The Society for Biomaterials (SFB) has selected BME junior Jeremy Nortey to receive this year’s Cato T. Laurincin Travel Fellowship, a program that supports under-represented minorities in the field of biomaterials. Jeremy has more than illustrated his deservedness for this … Read more
Few classes offer real opportunity for students to make a difference, but Dr. Andrew DiMeo’s Senior Design course has proven time and time again that it does just that. During this course, teams of students develop new and innovative products … Read more
Dr. Fran Ligler has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of millions, and last month the National Inventors Hall of Fame announced that they would be honoring this dedication by inducting her into the 2017 Class of Inventors. She … Read more
Microtumors are one of the most pressing concerns for cancer patients after they have undergone surgery to remove the larger tumors. Whether the microtumors are missed due to their size, or developed afterwards as metasticized or circulating tumors, the threat … Read more
The Department has once again been featured by a major educational institution – this time, by the University System of North Carolina. The feature, found on the system’s webpage, talks in detail about how the marriage between UNC’s top-ranked medical school … Read more
A team of researchers have developed a synthetic cardiac stem cell that greatly reduces the risks associated with standard stem cell therapy. Led by Ke Cheng, associate professor in BME and Molecular Biomedical Sciences, the team is hopeful that this … Read more
May 2, 2018 2-10 PM Registration 2-3 PM. Presentations begin at 3 PM. Durham Convention Center 301 West Morgan St, Durham, NC 27701 RSVP HERE 12th Annual Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Symposium This event is organized by Drs. Shawn Gomez and … Read more
Congratulations to our Dr. Fran Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor, who has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)! The NAI is a non-profit organization that recognizes, supports, and enhances inventors and their academic and non-profit work. … Read more
NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson has announced the 2016-2017 class of University Faculty Scholars, and two Biomedical Engineering faculty, Drs. Zhen Gu and Ke Cheng, have been named to this prestigious group of academics. The University Faculty Scholar program is comprised … Read more
Dr. Zhen Gu has been hard at work creating and studying the uses of his “smartpatch”– a patch with hundreds of micro-needles that, when applied to the skin, feels like a band-aid and can deliver drugs directly into the bloodstream. … Read more
