Category: BME News

The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting world of academic research. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. The University Scholars Program serves as an exceptional capstone to the academic careers of UF students. The program will consist of undertaking a […]

Deanna Bousalis, Ph.D. candidate in the Schmidt Lab, received a 4-year $300K National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for her project titled, Creating Hydrogel Tissue Mimics to Better Understand Congenital Heart Disease. The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. Bousalis’ mentor on […]

For Immediate Release Carol Hall hall@ncsu.edu919.604.4383 Anant Paravastu anant.paravastu@chbe.gatech.edu404.385.4604 Greg Hudalla ghudalla@bme.ufl.edu352.273.9326 Matt Shipman matt_shipman@ncsu.edu919.515.6386 A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ordered row of alternating peptides, and has also determined what makes these peptides automatically assemble into this pattern. The fundamental discovery raises the […]

Stephanie Cernera, Ph.D. candidate in the Brain Mapping Lab, received a 4-year $300K National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for her project titled, Wearable-Sensor Driven Responsive Deep Brain Stimulation for the Improved Treatment of Essential Tremor. The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational […]

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 […]