George Ligler comes to the Joint Department most recently from being the 20-year proprietor of his consulting firm GTL Associates.  Dr. Ligler via GTL Associates provided consulting in telecommunications, computer system and hardware/software engineering, and information management services to over … Read more

Watchdog Medical, a startup founded by BME students, was selected to represent the University of North Carolina at the 2018 ACC InVenture Competition. The company was born out of a senior design group project and has developed a device to … Read more

Oak City Medical, a BME senior design team, has been awarded a scholarship from Innovate Carolina! The team aims to develop an affordable at-home device for early detection of foot ulcers in diabetic adults to prevent expensive treatment and life-altering … Read more

BME graduate student Ashlyn Young was selected to receive the Division of Polymer Chemistry’s Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award. All awardees presented their research at an ACS President’s Highlighted Symposia. The award and symposium recognizes outstanding graduate students in … Read more

Technology & Innovation features Dr. Fran Ligler in this month’s National Academy of Inventors Fellow profile. In it, Dr. Ligler expounds upon her exciting new work in microfluidics and tissue-on-chip, as well as the innovative research and collaborations happening in the joint … Read more

BME graduate student Kristina Rivera was selected to be one of the 12 Keynote Speakers at the World Biosensors Congress in June. The selections were based on evaluations of over 1,000 abstracts, each of which was read by at least … Read more

When BME undergraduate Jeff Powell started the Helping Hands project in 2015, he was excited to help provide free prosthetics to children who quickly outgrow these medical devices. Now, nearly three years later, his project has turned into a non-profit … Read more

In the 2018 US News & World Report list of Best Graduate Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering Programs, the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering was ranked 16th among public universities. This four place advancement from last year moves the UNC/NC State … Read more

When it comes to next-generation biomedical advancements, Dr. Zhen Gu undoubtedly leads the pack. Academia and popular media alike have hailed his innovative research products as “breakthroughs” that just might change the face of drug delivery forever. Now, the trend … Read more

The Joint Biomedical Engineering department shines again– this time in UNC’s newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. The article discusses the perks of our one-of-a-kind program, including students’ gaining full access to both UNC and NC State facilities. Marrying the top-ranked … Read more