The Department of Defense (DoD) announces an award of nearly 300 million in a new public-private Manufacturing USA Institute to Advance Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) from leading manufacturers, universities, non-profit organizations and the federal government to develop scalable manufacturing processes… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Cherie Stabler, UF BME associate professor and associate chair for graduate studies, and her Ph.D. and M.S. students Kaiyuan Jiang , Jessica Weaver, Jiapu Liang, Xiongjian Chen, and Yanjunyi Li, on their recent paper, ‘Local Release of… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Cherie Stabler, UF BME associate professor and associate chair for graduate studies, Kerim M. Gattás-Asfura, UF BME research assistant scientist, and Jaime Giraldo, a Ph.D. student from Dr. Stabler’s laboratory, on their recent paper, ‘Synergistic Effect of… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin G. Keselowsky, associate professor & UFRF Professorship in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, who co-authored the lead article, “Special Issue on Biomaterials for Immunoengineering,” and served as the Guest Editor for a… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin J. Otto, UF BME associate professor, on his NIH award in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and Harvard Medical School, titled Micro-coil implants for cortical activation. Otto is the Principal Investigator… Read More
Dr. Jon Dobson, UF BME professor, has been selected for the International Journal of Nanomedicine Distinguished Scientist Award. The Distinguished Scientist Award recognizes an established scientist who has made significant contribution to the field of nanomedicine. Dobson will receive this… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Wachs, a former postdoctoral associate with Pruitt Family Professor and Department Chair, Dr. Christine E. Schmidt, who has joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an assistant professor in biological systems engineering. Wachs earned her Ph.D. in… Read More
Dr. Stephen Arce, UF BME lecturer and ABET coordinator, in collaboration with the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute and Flagler College worked to help realize their vision for an interactive storybook mobile app, Proton U, that introduces children to proton… Read More
Congratulations to future UF BME professor, Dr. Daniel Ferris who was named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Ferris will join the department as the Robert W. Adenbaum Professorship, effective summer 2017. Ferris was… Read More
Congratulations to BME Ph.D. students, Emily H. Lakes and Andrea M. Matuska, whose paper “Mechanical Integrity of a Decellularized and Laser Drilled Medial Meniscus” was selected as Editors’ Choice Selection for 2016 from the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (JBME). In… Read More