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BME postdoc wins best new investigator poster presentation award

Kyoko Yoshida honored with award for excellence in academic unit service

Marie Johnson inducted into the 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows

Research team awarded $3.8 million grant to develop cell therapy to combat Alzheimer’s disease

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Pioneering, high-impact research

Department research spans the full spectrum of biomedical engineering. And our faculty are leading the way in cardiovascular, neural, and cancer bioengineering.

This provides world-class opportunities for students in the lab and classroom.

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Bioinstrumentation and medical devices

Biomaterials and micro/nanofabrication

Biomolecular, cellular, and tissue engineering

Student successes

The technical training of the BME program was superior, but it was the introduction to tissue engineering and translational research that equipped me with the appropriate tools to pursue my passion and enter this industry. Getting a BME degree opens the door to all sorts of opportunities.

Dr. Jeff Ross, BME alumnus and CEO of Miromatrix, a biotechnology company dedicated to bioengineering whole organs

My decision to focus on bioengineering in graduate school was driven by the research I had a chance to participate in as an undergraduate. It completely fascinated me that biological processes could be described by equations. Observing a heart surgery in one of my BMEn courses lit my passion for cardiac research.

Dr. Anna Grosberg, BME alumna and assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine

It’s super rewarding to work on a device that could someday help people and increase their wellbeing. I didn’t think I’d be able to have this kind of industry experience this early in my graduate school career.

Claire Kaiser, BME PhD student

Completing my PhD opened doors for me to pursue my passion in the research end of R&D at Medtronic. My graduate work also kindled the creative inventor in me and taught me to first define the problem and then to identify the key questions to answer.

Dr. Cindy Clague, BME alumna and research director for Medtronic's Heart Valve Therapies business