Guest Blogger June Zhu on the 8th Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC): Last week, I attended the 8th Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC), hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). This year’s topics of discussions are: Advanced Manufacturing, Information Technology, Biomedicine and Environmental Protection. The paper I submitted for the conference was titled “Non-disruptive Energy Monitoring System Based on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)” and I was selected as a part the team of Information Technology. Along with 8 other experts from US and Taiwan, working with a team of Chinese experts, we visited companies in Shaoxin, Xiqiao, Guangzhou, and Foshan. After every day’s visit, each of us submitted individual reports summarize our findings and provide recommendation. At the end of the week, we consolidated our reports into a single proposal for the Chinese Government. Proposals from different teams were presented at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and later Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang came and met with all the experts. A clip of the CCTV evening news reported on this conference:
8th Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC)
The Biomedical Engineering Handbook
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This handbook defines the discipline of Biomedical Engineering by bringing together the core of knowledge that now makes up this rapidly growing field. The book is primarily written for the biomedical engineering professional who needs factual information on a particular topic or the professional from other engineering and medical disciplines who wants a comprehensive overview of the entire field. The second edition has been completely updated and revised.
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Biomedical Engineering Principles – Introduction to Fluid, Heat and Mass Transport Processes
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Biomedical Engineering Principles is a fundamentally unique introduction in biomedical engineering. It achieves a synthesis of engineering information and data from the life sciences to describe transport problems in the human body in terms of principles most familiar to engineers. No other book is available which offers a quantitative treatment of biomedical transport processes at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level. After a review of pertinent historical developments in medicine, a basic quantitative characterization of the human body – stressing the physical, chemical, and flow properties of blood – is given. Next, the author examines the modeling of fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer processes in the body. A more detailed treatment of mass transfer across biological membranes, especially the kidneys and lungs, is then presented. Finally, the volume considers two major developments within biomedical engineering, artificial kidneys and blood oxygenators.
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The Ethics of Genetically Engineering Children – Arthur Caplan
Complete video at: fora.tv Arthur Caplan, Director of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses ethical issues concerning genetic engineering and genetically handicapped children. —– Arthur Caplan discusses Is it Immoral to Want to Live Longer, Be Smarter and Look Better? The Ethics of Using Biomedicine to Enhance Ourselves and Our Children as a part of The Ethical Frontiers of Science during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series. Arthur Caplan serves as the Emanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is the author or editor of twenty-five books and over 500 papers in refereed journals of medicine, science, philosophy, bioethics and health policy. His most recent book is Smart Mice Not So Smart People (2006). He has served on a number of national and international committees, including as the chair of the National Cancer Institute Biobanking Ethics Working Group; the chair of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations on Human Cloning; the chair of the Advisory Committee to the Department of Health and Human Services on Blood Safety and Availability; the special advisory committee to the International Olympic Committee on genetics and gene therapy; the ethics committee of the American Society of Gene Therapy; and the special advisory panel to the National Institutes of Mental Health on human …
Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering Program (ASE) Video
Intern, mentor and alumni testimonials for the Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) program at Saturday Academy. ASE matches high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors with scientists and engineers for an 8-week summer internship in a professional science or engineering environment. Features mentors Sister Angela Hoffman (Biochemistry – University of Portland), Dave Vernier (President and Co-Founder, Vernier Software), and 1993 ASE alumna Rachel Life (2008 Ph.D Molecular Virology, University of Washington).