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Connor Heckman Wins Synopsys 2022 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition
September 12, 2022
Congratulations to Connor Heckman on being one of the winners of the Synopsys 2022 Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition. The annual competition celebrates exceptional research projects designed by college students in North America using Synopsys Optical Solutions software. The competition is open to students working toward a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree.
Continue ReadingRoss Maddox receives the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
September 2, 2022
The CAREER award is the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members, providing recipients with five years of funding to help lay the foundation for their future research. Ross's research will explain how our brain stems help us listen and converse in noisy settings.
Continue ReadingBME graduate students win University’s top awards
May 17, 2022
Three Department of Biomedical Engineering students this spring won the most prestigious awards granted to graduate students by the University of Rochester.
Continue ReadingDr. Arthur Ritter BME Endowment
March 11, 2022
Arthur Ritter ‘68MS ‘70PhD has never forgotten the help he received from the University of Rochester at a pivotal moment in his career. Hence, Ritter’s decision to endow $125,000 to Rochester’s Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Continue ReadingA heartfelt adieu after 49 years of service
November 10, 2021
Who was the “eyes and ears” in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) during the pandemic, making sure everything was still running in Goergen Hall while most of his colleagues were hunkered down at home?
Continue ReadingMeet one of Popular Science magazine’s ‘Brilliant 10’
September 21, 2021
Rochester biomedical engineer Michael Giacomelli is pursuing a quicker way to detect skin cancer.
Continue ReadingProfessor Danielle Benoit awarded NSF Grant
June 1, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Danielle Benoit who was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research for her project, “Next-generation PEGylation: antifouling and immunoevasion semi-randomized zwitterionic peptides.” Co-Principal Investigators on this project are Andrew White and Minsoo Kim (URMC Microbiology and Immunology).
Continue ReadingMarian Ackun-Farmmer Receives SFB Outstanding PhD Research Award
May 26, 2021
Marian Ackun-Farmmer was recently recognized with the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Outstanding PhD Research Award. SFB is a multidisciplinary society of academic, health care, governmental and business professionals dedicated to promoting advancements in all aspects of biomaterial science, education and professional standards to enhance human health and quality of life.
Continue ReadingProfessor Benoit receives University Research Award
May 21, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Danielle Benoit, who has received a 2021 University Research Award with Professor Anne Meyer, associate professor of biology, and Professor Jin Xiao, associate professor of dentistry, for their project, “Biofilm-on-a-chip: Development of a microphysiological platform to revolutionize treatment paradigms.” University Research Awards (URA) provide “seed” grants for promising, high-risk projects, says Robert Clark, provost and senior vice president for research. The fund has been increased from $500,000 annually to $1 million with half of the funding coming from the President’s Fund, and the rest being matched by the various schools whose faculty members are recipients. Recipients must demonstrate that their projects favor new research with a high probability of being leveraged by future external funding.
Continue ReadingApt analogies help veteran convey his HIV research
April 30, 2021
‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition winner Jeffrey Beard demonstrates how to communicate science to the public.
Continue ReadingUR BME celebrates 20 years
April 21, 2021
The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. In honor of this milestone, we are highlighting the BME department in this conversation between Diane Dalecki, the current chair of the department and the Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering, and Dean Wendi Heinzelman of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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