Fall 2024 News from Biomedical Engineering
This has been an exceptionally productive year for our department. A remarkable increase in the volume and quality of research at UD has propelled the College of Engineering to 38th in the U.S. News & World Report rankings! Our department has contributed...
New Alzheimer’s insights
UD researchers awarded $3.9M to explore links between aging arteries, brain and cognitive decline.
Engineering faculty honored with Medals of Distinction
Kristi Kiick and Levi Thompson were recognized during the Spring 2024 Board of Trustees meeting.
Revolutionizing prosthetics
UD research aims to improve the lives of those with limb loss.
Renaissance woman
Lauren Mottel, a first-year biomedical engineering doctoral student and UD engineering alumna, is the recipient of the 2024 Laird Fellowship.
A new molecular understanding of protein phase separation
UD researcher Kristi Kiick is part of a new study that provides insights into how disordered proteins form membrane-free liquid droplets, with implications for cell biology research, developing new disease treatments, and designing novel biomaterials.
Bio-inspired innovations
April Kloxin has been inducted to the 2024 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Kiick and Price labs awarded R01 from the National Institutes of Health
Thanks to a five-year, $3 million research grant, a team of UD engineers will develop approaches to improve delivery of therapeutics to treat post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
Orthopedics in action
UD Engineering’s Jenni Buckley develops orthopedics curriculum for high school students.
Key to preventing osteoarthritis
UD Professor Justin Parreno’s research identifies protein that protects healthy joints