Work: 2514 Beckman Institute 405 N. Mathews St. Urbana, IL. 61801 (217) 244-2693 (office) (217) 244-2962 (Lab)
khatami@uiuc.edu
Statement of goals
I believe that the medicine of the future will be shaped extensively by today's bioengineering research. Therefore, having had a strong background in engineering and possessing an avid interest in biology and medicine, as my primary objective, I would like to engage in research at the interface between medicine and technology in an attempt to seek novel solutions to some of the current medical and scientific challenges. Consequently, I feel quite fortunate to harbor a passion in a realm that bears tremendous potential for impacting humanity.
In Progress May 2004 May 2002 May 2000
M.D. / Ph.D. Candidate (MSP Scholar) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dept. of Electrical Engineering & School of Medicine M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaing GPA: 3.54/4.0 M.C.S (Master of Computer Science) University of Illinois, Urbana-Chmapaign GPA: 3.6/4.0 B.S. Electrical Engineering Norwich University GPA: 3.86/4.0
Graduate Research Assistant (Univ of Illinois) Graduate Teaching Assistant (Univ of Illinois) Tutor (Norwich Univ. Learning Support Center) NASA (Internship at Goddard Space Flight Center)
2002 -- Present 2000 -- 2002 1998 -- 2000 Summer 1999
Carle Hospital Emergency Room (Champaign, IL) Peer Tutoring (Univ. of Illinois) Engineering Career Fair (Univ. of Illinois) Northfield Elementary School Engineering Outreach Norwich University VISIONS (Community Service)
2002 -- 2003
2001 -- 2003
Fall 2001
Spring 2000
1998
Outstanding Department Service Award
University of Illinois Excellent TA Award
Engineering Honor Society (Tau Beta Pi)
Vermont Beta Chapter President
Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Norwich University President Advisory Board
Norwich University Dean's Scholar
Engineering Honor Society Scholarship
Electrical Engineering Design Award
Walter D. Emerson Award
Certificate of Appreciation (Norwich U. LSC)
National Space Grant Fellowship
Clinton A. Renfrew Award
Norwich University Presidential Fellow
Etta Kappa Nu, Sigma-Xi Chapter Award
Award of University Scholar
Norwich Engineer's Society Award
Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award Spring 2002 Fall 2001 1998 -- Present 1999 -- 2000 1998 -- Present 1999 -- 2000 1997 -- 2000 Spring 2000 Spring 2000 Spring 2000 Fall 1999 Spring 1999 Fall 1999 Fall 1999 Fall 1998 Fall 1998 Fall 1998 Fall 1997
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering Honor Society (Tau Beta Pi) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) NASA Academy Alumni Association (NAAA) Order of the Engineer
2000 -- Present 2000 -- Present 2000 -- Present
Cultural / Athletic
Persian Cultural Association (PCA) University of Illinois Tae Kwon Do Club (Illini TKD) University of Illinois Table Tennis Club
Fall 1998 Spring 1999 Fall 1999 Spring 2000 Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Software:
MS Office, C++, Java, MatLab, LabView, PSpice,
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Laboratory Techniques:
Primary neuronal cell culture
Immunoflourscence microscopy
Extracellular neural recording and stimulation
Workshops Attended:
Analytical Problem Solving
Team Chartering
Group Process
People Skills I & II
Emotional Intelligence
Emergency Aid:
CPR / AED Certification
English (Fluent) , Farsi/Persian (Fluent) , French (basic)
Medical Instrumentation Neural Engineering Neural Prosthetics Information Processing in the CNS Biological Signal Processing Physiological Modeling Bio-sensors
Conference
Journal
D.B. Khatami, G.J. Brewer, E. Ujhelyi, B.C. Wheeler," Long-term Enhancement of Activity in Low Density Hippocampal Cultures by Pulsed Application of Bicuculline", The 2005 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Baltimore, MD,USA, September 28-October 1, 2005.
D.B. Khatami, J.C. Chang, G. J. Brewer, B.C. Wheeler, “Effects of Spatial Confinement on the Activity of Linearly Patterned Biological Neural Networks ”, Neuroscience 2004, the Society for Neuroscience 34rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 23-27, 2004.
David Khatami, Yoonkey Nam, Gregory Brewer, Bruce Wheeler," Effect of Bicuculline on the spontaneous and evoked activity of patterned embryonic hippocampal neurons cultured in vitro", The 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 1-5, 2004.
Y. Nam, D. Khatami, G. J. Brewer, B.C. Wheeler, “Spontaneous and Evoked Electrical Activity in Patterned, Cultured Neuronal Networks”, Neuroscience 2003, the Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 8 - 12, 2003.
Yoonkey Nam, David Khatami, Gregory Brewer, Bruce Wheeler, “ Electrical Stimulation of Patterned Neuronal Network in vitro”, The 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society, Cancun, Mexico.
Yoonkey Nam, Rudi Scharnweber, David, Khatami, Bruce C. Wheeler, and Gregory Brewer, “Neural Networks in vitro – Does function follow the form?”, Substrate Integrated MicroElectrode Array (SIMEA) 2003, 3rd International Meeting, Denton, TX, USA, 2003.
David Khatami, Yoonkey Nam, Bruce Wheeler, "Characterization of Spontaneous Activity of Spatially Confined Neuronal Networks", Substrate Integrated MicroElectrode Array (SIMEA) 2003, 3rd International Meeting, Denton, TX, USA 2003.
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