What began as a search for an unmet clinical need has grown into a medical technology success story that is improving the lives of thousands of patients.

Three students from Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering have been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, recognizing their potential to make significant contributions to science and engineering through research.

The Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University welcomes Yu Seon Kim as an assistant professor of biomedical engineering. Kim joins Purdue with a strong background in bioengineering, tissue engineering and biomaterials research and will establish his research laboratory at Purdue’s Indianapolis location.

Prosthetics are a fact of life today. It’s estimated that more than 50 million people globally — some 2 million of them in the United States — have lost a limb, and most of them could or already do benefit from the miracle of artificial limbs to restore mobility and lifestyle.

Bringing new medical technologies from the laboratory to patients requires more than scientific breakthroughs—it also depends on regulatory systems that support safe and efficient innovation.

Purdue University has appointed John Eric Goff as a Professor of Engineering Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering. In this role, Goff will help develop Purdue’s growing sports engineering program, bringing together engineering, physics and athletics to prepare students for careers in a growing area of engineering.

Rachel Surowiec, assistant professor in Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, has received a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to study how water within bone tissue influences strength and fracture risk while expanding research opportunities for undergraduate students.

🚨 What if we could watch cancer evolve in real time?
That’s the bold question behind a new Blue Sky research project led by Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Leopold Green.

Green is one of two Purdue Engineering faculty selected as winners of the second annual Blue Sky competition, which supports high-risk, high-reward ideas that have the potential to transform how we address major societal challenges.

For most biomedical engineering students, summer means internships and research. For Mihika Desai and Kathryn "Katie" Kabat, it also meant stepping into a cadaver lab, working alongside spine surgeons and seeing firsthand how medical devices improve patient care.

Student innovators from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering earned two of the top awards during Purdue University's 2026 New Venture Challenge, showcasing medical technologies designed to improve patient care while advancing their entrepreneurial ventures.