A new study shows that mathematical topology can reveal how human cells organize into complex spatial patterns, helping to categorize them by the formation of branched and clustered structures.
These awards recognize students, staff, and faculty as well as an administrative and an academic department that used the DIAP as a vehicle to actively create positive change within the university community.
The Contribution to Community Life Award 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. During his time at Brown, Bardiya was involved in several roles across the university including the International Students' Advisory Board, the Iranian Graduate Students Association, the Iranian Students Association, the Graduate Student Council, and the Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology graduate advisory board.
Kareen Coulombe, Assistant Professor of Engineering and Assistant Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The Faculty Early Career Development Program is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award “in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.”
Prof. Joseph Crisco III, director of the Bioengineering Laboratory at Brown and Rhode Island Hospital, collaborated with other researchers for nearly 30 years to create a total wrist replacement design — with which the first surgery was performed on April 15.
“To be successful in the biomedical engineering field, these days, it's important to have a background in a variety of subjects. Brown is strong in a lot of the fields where I was really hoping to become skilled — from applied math to engineering to computer science.” -Thomas Usherwood '22
“Because we went to Brown, we have the ability to help others — to take their hands and lift them up. Many people have lost their jobs or their health care during this pandemic. We are lucky: In the middle of all this madness, we finished our doctoral and master’s programs. We need to use our luck and our degrees to help others.” -Bardiya Akhbari
As a biomedical engineering concentrator, Kubai works with technologies that can improve people’s health. As an entrepreneur, he’s started ventures aimed at helping students of color from low-income families. He’s held leadership roles in organizations that support people from underrepresented groups in STEM, and unite people in a common faith.
In an important step toward a fully implantable intracortical brain-computer interface system, BrainGate researchers demonstrated the first human use of a wireless transmitter capable of delivering high-bandwidth neural signals.
Nine undergraduates completed their theses in April and will graduate with honors this spring. Congratulations Shoham, Evan, Gaia, Carli, Braxton, Lisa, Paul, Joey, and Harry!