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Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites
Nicole F. Steinmetz | Via Case Western Reserve | May 30, 2017Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other researchers estimate, largely because they’re beyond the reach of pesticides. The chemicals disperse poorly into soil, while the parasites feed […]
Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands
Daniel Moran | Via Washington University in St. Louis | May 26, 2017Device reads brain signals, converts them into motion By Tamara Bhandari May 26, 2017 Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their paralyzed hands gained some control over their hands, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. By mentally […]
U of T Engineering research paves way for an off-the-shelf supply of cells for immunotherapy
Peter Zandstra | Via University of Toronto | May 25, 2017Bioengineering and professional soccer may not have much in common at first glance, but Nafees Rahman (ChemE 0T7, ChemE & IBBME PhD 1T7) sees a clear link between the career path he chose and his childhood dream. “Soccer is a team sport and research is also about a team — you can never do it […]
Julia Ross named Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean of Engineering
Julia Ross, Ph.D. | Via Virginia Tech | May 24, 2017Julia Ross, who becomes dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech on July 31, has been named the Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean of Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. The Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean’s Chair in Engineering was established in 2006 by Eric E. Schmidt, chairman and chief executive […]
Tom Webster on National Geographic, Episode 2
Thomas J. Webster | Via Northeastern | May 24, 2017ChE Chair Tom Webster, speaking about his nanotechnology research, was featured in Episode 2 of Year Million, a National Geographic television series on what life is going to be like for humans one million years in the future. What was once conceived as science fiction is now anchored in reality. YEAR MILLION, a new six-part […]
Neuromechanics of Flamingos’ Amazing Feats of Balance
Lena Ting | Via The Conversation | May 23, 2017Authors Lena Ting – Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University Young-Hui Chang – Professor of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology — If you’ve watched flamingos at the zoo – or if you’re lucky, in the wild – you’ve likely wondered how flamingos manage to sleep standing on […]
New Chair Named for Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
Susan Margulies | Via Georgia Institute of Technology | May 22, 2017Susan Margulies, Ph.D., named the Wallace H. Coulter Chair Susan Margulies, Ph.D., has been named the Wallace H. Coulter Chair of the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech and Emory University, and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics. Her appointments are effective August 1. Margulies is currently professor of […]
Donald Peterson named new dean of engineering and technology
Donald Peterson | Via Northern Illinois University | May 19, 2017An accomplished researcher who straddles the line between engineering and medicine has been appointed the new dean of the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. The NIU Board of Trustees appointed Donald Peterson, former dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, to the role May 18 after […]
New named professor
Dawn Elliott | Via U Daily | May 11, 2017Engineering’s Dawn Elliott named Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor Dawn Elliott, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering. “Under Dawn’s leadership, biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware has grown from a small program to a thriving department with […]
ASME Launching Nerem Medal
Robert Nerem | Via Georgia Institute of Technology | May 9, 2017Petit Institute founding director recognized with national education and mentorship award named in his honor Bob Nerem has won some of the top awards and honors in his field, recognitions for his dedication and accomplishments over a long career as a trailblazing bioengineer. But this summer, he’ll receive the kind of honor that will outlast […]
This Pitt-developed wheelchair can roll in the water
Rory Cooper | Via TRIB Live | May 1, 2017A new wheelchair developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh takes people where other powered wheelchairs fear to tread: the water. Rory Cooper and his team at Pitt’s Human Engineering Research Laboratories have developed an air-powered wheelchair and scooter. “There’s no electronics at all,” Cooper said. “It’s completely submersible.” That means veterans could wade […]
Stem Cells Edited to Fight Arthritis
Farshid Guilak, Ph.D. | Via Washington University School of Medicine | April 27, 2017Stem cells edited to fight arthritis Goal is vaccine that targets inflammation in joints by Jim Dryden • April 27, 2017 Using new gene-editing technology, researchers have rewired mouse stem cells to fight inflammation caused by arthritis and other chronic conditions. Such stem cells, known as SMART cells (Stem cells Modified for Autonomous Regenerative Therapy), develop […]
Tissue Engineer Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Earns Columbia’s Highest Academic Honor
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic | Via Columbia | April 13, 2017Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, a pioneer in the engineering of functional human tissue for use in regenerative medicine, has been appointed to the rank of University Professor, Columbia University’s highest academic honor. Her research has led to the development of novel biomaterials and scaffold architectures for growing bone grafts for facial reconstruction, the creation of electromechanically functional […]
Professor and Biomaterials Expert Nicholas Peppas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | April 13, 2017Nicholas Peppas, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and an expert in biomaterials and drug delivery systems, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Peppas is one of 228 new members elected this year. They include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, […]
University Of Pittsburgh Group Invents Wheelchair Powered By Compressed Air
Rory Cooper | Via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 8, 2017Years ago in Germany, Rory Cooper learned from the director of a production, engineering and automation institute about motors powered by compressed air. It got him thinking. Most wheelchairs are heavy, run on batteries with lots of electronics involved. They do work well — but only if they stay dry. “It dawned on me that […]
Studying the Brain’s Suspension System in TBIs
Philip Bayly | Via Wash. U. St. Louis | April 4, 2017Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers know that the membranes separating the skull from the brain play a key role in absorbing shock and preventing damage caused during a head impact, but the […]
Professor Reineke receives 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
Theresa Reineke | Via University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry | April 3, 2017Professor Theresa Reineke received the prestigious 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Polymer Chemistry. This award recognizes accomplishments and innovations of unusual merit in the field of basic or applied polymer science by individuals younger than 45. She received the 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer […]
Forty-nine years in Biomaterials Science: an interview with Buddy Ratner
Buddy Ratner | Via NCBI | April 1, 2017Buddy Ratner talks to Francesca Lake, Managing Editor. After receiving his PhD in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (USA) in 1972, Ratner moved to the University of Washington (USA), where he has since become joint professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering and Michael L & Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization. […]
Mikos Lab Aids New Push for Regenerative Medicine
Antonios Mikos | Via Rice U. | April 1, 2017Rice University bioengineers led by Antonios Mikos will take part in a five-year, $20 million effort to apply advanced manufacturing techniques to regenerative medicine. The goal of the effort led by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is to speed up the availability of replacement tissue and organs to patients. The award springs from […]
FDA approves first-in-human trial for neural-enabled prosthetic hand system developed at FIU
Ranu Jung | Via Florida International University | March 28, 2017Upper extremity amputees are one step closer to successfully picking up a cookie or an egg, thanks to a new advanced prosthetic system that is designed to restore sensation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an investigational device exemption for the first-in-human trial with this technology. The system was developed at Florida […]