A high percentage of women aged 15-65 avoid pelvic procedures involving speculums due to fear of discomfort, which can lead to increased rates of reproductive health issues. But one Senior Design team at the Weldon School devised a solution includes a novel opening mechanism, a tri-valvular conical blade design, variable blade sizes, and a novel locking mechanism. This novel design allows for easy insertion and less patient discomfort, and with transparent blades, physicians will have improved visualization of the vaginal wall.

BME's Nan Kong and School of Nursing's Nicole Adams' are working on a digital health platform, including a dashboard that displays the visitation priority of each patient subscribing to this digital health service.

Medical providers currently lack standard imaging biomarkers to forecast cardiomyopathy's early onset or developmental pace. To facilitate those diagnoses, BME's Craig Goergen and IU's Larry W. Markham have developed an innovative method to measure strain in three dimensions.

A silk tag with a QR code is a security measure that could reveal if whiskey is fake. Developed by biomedical engineers from Purdue University and the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences in South Korea, a smartphone can scan the tag to confirm the drink's authenticity.

Purdue’s Ray Ewry Sports Engineering Center (RESEC) and the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) will co-host the Engineering of Sport 14 conference June 6-9 at Ross-Ade Stadium.

Yoon Yeo leads a Purdue team developing biocompatible nanoparticles that treat sepsis systemically through intravenous injection.

Once the beneficiary of a mentor’s support, Weldon School head David Umulis now embraces opportunities to encourage his students and faculty in biomedical engineering.

Each spring, the College of Engineering recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of our graduate students and postdocs through several prestigious awards. Graduate students also select an outstanding faculty mentor who has gone above and beyond to serve the graduate students in their program.

Julia Sanz Iglesias, a senior studying biomedical engineering, received the top international student award from Purdue University's Office of International Students and Scholars.

Four students from Purdue University’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering have been selected for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). Brendan Ball, Juliet Heye, Katherine Kerr and Hammad Khan are part of the 2022 class of GRFP Fellows. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.