A passion for sharing students' journeys -- and maybe some brownies or lasagna -- has provided constant motivation for Truda Strange, the 2012 Outstanding Academic Advisor as named last week by the Purdue Academic Advising Association (PACADA). Strange is the undergraduate academic advisor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.

Babaki Ziaie, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, has harnessed the driving bass rhythm of rap music to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.

James F. Leary, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and SVM Professor of Nanomedicine, was elected as a 2012 SPIE Fellow, one of 75 new Fellows worldwide.

A team led by Sean Connell, Medtric, was selected to represent Purdue University at the Open Minds 2012 Exhibition hosted by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).

Researchers from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for research.

Professors Eric Nauman and Ann Rundell have been selected to participate in the innovative IMPACT program.

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has recently announced the election of two Weldon School faculty members to the College of Fellows. The inductees, who were nominated by their peers, were screened by committees of Fellows within their specialty and were finally elected by the full College as members of the official Class of 2012.