News and Events
News and Events
News and Events
Alireza Sohrabi, a postdoctoral researcher working with Associate Professor Stephanie Seidlits, has received the 2022 BMES Burroughs Young Investigator Award.
Manuel Rausch, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at UT Austin, has received a prestigious R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $3.9 million. He will use the funding to lead a study of the heart’s tricuspid valve to better understand functional tricuspid valve regurgitation (FTR)—a condition that causes leakage of the valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the heart.
Natasha Nehra, who graduated with her B.S. in biomedical engineering in 2022, was selected as an Optica Women Scholars recipient.
"Focused ultrasound allows for triggered drug release specifically in the tumor, thus minimizing systemic exposure and associated toxic effects," says Prof Tyrone Porter, the principal investigator of a new study to treat neurofibromatosis type 2.
When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body temperature. Bioengineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress and pillow system that uses heating and cooling to tell the body it is time to go to sleep.
Sleep is possible when the body temperature declines at night as part of the 24-hour rhythm. This new mattress stimulates the body to trigger the sleepy feeling, helping people fall asleep faster and improving the quality of sleep.
Ashwin Parthasarathy is fascinated with imaging modalities and how they can be used to collect data and provide physicians with information.
The alum, who earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from UT in 2010, has a startup called SPKL and has developed an award-winning blood flow monitor to provide physicians with more information, which he says, will lead to greater medical innovations.
Professor Andrew Dunn will serve as interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective July 1, 2022. Dunn holds the Edward S. Hyman Endowed Chair in Engineering and is the director of the Center for Emerging Imaging Technologies as well as the department’s graduate advisor.
Aislinn Hurley, a senior biomedical engineering student, has been awarded a 2022 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship from the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) for her potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.
Professor Michael Sacks has received a $3.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an accurate biomechanical model to be used as a reliable and useful tool in patient-specific diagnosis and management of breast cancer.
Several years ago, a promising therapeutic using stem cell factor (SCF) emerged that could potentially treat a variety of ailments, such as ischemia, heart attack, stroke and radiation exposure. However, during clinical trials, numerous patients suffered severe allergic reactions and development of SCF-based therapeutics stopped.
