http://fds.duke.edu/db/pratt/BME/news.html Biomedical Engineering News en-us Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:59:03 EDT Duke University Faculty Database System 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2 hourly http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1701 Parents-to-be might soon don 3-D glasses in the ultrasound lab to see their developing fetuses in the womb "in living 3-D, just like at the IMAX movies," Victoria L. Hain Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:14:14 EDT Ultrasound Upgrade Produces Images That Work Like 3-D Movies http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1702 The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative today announced that Warren Grill, of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, and David Martin, of the University of Michigan, Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:04:16 EDT Keck Futures Grant Supports Development of Liquid Electrodes for 'Smart' Prosthetics http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1703 United Innoworks Academy, an organization founded at Duke by recent Pratt graduate William Hwang, is in the running for a Golden BR!CK award worth $15,000 in funding from the not-for-profit organization Do Something Inc. Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:03:23 EDT Vote for InnoWorks http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1704 John Davis, off-road wheelchair racing champion and pioneer, and John Castelano, his wheelchair designer, will speak at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering on Monday, Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:03:49 EDT Off-Road Wheelchair Pioneer and Designer to Speak April 2 http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1705 Listen to Adam Wax's answers to questions about the new device: --Why would you want to look at organ surfaces? --What is Barrett's esophagus and how is it linked to cancer? Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:08:55 EDT Light-Based Probe 'Sees' Early Cancers in First Tests on Human Tissue http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1706 Audrey Ellerbee, of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, has been selected by The National Society of Black Engineers as its “Graduate Student of the Year.” Ellerbee will receive her 2007 Golden Torch Award at the society’s 33rd national convention held in Columbus, Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:10:11 EDT ‘Graduate Student of the Year’ Audrey Ellerbee Leads by Example http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1708 Duke University biomedical engineering researchers have moved a step closer to a "smart bladder pacemaker" that might one day restore bladder control in patients with spinal cord injury or neurological disease. Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:57:53 EDT Biomedical Engineers Advance on 'Smart Bladder Pacemaker' http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-109-384-0-1709 Using a unique weaving machine of their design, Duke University Medical Center researchers have created a three-dimensional fabric "scaffold" that could greatly improve the ability of physicians to repair damaged joints with the patient's own stem cells. Victoria L. Hain Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:59:03 EDT Woven Scaffolds Could Improve Cartilage Repair