Higginson receives NIH educational grant
Jill Higginson and her team have received a 5-year educational grant from NIH to incorporate practical clinical design experience into UD's Biomedical Engineering curriculum. The plan is to expand the BME interdisciplinary senior design program to include clinically...
Kloxin has museum kiosk and radio show
April Kloxin thinks science rocks, so her research group is reaching out to the public through an interactive kiosk called Mimicking Nature at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, as well as through a radio show called Science Rocks! on the University’s student-run...
Gleghorn wins ORAU award
Jason Gleghorn has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a network of 115 research-oriented schools around the nation, to study lung development. Read more.
Elliott awarded
Dawn Elliott was awarded the Van C. Mow Medal by ASME for significantly advancing the field of biomedical engineering through her contributions in musculoskeletal tissue structure-function research, her student mentorship with a focus on mentoring women, and her...
BME grad students awarded at CBER Biomechanics Symposium
At UD's 12th annual Biomechanics Research Symposium hosted by CBER on May 8, BME grad students won both awards for podium presentations of their research. Ashutosh Parajuli won first place for presenting “A Cross-Sectional Age-Wise Assessment of Morphology and Bone...
Three UD student projects receive CGI U seed funding
BME undergrad Arvind Annamalai is part of the Malawi Water Project, one of 3 student projects chosen to receive seed funding from the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) this past March. The other 2 projects chosen from UD were the Little Bob Initiative and...
Higginson receives COE Teaching Award.
Jill Higginson has received the 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Engineering. She was nominated for this honor by students and recent graduates for demonstrating true excellence in teaching.
Design team with BME undergrads awarded first place
2014 Interdisciplinary Senior Design Team SimUCath was awarded FIRST prize at the University of Minnesota Medical Devices Conference, beating out an impressive field of teams across the country. SimUCath is a novel system that allows healthcare professionals to safely...
BME grad student receives 2015 Laird fellowship
BME grad student Keely Heinz has received the 2015 Laird Merit Fellowship that is given to one first year grad student in the College of Engineering each year to honor the memory of George W. Laird. Keely is currently pursuing her BME PhD in John Slater's lab, ...
BME students present at Summer Scholars event
BME undergrads were among the University Summer Scholars that presented their summer research work. Read more.