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Biomedical Engineering’s Hunter Peckham receives 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from American Spinal Injury Association
P. Hunter Peckham | Via Case Western | June 17, 2015P. Hunter Peckham, the Donnell Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedics at Case Western Reserve University, was recently recognized by the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) with the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award for his distinguished career in research on the use of functional electrical stimulation to restore hand and arm control in paralyzed individuals. Peckham, […]
Carnegie Mellon to Host GEM4 Summer Institute on the Brain and Mechanics
Philip LeDuc | Via Carnegie Mellon | June 16, 2015Carnegie Mellon University will host the Global Enterprise for Micro-Mechanics and Molecular Medicine (GEM4) Summer Institute on Neuroscience and Cellular Mechanics June 22–July 3, 2015. Graduate students, researchers and faculty experts in the fields of biology, engineering, imaging, chemistry and medicine will come together from across the world for a series of lectures and hands-on lab experiences to […]
Professor Inducted To The Canadian Academy Of Engineering
Michael Sefton | Via U. Toronto | June 5, 2015Eight members of the U of T Engineering community have been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Professors Kamran Behdinan (MIE), Greg Evans (ChemE), Vladimiros Papangelakis (ChemE), Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) and Jim Wallace (MIE), along with alumni Pu Chen (MIE MASc 9T3, PhD 9T8) and Anne Sado (IndE 7T7) are […]
Accelerator Fund Boosts Harvard Tech Startups
Robert Howe | Via Harvard | June 2, 2015Some ideas hatched in university research labs need a little nudge to take off into the real world. Take the robotic hand designed by Professor Robert Howe and his research team. Grasping and manipulating irregular objects is an incredibly challenging task for robots. But in 2012, Howe’s robotic hand managed to outperform its rivals in […]
Awards & More
George Stetten | Via Pitt Chronicle | June 1, 2015Pitt’s Office of the Provost announced winners of the University’s first annual Sustainability Awards during an April 14 luncheon at the University Club. Those recognized in the faculty, staff, student, and group categories, respectively, are: Walter Carson, associate professor of biological sciences, for research and teaching on forest ecology at Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, a […]
Year in Review
David Mooney | Via Harvard | May 31, 2015By isolating mechanical and biological variables one by one in vitro, a team of researchers led by Prof. David Mooney, identified a possible mechanism by which normal cells turn malignant in mammary epithelial tissues, the tissues frequently involved in breast cancer.After two years of effort, researchers led by Prof. Donhee Ham successfully measured the collective […]
Gunnar Andersson Named To TheraCell Board
Gunnar Andersson | Via Ortho | May 26, 2015nnar B.J. Andersson, M.D., Ph.D and world-renowned spine surgeon has become a director of TheraCell, Inc. and a member of the firm’s surgeon advisory committee. The appointment takes place immediately. Andersson’s appointment expands the board to five directors, two of whom are spine surgeons. “Dr. Andersson’s 45 years of broad experience across both clinical and […]
Dr. Wheeler Retires from UF as BME Emeritus Professor
Bruce Wheeler | Via U. Florida | May 20, 2015The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is sending off Dr. Bruce Wheeler to both retirement from UF (with Emeritus Professor status) and to the position of Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California at San Diego. Professor Wheeler’s new position is predominantly for undergraduate teaching and in particular to be […]
Suzie Pun Awarded Faculty Teacher/Mentor 2015 BioE Award
Suzie Pun | Via U. Washington | May 20, 2015The 2015 BIOE Awards for Faculty Teacher/Mentor, Graduate Student Mentor, Graduate Student TA and Staff were announced on Tuesday, May 19 during the annual Rushmer Lecture. An unprecedented number of nominations were received this year from faculty, students and staff in the department. For this year’s awards, four recipients were named: Faculty Teacher/Mentor: Suzie Pun Graduate Student […]
Dean’s Catalyst Awards Fund Promising, Early-Stage Projects
Elise Morgan | Via Boston University | May 19, 2015The College of Engineering has funded four new projects through the Dean’s Catalyst Award (DCA) grant program, each focused on technologies that promise to make a significant impact on society. ENG and collaborating faculty will receive $40,000 per project to develop novel techniques to advance these technologies. Established by Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen in 2007 […]
