The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research awarded a phase II, 2- year, $500,000 SBIR grant to Nian-Crae, a biomedical device company founded by Professor William Craelius from. This project completes development of the Hand Arm Rehabilitation Interface (HARI) developed by Professor Craelius and tests its efficacy with 24 stroke subjects. HARI is a revolutionary training tool that helps therapists and their clients rehabilitate the paralytic arm by facilitating and monitoring prescribed exercises, and simultaneously assessing progress.
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October 2004
October 3, 2004
Professor Joachim Kohn�s successful collaboration with REVA Medical Inc to develop a biodegradable stent for coronary artery disease treatment was highlighted by the NIBIB as a major advance. The research was supported by NIBIB, REVA Medical Inc., and the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials. Details can be found at www.nibib.nih.giv/eAdvances/92104.htm
October 1, 2004
Mourad Bouzit, an expert in robotics and virtual reality has joined the department as an Assistant Professor effective October 1 2004. Dr. Bouzit most recently worked at Avaya Corp where he was developing new concepts in teleconferencing. At Rutgers, he plans to focus his attention on several biomedical applications including tele-rehabilitaion and tele-surgery.
September 2004
September 22, 2004
In the September 23, 2004 issue of the journal �Nature�, Profs. Troy Shinbrot and Ben Glasser demonstrate that stirring a mixture of granular materials faster or longer won�t always generate a smooth blend. In fact, ingredients that were thought to be thoroughly mixed may have actually separated. The consequences of these findings are quite widespread, and very crucial in the context of pharmaceutical manufacturing where pills might not have an effective amount of active agent due to mixing induced anomalies.
September 8, 2004
Professor Adrian Mann and a team of Rutgers University co-investigators have been awarded a one-year, $279,317 instrumentation grant by the Office of Naval Research as part of the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). The grant will support the purchase of a �Combined Micro-Raman and Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope for Characterization of Nanostructured Materials�. The instrument will be used for the characterization of elastic strains and chemical phases in natural and artificial ceramics, polymers and composites.
September 1, 2004
Professors Ioannis Androulakis and Sobin Kim have joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering as Assistant Professors. Professor Androulakis is an expert in bioinformatics and systems analysis and Professor Kim is an expert in genomics technologies, developing novel methods for DNA sequence analysis.
August 2004
August 13, 2004
Professor Troy Shinbrot has been awarded a one-year, $160,000 Training Grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an interdisciplinary collaboration with the Rutgers Center for Collaborative Neuroscience. At the Center, Shinbrot will develop mathematical models for neuronal outgrowth and will examine strategies for regeneration following spinal cord injury.
July 2004
July 22, 2004
Professor Helen Buettner has been awarded a two-year, $25,000 Biomedical Research Grant from the Charles and Johanna Busch Memorial Fund for her proposal, �A Micromechanical System for Nerve Tissue Engineering Based on Acupuncture�. The project will use in vitro acupuncture needling to create micromechanically oriented extracellular matrices for nerve tissue engineering.
July 19, 2004
Professors Marianthi Ierapetritou, Martin Yarmush and Charlie Roth were awarded a 3-year, $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation�s Quantitative Systems Biology Program for their joint research program entitled �Experimental and Computational Studies to Optimize Hepatocyte Function.�
July 15, 2004
Professor Yves Chabal has been appointed Director of the Laboratory of Surface Modification replacing Professor Ted Madey. The LSM, a unique facility which provides comprehensive surface and thin film analyses, brings together over 20 faculty from different departments to address basic and applied issues of high tech surface and interfaces.