Month: June 2024

Dr. Lakiesha Williams, professor and associate chair for graduate studies, has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Bioengineering of Neuroscience, Vision Technologies Study Section (BNVT). This appointment recognizes Dr. Williams’ expertise and contributions to bioengineering and neuroscience. The BNVT study section reviews applications focused on developing and utilizing bioengineering, materials engineering, […]

For a second year in a row, the UT Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering received multiple seed grants from the Cockrell School of Engineering. The program, which is an initiative under the NSF-funded Center for Equity in Engineering, supports projects that aim to promote broadening participation in engineering. One of the projects was a part […]

Congratulations to Bryce Shirk, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, who has been awarded the prestigious USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Predoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship will support Bryce’s research on silk production, conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Whitney Stoppel in […]