The document summarizes the 3nd general body meeting of the Bioengineering Organizational Alliance. It provides information on signing up for committees, the new BOA credit system, and upcoming events like a volunteering drive and study night with coffee and donuts. It also lists job and internship opportunities, a call for participants in a bioengineering promotional video, and notices about various student organizations and their upcoming meetings.

1. Bioengineering Organizational Alliance 3nd General Body Meeting

3. 4 GBM attendances credit!

4. Missed the 1st or 2nd GBM?

5. Outlined each program and society.

6. Committee sign-up sheets.

7. New BOA credit system.

8. Still want to get involved? New committee updates coming up!

9. Not a member yet?

10. Join for only $10—helps pay for a T-shirt, food for meetings, exclusive BOA-sponsored outings/events, and more.Opening Smorgasbord

11. Social Media and BOA on the Interwebs boa.uic@gmail.com @BOAatUIC facebook.com/boa.uic Website boa.pages.uic.edu

12. NEUTRINO MADNESS Who’s keeping tabs on quantum physics and knows the latest buzz? In the News

13. Reconstructing Visual Experiences from Brain Activity Evoked by Natural Movies Link to published paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211009377 In the News

15. Coffee and donuts to stimulate the mind.

16. Form mini-study groups, study on your own, or discover another BIOE studying the same thing!

17. Please don’t hit and run.

19. Bring clothes for our volunteering drive!

20. We’ll have food for meat-lovers AND vegetarians!

21. 12pm-3pm AKA FREE LUNCH!

22. We’ll have some footballs, soccer balls, and Frisbees.Tribute To Soviet Russia Despair Sadness Friday, September 23rd

24. What are you missing out on?Baxter Info Session / Interviews(Position: Intern) Oct. 10th (Info Session on campus) Oct. 11th (Interviews on campus) Can only attend Info Session if you are approved for an interview. Deadline to submit application: September 27, 2011 Zoll Medical Position for Spring 2012 (Position: Co-op) Deadline to submit application: Sep 30, 2011 Hospira Position for Spring 2012 (Position: Co-op) Deadline to submit application: Oct 29, 2011 Jobs/Internships/Co-ops through UIC Careers

27. Concerns about Classes or the BIOE department?

28. Ideas?Ideas/Comments/Concerns from You

29. Who’s taking a course where you are learning about circuits? A Bit of Nerd Fun

30. BVP Update IBE, EBE, and COP

32. Looking for 2-3 volunteers for the next tourMonday, October 10, 2011 (Columbus Day) Saturday, October 29, 2011 Saturday, November 12, 2011

35. Videographer, video editors, and actors.

36. Requirements

37. Roughly 30 minutes in length.

38. Showcases live BIOE classes, professors and students in labs, faculty members, and BOA.

39. Short interviews from students and faculty.

40. Promo Video Uses

41. Will be shown at high schools for our External Bioengineering Exposure program.

42. Will be featured on the BIOE website and BOA’s website.Shoot footage for the BIOE Promo Video like a boss. Interested? Contact: Salman salmanfaroky@gmail.com

44. Many new volunteering opportunities available

45. COP Volunteering information session on Monday, October 3rd.

47. Discussing initiation requirements, membership requirements, and membership fees

48. Eligible students will be receiving a packet will all of the requirements

49. If not cannot make the meeting, please email us at aemb.uic@gmail.com and other arrangements will be made

52. PI has final say

53. Adds valuable experience with funding proposal-type procedure

54. Next committee meeting Wednesday, 10/5/11

55. Need input to flesh out new format

56. Still need to finalize Bioinstrumentation lab plansOpen Source Lab Program

58. About Us  Meeting Minutes  EWH

59. Special Events / Programs  Engineering World Health Design Teams  2011-2012 Project List

60. Create a plan for the semesterAs always, everyone is welcome to join. If you cannot make it, email me within before hand. Vishal Varma skv007@gmail.com / vvarma4@uic.edu Engineering World Health (EWH)

62. First meeting - next Wednesday, 10/5

63. Come chill at our Ice-cream social

64. Chance to meet Bigs and find out more about the programBig Brother Program

65. Graduate Representative Big/Little “Sibling” Program Arman Butt Phd 2nd Year BioMolecular Engineering Dr. Takoudis Advanced Material Research Laboratory (AMReL)

66. Personal Message I am sorry I could not there today, but enjoy. Email me if you have questions about anything in the next few slides: butt2@uic.edu To day, I have been able to help out four students get connected with a graduate student: You know who you are. Please let me know how the contacts helped/did not help so that I can better adjust

67. https://www.cs.uic.edu/pub/BIOE/BioeGrad/bioe_grad_handbook.pdfThis is the link to the graduate student handbook with details for graduate schooluic.edu > department of bioengineering > academics > graduate > Important Links > “Graduate Student Handbook”

75. What do I do? Biomolecular Engineering I am currently researching different surface and bulk materials for dental and hip implants to improve longevity of the implant by eliminating infection and corrosion due to wear and bio-chemical attacks.

76. Possible Professional ProgramsMD (Medical Doctor)= like to give drugs to help youDO (Doctor Osteopathy)=like to fix your way of living to help youMD-PhDDO-PhD

77. Fin

78. Upcoming Events That Might Be Relevant To Your Interests

80. Technical Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday, November 15, 2011

81. Time: 7:30am – 7:00pm (aka All Day Extravaganza)

82. Interested? Fill out top half of IEEE registration forms and give to board member or leave in BOA mailbox, or RSVP to boa.uic@gmail.com by October 1.

83. Tickets are $50 but they will be free for all BOA members!

84. Party Bus to Argonne (Keg not included).IEEE Conference at Argonne National Laboratory (November 15, 2011)

86. All day event: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

87. Dr. Eddington is presenting “Leveraging the Microscalein Biological Models”

88. Receive 1 BOA credit for attending!

89. Registration Deadline: September 16th at noonhttp://chicagobiomedicalconsortium.org/events/symposium/cbc2011/register.php or go look at the Events Calendar on BOA’s website for the link. 9th Annual Chicago Biomedical Consortium (Friday, October 21, 2011) Registration Closed. Who’s attending?

91. a Lightning Tech Talks highlighting a few of Google's awesome projects.

93. 6:30-7:30pm Lightning Tech Talks (food included)No registration required! Google Visits UIC!

95. Goals:

96. To compile the latest stem cell research and applications from various outlets to discuss, analyze, and learn with other members.

97. To provide a setting where various UIC stem cell research labs can discuss their latest research and explore collaborative possibilities with each other.

98. Operation:

99. Bi- or tri-weekly meetings

100. Members compile material they’ve discovered and outline main talking points, things of interest, and background information.

101. Research labs present progress at select society meetings.

102. Interested? Contact David Franz (divadfranz@gmail.com)