Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    BME alumnus, Harvard professor is 2020 AIMBE Fellow

    Maurice Smith, the Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. Smith was chosen for “his advances in using robotics and mathematical principles from control theory to… Read More

    Apr. 2, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Three biomedical engineering professors elected into AIMBE’s College of Fellows

    Biomedical engineering professors Audrey Bowden, Victoria Morgan and Matthew Walker III have been elected into the 2020 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Recipients of this honor, considered one of the highest in the biomedical engineering discipline, are chosen for exceptional… Read More

    Apr. 2, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering’s graduate program is No. 39 in ‘U.S. News’ 2021 rankings

    The School of Engineering’s graduate program is No. 39 in annual rankings by U.S. News. In a tie with Yale, the school is fifth among engineering schools of similar size appearing in the top 40. The School also was No. 39 in 2020 graduate program rankings. The school ranks… Read More

    Apr. 1, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dean Paschal helps collect medical supplies locally to help fight pandemic

    Cheryl Noe, A&S’89, executive director of C.U.R.E. Nashville, captures volunteers in a selfie at the event. Left to right, Cynthia Paschal, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and a biomedical engineering professor, Buist Richardson, and Abdul Makembe, MA’79, Project C.U.R.E. Ambassador Board member. Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt senior associate dean… Read More

    Mar. 31, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Sophomore sets up volunteer grocery shopping and delivery service

    Connor Oltman, a BME sophomore, is shopping and delivering groceries to people who cannot or should not leave their homes. Connor Oltman knew he’d need activities beyond engineering classes and labs to keep him busy when he got home to Cypress, a small city in Orange County, California. Even as… Read More

    Mar. 30, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering student makes face shields to help boost dwindling supply during coronavirus crisis

    Katy Riojas, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student, makes face shields in her home. When Vanderbilt University Medical Center resident Ashley Nassiri asked Katy Riojas how to get the School of Engineering involved in the coronavirus crisis, Riojas had an idea. “Vanderbilt is unique in that engineering faculty and students and… Read More

    Mar. 26, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    BME class repairs medical equipment at 3 hospitals in Guatemala

    BME students Christia Victoriano and Noah Mallory operate on an electrosurgical foot pedal at one of three hospitals in Guatemala where they and classmates spent spring break repairing medical devices. For a class of biomedical engineering undergraduates spring break was about frayed wires, disconnected connectors and malfunctioning monitors rather than… Read More

    Mar. 25, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two new endowed chair recipients in engineering honored at celebration

    (L to r) Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Craig L. Duvall, Rick W. Wright, Seth R. Bordenstein, Cathy Eng, David Lubinski, Nilanjan Sarkar, Mark R. Denison and Duane Watson. (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Two engineering faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored for their academic achievements… Read More

    Feb. 28, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt engineers mine EMRs and clinical journals for novel disease associations and new research paths

    The idea of simultaneously analyzing medical diagnosis codes with electronic medical records has been much like knowing valuable treasure is buried under miles of rock but lacking the tools to mine it. The payoff—connections that may detect disease earlier and identify new research paths—has tantalized engineers and clinicians alike, remaining… Read More

    Feb. 18, 2020

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineers advance efforts to speed blood test results

    Vanderbilt engineers are working on a process that ultimately may allow patients to get blood test results fast. The process involves automating the duplication process of a person’s DNA to bring DNA levels up to the point where they can be detected. Mindy Leelawong (top) holds a vial of dye… Read More

    Jan. 13, 2020