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Huzefa Hussain, Ibrahim Irfanullah, and Kevin Jiang

BME students recognized with awards

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BME students have recently received several awards, including a Fulbright award, President’s Student Leadership and Service Award, and an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship.

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Shapeshifters: Can buildings behave like organisms?

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The project — which includes Prof. David Odde — reimagines the convergence of architecture and biology to understand how organisms create internal structures.

Meghan Griffin and Emily Hoffmann

BME PhD students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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Congratulations to our 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients, Meghan Griffin and Emily Hoffmann.

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Grand prize for BME undergrads at medical device design competition

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The winning project — called, “Novel Device Design for Large Ovarian Cyst Removal” — is the work of team members and BME students Atiya Anwar, Christobel Ekeocha, Emily Graba, Mary William, and Kayla Whatley.

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Kyoko Yoshida awarded AHA Career Development Award

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Prof. Yoshida’s project aims to understand how hormonal and mechanical interactions drive cardiovascular adaptations during pregnancy.

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PhD student Huzefa Husain receives President’s Student Leadership and Service Award

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The award recognizes student leaders at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who exhibit exceptional leadership and service to the University of Minnesota and the surrounding community.

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BME undergrad student receives Fulbright award

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Ibrahim Irfanullah was honored with an award through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which funds American citizens to study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.

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The sky’s the limit for biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Marcus Flowers

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The researcher’s work involves everything from 3D printing cardiac tissue to creating vessels to deliver vaccines.

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Kevin Jiang awarded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

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PhD student Kevin Jiang was awarded a 2023-24 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, which supports outstanding University of Minnesota PhD students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research.

teammates posing with a low-cost neonatal incubator they made

Dream school for Biomedical Engineering student

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“I felt a sense of belonging when I toured. It’s been my dream college since in high school—and the University of Minnesota has been a great home for me so far.” — Dannica Donahue, a biomedical engineering (BME) senior with a minor in business.