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Two research articles published recently in Nanotechnology [20, 23,5201, (2009)], and Applied Physics Letters [96, 131109, (2010)], featured Professor John X.J. Zhang and his associates in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Society for Biomaterials has selected Charlie Drinnan and Lonnissa Nguyen to receive the organization’s Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR).

Dr. Thomas Milner, the Marion E. Forsman Centennial Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Dr. Marc D. Feldman Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and an Adjunct Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Texas at Austin were recently awarded the 2010 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award from The University of Texas System (UT System).

Professor Nicholas Peppas, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering, and professor of biomedical engineering, chemical engineering and pharmacy, was the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA).

Four Biomedical Engineering graduate students were presented with awards at the annual Graduate and Industry Networking (GAIN) event held on February 23 at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.

The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) has recognized Varun Pattani with a Best Student/Resident Paper Award in the Basic Science/Optical Diagnostics section for the 30th ASLMS Annual Conference.

The Biomedical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin received $3.3 million in grants from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

Emily Chen, an undergraduate in the Biomedical Engineering Department and Plan II Honors Program, was recently presented with a 2010 Cockrell School of Engineering Student Leadership Award.

The December 2009 issue of the Elsevier publication Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews features the latest review of graduate student Mary Caldorera-Moore and Professor Nicholas Peppas on “Micro- and nanotechnologies for intelligent and responsive biomaterial-based medical systems.”

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering is among a consortium of leading research entities from across the United States selected to receive up to $11.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish a center to conduct innovative cancer research.