BME celebrates three 38 by 38 honorees

Adam Yestrepsky, BME'10, MS'12, a 38by38 honoree.
Arjun Ishwar, BME’07, MS’09, a 38by38 honoree.
Rush Bartlett, BME Phd'12, a 38by38 honoree.
Neil Armstrong was 38 years old when he became the first person to set foot on the moon. Inspired by his legacy, the College of Engineering launched the 38 by 38 annual award to celebrate Purdue Engineering alumni who are early in their careers, have demonstrated an accelerated trajectory of professional success and whose achievements have made a significantly high impact relevant to their work. 2024 is the inaugural year for the award.

The Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering is proud of our honorees:

  •  Adam Yestrepsky, (BME’10 MS’12), Vice President of Research and Development Engineering, enableCV, Inc. While an undergraduate. He did research in Sherry Harbin’s tissue engineering lab. He had an internship with Cook Biotech. He started his professional career at Edwards Lifesciences in R&D engineering of cardiac surgery devices. Now a separate company, enableCV, Inc., where Yestrepsky is VP of R&D. Yestrepky holds multiple patents in minimally invasive cardiac surgical space and works closely with surgeons around the world to identify opportunities to make surgery less invasive, safer and more efficacious for patients.
  • Arjun Ishwar, (BME’07, MS’09), Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Miach Orthopedics. In this role, he combines his extensive experience in corporate strategic planning and commercial execution with a technical background in regenerative medicine. Before joining Miach, Arjun held various commercial leadership roles within the medical device industry. Most recently, he served as chief commercial officer of MY01, a trauma diagnostic company. Previously, he spent nearly 10 years in roles of increasing responsibility at ACell, a regenerative medicine company focused on the reconstruction of acute injuries, where in his last position as senior director and general manager he was responsible for overseeing the commercial and pipeline strategies for the company's $100M+ business. Earlier in his career, he served in multiple sales and marketing roles for Integra Lifesciences focused on its trauma and burn reconstruction business.
  • Rush Bartlett, (BME PhD’12), CEO of Sluice and an Entrepreneur. He has 100+ pending and issued patents. Bartlett is an advisor, board member or investor in eight additional startups. He is the author of Hidden Wombat, How Executives Innovate. At Stanford University, he serves as Associate Director of Corporate Education, Stanford Biodesign at the University of Texas at Austin & MD Anderson as Executive in Residence and Lecturer since 2020, and at Emory University he is Board Member at Emory BioFoundry Institute since 2024. Bartlett’s clients have included Abbott, Baxter, BD, Dexcom, Edwards, Gore, J&J, Teleflex, Nevro, Smith & Nephew, etc. He has trained more than 5,000 innovators to use Biodesign

And our 2024 honorable mention Yan Li, (BME PhD’14), Professor and Department Chair, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.

Learn more about all 38 honorees at https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/People/Awards/Institutional/38-38/recipients/2024.