News & Updates

2021 | 2020 | 2019

CONGRATULATIONS CVRC 2021 GRADS!!!

Annie Dinh – BME Master’s Program at UCI
Amara Nakamura – BME Bridge Scholar at Columbia University
Diana Gonzalez
Jessica Blair – Engineer I position at Edwards Lifesciences
Leila Deeb
Nia Sanchez – Internship with Dr. Gupta’s Lab at UCI/Flying Samaritans

CVRC Members Career Spotlights:

Christian Hernandez – Internship with Dr. Gupta’s Lab at UCI
Kunaal Sarhaya – BUILD Fellowship
Larakaye Villanueva – Research Assistantship at Emmaus Lifesciences, Inc.
Tess Boehm – Healthcare Solutions Application Engineer Internship at 3D Systems

2021

June 2021

CVRC 2021 Graduation Ceremony – (from left to right) Jessica Blair, Leila Deeb, Amara Nakamura, Kelly Suh, Jill Starkley, Annie Dinh and Nia Sanchez

June 1: CVRC graduation ceremony! Graduates say good-byes and give closing presentations for remaining CVRC members. Lots of feels and full gratitude for you, Kelly!

Summer break for CVRC research (5/24-6/13)

May 2021

Commencement (5/28-5/31) – CVRC Class of 2021 graduates! Congratulations and good luck on all future endeavors!!

Last research meeting of Spring semester: 5/18. Great work this semester, everyone, and special shoutout to Kelly for being an incredible research advisor!

Good luck with Finals and end-of-semester projects!

April 2021

Opening the club up to new members

March 2021

33rd Annual CSULB Student Research Competition (3/19). Access both presentations here.

February 2021

Congratulations to Stent Design Team for being accepted into CSULB’s 33rd Annual Research Competition! Good luck presenting on March 19, 2021

Congratulations to Heart Valve Team for being accepted into CSULB’s 33rd Annual Research Competition! Good luck presenting on March 19, 2021

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Submissions for Research Competition Due (February 1)

January 2021

Start of Spring 2021 Semester!

CSUPERB Symposium (1/7-1/10)

Happy New Year!

2020

December 2020

CVRC’s Zoom “Thank You” surprise for Dr. Kelly Suh!

Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and/or a restful Winter Break!

Last meeting of Fall semester/calendar year: 12/18. Good work this semester, everyone, and we thank you for all you do, Kelly!

Good luck with Finals and end-of-semester projects!

November 2020

Congratulations Jessica Blair and Nia Sanchez for presenting your poster, “Computational Modeling of Patient-Specific Aorta after Aortic Valve Replacement”, at ABRCMS!

Congratulations Amara Nakamura, Larakaye Villanueva, and Kasra Farahbod for your project’s abstract approval for CSUPERB 2021!

Congratulations Jessica Blair and Nia Sanchez for your project’s abstract approval for CSUPERB 2021!

October 2020

Congratulations Dr. Suh and Dr. Moon for presenting your poster, “Aortic Endograft Modeling Using Computed Tomography and Machine Learning”, at BMES! (10/14-10/17)

Congratulations Jessica Blair and Nia Sanchez for your project’s abstract approval for ABRCMS 2020!

September 2020

Have a great start of Fall semester 2020! Stay safe!

March 2020

Biweekly meetings and research continue | Quarantine is implemented and CVRC switches to online format.

February 2020

Projects established for all CVRC members! | BeachBoard is now up and running for CVRC BME! | CSULB BME Department was invited to visit/tour Edwards Lifesciences.

(from left to right) Nia Sanchez, Lara Villanueva, Jessica Blair, Kasra Farahbod

January 2020

CVRC Lab approved and under way to be opened to members! | Meetings continue during Winter Break | Happy New Year!

2019

December 2019

Meetings continue during Winter Break | Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and/or Happy Holidays! | Good luck with Finals!

August 2019

First Lab Meeting | CVRC is born!