This recently established seminar series honors the J. Crayton Pruitt Family, and especially J. Crayton Pruitt, Sr., for their exceptional support for the Department. As Dr. Pruitt was particularly interested in nurturing young scholars we have established this lecture series… Read More

After dropping the season opener, the BME soccer team reorganized and recovered. Building on their second half improvements from the first game, the Ballers notched their first win of the season to bring their record to 1-1-0. With a strong… Read More

Defensive struggles in the first half doomed the BME Ballers to drop a 3-5 decision to Bicuspid Futbol in the intramural regular season opener on Tuesday night, January 24. Last season the BME soccer team was forced to linger on… Read More

Dr. Huabei Jiang, a J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, has been awarded a one-year $155,250 Bankhead-Coley Bridge Grant entitled “Combined Photoacoustic and Diffuse Optical Tomography.” Dr. Stephen Grobmyer, MD, Associate Professor and Edward M. Copeland III Chair in Breast Cancer… Read More

Dr. Kyle Allen successfully transitioned his K99/R00 career award from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to its independent research phase. The 3-year $747,000 award will support Dr. Allen’s new laboratory in their investigations of links… Read More

This series of lectures is newly established in honor of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family for their exceptional support for the Department.  We are especially indebted to J. Crayton Pruitt, Sr., (1931-2011) not only for financial support, but also for… Read More

    It is with great sadness in our hearts that we note the passing of Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt, Sr.   Dr. Pruitt was a visionary leader for the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering.   He… Read More

Janie Fouke was named Dean of Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.  Dr. Fouke was formerly the provost at the University of Florida and a faculty member in the BME department.  We congratulate Dr. Fouke with her new… Read More

BME Professor Huabei Jiang was named UF Research Foundation Professor for 2011.  Funded from royalty income from UF technologies, this prestigious professorship was awarded to 33 professors.  The three-year award includes an annual salary supplement and a one-time grant.  Please… Read More

Congratulations to Bill Ditto, the founding chair of our department, for being named the new dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Hawai Mānoa.  Dr. Ditto previously was one of the founding faculty at the BME department… Read More