Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cynthia Reinhart-King named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow

    Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, is a member of the 2017 Class of Fellows of the Biomedical Engineering Society. The BMES is the premier society for biomedical engineering and bioengineering professionals with more than 7,000 members. This year’s class includes 20 members nominated… Read More

    Sep. 27, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    New tissue-chip research to assess efficacy of novel epilepsy drugs

    NeuroVascular Unit and its perfusion controller, left, and the cardiac I-Wire system, right. (VIIBRE / Vanderbilt) An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers led by John Wikswo, A.B. Learned Professor of Living State Physics and Gordon A. Cain University Professor, has received a two-year, $2 million federal grant to develop an “organ-on-chip”… Read More

    Sep. 22, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    New Career Fair venue, casual company pitches a slamming success

    The ubiquitous “elevator pitch” is a standard rite of career advancement. Whether or not it takes place in an elevator, job candidates are told they must be able to describe their awesomeness in two minutes or less. The Vanderbilt Career Center this year turned the tables on the recruiters. The… Read More

    Sep. 21, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Summer research cements interest, opens options for undergraduates

    How did you spend your summer? Anna Wolfe, a BME senior, designed a point-of-care test for a thyroid stimulating hormone. More than 60 engineering undergraduates have quite detailed answers to that standard question, though their answers are anything but routine. They worked for 10 weeks under the direction of faculty… Read More

    Sep. 18, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nation’s most senior African-American female roboticist in higher ed to deliver Chambers Lecture Sept. 25

    As one of the nation’s most recognized female roboticists, Ayanna Howard has designed SnoMote robots to study the impact of global warming on Antarctic ice shelves and created artificial intelligence-powered STEM apps to teach children with autism how to play Angry Birds. Ayanna Howard She has overseen nearly 50 projects… Read More

    Sep. 15, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering school rises to No. 34 in 2018 U.S. News & World Report rankings

    The School of Engineering rose to No. 34, up from No. 37 last year, in U.S. News & World Report as… Read More

    Sep. 12, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    NIH appoints Miga to scientific review panel

    Michael Miga has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences Study Section of the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review beginning July 1, 2017. Michael Miga Miga is the Harvie Branscomb Professor at Vanderbilt, and professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and… Read More

    Aug. 1, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Plentiful human protein better carrier for gene therapy in tumors

    Powerful molecules can hitch rides on a plentiful human protein and signal tumors to self-destruct, a team of Vanderbilt University engineers found. Their research gives oncologists a better shot at overcoming the problems of drug resistance, toxicity to patients and a host of other barriers to consistently achieving successful gene… Read More

    Jul. 24, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering faculty lead 3 new TIPs projects that tackle big challenges

    Build and use microscope systems that do not exist commercially to unlock deeper insights in biomedicine. Design and develop a space-based platform to study Earth’s evolving ecology from an elevated vantage point. Create a research hub for development and testing of durable, sustainable infrastructure materials. All big ideas with widespread… Read More

    Jul. 20, 2017

  • Professor Mike Miga

    BME study shows software helps surgeons find liver tumors, avoid blood vessels

    Michael Miga (John Russell / Vanderbilt) The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels by inches between the time they’re discovered on a CT scan and when the patient is lying on an operating room table. Surgeons can swab the exposed liver lightly… Read More

    Jul. 17, 2017