Most people in the world lack access to medical imaging including for assessment of pulmonary disease. Researchers from The Hajim School and URMC are using #AI to develop a system that rapidly triages pulmonary disease without a radiologist or sonographer #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1186/s128...

BME Seminar 📅Date: 11/11/25, 8:30 AM 🎓Presenter: Antonia Zaferiou, PhD 📜Title: “Turning towards understanding and improving human agility and mobility” 🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #uofrbme #seminar #BME @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

🔷BME Seminar 📅Date: 11/18/25, 8:30 AM 🎓Presenter: Lin Zhang, PhD 📜Title: “Conformable ultrasound electronics: from design strategies to healthcare innovation” 🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #UofRBME #seminar @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Just wrapped up the 2025 iGEM Jamboree in Paris, and my team won a gold medal and four nominations for their project to create sustainable materials on Mars! @urochester.bsky.social @igemhq.bsky.social

Advancements in deep learning hold promise in ultrasound imaging, but most approaches focus solely on image enhancement or segmentation, without integrating them into a unified framework. Read how Hajim researchers address the gap #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1016/j.ul...

Also, congratulations to Institute of Optics director Thomas Brown, who was elected to the @optica.org Board of Directors.

Congratulations to Institute of Optics alumnus Alex Gaeta '90 PhD on being elected @optica.org vice president. That makes two @urochester.bsky.social alumni in the Optica presidential chain, joining President James Kafka.

Add this game-changing tech to the playbook🏈 Biomed engineering major Kade Kauffmann '26 is an intern at @urmed.bsky.social Motion Labs, working with researchers and clinical providers to help athletes understand how they move on the field @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social

Congratulations to Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the @cvsuor.bsky.social and Nicholas George Professor in Optics, on this tremendous accomplishment! #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social

Congratulations to #URochester computer science alumnus Jie An '25, who won the ACM SIGMM award for outstanding PhD thesis in multimedia computing, communications, and applications for his work with Professor Jiebo Luo. Jie is now a research scientist at Meta’s Reality Labs #URochesterResearch

🔹 BME Special Seminar 📅 Date: 10/24/25, 10:00 am 🎓 Presenter: Kaicheng Liang, Ph.D. 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... 🔗 Flyer: www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/assets/p... #biomedicalengineering #uofrbme #research #seminar @urengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Hussein Aluie from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, who was selected to be an @apsphysics.bsky.social Fellow for his work understanding how the Earth's oceans and climate systems interact. Read about some of his latest work: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...

URochester scientists at @urengineering.bsky.social are using human tissue on microchips to study how the brain protects itself, and how that protection can break down 🧠 #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/4n1CvnO

#URochester researchers used state-of-the-art microchips with human tissue to see how the brain operates while healthy and is damaged through neurodegenerative diseases or conditions like sepsis Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/b... Papers: doi.org/10.1002/advs... doi.org/10.1016/j.mt...

🎓 Curious about a Graduate Degree in BME? Join us for a virtual Grad Program Info Session! 📅 Wed, Oct 15 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr... #BME #GradSchool #URochesterBME #MS #InfoSession #CMTI #BiomedicalEngineering @urochester.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

A great honor to deliver the @optica.org Edgar Tillyer Award Lecture at @optica-fvm.bsky.social in @uminnpress.bsky.social & been introduced by Steve Burns, long term mentor, friend & collaborator; @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

The inaugural Soundtrax Film Music Festival is just over a week away! As engineers, we’re especially excited for the free daytime sessions on immersive sound and how #AI is revolutionizing music production featuring speakers from Sony, Adobe, and Yamaha www.soundtrax.org/schedule-at-...

Our 110-year-old chemical engineering department recently changed its name to the Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, signaling a commitment to shaping the future of the field #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social www.rochester.edu/newscenter/f...

Research teams with high fractions of beginners — authors with no prior publication history — tend to be more disruptive and innovative, according to a study led by @urochester.bsky.social computer science alumnus Raiyan BAten '23 PhD #URochesterResearch

In the #PUCP Workshop of Biomedical Engineering I presented “Advances in #VisionResearch at the University of Rochester”, including an overview of programs at @cvsuor.bsky.social @marcoslabur.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social; Cohosted by @optica.org & @spie.org chapters

🎓 Curious about a Master’s Degree in BME? Join us for an MS Degree Info Session with Dr. Amy Lerner! 📅 Wed, Oct 22 📍 Goergen 109 & on Zoom 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/2025-1... #URochesterBME #GradSchool #MastersDegree #CMTI @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Phlotonics, co-founded by @urochester.bsky.social alumni, won a $1.1M AIM Photonics contract to launch BioproSense™, a platform advancing real-time biosensing for regenerative medicine💡🧬 www.phlotonics.com/article.cfm?... #EverBetter #Innovation #Photonics #URochesterResearch

Professor Benjamín Castañeda has devoted his career to bringing life-saving technology to rural areas across the globe! #MyRochesterStory #URochesterResearch

09/09/2025 Congratulations to Gadg for presenting his REU work from this summer at Techcon. Great work Gadg! @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT! A perfect forward pass is an incredibly complex mathematical equation, says Professor John Lambropoulos—Josh Allen just makes it look easy 🏈 #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social #JoshAllen #GoBills #BillsMafia #BALvsBUF

The Tush Push is back! (that's just science) URochester engineers and athletes collaborate to understand the biomechanical forces behind this iconic play @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrathletics.bsky.social #URochesterResearch #NFLKickoff #GoBills #GOJACKETS

Wendi Heinzelman has been reappointed to a third five-year term as dean of the Hajim School, a position she has held since 2016. Read about some of the key initiatives she will focus on during her third appointment as dean: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w...

