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Dr. Naji Husseini has been chosen as one of three recipients of the 2016-2017 NC State Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology. Naji, a lecturer in BME si… Read more
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BME personnel are no strangers to being published in various news outlets, something that Dr. Brian Cummins, former BME postdoctoral researcher, can attest to. He, along with all-star team Drs. Fran L… Read more
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The Divers Alert Network (DAN) has selected BME postdoctoral researcher Dr. Virginie Papadopoulou as the 2017 recipient of the R.W. Bill Hamilton Memorial Dive Medicine Research Grant. The program was… Read more
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News from BME’s Senior Design studio continues to impress. Christopher Lynch, Erica Lenzen, Gabrielle Hochu, Hannah Kausche, and Wyatt Robinson have been selected as finalists for the 2017 Richards Ba… Read more
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SonoVol, a company run by UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. graduate Ryan Gessner, was awarded a $1.8 million SBIR grant titled “Development of a mobile and automated platform… Read more
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Adriano Bellotti, former NC State-based BME undergraduate and current UNC graduate student, has been named as a 2017 Gates Cambridge Scholar. This prestigious program provides full support to the top… Read more
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H3 Global, a team of BME undergraduates, has been selected to attend and compete in the Seventh Annual Undergraduate Global Health Design Competition. Hosted by Rice University, this event will featur… Read more
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Dr. Zhen Gu is brilliant, kind, and personable, and is arguably one of the most innovative biomedical scientists in the nation today. The Triangle Business Journal, a local publication with a large pr… Read more
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The Society for Biomaterials (SFB) has selected BME junior Jeremy Nortey to receive this year’s Cato T. Laurincin Travel Fellowship, a program that supports under-represented minorities in the field o… Read more
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Few classes offer real opportunity for students to make a difference, but Dr. Andrew DiMeo’s Senior Design course has proven time and time again that it does just that. During this course, teams of st… Read more
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Dr. Fran Ligler has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of millions, and last month the National Inventors Hall of Fame announced that they would be honoring this dedication by inducting her int… Read more
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Microtumors are one of the most pressing concerns for cancer patients after they have undergone surgery to remove the larger tumors. Whether the microtumors are missed due to their size, or developed… Read more