Brown Assistant Professor of Engineering Anita Shukla has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award of $550,000 over five years. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) 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.”
Brown BME faculty and students presented at least 15 posters and 4 talks at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting from February 8-11 in Phoenix, AZ. Leah Peipert found impact and inspiration at the conference.
"I transferred along with Professor Toussaint... I think that Brown is even better than expected. I was surprised at how small the classes are. This was a new experience compared to Illinois. I think that everyone has been very supportive, and that made my adjustment process to be very easy. I like to see the old buildings and living close to campus."
ThroughActivate, Rhode Island based startups (or startups planning to locate to RI) can apply to be awarded professional services valued between $20,000-$37,000 to fill gaps in their business plan in preparation for successful fundraising. ResusciTech aims to give everyone the confidence and capability to perform CPR anywhere and take action during emergencies through a CPR feedback app.
A new technique for mapping the forces that clusters of cells exert on their surroundings could be useful for studying everything from tissue development to cancer metastasis.
BME Assistant Professor Vikas Srivastava recently earned a Brown Seed Award for his project, Bio-inspired Novel Hydrogel Architecture for Energy Harvesting.
BME Assistant Professor Jonghwan Lee recently earned a Brown Seed Award for his project, Computational Modeling of Blood Flow to Understand Microvascular Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease.
"I’ve enjoyed how focused my graduate year has been on pursuits and activities that will prepare me for an engineering and design career. The opportunity to complete independent thesis work is the primary reason I chose to pursue a master’s degree."
"The open curriculum ensures that students are well rounded, and, in industry, having the freedom, license, and knowledge to choose helped me to work in cohesion with multi-disciplinary teams."