Meet the 1st year PhD students in @marcoslabur.bsky.social Meeting today. From right to left: Veronica Masztalerz (Optics), Chang Liu (Optics), Ellen Jiang (Optics), Terry Zhou (BME) #RochesterOptics @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social Welcome!

08/12/2025 Jiewei defended his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr Xiang! @urengineering.bsky.social

🎉 Congrats to #BME faculty Dr. Benjamín Castañeda who was recognized with an award by the Peruvian government for technological innovation! 🔗 www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-eve... #Innovation #UofRBME #FacultyNews #INDECOPI @urengineering.bsky.social

How did @urochester.bsky.social researchers make solar thermoelectric generators that are 15 times more efficient than previous devices? A little black metal🤘 #URochesterResearch Read about the research: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s... See the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Engaging video about Juniyali's journey from student to successful entrepreneur. We are very proud of our Alumni. @urengineering.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h50T...

What if Alexa could detect Parkinson's? Grad students at @urengineering.bsky.social have outlined a quick, speech-based AI tool to screen for indicators of neurodegenerative disease It's another way Rochester researchers are harnessing AI for the public good uofr.us/46rdD4c #URochesterResearch

Each year, over 30 million people have cataract surgery—and Rochester leads the field in developing new approaches to one of the most important procedures for restoring sight #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/40UgKOi @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

Brunch, hiking & transitions with the team yesterday 🥯🌿💦, with welcomes & a farewell. Bittersweet but energizing. Grateful for the ideas we share in the lab & the memories we make outside of it @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social #StonyBrookSP #NewYorkState

Exposure to #research as an #undergraduate @io-csic.bsky.social was key to shape my #ScientificCareer; Thrilled to have shared my experience & current @marcoslabur.bsky.social work yesterday #RochesterOptics @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social with #NSF REU students 👇📷

📣 The @urochester.bsky.social Institute of #Optics is a semifinalist in the NSF’s Engines competition for its STELLAR initiative: www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-adv... Learn more about our work to advance #laser tech and applications in the ROC and Finger Lakes region: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s...

A #quantum leap in communication: @urochester.bsky.social & @rittigers.bsky.social have created the experimental Rochester Quantum Network sending #photons 11 miles across Rochester—paving the way for ultra-secure communication. Check out the @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social spotlight: bit.ly/4lgO0I0

We’re thrilled to see the new @marcoslabur.bsky.social Ophthalmic Translational Research Lab open its doors at @urmed.bsky.social! The @cvsuor.bsky.social brings together vision scientists from across the @urochester.bsky.social: www.cvs.rochester.edu #URochesterResearch

@urochester.bsky.social is making a bold $8.5m investment in four new transdisciplinary research centers. Three of these centers are co-led by distinguished Hajim School of Engineering faculty. Learn more: www.rochester.edu/provost/four...

OUT NOW from Jannick Rolland in Measurement: Automated and highly precise surface wetting contact angle measurement with optical coherence tomography based on deep learning model doi.org/10.1016/j.me... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social

New from @urochester.bsky.social #optics researchers: A faster, more sensitive way to detect #infrared light—no cooling needed. Unlike bulky thermal or cryo-cooled detectors, this tech uses tiny vibrating sensors to “listen” for light, working at room temp: doi.org/10.1021/acsp...

Our #UofRBME students are at #MPSWorldSummit 2025 in Brussels🌍presenting cutting-edge tissue chip research & connecting with global leaders. Stop by if you can!👋 🔗 mpsworldsummit.org #Microphysiological #URochesterResearch @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Can you spot a fake voice? ASVspoof 5—created by a team including @urochester.bsky.social computer science researchers—helps fight #deepfake audio with a huge new dataset, including 1000+ speakers, 32 attack types (including adversarial), and real-world acoustics: doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...

How do materials move in extreme environments like stars or fusion reactors? 🌟 Researchers from @urochester.bsky.social (Jessica Shang, Hussein Aluie & Hao Yin) helped develop a new advanced x-ray method to track motion from tiny ripples to big flows: doi.org/10.1103/Phys... #URochesterResearch

LASER TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH: Rochester researchers at @urengineering.bsky.social have designed a new laser smaller than a penny that can measure objects at ultrafast rates #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/3HC68Nh

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Dalecki on receiving the Joseph H. Holmes Pioneer Award from American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)! Her groundbreaking work in diagnostic #ultrasound continues to inspire. 👏🔬 🔗 www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-eve... @urengineering.bsky.social

Sneak Peek of the class #Vision & the #Eye that I taught this semester👁️ @urochester.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social: phenomenal guest speakers, hands-on, discussions, labs…Awsome students #RochesterOptics @uofrbme.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social; A real treat🙏👀

Great weekend of #Classof2025 graduation ceremonies @urochester.bsky.social. Thrilled to congratulate our graduates, meet their families & share time with faculty (below). @urengineering.bsky.social #GIDS-AI @cvsuor.bsky.social. Congrats also to Jannick Rolland for #Hajim Lifetime Achievement Award🏅

@yukang.bsky.social, asst. prof. of computer science, and team reviewed 94 #HCI studies on VR and social interaction, proposing an evaluation framework and highlighting both benefits (e.g. intimacy, engagement) and risks (e.g. harassment, privacy): doi.org/10.1145/3711...