Robert M. Nerem Symposium Agenda

Friday, July 29, 2022 
Georgia Tech
Petit Biotech Building, Atrium
315 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332
Leadership
8:55 a.m. Introduction - Andrés García, Executive Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology  
9:00 a.m.  Welcome remarks - Ángel Cabrera, President, Georgia Institute of Technology  
  G. Wayne Clough - President Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology

G.P. "Bud" Peterson - President Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology

Steven W. McLaughlin - Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

Chaouki T. Abdallah - Executive Vice President of Research, Georgia Institute of Technology

Ravi Bellamkonda - Provost, Emory University

Gary B. Schuster - Vasser Woolley Professor Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology

William J. Wepfer - Professor Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology

John Linehan - Clinical Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Peter G. Katona - Affiliate Professor of Bioengineering, George Mason University; former President, The Whitaker Foundation

Roderic I. Pettigrew - Executive Dean for Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M, Houston Methodist Hospital; Founding Director of the U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health

Susan Margulies - Directorate of Engineering, National Science Foundation

Special Presentation - Bruce J. Tromberg, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health
 
10:45 a.m. Break  
11:15 a.m. C. Ross Ethier - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Roger Kamm - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert M. Nerem Education and Mentorship Medal Presentation
 
The OG's
 
 
11:30 a.m. Don P. Giddens - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University, Emeritus

Sheldon May - Georgia Institute of Technology, Emeritus

David Ku - Georgia Institute of Technology

Ajit Yoganathan - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University, Emeritus

Cheng Zhu - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Loren Williams - Georgia Institute of Technology

Larry McIntire - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University, Emeritus
 
Project ENGAGES
 
 
12:20 p.m. Manu Platt - Project ENGAGES Co-founder and Director, Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Lakeita Servance - Project ENGAGES Program Manager, Georgia Institute of Technology

Ayanna Prather - Project ENGAGES Class of 2019, Xavier University

Clinton Smith - Project ENGAGES Class of 2018, Georgia Institute of Technology

Special Fundraising Announcement
 
12:40 p.m. Lunch and Project ENGAGES Poster Session  
FOB's - Part 1
 
 
2:00 p.m.  Steve Woodard - Georgia Institute of Technology

Chris Gemmiti - CRISPR Therapeutics

Arnold Caplan - Case Western University

Linda Griffith - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter Zandstra - University of British Columbia

Sheldon Weinbaum - The City College of New York

Buddy D. Ratner - University of Washington

Cato T. Laurencin - University of Connecticut
 
Mock NSF Site Visit Panel 🧬
Sohi Rastegar, National Science Foundation, Moderator
 
2:55 p.m. Julia Babensee - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Krishnendu Roy - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Johnna Temenoff - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University
 
3:25 p.m. Break  
FOB's - Part 2
 
 
4:00 p.m. Joe Le Doux - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Mark Prausnitz - Georgia Institute of Technology

Michelle LaPlaca - Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University

Todd McDevitt - Sana Biotechnology

Paul Citron - Emeritus Advisory Board Member, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

Arthur J. Coury - Northeastern University

W. Robert Taylor - Emory University

Steve Stice - University of Georgia

Robert E. Guldberg - University of Oregon
 
Dueling Podia Debate - "What Would Bob Do?" 👔 🥊
Bob Guldberg, Moderator
 
5:00 p.m. Barbara Boyan - Virginia Commonwealth University

Buddy Ratner - University of Washington
 
Closing
   
5:15 p.m. Nerem Family remarks - Steven Nerem  
5:30 p.m. Closing remarks - Andrés García  
5:40 p.m. Portrait unveiling - with remarks from Marilyn Nerem  
5:50 p.m. Cocktail reception - UA Whitaker lobby, Bioquad  
6:45 p.m. Dinner reception with remarks from Kelli Harding - Columbia University Medical Center