Katie Lynch, a biomedical engineering student, spent much of her time at college in leadership roles and representing Native Americans
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Rutgers offers – from a research internship in a faculty lab to a semester abroad in Norway. To her, BME offers a direct opportunity to prepare for a career that uses engineering to help people.
Kelly Kyker-Snowman, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, shares her interests in exploring cellular transitions associated with ovarian cancer metastasis to the peritoneum.
Simiao Niu is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) with research interests in wearable devices and energy harvesting systems for biomedical applications in his wearable electronics lab.
Professors Valerie Tutwiler, Li Cai, and Martin Yarmush have been awarded a New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research (NJCSCR) grant for their project entitled “Mechanisms of thrombotic risk following spinal cord injury”. This award is for $600,000 over 3 years.
Maribel Vazquez, a professor in the School of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering was presented with the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 2023 Professional Impact Award for Education at its annual March meeting.
Jilian Melamed, a Rutgers School of Engineering 2013 graduate, now works at forefront of nanomedicine research that help the body fight diseases.
After receiving his PhD in biomedical engineering, Tim Dasey launched a 30-year career with the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a government funded laboratory that researches and develops technology that supports national security. Today, he is an author and strategic educational consultant, whose first book, Wisdom Factories: AI, Games, and the Education of a Modern Worker, came out in earlier this year.
PhD student Olivia Parker received the Minority Hematology Graduate Award from the American Society of Hematology.