BME1010/1011H Graduate Student Seminars

Streams

Molecular Engineering, Cell & Tissue Engineering, Clinical Engineering

Sessions

Fall, Winter

Description

All research program (MASc and PhD) students are required to attend a minimum of six graduate student seminars per semester (i.e. twelve per year) and four invited seminar series talks per year to fulfill BME 1010/1011Y attendance requirements. Attendance is tracked for all seminars.

Graduate student seminars consist of two 25-minute presentations given by graduate students registered in either the BME or the Collaborative Specialization in Biomedical Engineering. Seminars are held every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, with Distinguished Lectures held the first Tuesday of every month.

This course provides students exposure to the breadth and depth of research activities in biomedical engineering, assists in the establishment of a biomedical engineering identity within the student population and externally to the University and to funding agencies, and provides students with the opportunity to present their work in a formal setting and receive feedback (on both presentation style and content) prior to their final defense. The primary goal of this course is to provide practical experience and guidance in the clear, concise oral communication of research results to an audience of educated, although not specialist, peers. This is an essential skill for anyone intending to seek a career in scientific research. The emphasis is different from a group-meeting or conference style talk to a specialist audience, but rather on the skills that are important ultimately for job talks or teaching situations. Another important goal of the series is to provide a broad knowledge of all aspects of research undertaken by other students in BME.

A good, interactive audience is essential to the success of this series — so ask questions. Participation in this series is a core requirement of the BME graduate program. Students are expected to attend regularly, and anyone failing to attend at least eight seminars per academic year will be considered as non-participating. Please be sure to notify your supervisor and supervisory committee members as soon as you have confirmed a presentation date so that they can allocate time in their schedules to attend.

Abstract Submission

Concise abstracts (~ 250 words) including the names of your supervisor and supervisory committee members must be provided prior to your seminar and will be posted to the BME website. Please follow TA email instructions to sign up.

Prerequisites

None

Components

MASc students should enroll in BME1010

PhD students should enroll in BME1011

Exemption: PhD students in year five and beyond are exempt from participating or enrolling in the graduate student seminars (policy effective as of November 2019)

Restrictions

Research-stream students only