BME Faculty member Fran Ligler has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Carl Kohrt Distinguished Alumni Award by the Furman University Alumni Board of Directors. This award is given in recognition of significant professional and personal accomplishments and … Read more

UNC/NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering researchers have developed a technique for creating microscopic “depots” for trapping drugs inside cancer tumors. In an animal model, these drug depots were 10 times more effective at shrinking tumors than the use of the … Read more

The Senior Design Program pioneered by the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering was recently featured in both online and print editions of the January 2016 IEEE EMBS Pulse, the magazine of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology … Read more

Faculty from BME recently participated in a Research “Speed Dating” event that was held in conjunction with the UNC Department of Surgery and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The goal of the short six minute meetings was to spur innovation … Read more

The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce Kyle Gray as the new development director, starting Monday, January 4, 2016. Kyle brings a fifteen-year background in higher education development and communications, most recently as the Director of Development … Read more

BME is proud to announce the 2016 Lucas Scholars.  All of the nominees were outstanding, so a special congratulations to those who were selected.  We’d also like to thank Dr. Carol Lucas for her inspiration and support of the program. … Read more

BME faculty Dr. Zhen Gu’s smart insulin patch was included on Science Magazine’s list of top 10 images of 2015. The full article can be read here. The smart insulin patch is designed to automatically detect and manage blood sugar … Read more

BME Staff member Andi Scheer has been awarded a 2015-2016 Pride of the Wolfpack Award, which is given by the University in recognition of outstanding contribution to the department. Andi works tirelessly to ensure our department runs smoothly and is … Read more

Scott Vu, a recent BME Ph.D. graduate, has been featured in NC State News for his outstanding work with protein synthesis. During his time at NC State, Scott created a computer-based biophysical model that allows proteins to be created, or … Read more

Dr. Brown’s post for NC State’s ongoing news series, “This Is What Science Looks Like at NC State,” was published January 6, 2016. In this great article she includes some features of her professional career and her latest research, as … Read more