May 28, 2023
26 ScB, 26 ScM, and 8 PhD degrees in biomedical engineering were awarded at commencements on May 28, 2023.
May 26, 2023 Graduate School
Kiara Lee will graduate with a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering and a master’s degree in Global Public health, which she earned through the Open Graduate Education Program. Her dissertation, Leveraging Biotransport Mechanisms in the Design of Technologies to Improve Access to Blood-Based Diagnostics, was selected for the Joukowsky Prize in the life sciences.
May 25, 2023 News from Brown
A new imaging technique opens a path toward long-term study of blood vessels in aging brains and could help predict neurodegenerative diseases decades before symptoms begin.
May 16, 2023 Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
BME and econ concentrator Moksh Mehta '26 and psychology and physics concentrator Vini Rupchandani '24 are working on Irada, a mobile application that creates a personalized Ikigai - a Japanese concept referring to the union of passion, mission, profession, and vocation - profile and allows users to set ‘Ikigoals’ using behavioral change techniques and social incentives.
May 5, 2023 Thesis Defenses
Congratulations Alex, Akshit, Mallory, Nipun, Daniel, Aditi, Stephen, Emma, Jonah, Adam, and Ruth!
May 2, 2023 School of Engineering
The Excellence in Teaching in Engineering Award is presented to a faculty member in the School of Engineering in recognition of outstanding classroom teaching of undergraduate and/or graduate students. Srivastava, the Howard M. Reisman ’76, P’09 Assistant Professor of Engineering, teaches Analytical Modeling for Biomechanical and Biomedical Systems (ENGN 2911R) in the fall and Biomechanics (ENGN 1210) in the spring.
April 28, 2023 Thesis Defenses
Congratulations Francesca, Madison, Lily, Aditya, Zakhar, Alejandro, Apoorva, Olivia, Sawyer, Yamini, Jillian, Victoria, and Daniel!
April 26, 2023 Thesis Defenses
Congratulations Dr. Lee, Dr. Allawalla, Dr. Lee, and Dr. Deusenbery!
April 24, 2023 School of Engineering
Intelligent Spine Interface (ISI) researchers David Borton, Ph.D, and Jared Fridley, M.D., presented their research to the U.S. Congress at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) 2023 Demo Day. Researchers presented their work in Washington, D.C. on April 18 to the U.S. Senate and on April 19 to the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 24, 2023 Office of the Vice President for Research
The proposed Seed Award project is rooted in the biomechanics of tissue and scaffold engineering and stems from our ongoing work to develop a robust regenerative therapy for the heart after injury caused by a heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI).