Back in November UNC faculty, Carolina startup experts and media partner WRAL Digital Solutions gathered for a thought leadership discussion titled “Innovation Road Trip.” The event’s name was coined by Capitol B Creative Studio based on a new web series … Read more
BME Affiliated Faculty and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State Amay Bandodkar has been named one of America’s 50 Greatest Disruptors. Newsweek magazine recognized Bandodkar for his work on wearable battery-free sensors and skin-friendly wearable batteries. … Read more
BME PhD student Victoria Yarmey has received the prestigious GAANN Fellowship for January-December 2022, renewable for a period of up to one additional year. The NC State GAANN Molecular Biotechnology Fellowship Committee selected Victoria based upon her fine academic record, … Read more
The BME Undergraduate Research Committee recently acknowledged the outstanding achievements of the following undergraduate researchers with a cash award: Seniors Jennifer Potts (Cole), Jake Schulman (Zaharoff), and Emily Warren (Polacheck), as well as Junior Katherine Eltz (Papadopoulou/Dayton). BME Professor Brian … Read more
Last week BME PhD student Keerthi Anand won second place in the “Best All Around” category at UNC’s first BeAM Makerfest. A fourth year PhD student in the Gallippi Ultrasound Lab, Keerthi’s research interests include development of fast ultrasound imaging technology for … Read more
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) recently announced a new series of grants to support access to imaging technology and to increase regional representation of imaging scientists in the global community. Of the funding, $1 million will support 41 plugin projects … Read more
BME Kenan Distinguished Professor and Interim Chair Paul Dayton is among the newly elevated 2022 IEEE Fellows for his contributions to contrast agents and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in medical diagnostics and therapeutics. IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is … Read more
Last Friday’s UNC Chancellor’s leadership message “From big ideas to bold solutions” encouraged students not just to learn but to create and to view the world with an entrepreneurial mindset: “to get involved in the research and discovery mission of … Read more
Wolf Den is a Shark Tank-inspired pitch competition where student teams have the opportunity to pitch their ventures in front of a live audience and judges. This year, the competition was tough with 17 student teams applying for the competition … Read more
BME NC State-based faculty Ashley Brown and Donald Freytes are now Tenure Associate Professors, and Naji Husseini has been promoted to Teaching Associate Professor. At BME UNC-Chapel Hill, Xiaogang Hu is Associate Professor with tenure, while Kenneth Donnelly and Devin … Read more
