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Ethan Kwan, a biomedical engineering senior, has received the $1,000 Kuhn Family IE Award for Fall 2016.
Nicholas Peppas, professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, pharmacy and surgery at The University of Texas at Austin and a world-renowned expert in biomaterials and drug delivery systems, has been awarded the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) prestigious Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award for 2016.
Two startups with connections to the Department of Biomedical Engineering have graduated from The University of Texas at Austin’s startup incubator, Austin Technology Incubator (ATI).
Professor Hyun Jung Kim will use a gut-on-a-chip system to determine if fecal microbiota transplantation is an effective treatment for Crohn's disease.
Salma Ayoub, a graduate student working with Professor Michael Sacks, has been awarded a 2016 BMES Innovation & Career Development Award.
The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) recognizes Professor Nicholas Peppas with the Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award. According to BMES, the award “recognizes outstanding achievements and leadership in the science and practice of biomedical engineering.”
Thomas Yankeelov thinks cancer research could benefit from a new approach: treating the disease like a math problem.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering has received a $51,580 academic development grant from the Cockrell School of Engineering to optimize design lab education for undergraduate students.
Professor Michael Sacks has received a $2.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop the first detailed computer simulations of how to improve bioprosthetic heart valves’ durability.
Professor Nicholas Peppas has been appointed to a three-year term on the National Materials and Manufacturing Board, part of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.