written by Kathleen Clardy for Joint BME Communications   Associate Professor Jason Franz and an investigative team spanning principal investigators in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences, UNC School of Medicine, and NC State College of Engineering have received … Read more

In April, BME Assistant Professor Yevgeny Brudno received both the NC State Outstanding Teacher Award and the Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award from the Alumni Association. The Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes excellence in teaching at all levels. Recipients of the Outstanding … Read more

We are proud to announce BME student winners at this year’s eGames, NC State’s largest entrepreneurship competition with over $100k in cash prizes. Student teams compete in two categories — “Think” and “Do.” The “Think” category is for teams in the … Read more

Given that the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is part of two campuses, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State, there are two days to support BME: today March 23 at NC State’s Day of Giving, and GiveUNC next Tuesday, March … Read more

BME Associate Professor Jason Franz and Teaching Associate Professor Devin K. Hubbard are among the 25 faculty members and teaching assistants honored with the 2022 University Teaching Awards. Given annually by the Center for Faculty Excellence, the awards acknowledge the … Read more

BME Assistant Professor Brian Diekman and his team have recently been awarded two NIH Grants totaling over $400K for Osteoarthritis Research (OA). On the one hand, the R21 grant provides two years of funding for “high risk / high reward” … Read more

BME Associate Professor Nitin Sharma and his collaborators have recently been awarded an NIH Trailblazer R21 Award for research on Data-driven Modeling and Ultrasound-based Control of Afferent Nerve Stimulation for Tremor Suppression. The Trailblazer R21 Award is an opportunity for … Read more

BME Assistant Professor Rahima Benhabbour and her lab have received a $3.74 million grant over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In collaboration with three researchers at … Read more

MUSE Biomedical, a team of BME seniors who are developing medical devices focused on preventing opioid addictions, has been recognized by the Clinton Foundation and has been selected to join this year’s Clinton Global Initiative. The program will provide MUSE … Read more

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