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Brenda Ogle receives Mullen-Spector-Truax Women's Leadership Award
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Associate Professor and program alumna Brenda Ogle (MS '98, PhD '00) was recognized for her outstanding contributions to women's leadership development at the University of Minnesota.
Michelle Hall (MS' 15) receives Dean's Award for Early Career Achievement from the University of Iowa
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Biomedical Engineering alumna Michelle Hall (MS '15) received a Dean's Award for Early Career Achievement from her undergraduate alma mater, the University of Iowa.
Amanda Dahl receives President's Student Leadership and Service Award
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Biomedical Engineering senior Amanda Dahl received a 2016 President's Student Leadership and Service Award, which honors students who have provided outstanding leadership and service contributions to the University and surrounding community.
BME PhD students win 2016-17 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
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Kanchan Kulkarni, Julia Quindlen, Arja Ray, and Kai Yu were awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships in a University-wide competition.
St. Jude Medical provides gift for endowed graduate student fellowships
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For the third time, St. Jude Medical is contributing $50,000 to support new Biomedical Engineering graduate students during their first semester of study.
Highest University alumni honor awarded to Bruce KenKnight (PhD '97)
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BME alumnus Bruce KenKnight has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award. Since 1985, he's accumulated nearly 150 patents and 50 peer-reviewed publications related to innovative devices and therapies for cardiac rhythm management and heart failure mitigation.
Timothy Pearce receives 2016 BME Best Dissertation Award
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Timothy Pearce (PhD '14) received the Biomedical Engineering program's 2016 Best Dissertation Award for his project, "Self-assembly of ssDNA-amphiphiles into micelles, nanotapes, and nanotubes."
Mackenzie Callaway and Chris Korenczuk receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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Two PhD students received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, and several students and alumni were recognized with honorable mentions.
Abbas Sohrabpour awarded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
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PhD student Abbas Sohrabpour was awarded a 2016-17 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship for his research project, "Hacking Epilepsy Networks: Studying the Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Seizures Noninvasively."
Bob Tranquillo's pediatric heart valve featured on KARE-11 News
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Following the Star Tribune article, NBC affiliate KARE-11 featured Professor Tranquillo's research.