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Dr George Ligler’s Invitation to ASEB Board

March 12, 2021

Dr George Ligler has been invited to join the Board of Aeronautics and Space Engineering (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a 3-year term ending on December 31, 2023. The ASEB was established in 1967 … Read more

Hydrogel Injection To Get Regenerative Therapies to Heart

March 4, 2021

Together with collaborators in the division of cardiology at UNC-Chapel Hill, Ke Cheng, BME and Regenerative Medicine Professor at NC State, has developed and tested a method to utilize the pericardial cavity as a natural “mold” for in situ cardiac … Read more

BME Professor Narayan’s Research on Graphene-based Biosensors

February 24, 2021

BME Professor Narayan and his colleague Tanveer Tabish, a research fellow at the University College London Cancer Institute, have studied graphene-based biosensors, a calibration-free, non-invasive way to monitor glucose that does not rely on invasive blood sampling. For patients with … Read more

BME Professor Helen Huang Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

February 23, 2021

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of BME Professor Helen (He) Huang to its College of Fellows – Class of 2021, for her outstanding contributions to rehabilitation engineering by developing breakthrough technology for … Read more

New Tech for treatment of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

February 17, 2021

BME Assistant Professor Ashley Brown and Associate Professor Michael Daniele together with graduate and undergraduate students of the Joint BME Department have developed a new tool for addressing disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) – a blood disorder that proves fatal in … Read more

Textile-based Pressure Sensors for Monitoring Prosthetic Limbs

February 2, 2021

Researchers in textile, electrical, computer and biomedical engineering at NC State found a textile sensor can detect pressure points on the socket of a prosthetic limb. The human experiments were led by BME Distinguished Professor Helen Huang. “Our broader vision … Read more

BME 2021 Lucas Scholars

January 20, 2021

BME is proud to announce the 2021 Lucas Scholars and their mentors: Christian Fitzgerald (Mentor: Dr. Rizvi) and Kamellia Karimpour (Mentor: Dr. Papadopoulou). The program was named to honor UNC’s Biomedical Engineering Department founding chair, Dr. Carol Lucas, and also … Read more