Day group publishes invited perspective

Emily Day's research group has published an invited perspective in ACS Nano that overviews nanoparticle-mediated photothermal therapy (PTT) and discusses recent insights into the mechanisms of cell death induced by this technique. PTT utilizes nanoparticles embedded...

BME undergrad wins triple jump title

BME undergrad Amira Idris (on right) placed first in triple jump at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships (ECAC), becoming the first Blue Hen woman to capture an ECAC indoor title in a field event as she broke her own school record with a leap of...

BME undergrads to present at CGI U

BME undergrads are among the 15 students selected to present their innovative engineering designs at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U).  Read more.

UD BME shows strong presence at BMES meeting

At the annual BMES conference in San Antonio, Texas in October 2014, UD’s BME program showed a strong presence. Our BME-affiliated faculty served as session chairs for 4 sessions. Moreover, 13 faculty and 3 graduate students presented 9 talks and 5 posters during the...

Effect of zero gravity on microscopic worm genes

Chandran Sabanayagam is studying the effect of zero gravity on the genes of the common ground worm, C. Elegans, work that could produce new insights into the effect of long periods in space on humans.  Read more. And can also read in VOA news.

BME undergrads present at Spin In Showcase

At DBI's Spin in Showcase, BME undergrad Gabriel Szczepanek (on right) presented with his team their innovation mTrigger. This device plugs into an iPhone's headphone port and then attaches to sensor pads on a patient’s skin. As the patient goes through various...

Summer research opportunity

The Delaware Rehabilitation Institute (DRI) at the University of Delaware is seeking four highly qualified undergraduate students for 10-week paid internships in summer 2015 in the areas of biomechanics and movement sciences.  Read more

BME grad students receive IGERT fellowships

BME grad students Omar Banda and Andrea Lee have been selected as 2015 IGERT fellows. Banda is doing his PhD in John Slater's lab studying biofunctional materials and cellular engineering. Lee is doing her PhD in Dawn Elliott's lab investigating the mechanics of...

Mining for biomedical information

Hagit Shatkay and Chandra Kambhamettu in computer and information sciences have received a grant from the National Library of Medicine to apply to biomedical research the principle of “computational glancing."   Read more

Google glass explorer

Jingyi Yu, in collaboration with Steven Stanhope, explores the use of computer vision to enable better health care.  Read more