It took a collaborative effort on all fronts to produce the symposium. The event was co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Bioengineering and Soldier Survivability (CABSS) at Georgia Tech, a U.S. Army funded research grant coming to a close this year, and the Center for Regenerative Engineering and Medicine (REM). REM is a collaborative center led by co-directors Steve Stice (UGA), Ned Waller (Emory), and Johnna Temenoff (Georgia Tech). The symposium was organized by Tom Barker, Petit Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), and Martha Willis, program manager in the Woodruff School.