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Latest NewsJune 13, 2025

Melisanda Feliz Wins Fulbright Student Grant

Melisanda Feliz earned both her BS (2022) and MS (2023) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rochester, completing her master’s through the Center for Medical Technology Innovation (CMTI) program. We are proud to share that she was recently awarded a Fulbright student grant for the English Teaching Assistant (ETA) program in La Rioja, Spain, where she will help Spanish children strengthen their English communication skills.

2025 Design Day
May 9, 2025

Design Day 2025

Design Day 2025 was a huge success! Our BME Senior Design and CMTI teams once again impressed us with their innovation, dedication, and professionalism. We’re incredibly proud of all their accomplishments and grateful to the mentors, sponsors, and supporters who helped make the day so memorable.  

Stephen McAleavey, Taimi Marple, Wendi Heinzelman
May 7, 2025

Taimi Marple Receives Dottie Welch Award For The Second Time

Taimi Marple, Biomedical Engineering (BME) Undergraduate Coordinator, has been recognized as the first two-time recipient of the Hajim School’s Dottie Welch Student Enrichment Award. Marple, who recently retired on May 2 after 45 years of dedicated service to the University of Rochester, was previously honored with the award in 2018. She was presented the 2025 award by Dean Wendi Heinzelman at this year's Design Day on May 5. 

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April 24, 2025

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awarded to BME Alum Christopher Lu

Christopher Lu, a 2023 graduate of the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering BS program, has been awarded the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). The fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), or STEM education. Fellows are selected for their demonstrated potential to make significant contributions to research and are provided with three years of financial support, including an annual stipend.

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April 21, 2025

Hanna Rickert and Allie Tay Win Professor’s Choice Awards

Congratulations to Hannah Rickert ’25 and Allie Tay ’25 for receiving Professor’s Choice Awards at the Undergraduate Research Expo during Celebrating Research Week—a University-wide showcase of student innovation across all disciplines.

Open Scholarship Awards 2025
April 7, 2025

Open Scholarship Awards

The Open Scholarship Community Rochester recently presented its annual awards to several Hajim School students. The Open Scholarship Awards celebrate early career scholars who have demonstrated exemplary efforts in making their research open and accessible to the wider community. Congratulations to the following Hajim School PhD students who received awards in the engineering category:

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April 4, 2025

Breathing life-saving services into rural communities

Professor Benjamín Castañeda ’09 (PhD) leads a global effort to meet critical needs for medical technology. The project is emblematic of Castañeda’s career: bringing medical technology to people who would otherwise not have access.

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March 11, 2025

Susana Marcos receives the 2025 Edgar D. Tillyer Award

Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the Center for Visual Science, the Nicholas George Professor in Optics, and a professor of ophthalmology at Rochester, was selected as the 2025 recipient of the Edgar D. Tiller Award by Optica. The award is presented to an individual who has performed distinguished work in the field of vision, including but not limited to the optics, physiology, anatomy, or psychology of the visual system.

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February 10, 2025

Kaihua (Chloe) Chen Receives Funding from the International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER)

Kaihua (Chloe) Chen, a biomedical engineering PhD candidate, recently received a spotlight from the International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER). Chloe, who is a member of the McGrath Lab, received a IFER Graduate Fellowship to pursue her groundbreaking project, “In Vitro Studies of Biophysical and Molecular Determinants of the Blood-Brain Barrier During Sepsis and Systemic Inflammation.” The fellowship is aimed at helping advance human-relevant research practices that reduce reliance on animal models.

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February 3, 2025

Allison Lopatkin receives NSF CAREER Award

Allison Lopatkin ’13, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and microbiology and immunology, has received a 2024 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.