BME Associate Professor Ashley Brown has been recognized with the prestigious 2022 Mid-Career Award from the Society for Biomaterials (SFB), which recognizes members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in and/or contributions to the field of biomaterials research. Nominator Dr. Christopher … Continued

BME Associate Professor Ashley Brown was recently featured in ABC11 for her work developing artificial blood platelets, which could have huge real-world impact in today’s blood supply shortage. For the first time this month, the American Red Cross declared a … Continued

Back in November UNC faculty, Carolina startup experts and media partner WRAL Digital Solutions gathered for a thought leadership discussion titled “Innovation Road Trip.” The event’s name was coined by Capitol B Creative Studio based on a new web series … Continued

BME Affiliated Faculty and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State Amay Bandodkar has been named one of America’s 50 Greatest Disruptors. Newsweek magazine recognized Bandodkar for his work on wearable battery-free sensors and skin-friendly wearable batteries.  … Continued

BME PhD student Victoria Yarmey has received the prestigious GAANN Fellowship for January-December 2022, renewable for a period of up to one additional year. The NC State GAANN Molecular Biotechnology Fellowship Committee selected Victoria based upon her fine academic record, … Continued

The BME Undergraduate Research Committee recently acknowledged the outstanding achievements of the following undergraduate researchers with a cash award: Seniors Jennifer Potts (Cole), Jake Schulman (Zaharoff), and Emily Warren (Polacheck), as well as Junior Katherine Eltz (Papadopoulou/Dayton). BME Professor Brian … Continued

Last week BME PhD student Keerthi Anand won second place in the “Best All Around” category at UNC’s first BeAM Makerfest. A fourth year PhD student in the Gallippi Ultrasound Lab, Keerthi’s research interests include development of fast ultrasound imaging technology for … Continued

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) recently announced a new series of grants to support access to imaging technology and to increase regional representation of imaging scientists in the global community. Of the funding, $1 million will support 41 plugin projects … Continued

BME Kenan Distinguished Professor and Interim Chair Paul Dayton is among the newly elevated 2022 IEEE Fellows for his contributions to contrast agents and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in medical diagnostics and therapeutics. IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is … Continued

Last Friday’s UNC Chancellor’s leadership message “From big ideas to bold solutions” encouraged students not just to learn but to create and to view the world with an entrepreneurial mindset: “to get involved in the research and discovery mission of … Continued