May 24, 2020 commencement
14 ScB, 23 ScM, and 8 PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering were awarded at Virtual Degree Conferrals on May 24, 2020.
May 22, 2020 Thesis Defenses
Congratulations Dr. Manning, Dr. Wilks, and Dr. Vera-Gonzalez!
May 22, 2020 Brown Graduate School
The Excellence in Teaching Award acknowledges graduate students whose passion for teaching is recognized by their peers. Christina Bailey-Hytholt was awarded for her extraordinary devotion to teaching.
May 21, 2020 Division of Campus Life
The Contribution to Community Life Award is given by the Division of Campus Life on behalf of the Corporation Committee on Campus Life and recognizes a select group of graduating doctoral and master’s students who have contributed in a very significant way to the sense of community at Brown.
May 20, 2020 interview
"One of the things that I think has been most valuable about my experience at Brown has been my ability to get my toe in research as early as I did. I've learned that I really love research, and I'm actually going into a research position next year so that's just been very valuable to me."
May 20, 2020 Thesis Defenses
Five undergraduate completed their theses in April. Congratulations Michelle, Eric, Leah, Isobel, and Shailen!
May 20, 2020 Thesis Defenses
Eighteen students presented their master’s thesis work in Biomedical Engineering this semester. Congratulations Quentin, Adrian, Sophie, Aaron, Paula, Josh, Lexie, Ramisa, Edgar, Kareem, Kenzie, Julian, Swathi, Tanaya, Ashton, Sheila, Alex, and Madison!
May 19, 2020 School of Engineering
BME senior Abbie Kohler ’20 and EE senior Greg Boudreau-Fine ’20 were named winners of the MedTech track last week at the 2020 Rhode Island Business Competition. Winners were announced Wednesday, May 13 at a virtual awards ceremony. Kohler and Boudreau-Fine’s venture, ResusciTech, is a novel CPR feedback device that will give people the ability to perform CPR accurately in order to increase survival rates of victims of cardiac arrest.
May 7, 2020 School of Engineering
Peter Damian Richardson, longtime Brown University faculty member, passed away April 21 at age 84. Richardson taught at Brown for 57 years until his retirement in 2015, ultimately becoming Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Physiology. Biomedical engineering at Brown started with Peter’s collaboration with Pierre Galletti, working on artificial organs, building devices, and creating models. Peter was a founding fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and an inaugural fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).
May 4, 2020 Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
Joshua Daniel '18 ScM'20 will take part in Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab), an intensive 8-week accelerator program designed to support student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures. Josh's venture, InStance, is developing sensors to optimize weight-bearing rehabilitative therapy and long-term assessment of therapy efficacy for patients afflicted with neuromuscular diseases.