The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce that 10 BME undergraduate students each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. • Margaret Pires-Fernandes, C. Addison Pound, Jr. and Annie Cannon… Read More
Dr. Parisa Rashidi, UF BME assistant professor, and collaborators were recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for their work entitled, “PRECEDE: PREsurgical Cognitive Evaluation via Digital clockfacE drawing.” Pre-operative cognitive abilities and increasing… Read More
Congratulations to the following BME students who were awarded a Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Graduate School Preeminence Award (GSPA). • Robert Accolla• Matthew Becker• Kiara Chan• Lauren Savanna Dewberry• David Walker Hagen• Rachel Hybart• Jahnelle Jordan• Mary Kasper• Shreedevi… Read More
Congratulations to five BME Ph.D. students who were recently awarded the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Research Institute Fellowships for 2017-2018! Each institute offers five fellowships in the amount of $4,000 to new Ph.D. students. This is a one-time paid… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering recently hosted Engineering for Biology: Multidisciplinary Research Experiences for Teachers in Elementary Grades (MRET). Dr. Chelsey Simmons, BME affiliate and assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering proudly congratulates the following M.S. and Ph.D. graduates who obtained their degrees in summer 2017. Congratulations to:Anthony Frei, Ph.D.Dissertation title: The Local Release of Immunomodulatory Agents in the Context of Islet… Read More
Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student Adam Grippin who was recently awarded a $10,000 Circle of Hope for Cancer Research Inc. grant for his research in the area of brain tumor immunotherapy. Circle of Hope for Cancer Research Inc. is a… Read More
Heard on All Things Considered, NPR The European slug is average in every way: slimy, brownish, shorter than a credit card. But Arion subfuscus has a minor superpower: When it’s scared, it can glue itself to wet surfaces very… Read More
For Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, forging new paths in the landscape of patient care is at the forefront of her research. Her research strategy involves studying neural correlates of… Read More
Dr. Daniel Ferris, Robert W. Adenbaum Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Engineering, has been invited to serve as editor-in-chief of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE).… Read More