Angel Enriquez won a first-place prize of $75,000 with his pitch on a patent-pending device to increase efficiency when removing blood clots that cause stroke by creating an additional force to extract emboli.

Otto has received many honors and recognitions, including the UF Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, the UF BME Service Award, the UF BME Research Award, the Weldon School Faculty Service Award and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Weldon School Graduate Student Association.

Wallace’s goal is to interface with local, state and federal sources and businesses that can bring resources and opportunities into the Indianapolis ecosystem on campus to both bolster what people are doing in their labs and also create bigger initiatives that will drive the campus forward.

“The Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to welcome Drs. Lee, Sahlein, and Wilson as adjunct assistant professors,” said Nan Kong, interim head and professor of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. “Biomedical Engineering is truly an interdisciplinary field merging engineering, medicine and the sciences to solve challenging healthcare problems. We look forward to a mutually rewarding engineering--medicine collaboration in improving millions of lives today and tomorrow. Every small step in biomedical engineering leads to a giant leap in the world of healthcare.”

Young L. Kim, a professor of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering has been granted two patents on his intellectual property, “Light-activated photoreaction via genetic hybridization of far-red fluorescent protein and silk.”

3MT is a fast-paced competition that challenges Purdue Graduate students to share their research in only three minutes. The audience chooses their favorite 3MT presentation of the 10. Cash awards are given.

Lee has invented a new glaucoma drainage device that combats the problem of biofouling. Using new advancements in technology, the device is "Smart" and can clear itself of harmful bio-buildup.

Twenty-four students from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the College of Engineering spent the week in Ireland visiting medical device and pharma manufacturers in Castlebar, Galway, Limerick and Cork.

Election to AIMBE’s College of Fellows is limited to the top 2% of medical and biological engineers in these fields. Those elected are considered to have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice or education.