Biomedical Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Five students earn awards at SPIE Medical Imaging Conference

    Five Vanderbilt students across computer science, electrical engineering, and biomedical engineering were selected for scientific awards out of almost 450 papers presented at the SPIE Medical Imaging 2017 Conference in mid-February. Twenty-five students from five laboratories affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) attended the conference. Read More

    Mar. 2, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties

    John Wikswo with image of the I-Wire heart-on-a-chip device projected behind him. (Joe Howell / Vanderbilt) The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties. Read More

    Feb. 23, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Merryman, Young among 2017 Chancellor Faculty Fellows

    Young Merryman Two School of Engineering associate professors are among 12 faculty members selected Chancellor Faculty Fellows — highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from the social sciences, life and physical sciences, clinical sciences and humanities, as well as law, mathematics and engineering. David Merryman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, associate professor… Read More

    Feb. 7, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Guelcher named director of Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology

    Scott A. Guelcher, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology housed within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. VCBB investigates diseases of bone and mineral metabolism. Investigators associated with the center study the mechanisms regulating bone remodeling… Read More

    Feb. 3, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Merryman wins $6M to address heart disease with arthritis drug, fund other research

    Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Dave Merryman interacting with a student in his lab. (Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt University) A Vanderbilt biomedical engineering professor has garnered $6 million total in grants to determine how to treat heart valve disease, pulmonary hypertension and heart failure using drugs originally developed for rheumatoid arthritis… Read More

    Feb. 1, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt biomedical engineer receives presidential award for advanced wound healing research

    Craig Duvall, right, in the lab discussing his research with a student. (Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt) Craig L. Duvall has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early… Read More

    Jan. 31, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    What happens when collaborations go awry? Ph.D. student’s blog post offers solutions

    Megan Poorman Our researchers seek collaborations across campus, the nation and the world, and those often lead to life-changing — and sometimes life-saving — technology coming out of their labs. But what happens when those collaborations go awry? asked Megan Poorman, a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering… Read More

    Jan. 24, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Engineering alums Capps, Card pass along advice to athletes, ROTC members at banquet

    From left, Prof. Shannon Capps,, Dean Philippe Fauchet and Ret. Vice Admiral Kendall Card at Monday’s Engineering Athletic/ROTC Banquet. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) A  Drexel University professor and a retired vice admiral, both School of Engineering alums, addressed a crowd of engineering undergraduates active on Vanderbilt’s athletic teams and in ROTC… Read More

    Jan. 24, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    DNA duplicator small enough to hold in your hand

    Imagine a “DNA photocopier” small enough to hold in your hand that could identify the bacteria or virus causing an infection even before the symptoms appear. This possibility is raised by a fundamentally new method for controlling a powerful but finicky process called the polymerase chain reaction. PCR was developed… Read More

    Jan. 12, 2017

  • Vanderbilt University

    Researchers’ sensor integrates inflammatory bowel disease detection into colonoscopy procedure

      The sensor detects molecular markers of IBD using a minimally-invasive endoscope that can be easily integrated into a routine colonoscopy exam. Credit: Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt researchers have developed the first sensor capable of objectively identifying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and distinguishing between its two subtypes. The device represents a… Read More

    Jan. 5, 2017