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Ratner Named 2015 Langmuir Lecturer
Buddy Ratner | Via Washington U. | April 8, 2015Buddy Ratner, UW professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering and the Michael L. & Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization, has been selected as a 2015 Langmuir Lecturer. Langmuir Lecturers are selected by representatives from the ACS Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division and representatives from the journal Langmuir. Each Langmuir Lecturer will deliver a plenary lecture in a […]
Grinstaff Delivers Inaugural Charles DeLisi Lecture
Mark Grinstaff | Via Boston U. | April 7, 2015Professor Mark Grinstaff (BME, MSE, Chemistry, MED) presented the inaugural Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecture on April 2. The first named endowed lecture in the history of the College of Engineering, the Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture recognizes faculty members with extraordinary records of well-cited scholarship, and outstanding alumni who have invented and mentored transformative technologies that impact our quality […]
Researchers Create First Metal-Free Catalyst For Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries
Liming Dai | Via Case Western | April 6, 2015CLEVELAND—Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of North Texas have made what they believe is the first metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst that performs as well or better than most metal and metal oxide electrodes in zinc-air batteries. Zinc-air batteries are expected to be safer, lighter, cheaper and more powerful and durable than lithium-ion […]
Engineers Will Pioneer the Future of Medicine
Shu Chien | Via MDT Magazine | April 5, 2015Many of tomorrow’s solutions to today’s challenges in medicine will require feats of engineering in addition to biology, chemistry and health sciences. In fact, inventions such as valve prostheses, vascular stents and heart rhythm control systems are examples of how biology and medicine can work together with engineering to improve processes for maintaining health and […]
Engineering as a New Frontier for Translational Medicine
Robert Nerem | Via Science Translational Magazine | April 1, 2015Science Translational Medicine published a new article co-authored by Shu Chien, Rashid Bashir, Robert M. Nerem, and Roderic Pettigrew (All AIMBE Fellows), entitled “Engineering as a New Frontier for Translational Medicine” in the April 1 issue. The article’s abstract reads: The inclusion of engineering ideas and approaches makes medicine a quantitative and systems-based discipline that […]
Engineering as a New Frontier for Translational Medicine
Rashid Bashir | Via Science Translational Magazine | April 1, 2015Science Translational Medicine published a new article co-authored by Shu Chien, Rashid Bashir, Robert M. Nerem, and Roderic Pettigrew (All AIMBE Fellows), entitled “Engineering as a New Frontier for Translational Medicine” in the April 1 issue. The article’s abstract reads: The inclusion of engineering ideas and approaches makes medicine a quantitative and systems-based discipline that […]
Engineering as a New Frontier for Translational Medicine
Roderic Pettigrew | Via Science Translational Magazine | April 1, 2015Science Translational Medicine published a new article co-authored by Shu Chien, Rashid Bashir, Robert M. Nerem, and Roderic Pettigrew (All AIMBE Fellows), entitled “Engineering as a New Frontier for Translational Medicine” in the April 1 issue. The article’s abstract reads: The inclusion of engineering ideas and approaches makes medicine a quantitative and systems-based discipline that […]
U of M Research Foundation Receives Patent for Wound Care Device
Warren Haggard | Via U. Memphis | April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 – The University of Memphis Research Foundation (UMRF) has been granted United States patent No. 8,993,540, “Compositions and Methods for Delivering an Agent to a Wound.” It is the 20th patent granted to UMRF. The product covered by this patent was invented in the University of Memphis Herff College Of Engineering’s Department […]
U of M Research Foundation Receives Patent for Wound Care Device
Joel Bumgardner | Via U. Memphis | April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 – The University of Memphis Research Foundation (UMRF) has been granted United States patent No. 8,993,540, “Compositions and Methods for Delivering an Agent to a Wound.” It is the 20th patent granted to UMRF. The product covered by this patent was invented in the University of Memphis Herff College Of Engineering’s Department […]
Engineering Future Health Solutions is Focus of Ashland Lectures
David Edwards | Via U. Kentucky | March 31, 2015LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2015) — As part of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering’s commitment to bring the best intellectual minds and research creativity to campus, the 2015 Ashland Inc. Distinguished Lecture Series will feature two experts, David Edwards and Kinam Park, who are developing novel techniques for sensory and drug delivery. Famous for […]
Engineering Future Health Solutions is Focus of Ashland Lectures
Kinam Park | Via U. Kentucky | March 31, 2015LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 31, 2015) — As part of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering’s commitment to bring the best intellectual minds and research creativity to campus, the 2015 Ashland Inc. Distinguished Lecture Series will feature two experts, David Edwards and Kinam Park, who are developing novel techniques for sensory and drug delivery. Kinam Park, […]
University of Minnesota Selected as National Hub by NIH to Accelerate New Inventions to the Market
Bin He | Via U. Minnesota | March 26, 2015The University of Minnesota was recently selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as one of three sites in the nation to establish a strategic Research and Evaluation Hub (REACH), helping to promote commercialization and technology transfer in life sciences and biomedicine. To develop the hub, NIH will invest $3 million grant with another […]
Scott Bruder Awarded AIMBE’s 2015 Pierre Galletti Award
Scott Bruder | Via AIMBE | March 26, 2015WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has selected Scott P. Bruder, MD, PhD, as the 2015 recipient of the Pierre Galletti Award. The Galletti Award is the highest honor that AIMBE bestows on an individual. Dr. Bruder has contributed to the advancement of human health through research and commercialization […]
Penn Scientist Given Prestigious Award for Young Orthopaedic Researchers
Robert Mauck | Via Penn Medicine | March 26, 2015LAS VEGAS — Robert L. Mauck, PhD, an associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, is one of four scientists given awards by the Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons […]
Dean Lutchen Joins 121 Engineering Deans Pledging to Educate Engineers for Grand Challenges
Kenneth Lutchen | Via Boston University | March 25, 2015College of Engineering Dean Kenneth Lutchen is one of 121 deans presenting a letter of commitment to President Barack Obama this week to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century. These “Grand Challenges,” identified through initiatives such as the White House Strategy […]
The Untapped Potential of 3-D Printing
Joseph DeSimone | Via BioScience Technology | March 24, 2015Joseph DeSimone, the CEO of manufacturing firm Carbon3D, was a featured speaker at the TED Conference in Vancouver last week. The focus of his seminar was on the potential of 3-D printing. DeSimone specifically highlighted the machine he co-created telling the audience it is “25 to 100 times faster” than the other printers currently on […]
Peppas Selected as Reilly Lecturer at Notre Dame
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | March 23, 2015Nicholas Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected to present the 2015 Reilly Lectures for the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Peppas will give two presentations as part of the […]
Kyoto Prize Winner Robert Langer on Innovations to Come
Robert Langer | Via Xconomy | March 19, 2015The Kyoto Prize Symposium is now in full flower in San Diego, highlighting Japan’s highest international award for honoring the people who have made significant contributions to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. The Kyoto Prize was first awarded in 1985, and for many it has become the most prestigious award available in […]
Use of Transplanted Regulatory T Cells Could Provide Relief for Inflammatory Diseases
Juergen Hahn | Via RPI | March 18, 2015Troy, N.Y. — With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of researchers – including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Juergen Hahn – will investigate the potential of using transplanted regulatory T cells (Tregs) to reduce inflammation in diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, which currently has no known viable treatment […]
CCNY’s Marom Bikson Elected to Elite Medical and Biological Group
Marom Bikson | Via CCNY | March 13, 2015Dr. Marom Bikson, professor of biomedical engineering in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering, will be inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows Monday, March 16, in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will be held during AIMBE’s 2015 annual meeting at the National Academy of […]