BME Assistant Professor Jason Franz, together with Dr. Brian Selgrade and Diane Meyer of UNC, and Dr. Jacob Sosnoff of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have used virtual reality experiments to show how a potentially portable and inexpensive test … Read more

BME is proud to announce the 2020 Lucas Scholars. All of the nominees were outstanding, so special congratulations to those who were selected. We also thank Dr. Carol Lucas for her inspiration and support of the program. The program was named to … Read more

NC State’s recently announced 2019-20 class of University Faculty Scholars. BME Assistant Professor Ashley Brown is among the 24 early- and mid-career faculty who received this designation based on their significant academic achievements and contributions to NC State through their teaching, scholarship … Read more

Assistant Professor Rahima Benhabbour with her breakthrough product, AnelleO

BME Associate Professor Derek Kamper, who is also Associate Director of Closed-Loop Engineering for Advanced Rehabilitation (CLEAR), has codevelop a virtual reality clinic to make it easier for stroke survivors to attend their physical and occupational therapy sessions. Dr Kamper … Read more

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has awarded BME assistant professor Matt Fisher with the 2020 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award “for leadership in musculoskeletal bioengineering and translational mechanobiology to improve human health.” Formal presentation of the award will … Read more

UNC-affiliated startup company SonoVol is co-founded by Professor and interim chair of BME Paul Dayton and BME alumni Ryan Gessner, who is CEO of the company. SonoVol is a life science research tools company that operates within the in vivo … Read more

BME Kenan Distinguished Professor Paul Dayton has been named Interim Chair of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Dayton is taking over for Dr. Nancy Allbritton, who has been an outstanding Chair of the BME Department … Read more

BME Professor Ke Cheng has recently been named the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine. The endowed professorship is the result of a $1 million donation from the R.B. Terry Charitable Foundation, along with $500,000 from the … Read more

BME Assistant Professor Matt Fisher has been named one of the 2020 Rising Stars by the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group within BMES, Biomedical Engineering Society. Awardees provide a podium presentation in a special session at the annual … Read more