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Liangfang Zhang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Liangfang Zhang | Via AIMBE | March 5, 2015WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Liangfang Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding contributions to creating […]
Li-Qun Zhang, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Li-Qun Zhang | Via AIMBE | March 5, 2015WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Li-Qun Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Sr. Research Scientist, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Departments of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhang was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members […]
David Daomin Zhou, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
David Zhou | Via AIMBE | March 5, 2015WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of David Daomin Zhou, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, , Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., to its College of Fellows. Dr. Zhou was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For advancing electrochemical and electrode […]
CWRU Researchers Bring Clean Energy A Step Closer
Liming Dai | Via Think Case | March 5, 2015CLEVELAND—For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to replace precious metal catalysts in fuel cells. Now, for the first time, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have shown that an inexpensive metal-free catalyst performs as well as costly metal catalysts at speeding the oxygen reduction reaction in an acidic fuel cell. The carbon-based […]
How Bioinspiration is Driving Medical Innovation
Jeffrey Karp | Via HealthHub | March 5, 2015Solving medical problems is extremely challenging. By bringing experts from multiple disciplines together to work at the interface of those disciplines, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) are introducing creative new ways to address medical problems. In this video, Jeffrey Karp, PhD, Director of the Laboratory for Accelerated Medical Innovation, discusses how his research […]
U of T Engineer Takes L’oréal-Unesco Honour For ‘stem Cell Space Suits’
Molly Shoichet | Via U. of Toronto | March 3, 2015University of Toronto biomedical engineering professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) has been named the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science North American laureate for 2015. Already the only person ever elected to all three of Canada’s science academies, Shoichet is the innovative mind behind breakthroughs ranging from ‘space suits’ for fragile stem cells to polymer-based ‘vehicles’ that could […]
Professor Sangtae Kim Elected Fellow of AICHE
Sangtae Kim | Via Purdue | March 2, 2015Distinguished Professor Sangtae Kim was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE). This prestigious recognition is the AICHE’s highest grade of membership and was bestowed upon Kim for his significant professional accomplishment in chemical engineering. Professor Kim has been a faculty member in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue since 2003 […]
Applied Physics Laboratory Receives $4m To Develop A Retinal Prosthesis
Alfred Mann | Via HUB | March 1, 2015The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received $4 million in funding from the Mann Fund to develop a next-generation retinal prosthesis system. The Mann Fund was created by philanthropist Alfred E. Mann 15 years ago to support the development of biomedical technologies. This work will be conducted in close collaboration with Second Sight […]
Robert Malkin: MacGyvering Medical Gear
Robert Malkin | Via IEEE Spectrum | March 1, 2015It’s 1989. Five years after earning his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Robert Malkin is designing cardiac pacemakers in Switzerland. It’s an important job, and he’s developing deep expertise and earning good money. But he’s unhappy. Very unhappy. “I decided I didn’t want to be an engineer,” he says. “Actually, I didn’t want to work […]
Letting Bio-Inspired Solutions Evolve: Q&a With Jeffrey Karp
Jeffrey Karp | Via TEDMED | February 20, 2015Why does this talk matter now? What impact do you hope the talk will have? Solving medical problems is very challenging; we often encounter barriers that seem insurmountable. Instead of relying on our limited intellect and narrow thinking, there is opportunity for us to turn to nature for inspiration. Every living thing has overcome an […]
Nicholas Peppas Selected as Kelly Lecture Speaker at Purdue University
Nicholas Peppas | Via U. Texas Austin | February 20, 2015Nicholas Peppas, chair of the Cockrell School’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and a professor of chemical engineering and pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected as the 2015 Kelly Lecture speaker at Purdue University. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Kelly Lectures, talks presented annually at Purdue’s School of […]
Insight outside: harnessing nature’s secrets
Jeff Karp | Via Youtube | February 19, 2015
Gunnar Andersson, M.D., Retires
Gunnar Andersson | Via Ortho | February 16, 2015He first came to the U.S. on a research fellowship in 1976 and rose to be the president of the Orthopaedic Research Society in 2000. Gunnar Andersson, M.D., Chairman Emeritus of Orthopedic Surgery at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, has just retired at the age of 72. We stole a few minutes of his time, however, […]
Engineering Faculty Break Boundaries With Research
Scott Diamond | Via Daily Pennsylvanian | February 14, 2015Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering professor Scott Diamond is conducting research that has captivated the interest of the United States Army. He works on creating extremely detailed descriptions of an individual’s blood makeup. “Ideally, your blood is a liquid until you need it to clot, and these two properties sometimes fight with each other,” Diamond said. “If […]
Sang Yup Lee Appointed Editorial Board of Journal Cell Systems
Sang Yup Lee | Via KAIST | February 13, 2015Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST has been appointed a member of the founding editorial board of the newly established journal Cell Systems. Cell Systems will be a sister journal of Cell, one of the three most prestigious scientific journals along with Nature and Science, that publishes a […]
Jansen to receive Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award
E. Duco Jansen | Via Vanderbilt | February 12, 2015E. Duco Jansen will receive the Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award in April at the 35th annual conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Jansen, associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering and neurological surgery, was selected for his outstanding contributions to laser […]
Keith Johnston Honored by Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Keith Johnston | Via U. Texas Austin | February 10, 2015Keith Johnston has been awarded the 2015 Darsh Wasan Award from the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science for his outstanding contributions to the field. Johnston’s expertise in colloid and interfacial science has lead to advances in nanotechnology for imaging and recovery of subsurface oil and gas, electrochemical energy storage, drug delivery and imaging of […]
Neurosurgeon Henry Brem Named Physician of the Year for Clinical Excellence
Henry Brem | Via Johns Hopkins | February 7, 2015Henry Brem, M.D., director of the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, has been selected to receive a Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence. The award is given annually to five physicians whose dedication, talents and skills have improved the lives of thousands of people throughout the world. This year’s […]
UCSB Chemical Engineer Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Samir Mitragotri | Via UC Santa Barbara | February 5, 2015Samir Mitragotri, professor of chemical engineering at UC Santa Barbara, is one of 67 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for 2015. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, […]
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Goes to Robert Langer
Robert Langer | Via QE Prize | February 5, 2015Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering – Dr Robert Langer. The ground-breaking chemical engineer Dr Robert Langer has been awarded the QEPrize for his revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering at the interface with chemistry and medicine. Dr Langer was the first person to engineer polymers to control the delivery of large molecular […]