Dr. Elizabeth Loboa, core faculty in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the work of her Cell Mechanics Laboratory team were featured prominently in the Cover Story of the September 14, 2013 New Scientist. The article (page 33), titled … Read more
On September 11, 2013 BME core faculty member, Dr. Paul Dayton, and his collaborator, William Janzen (Eshelman School of Pharmacy), received a Technology Development Grant Sponsored by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Vice Chancellor For Research. This grant support is for a project … Read more
On September 9, 2013 the Raleigh, NC based “News & Observer” published an article by Laura Baverman titled “NC State leads biomed innovation.” The article describes how the Joint Department’s innovative senior design program, under the mentorship of Core Faculty … Read more
The technology behind Novocor Medical Systems (Chapel Hill) was originally developed by students and faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Novocor Medical Systems was spun-out of BME … Read more
BME core faculty member Elizabeth Loboa’s newly supported project aims to develop a novel antimicrobial bandage to promote wound healing. The award comes from a North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) Collaborative Funding Grant (CFG), which are designed to support a … Read more
Michael’s paper titled “EEG Feedback-Controlled Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation” is among the top 10 finalists selected for their contributions to “problems at the neural interface”. Come November Michael competes for top honors by giving a 5-minute presentation in San Diego … Read more
Dr. Ligler comes to BME-NC from the Naval Research Center in Washington DC where she held the position of Senior Scientist for Biosensors and Biomaterials and was past chair of the Bioengineering Section of the National Academy of Engineering. She … Read more
Lauren Bain, a second year graduate student in Dr. Albena Ivanisevic’s Lab, won the award for Best Paper at the student level, during the 14th International Symposium on MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) and Nanotechnology Symposium. The winning paper, titled “Biomolecular Gradients … Read more
The published paper “Injectable Nano-Network for Glucose-Mediated Insulin Delivery” by Dr. Zhen Gu, core faculty in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, and his collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is featured on the cover page of the Science … Read more
On July 10, the Eastern North Carolina chapter of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society sponsored an encore presentation of two of the teams that took part in the BME Symposium held by the Joint UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering Department … Read more
