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Jacqueline Cole Receives the 2023 Michael Dickey Outstanding Research Mentor Award

The NC State Michael Dickey Outstanding Research Mentor Award is an annual award given to a faculty member at North Carolina State University who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to mentoring a… Read more

Ph.D. Candidate Junlang Li Receives College of Engineering Doctoral Scholar of the Year Award

The COE Doctoral Scholar of the Year Award is an honor given annually by NC State to recognize the outstanding achievements of a doctoral student in the College of Engineering. This award recognizes t… Read more

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Biomedical Engineering Student and Alumni Devices Make an Impact at eGames

written by Kathleen Clardy and Elizabeth Weintrob for Joint BME Communications   The NC State eGames is an annual student-led competition focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation. Participants… Read more

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Ricky Pimentel Receives University Public Service Award for Contributions to ReCyclery and Latinx in Biomechanix

The UNC Public Service Award Recognizes UNC faculty, staff, students and organizations for outstanding contributions to the campus and broader communities.   Intergenerational discussions about ethics… Read more

2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

BME recipients of the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are graduate students Anastasia Sheridan, mentored by Associate Professor Ashley Brown; Nicole… Read more

2023 Lucas Scholars of the Joint Department

BME is proud to announce the 2023 Lucas Scholars and their mentors: Xinyi Li (Mentor: Dr. Brian Diekman); Abel Abraham (Mentor: Dr. William Polacheck); Pooja Shah (Mentor: Dr. Rahima Benhabbour); and… Read more

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Alon Greenbaum Named Goodnight Early Career Innovator

The Goodnight Early Career Innovators selected by NC State University’s Provost’s Office have been disclosed for the 2022-2023 academic cycle. The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering is honored… Read more

Ashley Brown Inducted into the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Ashley C. Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor at NC State University and UNC-Chapel… Read more

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Qiang Zhang Receives Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award for Work In Robotic Devices

Each year, The Graduate School recognizes four doctoral candidates or recent doctoral graduates for creating exceptional dissertations in each of the following fields: biological and life sciences; hu… Read more

Two Joint Department Members Recognized by the Society for Biomaterials

Grant Scull, a Ph.D. candidate, was awarded the Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) award by the Society for Biomaterials (SFB). Scull works with Ashley Brown, associate professor and direct… Read more

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New Initiative Aims to Put the Joint Department and NC State at the Forefront of Viral Vector Manufacturing

An initiative launched by NC State University professors Stefano Menegatti and Michael Daniele brings together broad, multidisciplinary expertise from universities and industry partners across the Tri… Read more

A New Microfluidic Model Helps Researchers Better Understand Vascular Malformations

A research team led by William Polacheck, Ph.D., at the UNC School of Medicine, has engineered a microfluidic model that mimics a rare genetic disorder affecting the structure of veins, arteries, capi… Read more