Jamie Grooms, CEO of the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research, provides a $1000 donation for “AxoGen Student Travel Fellowships”. Mr. Grooms has 17 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and has been involved with several startup… Read More
Professor Rinaldi receives the International Journal of Nanomedicine Early Career Award
Please help me congratulate Professor Carlos Rinaldi, who was selected to receive the International Journal of Nanomedicine Early Career Award. This annual award is presented to a scientist in the early stage of his/her career (less than 10 years after… Read More
College of Engineering Scholarship Recipients
Please help us congratulate the following BME students selected to receive a 2013-14 College of Engineering Scholarship! Amanda K. Eifert – Wayne Chen ScholarshipAndrew Li – John W. & Mittie Collins ScholarshipCeleste A. Rousseau – John W. & Mittie Collins… Read More
Edmond Olguin offered three significant fellowships
Please join us in congratulating BME student, Edmond Olguin, who’s been offered the following significant fellowships. Edmond is completing his BS degree in Nuclear Engineering and will be pursuing his PhD in the Medical Physics concentration in Biomedical Engineering beginning… Read More
Biomedical Imaging: It Gets Better with Time
Originally published March 4, 2013 by Jen Ambrose Some things get better with time. Take photoacoustic tomography (PAT), for example. In its 3-D edition, this imaging technology could paint a portrait of a brain. Add a fourth dimension – or,… Read More
Dr. Christine Schmidt named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/), the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science. “AAAS fellows are elected by their peers, and fewer than 1 percent of the association’s members are elected each year. Fellows are selected for their efforts… Read More
Dr. Kyle Allen selected to “Frontiers in Bioengineering” Workshop at Georgia Tech
Congratulations to BME Assistant Professor Kyle Allen, who was one of only 20 young investigators selected from around the world through a competitive process to present at and participate in the “Frontiers in Bioengineering” Workshop hosted by Georgia Tech, February 25-26,… Read More
Dr. Jack Judy named Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology (NIMET)
Professor Jack W. Judy has been named the next Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology (NIMET). BME will have critical interactions with NIMET, particularly in the area of nanomedicine, including nanoparticle development for disease diagnostics and… Read More
Matt Maynard and Aditya Asokan earn Pruitt Research Day awards
The BME department would like to thank Matthew Maynard, Aditya Asokan and all of the student speakers and poster presenters along with our keynote speaker Dr. David Greenspan for making our inaugural Pruitt Research Day a huge success. After the… Read More
Wheeler steps down as TBME Editor in Chief
Bruce Wheeler, the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME), completes his second term on December 31, 2012. His successor is Dr. Bin He of the University of Minnesota. Dr. Wheeler succeeded Dr. Jose Principe, of… Read More