Eight graduate students from Purdue’s College of Engineering emerged as finalists from a field of 21 hopefuls who competed in the first round of the Engineering 2169 Health and Longevity pitch competition held at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering on April 11.

Pedro P. Irazoqui, Reilly Professor of Biomedical Engineering and interim head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Research. The award honors faculty for an exceptional recent research contribution that has had significant impact on the discipline and/or society.

While other students were relaxing over spring break, students from Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering traveled to Ecuador for an intense week of designing and building prostheses, orthotics, and other adaptive technologies for patients with special needs.

HaptImage LLC, a Purdue Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering-affiliated startup, will present an assistive technology that helps people with visual impairments “see” digital images at the 2019 University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C.

The world's elderly population is booming. The number of older people — those age 60 years or older — is expected to more than double by 2050 and is growing faster than all younger age groups across the globe.

Tamara Kinzer-Ursem and Jacqueline Linnes were named Marta E. Gross Assistant Professors of Biomedical Engineering through the Purdue College of Engineering's Rising Star program. The Rising Star Program recognizes assistant and associate professors for their exceptional accomplishments and leadership in research, teaching, and engagement.

Your chances of getting a nasty migraine increase following a spinal cord injury, thanks to a chemical messenger in the brain that spikes to toxic levels, past studies have suggested. For treatment to get any better, researchers need to catch that split-second spike in action and closely follow its path of destruction.

Through the Purdue College of Engineering’s Rising Star Program, Sarah Calve and Craig Goergen were named Leslie A. Geddes Assistant Professors of Biomedical Engineering for their exceptional accomplishments in research, teaching, and engagement. The limited-term professorships recognize two promising junior faculty members early in their careers while honoring a distinguished professor and brilliant researcher who left an unparalleled legacy.

Wearable devices, such as smart stickers, tattoos, or clothing, will conform so nicely to our skin that you will not be able to notice them while they continuously monitor your health. Read Ramses Martinez's post on Purdue Engineering's new blog, Engineering Review.

As Dr. Jonathan Merrell sees it, physicians affiliated with Indiana University School of Medicine and Purdue College of Engineering students are a perfect match for developing solutions to real medical challenges.