News and Events
News and Events
News and Events
Dr. Mary Caldorera-Moore, a postdoctoral fellow working in Professor Nicholas Peppas’ lab, won the Best Paper Award in a competition of the Princeton Physical Sciences–Oncology Centers program held in Houston, Texas, on November 3 and 4, 2011.
Professor George Georgiou has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Georgiou is the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #9 and a professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, and molecular genetics and microbiology at The University of Texas at Austin.
Katheryne Wilson recently received the Young Investigator Award at the 2011 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC), held in San Diego, California, September 7–10.
Dr. Jeanne Stachowiak, formerly a senior researcher with Sandia Laboratories, has joined The University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Stachowiak is a leading biomedical researcher whose work has already received recognition.
Ali Khademhosseini, and 2011 Donald D. Harrington Fellow and visiting scholar in the Department of Biomedical Engineering is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in early stages of their careers.
Raiyan Zaman, Ph.D. ’11, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has been selected to participate in the school’s Multidisciplinary Training Program in Cardiovascular Imaging (CVIS).
Aaron Baker, an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, has been selected as one of 49 scientists and engineers around the country to receive a National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award.
Rochal Industries, a privately owned research company in San Antonio, Texas, has received funding through an Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to conduct further research on a wound dressing technology developed in Professor Laura Suggs’ lab.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has recognized Prinda Wanakule, a doctoral student in Professor Krish Roy’s lab, as an Outstanding Collegiate Member, which is the highest honor for students. She will receive an award during SWE’s 2011 annual conference in Chicago, Illinois and will have a biography printed in SWE Magazine.
Five faculty members within the Department of Biomedical Engineering have been promoted to associate professors with tenure. Andrew Dunn, Pengyu Ren, Laura Suggs, James Tunnell, and John Zhang have been recognized for their outstanding support of the university’s culture of innovation through their contributions to teaching and research.
