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Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering are developing imaging technologies to help doctors diagnose and treat diseases more effectively.

The Cockrell School of Engineering has honored Professor Christine E. Schmidt as a Distinguished Engineering Graduate, the highest honor bestowed on alumni.

Undergraduate student James Salazar is a recipient of a Cockrell School Student Leadership Award.

University of Texas at Austin researchers have demonstrated a new and more effective method for regrowing blood vessels in the heart and limbs—a research advancement that could have major implications for how we treat heart disease, the leading cause of death in the Western world.

Professor Nicholas A. Peppas has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia (Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain).

Three days a week, Dr. Grady Rylander treats patients at the Eye Institute of Austin, a private practice he joined 34 years ago after graduating from The University of Texas at Austin and finishing his residency at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.

The 2011–2012 academic year marks the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s 10th anniversary. Before that, research efforts in biomedical engineering were carried out through a graduate program that became active in the late 1960s.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has recently announced the election of Professor Thomas E. Milner to its College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to the field of laser-based therapy and optical imaging, with particular emphasis on optical coherence tomography and laser surgery.

A University of Texas at Austin engineering professor and a cardiologist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have received a $300,000 award to develop a new imaging technique with the potential to predict, or even prevent, heart attacks.

Professor Michael Sacks and Professor John Zhang have both been appointed to the editorial boards of journals applicable to their fields of expertise.