Purdue student startup Predictive Wear LLC earned $4,000 for capturing first place in the Southwest Indiana Pitch Competition held in Jasper, Indiana. The new company is developing wearable technology that alerts patients and their doctors about possible medical complications.

An expanding research collaboration between Purdue University and Eli Lilly and Company leverages the expertise of faculty at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering in the area of connected solutions with an eye toward translating laboratory discoveries into life-saving medical devices and therapies that could improve the lives of millions around the world. The connected solutions program area is part of a $52 million five-year strategic collaboration between Lilly and Purdue.

Graduate students seeking a career in the healthcare industry, biomedical device development, entrepreneurship, and regulatory affairs, now have more options to fast track their career through four new graduate programs offered at the Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. A three-semester professional master’s degree, two dual degrees—MSBME/MBA or MSBME/MD, and a Regulatory Certificate Program for Medical Devices offer advanced training in high-demand fields.

In 2018, the NIH funded or renewed funding for three programs that provide specialized training for graduate students in biomedical engineering. Two of these training programs are offered jointly through Purdue University and the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Teri Whitman has been inducted into the Bakken Society, an honorary society recognizing Medtronic employees who demonstrate the highest level of scientific accomplishment. Named after Medtronic founder Earl Bakken, it honors employees who have made multiple technical contributions to the company, to the biomedical device industry, and to the lives of patients around the world. Whitman, a Purdue alumna and longtime friend of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, was inducted into the society on August 30.

When Sarah Calve was first approached about implementing accessibility measures into her course, she worried how much extra time it would take.

Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules directly into cells and expand observational opportunities.

Purdue University researchers have invented a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, as they try to save their eyesight.

Ashlee Colbert, a third year PhD student at Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, is blazing her own trails in the field of biomedical engineering. With a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering focused on biomedical applications, she joined a team working to transform an ordinary object--a cell phone--into an extraordinary, life-saving medical device.

Shruthi Suresh and Ting Zhang, two Purdue University doctoral students, thought they had a great idea to help blind and visually impaired people. The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program helped them come up with an even better idea to launch a startup moving their innovation into the public.