Meeting Minutes, 3/12/08
Meeting Minutes
Neuroengineering Training Grant
3/12/08
Attendance: Heather Benz, Nasir Bhanpuri, Suneil Hosmane, Luke Johnson, Joseph Lin, Laura Malone, Nitish Thakor, Aaron Wong
Prospective Students Visits
L. Johnson created a flier describing NETI, to be distributed to prospective students coming to visit Hopkins. N. Thakor will try to put in an announcement/brief verbal introduction to NETI if it can be squeezed into the program, otherwise NETI students are asked to spread the word informally during meal times.
Publications
If you have not already done so, please remember to send a copy of all publications and conference posters to S. Hosmane.
NETI Projects Update
Note, all projects now have dedicated folders in the neuroengineering gmail account google documents list. All project heads are suggested to make use of these folders to facilitate dissemination of project information. A brief update of current ongoing projects is below:
Curriculum: C. Smith’s document detailing the curriculum has been revised, in the format of suggested courses to be more helpful when selecting classes to take. This will soon be posted on the website, possibly with links to individual course websites.
NETI student profiles: L. Johnson has created google documents in the neuroengineering gmail account to keep student profiles updated. Each person should develop and update their own documents, one containing information for the NETI website and one a more detailed progress
report.
NETI website: S. Hosmane is now in charge of the website, and will meet with A. Cassidy to transfer management responsibilities of updating the site.
Faculty Symposia: It has been suggested to hold one symposium at the end of August prior to the start of classes, and a second one at the end of the fall semester to facilitate the selection of rotation advisors.
Rotations website: S. Hosmane is working to draft a letter soliciting rotation projects to be compiled on a website dedicated to helping incoming students find rotations. The aim is to have this developed by early Fall.
Job Blog: A counter will be added to the job blog website by N. Bhanpuri. Also, there is some thought to collaborate with Aditya Polsani to increase postings and readership on the site.
Conference List: A. Wong is working to update the list of available conferences and workshops and is currently waiting for replies of any conferences not included in a preliminary list. He has already posted a draft of his list in the neuroengineering google documents in his project folder.
Presentation of NETI at a Conference: H. Benz is looking at upcoming conferences for good dates and for sessions that may welcome a poster about NETI. She will work on updating the old NETI poster originally created by N. Bhanpuri.
Essay Contest: Modifications have been made to the application form. Some preliminary efforts have been made to contact high schools, with the intent of holding the contest this semester with a May 10th deadline. The latest contest forms will be posted in the neuroengineering google documents folder, with plans to update the website as well. It has been suggested that the essay contest prizes include, apart from a monetary prize, an opportunity to meet with professors or see some of the labs at Hopkins.
Industry/Clinical Fair: Initial efforts have been made to contact those in charge of the Hopkins Career Fair and the BME design day, with responses pending.
Summer School Program: Efforts have been made to collaborate with Hopkins Engineering Innovations program (http://engineering-innovations.jhu.edu/), which runs a 2 week summer course for high school students. The current intent is to develop a one-day module to be inserted in the program. A suggested topic will be emailed out by J. Lin; any other ideas regarding possible topic suggestions are welcome.
Neuroengineering Training Grant
3/12/08
Attendance: Heather Benz, Nasir Bhanpuri, Suneil Hosmane, Luke Johnson, Joseph Lin, Laura Malone, Nitish Thakor, Aaron Wong
Prospective Students Visits
L. Johnson created a flier describing NETI, to be distributed to prospective students coming to visit Hopkins. N. Thakor will try to put in an announcement/brief verbal introduction to NETI if it can be squeezed into the program, otherwise NETI students are asked to spread the word informally during meal times.
Publications
If you have not already done so, please remember to send a copy of all publications and conference posters to S. Hosmane.
NETI Projects Update
Note, all projects now have dedicated folders in the neuroengineering gmail account google documents list. All project heads are suggested to make use of these folders to facilitate dissemination of project information. A brief update of current ongoing projects is below:
Curriculum: C. Smith’s document detailing the curriculum has been revised, in the format of suggested courses to be more helpful when selecting classes to take. This will soon be posted on the website, possibly with links to individual course websites.
NETI student profiles: L. Johnson has created google documents in the neuroengineering gmail account to keep student profiles updated. Each person should develop and update their own documents, one containing information for the NETI website and one a more detailed progress
report.
NETI website: S. Hosmane is now in charge of the website, and will meet with A. Cassidy to transfer management responsibilities of updating the site.
Faculty Symposia: It has been suggested to hold one symposium at the end of August prior to the start of classes, and a second one at the end of the fall semester to facilitate the selection of rotation advisors.
Rotations website: S. Hosmane is working to draft a letter soliciting rotation projects to be compiled on a website dedicated to helping incoming students find rotations. The aim is to have this developed by early Fall.
Job Blog: A counter will be added to the job blog website by N. Bhanpuri. Also, there is some thought to collaborate with Aditya Polsani to increase postings and readership on the site.
Conference List: A. Wong is working to update the list of available conferences and workshops and is currently waiting for replies of any conferences not included in a preliminary list. He has already posted a draft of his list in the neuroengineering google documents in his project folder.
Presentation of NETI at a Conference: H. Benz is looking at upcoming conferences for good dates and for sessions that may welcome a poster about NETI. She will work on updating the old NETI poster originally created by N. Bhanpuri.
Essay Contest: Modifications have been made to the application form. Some preliminary efforts have been made to contact high schools, with the intent of holding the contest this semester with a May 10th deadline. The latest contest forms will be posted in the neuroengineering google documents folder, with plans to update the website as well. It has been suggested that the essay contest prizes include, apart from a monetary prize, an opportunity to meet with professors or see some of the labs at Hopkins.
Industry/Clinical Fair: Initial efforts have been made to contact those in charge of the Hopkins Career Fair and the BME design day, with responses pending.
Summer School Program: Efforts have been made to collaborate with Hopkins Engineering Innovations program (http://engineering-innovations.jhu.edu/), which runs a 2 week summer course for high school students. The current intent is to develop a one-day module to be inserted in the program. A suggested topic will be emailed out by J. Lin; any other ideas regarding possible topic suggestions are welcome.
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