June 25, 2020
2 BME faculty receive Trask funding to advance their technologies
Two BME faculty innovators received Trask Innovation funding to help their labs commercialize their innovations.
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June 22, 2020
C.H. Lee develops wearable patch to treat skin cancer
Chi Hwan Lee's team has created a novel wearable patch for an improved, less-invasive treatment for skin cancer.
June 9, 2020
Linnes Lab research published in Science Journal for Kids
Science Journal for Kids published research by Dr. Jacqueline Linnes and her research team about a small device she developed to rapidly detect the HIV virus from blood. The journal publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science research adapted for young students and their teachers.
June 2, 2020
New BME alumna receives 2020-21 Fulbright Scholarship
A Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering alumna received a grant offer from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for 2020-21. Madeleine Henderson is one of three engineering awardees among nine Purdue University students and alumni to receive offers this year.
May 29, 2020
Opioid addicts become “first responders” to their own overdose
BME’s Hugh Lee developed a wearable/implantable device to help opioid addicts be their own “first responders”. The device senses the danger signals given off by the body and automatically administers a life-saving drug even if the addict is incapacitated.
May 21, 2020
Young Kim's team develops smartphone app to help assess anemia
Young Kim's research team and collaborators developed software that would enable medical staff to take a picture of a patient’s inner eyelid with a smartphone and instantly receive a near-accurate count of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells.
May 20, 2020
BME senior wins gold in Boeing Innovation Challenge
A senior in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering won first prize in the recent Boeing Innovation Challenge – a competition in which students from 10 U.S. universities, assisted by Boeing experts, developed solutions to real-world aviation issues.
May 7, 2020
BME's Huang and Calve use 3D imaging technology to see inside whole cells, tissues
Tool could allow for better understanding for diseases affecting the brain, regenerative therapies
May 6, 2020
BME’s Jayant named Young Investigator, to receive funding for large-scale mapping project
Krishna Jayant, assistant professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, has been designated a Young Investigator grantee by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSP).
April 30, 2020
Chi Hwan Lee receives Early Career Research award
Chi Hwan Lee, Assistant Professor of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, received the Early Career Research award, recognized in the 2020 College of Engineering’s Faculty Excellence Awards.
