Out in STEM (oSTEM) and Graduate Students of Color in STEM (GSOCnSTEM) were recently honored by Brown’s Student Activities Office for collaboration. These groups collaborated on DiversiTEAs, an ongoing event series centered around various identities in STEM.
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BME Students Bring 3 Different Ventures to B-Lab This Summer
Brown University’s Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) is an intensive 8-week accelerator program designed to support student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures.
Joy Aso '19 Selected as DIAP Community Award Winner
The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, with generous support from the Office of the President, instituted the DIAP Community Awards in 2018.
18 Students Presented Master's Theses This Semester
Eighteen students presented their master’s thesis work in Biomedical Engineering this semester.
Six Doctoral Theses Defended in April
Six students defended their PhD theses in April. They will receive their doctoral degrees on May 26th along with Thomas Valentin and Bryan Sutermaster who defended earlier in the academic year. Congratulations to all of the new PhDs!
Coulombe Named Inaugural Dean’s Awards Winner for Excellence in Engineering Mentoring
Professor Kareen Coulombe were among those honored with Brown University's awards in teaching, sponsored by the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.
14 Undergraduates Presented Honors Theses
Fourteen undergraduate students presented their thesis work on Friday, April 26th and will graduate with honors this spring.
Brown BME Grads Find Rewarding Careers at the FDA
At least six Brown University BME alums now work in various roles for the FDA. BME Director Vicki Colvin caught up with several of them during an AIMBE-FDA workshop held April 15-16 at the FDA’s White Oak campus. They all agree that a rewarding part of their work is that they help bring medical innovations to the market, ultimately improving people’s lives.
April Student Spotlight - Tom Skipper '19
For undergraduate senior Tom Skipper, the road to Biomedical Engineering started back in high school with his love for science.
April Faculty Spotlight - Nicolas Fawzi
Nicolas Fawzi's work centers on determining the structure, dynamics, interactions of large assemblies of intrinsically disordered proteins.
April Alumni Spotlight - Kabisa Baughen '17 ScM'18
For alumna Kabisa Baughen, the journey to becoming an engineer at Catapult Product Development started with exploring her interests and options at Brown.
Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
A new type of hydrogel material developed by Brown University researchers could soon make assembling complex microfluidic or soft robotic devices as simple as putting together a LEGO set.
BMES Takes on Pi and Trivia
Brown’s undergraduate BMES group celebrated Pi day with pi, pie, science, scientist, and other trivia.
Germ-fighting catheter coating may help prevent infections
In an innovation that may ultimately help to prevent deadly bloodstream infections, a team of biomedical engineers and infectious disease specialists at Brown University developed a coating to keep intravascular catheters from becoming a haven for harmful bacteria.
BME Team EmboNet takes 3rd Place in Brown Venture Prize Competition
All eyes are on the prize — and the entrepreneurial process — in this annual Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship competition among Brown’s most promising student ventures.
March Graduating Student Spotlight - Bryan Sutermaster
For recent graduate Bryan Sutermaster, the road to Biomedical Engineering has been inspired by his desire to help people. For this Pittsburgh, PA native, the field of biomedical research is one that is the perfect marriage of medicine and engineering, directed towards helping those in need.
March Faculty Spotlight - Marissa Gray
ORS 2019 - Austin, TX
Several of our Biomedical Engineering faculty and students presented posters and talks at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in Austin, TX on February 2-5, 2019.
February Student Spotlight - Jacob Gusman
Second year PhD student Jacob Gusman’s road to Brown Biomedical Engineering started back when he took a neuroscience class in high school. Jacob, a New England native from Newton, MA, discovered the BrainGate Research at Brown when he started working on the final project for his neuroscience class at Newton South.
February Faculty Spotlight - Vicki Colvin
Vicki Colvin is the Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Engineering and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology as well as the Director for the Center for Biomedical Engineering at Brown University.
February Alumni Spotlight - Anthony Napolitano PhD'07
Anthony Napolitano (PhD ’07) has balanced his interests in biomedical engineering and business for years. When asked how he incorporated entrepreneurship into his engineering studies, he says, “I tried to be well rounded in general, which is also a strength of Brown.”
Researchers Improve 3D Printed Biomaterials
University researchers recently published a study analyzing the material properties of alginate graphene oxide, which could lead to new developments in both cancer research and 3D printing technology for human organ printing.
Undergraduate Researcher Adil Akif ’18 Earns First-Author Publication
Most of our undergraduate Biomedical Engineering concentrators engage in laboratory research across campus, and greater than 50% of the Class of 2018 completed an honors research thesis.
Michelle Dawson featured as panelist for the inaugural Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars
At the first Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference, molecular life scientists from historically underrepresented groups gathered at Brown to learn about cutting-edge research; Brown professors and junior researchers discussed how their identities as members of underrepresented groups have affected their career paths.