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Imaging Device to Benefit Patients of In Vitro Fertilization
Kirill Larin, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering with the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is developing an imaging device that could increase the success of in vitro fertilization. The research is in partnership with Michael Allon, a Houston-based doctor specializing in fertility issues. Their work is supported by a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Wallace Coulter Foundation, which specializes in funding translational research, i.e. research designed to move a technology from the lab to its use in real-world situations.

Biomedical Engineering Student Conducts Research Overseas
Austin Head, junior biomedical engineering student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was selected to participate in Rice University's NanoJapan program, a research intensive program funded by the National Science Foundation. Head was among 15 other students chosen nationwide to spend 11 weeks in Japan this summer researching the various aspects of nanotechnology. While there, the students toured Japan, giving them the opportunity to learn about the Japanese culture.

Mechanical Engineering Renovates Biomedical Lab
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has nearly completed the renovation of its Biomedical Engineering Core Research Lab, located on the first floor of Engineering Building 1. Over $600, 000 worth of equipment moved from the Connective Tissue Physiology Laboratory into the lab will provide faculty with an improved space to conduct advanced biomedical research, as well as create an interactive educational environment for students in the program.

Physicians and Engineers Pool Resources to Prevent Stroke
Ralph Metcalfe, professor of mechanical engineering and deputy director of the UH biomedical engineering program, and his graduate student, Aishwarya Mantha, are working on a new tool to improve brain aneurysm treatment. Metcalfe and Mantha are working with physicians and scientists at the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) to determine which brain aneurysms are at highest risk of rupture and could cause a stroke.

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