETI, to be included in the visiting students packet in March, and possibly organize an introduction to NETI
up for grabs!
Present NETI at a conference (SFN in DC in the fall, etc.)
H. Benz
Compile a list of fellowships and awards, along with due dates, to be posted on the website
R. Siddique

Larger Projects
Neuroengineering Essay Contest (revise, promote distribution, etc.)
N. Bhanpuri, A. Huang, N. Davidovics
Combined industry/clinical/research fair (perhaps piggy-backed onto the Hopkins Career Fair or BME Design Day)
L. Malone, H. Benz
Plan and run a summer school course about Neuroengineering, involving faculty or student-run lectures, some experiments, and lab visitations, perhaps in conjunction with the Whiting Engineering Innovation summer course or the Hopkins CTY program
J. Lin, A. Wong


Next Meeting
The next NETI meeting will be held in 2 weeks.