News and Events
News and Events
News and Events
Joe Salamone, Ph.D., an adjunct professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a member of the department's External Advisory Committee, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Three biomedical engineering undergraduate students were honored at the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program's Excellence Awards Banquet on April 24, 2014 for their participation in the Texas Research Experience (TREX) Program.
Professor Jeanne Stachowiak has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Zaman Receives AAPM Best in Physics Award
Raiyan Zaman, who received her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2011, received the "Best in Physics" award from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
The University of Texas at Austin granted 75 bachelor’s, six master’s, and 11 doctoral degrees in biomedical engineering at the 2014 spring commencement ceremony.
BME Students Receive Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarships
Nine biomedical engineering undergraduate students have received scholarships through the Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship (UEPS) program.
The Welch Foundation has awarded Professor Aaron Baker with a three-year, $180,000 grant for novel drug delivery research.
Maria Jimenez, a fourth-year graduate student working in Professor Sokolov's Biomedical Optics and Nano-Diagnostics Laboratory, received a Student Leadership Award for her work co-founding the group Women in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (WBME) and serving as a co-chair of the Society of Women Engineers Graduate Committee.
Stephanie Steichen, a third year graduate student working in Professor Nicolas Peppas’ Laboratory of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, and Bionanotechnology, recently received the 2014 Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Award.
Ashvin Bashyam, a biomedical engineering senior in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was selected to receive the prestigious Hertz Foundation Fellowship, a five-year award valued at $250,000.
