International collaboration lays foundation for therapies to improve musculoskeletal function
Dawn Elliott went halfway across the world to find a research collaborator, but it was well worth the trip. Elliott, professor and chair of biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware, uses mathematical models and mechanical testing to better understand the...
Gleghorn’s work published in PNAS
A paper co-authored by BME faculty member Jason Gleghorn appears in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, published July 28, 2015. The paper entitled “Mechanically patterning the embryonic airway epithelium” uses a combination of 3D...
Wang receives NIH grant for research on exercise and bone health
Dr. Liyun Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded an NIH grant to continue research on exercise and bone quality. This five-year $1.9-million grant is a competitive renewal of her previous NIH grant on transport mechanisms in mineralized...
David Martin named a 2015 ACS Fellow
David Martin, Karl W. and Renate Böer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, was named a 2015 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow. The ACS Fellows program recognizes members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and...
Slater publishes high impact paper
John Slater recently published a high impact paper in ACS Nano that details a new high-resolution, image-based, cell-derived patterning strategy to produce arrays of homogeneous cells that display the cellular architecture with the anatomical and functional properties...
BME Students awarded at First Step Challenges Symposium
At the First Step Grand Challenges Program Symposium, held on the UD STAR campus, BME undergraduate students were awarded second and third place in the Health track. The SimUCath design team won second place for their wearable training system for urinary...
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...