BME News

January 4, 2024

BME’s Andrew Otte awarded funds to develop a long-lasting biodegradable implant for the treatment of opioid use disorder.

Andrew Otte, PhD is an Emerging Leader in BME. Recently he was awarded $9.85 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop a long-acting biodegradable implant of the drug buprenorphine, which is used for the treatment of opioid use disorder.

November 8, 2023

BME’s Qazi gets funding and award to pursue research into biomaterials that help repair muscle tissue

Taimoor Qazi, assistant professor at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, recently received a $75,000 Junior Investigator grant from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF Biologics) to explore a new injectable biomaterial graft for muscle generation.

October 13, 2023

AI takes the reins in deep-tissue imaging

Reilly Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering's Fang Huang's research team built a novel AI engine.

October 5, 2023

Jayant selected for NIH Director's New Innovation Award

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Krishna Jayant, assistant professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, was selected for a prestigious award created to reward and encourage young researchers.

October 3, 2023

Rodriguez selected as a NIH Director’s New Innovator Award recipient

Natalia Rodriguez, assistant professor in the Purdue University Department of Public Health who holds a courtesy appointment in BME, has been selected as a 2023 National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award recipient.

September 20, 2023

Student design team wins $20K prize

A senior design team from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering won first place in the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Team (DEBUT) Challenge.

September 12, 2023

Modeling release rates for implantable drugs

A novel mathematical model can bypass time-consuming and costly experimentation to accurately predict the drug release. The underlying study, “Mechanistic computational modeling of implantable, bioresorbable, drug release systems,” has been published by the journal Advanced Materials.

August 18, 2023

Joint Purdue-IUPUI biomedical engineering undergraduate team earns design award at the 2023 BMES Coulter College Training Program

August 7, 2023

Purdue offers flexible advancement opportunities in biomedical engineering

Biomedical engineers have strong prospects over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which projects that employment of bioengineers and biomedical engineers will grow 10% between 2021 and 2031. During that period, an average of 1,200 new jobs will be posted each year.

July 25, 2023

Purdue's online Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering opens door to a new career for program's first graduate

Several years after earning her undergraduate engineering degree, Hannah Taggart felt the need to refresh her knowledge and skills. Purdue University's online Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering gave her that opportunity and focused Taggart on a new career in medical devices and regulatory affairs.

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