Month: January 2020

Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student, Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez, who was selected to participate in the 2020 St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium (NGSS). Rivera-Rodríguez is one of 38 students selected from over 1,500 by a faculty review committee for the 2020 symposium. Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez will present her research titled, Tracking Adoptive T Cell Cancer Immunotherapy Using […]

Congratulations to BME undergraduate student, Koen Flores, who was selected to attend the McDonald’s Conference for Leaders of Character that will be held March 18-22, 2020, at the West Point Military Academy. Flores is a third-year undergraduate researcher for Dr. Jennifer Nichols’ Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab specializing in computational biomechanics. His previous research focused on utilizing […]

Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student, Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez, who has been selected to participate in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s MSKVIEW Diversity Day on January 27, 2020. Selected participants in this one-day event will be provided with an all-expenses-paid visit to MSK. During the visit, participants will: learn about the cutting-edge science being conducted at […]

Tran Ngo, BME undergraduate student, is this year’s recipient of the C. William Hall Scholarship that is presented by the Society of Biomaterials (SFB). SFB is a multidisciplinary society of academic, healthcare, governmental, and business professionals dedicated to promoting advancements in all aspects of biomaterial science, education, and professional standards to enhance human health and […]

Congratulations to BME doctoral candidates in the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory, Rachel Hybart, Mhairi MacLean and Sebastian Barrutia, who were selected to attend the winter school on Wearable Robots from January 20 to 24, 2020 at Obertauern, Austria.       Hybart’s research is focused on understanding adaptation to myoelectric-controlled exoskeletons and prostheses. She is interested in […]

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce the awardees of the Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Fellowships to recognize talented junior faculty! Congratulations to: Dr. Edward Phelps, assistant professor Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor Dr. Blanka Sharma, assistant professor The Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Fellowships was established through the generosity […]

Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2019 Art of Research Photo Contest. Thank you to all who submitted their images! This annual event celebrates the art of research through the eyes of BME faculty, staff and students. Judging was based on scientific […]