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From the DeanCollaborations and InnovationsSolving today’s complex biomedical problems necessitates collaboration amongengineering, computer science, and the life and health sciences. UNM’s top-rankedmedical school, distinguished biology department, innovative research centers, andour own School of Engineering provide a vibrant environment for teams to jointlyexplore and solve biomedical challenges.In this issue, you will read how UNM collaborators cross disciplines and campuses tomake significant contributions. A surgeon frustrated with jaw implants for correctivejaw surgery turns to mechanical engineers, who design tougher, more pliant plates.A researcher trained in engineering bridges helps doctors heal injured ligaments andbroken bones. Computer scientists work along with doctors and biologists, usingcomputational geometry and powerful algorithms to create software that improvescancer treatment. At a neuroscience research center, teams are investigating how brainimaging can unlock clues to better diagnosis and treatment techniques for schizophrenia.These collaborations and the School’s increased research funding reflect the growingemphasis on biomedical engineering at UNM. Partnerships with industry andgovernment laboratories are ongoing and expanding. New educational and researchprograms have been developed. High school outreach programs, undergraduateresearch opportunities, internships, and graduate research assistantships areincreasing. Next year, a new state-of the-art facility, the Centennial EngineeringCenter, will accommodate the School’s expansion and serve as the home for theCenter for Biomedical Engineering, which has received $8 million in grants sinceits founding two years ago.Interdisciplinary collaborations represent an important dimension of diversity.Engineers, computer scientists, biologists, and medical researchers have differentacademic training, perspectives, vocabularies, and ways to solve problems. Thosedifferences are precisely the source of excitement, creativity, new insights, andinnovation that these alliances can produce. The challenge is having to deal withthe attendant complexity. There must be a shared commitment to the team’s workand project goals, as well as an openness to crossing the barriers of individualbackgrounds and beliefs. It is a process of bridging multiple cultures that involveslearning to speak other “technical languages,” and appreciating the differentmaterials and tools each individual brings.We were inspired by all those profiled in this issue. We hope you are, too.Joseph L. CecchiDean of Engineering
0206 1410Points of PrideStarting Fall 2007, the School of Engineering,in partnership with the UNM Division of ContinuingEducation, introduced a series of short courses forengineering and technical professionals. Ranging fromone to five days in length, the short courses are taughtby SOE professors and other experts, who presentpractical theory and application.UNM Assistant Professor of Chemical and NuclearEngineering Dimiter N. Petsev was co-author of an articlepublished in Nature Materials (March, 2007) exploringvarious types of miniature semiconductor diodes floatingin water that act as self-propelling particles when poweredby an external alternating electric field.Professor and Chairman of the Department of CivilEngineering Arup Maji has been appointed to chair theAerospace Division of the American Society of CivilEngineers. He will oversee the ASCE technical committeeson Advanced Materials and Structures, Aerodynamics,Dynamics and Controls, Space Engineering, andConstruction, and Field Sensing and Robotics.Computer Science graduate Dino Dai Zovi (BS, 2002)was featured recently on SearchSecurity.com as a securityresearcher worth watching. Dino discovered a Java-basedvulnerability in QuickTime to win a $10,000 prize in theCanSecWest MacBook Pro hacking contest. The vulnerabilitywas disclosed responsibly to Apple and has been patched.Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor EdlSchamiloglu chaired the highly successful 2007 IEEEPulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference June 17–22at the Albuquerque Convention Center. 1,200 engineersand physicists from 34 countries attended, many seeingNew Mexico for the first time, and about 130 registrantsattended the open house at ECE’s laboratory facilities.Mechanical Engineering Professor Marc Ingber hasbeen appointed Program Director for Particulate andMultiphase Processes in the Division of Chemical,Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Processesof the National Science Foundation. The appointmentis expected to be for two years.Contents02 The Doctor – and Engineer –will See You NowEngineers and doctors collaborate to improvemedical techniques06 Centered on SuccessCBME fosters biomedical engineering research andeducation at UNM10 Head DetectivesUNM engineers investigate the mysteries of the mind14 Turning 1s and 0s Into HopeInnovations in bioinformatics research16 Engineering Surgical InnovationsAlumni Profile: Robert Solenberger17 New FacultyOn the CoverTariq Khraishi and Scott Lovald are developing plates designed to cutcorrective jaw surgery time and post-operative complications almost in half.UNM EngineeringFall 2007Volume 4, Number 2EditingTamara WilliamsWritingMegan Fleming Writing & Creative Services; Susan Georgia andTamara Williams, UNMDesignCisneros DesignPhotographyEric Swanson and Chris CorrieUNM Engineering is published biannually by the University of New MexicoSchool of Engineering. Subscriptions are free; requests should be submittedto the address below. Material may not be reproduced without permission.School of Engineering, Farris Engineering Center, 107 , MSC01-11401 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001505-277-5521www.soe.unm.eduUNM Engineering 01
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