The scientific program at the 2025 ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC2025) will include a collection of workshops, special sessions, and computational software workshops. The individual workshop or special session titles are listed below, with the corresponding lead contact details are provided below.
The specific date/time allocations for each workshop/session is currently being finalized, and will be released here once the SBC2025 technical program has been finalized.
Special Sessions
Cancer Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Lead contact: Meenal Datta; Email: mdatta@nd.edu
Microbial Mechanobiology
Lead contact: Bahareh Behkam; Email: behkam@vt.edu
John Bischof's 60th Birthday - Bioheat and Mass Transfer Research
Lead contact: Zhenpeng Qin; Email: zhenpeng.qin@utdallas.edu
Workshops
Combined FDA (Title TBD)
Lead organizer(s): Martin Tanaka, Anita Singh
Organizer email(s): mtanaka@wcu.edu, antia.singh001@temple.edu
Women's Health and Engineering
Lead organizer(s): Michelle Oyen, Kristin Myers
Organizer email(s): michelle.oyen@wayne.edu, kmm2233@columbia.edu
The effect of Biological Sex on Tissue Mechanics Throughout the Body
Lead organizer(s): Stephanie Cone
Organizer email(s): sgcone@udel.edu
How to Apply for Academic Positions: The Role of Academia in Advancing Health Equity
Lead organizer(s): Luke Mattar
Organizer email(s): ltm19@pitt.edu
Funding Opportunities to Support Health Equity Education and Outreach Activities
Lead organizer(s): Stephanie George
Organizer email(s): georges@ecu.edu
Transitioning Between academia and Industry
Lead organizer(s): Lance Frazer
Organizer email(s): lance.franzer@swri.org
Software Workshops
simVITRO Workshop
Lead organizer(s): Robb Colbrunn
Organizer email(s): colbrur@ccf.org
SimVascular Workshop
Lead organizer(s): Alison Marsden, Shawn Shadden
Organizer email(s): asmarsden@stanford.edu
FEBio Workshop
Lead organizer(s): Jeff Weiss, Gerard Ateshian
Organizer email(s): Jeff.weiss@utah.edu
CRIMSON Workshop
Lead organizer(s): C. Alberto Figueroa
Organizer email(s): figueroc@med.umich.edu