Research
Gabriella Erich, a graduating student in biomedical engineering has been selected to receive the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ College of Engineering and Applied Science 2024 Outstanding Research Award. Her novel research marks the first formal characterization of endoskeletal droplets under acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV).
Payton Martinez, a recent PhD graduate in biomedical engineering has been selected to receive the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ College of Engineering and Applied Science 2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award. His research explores how ultrasound and microbubbles can potentially work in tandem to effectively deliver drugs to the brain and treat neurological diseases in the future.
At theÌýPaul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, the process and application of design is everywhere.
Students are constantly designing tools and technologies. Faculty members are launching successful startups on the backs of their own designs. In just the past two years,ÌýVenture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ has supported 10 new startups featuring inventions designed by ME faculty and students.
Laurel Hind, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been recognized with the Rising Star Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society - Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group. Her lab's research could have profound applications for the way in which patients who recover from sepsis are treated.
Go to the doctor to provide a blood sample and you're typically faced with a needle and syringe and hours or even days of waiting to get results back from a lab. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ researchers in Dr. Wyatt Shields lab hope to change that with a new handheld, sound-based diagnostic system able to deliver precise results in an hour with a mere finger prick of blood.
Aspero Medical CEO Mark Rentschler, BME Faculty member, slated for next week’s CU Showcase
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ and Anschutz Medical Campus involvement in SpaceX's Polaris Dawn, multi-day high-altitude launch for health research regarding spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS) includes BME researchers Drs. Allie Hayman and Torin Clark.
A ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ-led team, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, has developed a new way to 3D print material that is at once elastic enough to withstand a heart’s persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints, and easily shapable to fit a patient’s unique defects.
Shields has been honored with a 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award for his contributions to teaching and research on medical microrobots, self-propelled miniature robots that one day might deliver prescription drugs to hard-to-reach places inside the human body.
Sixteen members of a sled hockey team recently visited ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ for what Alena Grabowski, BME faculty member, hopes will be the first in a series of studies aimed at helping sled hockey players improve their performance and minimize injury.