Dean’s Catalyst Awards Fund Promising, Early-Stage Projects
Joyce Wong | Via Boston U. | May 19, 2015The College of Engineering has funded four new projects through the Dean’s Catalyst Award (DCA) grant program, each focused on technologies that promise to make a significant impact on society. ENG and collaborating faculty will receive $40,000 per project to develop novel techniques to advance these technologies. Established by Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen in 2007 […]
Backbone of the profession
Dawn Elliot | Via U Daily | May 19, 2015Elliott receives national awards for research, mentoring in biomedical engineering Intervertebral discs are the spine’s shock absorbers. With age, they undergo progressive and irreversible degenerative changes that often lead to low back pain. Surgical treatment options for this condition are extremely limited and they don’t restore disc function, so there is tremendous interest in new […]
Dr. Schmidt Awarded UF Research Opportunity Seed Grant
Christine Schmidt | Via U. Florida | May 17, 2015Dr. Christine Schmidt and her research team, along with her collaborator Dr. Hideko Kasahara (Physiology, COM), were awarded a UF Research Opportunity Seed Fund entitled “Engineering Tissue Mimics to Investigate Congenital Heart Disease.” The overarching goal of this proposal is to engineer cardiac tissue mimics to investigate the role biophysical and biochemical cues play in […]
A New Dean for SEAS
Francis Doyle | Via Harvard News | May 14, 2015Francis J. Doyle III, a distinguished scholar in chemical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been appointed the next dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and will take the reins on Aug. 1. Doyle most recently served as associate dean for research at UCSB’s College of […]
Changing the Way Genomes Work
George Church | Via Harvard | May 14, 2015The new “Disruptive” podcast from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University explores what motivates researchers and how they envision our future as it might be impacted by their disruptive technologies. In its inaugural episode, “Disruptive” host and 1969 Harvard alumnus Terrence McNally spoke with Wyss core faculty members Pamela Silver and […]
Hydrogels Boost Ability Of Stem Cells To Restore Eyesight and Heal Brains
Molly Shoichet | Via U. Toronto | May 14, 2015Toronto scientists and engineers have made a breakthrough in cell transplantation using a gel-like biomaterial that keeps cells alive and helps them integrate better into tissue. In two early lab trials, this has already shown to partially reverse blindness and help the brain recover from stroke. Led by University of Toronto professors Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) […]
Beth Winkelstein Appointed Penn Vice Provost for Education
Beth Winkelstein | Via U. Penn. | May 13, 2015Beth Winkelstein has been named vice provost for education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a professor of bioengineering and the associate dean for undergraduate education in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. “Beth Winkelstein is a world-renowned researcher, an educational innovator, a widely admired administrator –- and a Penn graduate,” Price said. […]
Nanomedicine May Help to Prevent Heart Attacks
Omid Farokhzad | Via HealthHub | May 12, 2015Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Columbia University researchers have developed a microscopic medicine that could be used to help prevent heart attacks caused by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a buildup of plaque (mainly cholesterol deposits) within the arteries. This thickening of the artery walls decreases the flow of blood and oxygen to vital body organs […]
siRNA-Toting Nanoparticles Inhibit Breast Cancer Metastasis]
Zheng-Rong Lu | Via Case THINK | May 12, 2015CLEVELAND—Researchers at Case Western Reserve University combined finely crafted nanoparticles with one of nature’s potent disrupters to prevent the spread of triple-negative breast cancer in mouse models. The highly aggressive cancer subtype is difficult to manage and, currently, the FDA has no approved targeted treatments. But striking results from a new study, published in the […]
Next Opus Dean of Engineering Named
Kristina Ropella | Via Marquette Today | May 12, 2015Dr. Kristina Ropella, interim Opus Dean of the Opus College of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, has been named the next Opus Dean, President Michael R. Lovell announced today. She will assume the permanent role on July 1. “Dr. Ropella is a renowned scholar, researcher and administrator who will bring to her new role […]