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Biomedical Engineering

95%

Of Ph.D. students are fully funded

2,000+

Texas Biomedical Engineering alumni around the world

81%

Of undergraduate students participate in research

Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 Seminars

August, 30 2018

Directed Evolution of New Viruses for Therapeutic Gene Delivery
David Schaffer, PhD
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley

September 13, 2018

Med Tech Talk: Bone Implants for Outer Space and to Enhance Bone Healing
Casey Fox, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Metric Medical Devices, Inc.

September 20, 2018

Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine
Andrés J. García, Ph.D., F.B.S.E.
Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Chair and Regents’ Professor
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology

September 27, 2018

Molecular Imaging and Cellular Reprogramming in Immuno-engineering
Peter Yingxiao Wang, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering
Department of Bioengineering
Institute of Engineering in Medicine
University of California, San Diego

October 9, 2018

Falling out of Love with Science
Milan P. Yager
Executive Director
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

November 1, 2018

Assessing Diagnostic Performance of Medical Imaging Technology
Howard Gifford, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Houston

November 29, 2018

How Blood Flows Throughout Cortex
David Kleinfeld, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics, Section of Neurobiology
University of California, San Diego

December 6, 2018

Translating Molecular Bioengineering from the Lab to the Patient
Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

April 18, 2019

R.B. Trull Endowed Lectureship - Engineering the Artificial Pancreas
Francis (Frank) J. Doyle, III, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University

May 2, 2019

Exocrine Gland Engineering
Daniel Harrington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
School of Dentistry
UT Health Science Center at Houston

Upcoming Events

Thursday, May 01

Community Conversations

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Tuesday, May 13

Targeting stromal cells for immuno-engineering

10:00AM - 11:00AM

News

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Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Among Top 20 in U.S. Yet Again

The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Biomedical Engineering graduate program ranked No. 19 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 graduate engineering program rankings, released on Tuesday.

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Pharmacoengineering Program Enables Advanced Drug Development and Delivery

Graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin have a new opportunity to revolutionize how medicines are developed and delivered. The graduate portfolio program in pharmacoengineering is an interdisciplinary effort that bridges expertise in pharmaceutics, chemistry, engineering, biochemistry, biologics and drug metabolism.

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5 Questions With Jeongwook "Luke" Yun: An Austin Inno Under 25 Recipient

Jeongwook “Luke” Yun, a senior in The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Biomedical Engineering, is being recognized for his passion, dedication and transformative work involving the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and health care.

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