A Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering alumna received a grant offer from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for 2020-21. Madeleine Henderson is one of three engineering awardees among nine Purdue University students and alumni to receive offers this year.

BME’s Hugh Lee developed a wearable/implantable device to help opioid addicts be their own “first responders”. The device senses the danger signals given off by the body and automatically administers a life-saving drug even if the addict is incapacitated.

Young Kim's research team and collaborators developed software that would enable medical staff to take a picture of a patient’s inner eyelid with a smartphone and instantly receive a near-accurate count of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells.

A senior in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering won first prize in the recent Boeing Innovation Challenge – a competition in which students from 10 U.S. universities, assisted by Boeing experts, developed solutions to real-world aviation issues.

Tool could allow for better understanding for diseases affecting the brain, regenerative therapies

Krishna Jayant, assistant professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, has been designated a Young Investigator grantee by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSP).

Chi Hwan Lee, Assistant Professor of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, received the Early Career Research award, recognized in the 2020 College of Engineering’s Faculty Excellence Awards.

After a long five-month wait since they submitted their applications, 15 current College of Engineering students learned in late March that they were recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) class of 2020. This is the largest group of awardees from the College of Engineering in several years. In addition, seven students received honorable mentions. From the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, graduate students Jennifer Anderson and Katherine Leyba received the Fellowship, and Sydney Sofronici, current senior, received honorable mention.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Sherry Harbin, professor of biomedical engineering and of Basic Medical Sciences, into its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Sherry Harbin, professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Basic Medical Sciences, into its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer.