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Biomedical Engineering

95%

Of Ph.D. Students are Fully Funded

$77k+

Average Starting Salary for BME Undergraduates

65%

Of Undergraduate Students Participate in Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Immunoengineering, Biomaterials, Nanomedicine, Drug Discovery & Delivery, Cell & Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials

RESEARCH FOCUS

Research in the Yin lab focuses on employing a biomaterials-centric approach to elucidate the key mechanism for potentiating or diversifying the immune responses, and in parallel, to precisely modulate the immune system and create new immunotherapies against cancer and infectious diseases. The lab will leverage cutting-edge technologies in synthetic chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, systems immunology, and organoid models to advance developments in cancer immunotherapy and anti-viral vaccines. Our ultimate goal is to translate these new technologies and therapies for clinical applications.

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RELATED WEBSITES:

Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering

News

Texas BME professor Nicholas Peppas

Texas Engineer Awarded Northwestern’s Kabiller Prize

Drug delivery luminary and Texas Engineer Nicholas Peppas has won the Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine from Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

Texas BME graduate Gabriela Nomura receiving Outstanding Scholar Leader award on stage

Gabriela Nomura Is Outstanding

The best undergraduate researcher they’d ever seen, a natural leader, someone who cares deeply about others. These are just a few superlatives that professors used to describe Gabriela Nomura. This year’s Outstanding Scholar-Leader just finished her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, and she plans to become a combination physician and engineer.

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

A group of biomedical engineering graduate students work in a lab.

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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