Frizzling cancer – UD researchers demonstrate potential of tiny new tool in fighting breast cancer
Antibodies have emerged as invaluable tools for the study and treatment of cancer because they can manipulate, with high specificity, the signaling pathways that drive cancer progression. “However, although they’re effective, antibodies are extremely expensive and...
BME Students Winning Awards and Making the News
Biomedical Engineering graduate student Aditya Jagarapu won one of four University Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Awards administered by the Faculty Senate. Read more... Erica Comber, Senior BME undergraduate won the Brad and Jennifer Bono Award for...
BME undergraduates and alumni take home top prizes in entrepreneurship competition
Winners of the Hen Hatch competition were announced during its final round on Tuesday at the World Café Live at the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware. Hen Hatch, which is hosted by the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship, is the University of Delaware’s premier start up...
BME Undergraduates and Alumni awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Twelve UD students, alumni win prestigious research support A dozen University of Delaware students (undergraduate and graduate) and alumni have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships as the prestigious competition marks its 65th year. Fourteen...
Biomedical Engineering earns University of Delaware Research Foundation awards
Four receive University of Delaware Research Foundation funding The University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) has funded four UD projects that will shed light on pressing topics in health and the environment, from exploring ocean organisms for new drugs to...
Rehab to GO Team – Undergraduates helping amputees
Undergraduates helping amputees in First Step Grand Challenges innovation competition Over the past two years, University of Delaware senior Cory Cacciola studied prosthetics. He wanted to take what he learned in the classroom and help combat the issues of walking...
Gleghorn named BMES Rising Star
Jason Gleghorn, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been honored with a Rising Star Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). One of just ten researchers in the nation to receive the honor, Gleghorn was recognized for his work on lung...
Pitch competition winners
Two UD student startup teams compete in College Pitch Philly University of Delaware teams placed first and fourth in the College Pitch Philly competition at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s (USASBE) annual conference on Saturday,...
Engineering Solutions
Senior design students team up to solve a broad range of problems A semester’s worth of work by 161 senior engineering students culminated in a six-hour celebration at the University of Delaware on Wednesday, Dec. 14. This year’s UD capstone engineering design program...
Engineering the Rotator Cuff
UD’s Killian to participate in movement and rehabilitation sciences career development program Megan Killian, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected as a scholar for the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation...