Rice BMES is planning to tour Introgen
Therapeutics on Friday, February 15th from 2:30-3:30 pm. Take
advantage of this great opportunity to visit one of Houston’s
successful biotech companies and learn more about opportunities for
bioengineers in industry! To participate in the Introgen company
tour, please send an email to bmes@rice.edu with your name and year
(Fr, So, Jr, Sr) by midnight, Friday, February 8th. Space is
limited!
At 6 PM on Tuesday, February 19th in the Shell
Auditorium in McNair Hall Jeff Sandefer will be speaking about his
experience as an entrepreneur and a $10,000 scholarship opportunity
available to anyone continuing their education next year. The
event will be followed by hors doeuvres in Anderson Family Commons.
Anyone interested in attending please RSVP to Cameron Dyer at
dyer@rice.edu.
Have
you done a
BIOE-related internship? Please go HERE to tell us about your
experience. Your contribution will be valuable to fellow BIOEs.
Want to take apart
and repair medical equipment to send to developing
countries? Then
come on one of our volunteer trips to the Medical Benevolence
Foundation! MBF is a
non-profit organization that repairs unused medical
equipment, and in conjunction with medical supplies, ships them to
hospitals
around the world. We generally go on Saturday mornings;
contact vmwei@rice.edu
if you are interested.