The BME Grad Podcast

Ever considered a Master's in Biomedical Engineering?  Here today to discuss one pathway are Dr. David Zaharoff, Director, and Matt Penny, Associate Director of the MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship M.S. Program at UNC and NC State. MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship M.S. Program Contact Details: Website: medtech.bme.unc.edu Email: medtech_info@ncsu.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtech-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-unc-and-ncsu/ More on The BME Grad Podcast: Follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/thebmegradpodcast/ Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thebmegradpodcast/ Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfF0xH80d5lS1RpQsmpw0Q/videos For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak Connect with, or reach out to Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

Andrew DiMeo, PhD, is a Health Innovator, Designer, Entrepreneur, Teacher & Student with roots in New York City's Film Industry and a 20+ year career in medical devices & diagnostics. His startup company, CanvasGT, was acquired by greenlight guru where he works as a product manager on a novel web app enabling meaningful creativity for medtech strategy. Andrew also serves as business advisor to NIH Programs including RADx, C3i, and Blueprint Neuro. As a professor at UNC & NC State, his students’ coursework led to multiple startups including 410-Medical, Contour Surgical, Augment Medical, Novocor Medical Systems, and MEDIC. Other notable experiences include co-founding Gilero, starting nonprofit trade association NCMD, serving as business advisor for the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation's "Coulter College," Director for Duke NeuroInnovations, Coach for Industrial Design Firm Trig, and developing the college course Real Social Change. Andrew joins the show to talk about how he developed the senior design capstone course at UNC and NC State, and one of the first of its kind. He shares his goals for the capstone, the structure, and some stories along the way. Catch part 1, in our previous episode, to hear the full conversation. Follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/thebmegradpodcast/ Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thebmegradpodcast/ Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfF0xH80d5lS1RpQsmpw0Q/videos For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak Connect with, or reach out to Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

Andrew DiMeo, PhD, is a Health Innovator, Designer, Entrepreneur, Teacher & Student with roots in New York City's Film Industry and a 20+ year career in medical devices & diagnostics. His startup company, CanvasGT, was acquired by greenlight guru where he works as a product manager on a novel web app enabling meaningful creativity for medtech strategy. Andrew also serves as business advisor to NIH Programs including RADx, C3i, and Blueprint Neuro. As a professor at UNC & NC State, his students’ coursework led to multiple startups including 410-Medical, Contour Surgical, Augment Medical, Novocor Medical Systems, and MEDIC. Other notable experiences include co-founding Gilero, starting nonprofit trade association NCMD, serving as business advisor for the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation's "Coulter College," Director for Duke NeuroInnovations, Coach for Industrial Design Firm Trig, and developing the college course Real Social Change. Andrew joins the show to talk about how he developed the senior design capstone course at UNC and NC State, and one of the first of its kind. He shares his goals for the capstone, the structure, and some stories along the way.  Catch part 2, next episode, to hear the full conversation.   Follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/thebmegradpodcast/  Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thebmegradpodcast/  Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfF0xH80d5lS1RpQsmpw0Q/videos  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/  Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak  Connect with or reach out to Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

Allie and Brian discuss the best engineering portfolios they've seen, how to build them easily, and situations where they could be useful.  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebmegradpodcast/ Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfF0xH80d5lS1RpQsmpw0Q/videos For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak Connect with or reach out to Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

Travis McKay and Taylor Gabaldon met each other while pursuing their PhD's in Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University. While Travis chose to continue to pursue his PhD, Taylor switched out of the program and got his Master's in Biomedical Engineering. Travis and Taylor each discuss why they chose their path and have a healthy debate: Master's vs. PhD. More on our guests: Travis McKay's PhD work is focused on biosensors. Before entering his PhD program, he got his Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  Taylor Gabaldon is now a Design Engineer at Gilero. At the time of this recording, he worked as a Research & Development Engineer at WellAir. Before his Master's, Taylor got his Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Mexico.  More on the BME Grad Podcast: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebmegradpodcast/ Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfF0xH80d5lS1RpQsmpw0Q/videos For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak Connect with or reach out to Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

We'll discuss misconceptions BME students have about what experiences to seek out during college, what jobs they are and aren't a good fit for, and more.  We'll also discuss what we have in store for season 2! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebmegradpodcast/ Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfF0xH80d5lS1RpQsmpw0Q/videos For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak Connect with or reach out to Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

Brian Kim was the first guest of the BME Grad podcast. He is a 2019 graduate of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State and ***spoiler alert*** he is going to be the new co-host for season 2! Brian talks about why he's looking forward to being a part of the podcast, gives some words of wisdom, and covers his career progression over the past 2 years up to his current role at as a Sr. Process Engineer at Stryker, Advanced Operations. For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak Connect with or reach out to our new Co-Host, Brian Kim, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/briandonginkim/

Jordan Joiner received her Bachelors in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Alabama in 2015, and she is currently a 4th year Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Candidate in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Uniquely, before pursuing her Ph.D., Jordan worked at Evonik, a specialty chemical company, as a Process Engineer for 3 years. On this episode Jordan dives into how she made the decision to go back to university for her Ph.D. after 3 years of working in the industry, and what it's been like along the way. Links mentioned in the episode are below.  Dayton Lab website: https://daytonlab.sites.unc.edu/ Benhabbour Lab website: https://benhabbour.web.unc.edu/ Jordan's Journal of Immunology paper, Focused Ultrasound for Immunomodulation of the Tumor Microenvironment: https://www.jimmunol.org/content/205/9/2327 For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Isabella Watson is a 2019 grad of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State and is now an R&D Engineer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a global biotechnology company. Before this role, she worked as an R&D Engineer and Field Service Engineer at a smaller company in the biotechnology space, Cell Microsystems. Isabella compares/contrasts working in biotech R&D at small and large sized companies.   Check out Isabella's engineering portfolio website: bellawatson.me  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/  Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak

Ryan Facer graduated from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NC State in 2018. He is now a Product Development Engineer II at AccuMED by Lear Corp., a contract manufacturing company to medical device companies that specializes in textile-based class I/II medical devices. Ryan joins Allie and Grace to talk about his role and project experiences.  For more information on The BME Grad Podcast, visit the Joint Department of BME at UNC and NC State's website: bme.unc.edu/home/news-events/the-bme-grad-podcast/ Connect with or reach out to Host, Allie Mitzak, on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allie-mitzak