President – Tim Melano
When asked where Tim is from,
he will respond: “Berkley.” After
graduating from Berkley with a
Bachelors degree in Mechanical
Engineering, Tim spent some time
working in Washington D.C
before joining the BME graduate
program here at the University of
Arizona. He currently does
research in the Neuromorphic
Vision and Robotic Systems
Laboratory developing brainmachine interfaces, computational
neuroscience, and neurobiology..
Vice President – Nathaniel “Ned” Kirkpatrick
Ned hails from the great state of Wyoming where he graduated
with a 4.0 in Electrical Engineering. He also participated in
BMES at Wyoming, bringing a longstanding tradition to our
organization. Ned does research focused on the development of
optical techniques for the early diagnosis of tissue pathologies. He
also likes to monitor of drug activity in Dr. Urs Utzingers lab.
Treasurer – Kristin O’Halloran
Kristen is a first year student in
the Biomedical Engineering PhD
program, and is planning on
working on cardiovascular
research in Dr. Stuart Williams’
lab. She graduated in June ’03
with a BS degree in General
Engineering (with a biomedical
concentration) from Cal Poly, San
Luis Obispo (in California).
During her four years at Cal Poly,
she also played on the women’s
NCAA volleyball team. Kristen
is originally from Nipomo,
California (on the central coast),
and has an identical twin sister
who recently started law school.
Secretary – Chantal Ottino
Chantal is 19 year old freshman from Phoenix, where she
graduated from Xavier College Preparatory. She is headed
towards Medical School where she hopes to become an
anesthesiologist. In the meantime she enjoys volunteering at Casa
de la Luz Hospice, figure-skating, and traveling to Europe with her
family. She is a car fanatic, especially Mustangs, and likes the
challenge of racing out other cars at the stop light. Only having 2
tickets in 3 years, she is ever vigilant for the unsuspecting radar
gun. Academically, she is involved in other clubs around campus,
and if not on the road driving, can be found in the Health Sciences
Library.
Webmaster – Cody Bliss
Before graduating from BYU
with a physics degree Cody
completed a 2 year church service
mission in Argentina. Cody is a
family man of one wife and two
beautiful girls. Cody does
orthopedic research in Dr. John
Sziveks lab and led the BME
intramural basketball team in
technicals.
Advisor – Dr. Jennifer Barton (BME,ECE)
Dr. Barton received her Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical
Engineering at University of Texas at Austin in 1998. She does
OCT research and has received awards too numerous to list on this
small webpage. She has done work for NASA and is always so
nice to let us have the “end of the year party” in her backyard.