Congratulations to Jason Saathoff, PhD Candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Jered Haun! He received the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student of the Year Award from the University of California, Irvine, Engineering Student Council at their 52nd Annual Awards Banquet!🎉

Read more about BME graduate Gabriel Ketron and Dr. Gregory Brewer's Alzheimer's research. Their work was published in Alzheimer's Research and Therapy back in March! Story: engineering.uci.edu/news/2025/4/... Publication: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40069789/

Big news! Thanks to the American Heart Association Career Development Award, assistant professor Pim Oomen will be receiving $231,000 in funding over the next three years! This funding will help their research of sex hormones' impact on the heart through biophysics modeling!

Open-Rank Faculty Cluster Hire in Depression Research opportunity at UCI in the Department of Biomedical Engineering! We're seeking an innovative Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor in BME! Apply at: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09510

Congratulations to Dr. Christine King on being recognized by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and joining the College of Fellows representing the top 2% of medical and biological engineers!

Congratulations to Dr. Zoran Nenadic on being recognized by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and joining the College of Fellows representing the top 2% of medical and biological engineers!

We had a fantastic BioENGINE Industry Night, where BME students had the opportunity to connect with industry professionals for career growth! A big thank you to all the companies and organizations that participated, and to Dr. Christine King for organizing this event.

Join us this Saturday, March 1, for the Samueli School of Engineering and UC Irvine Homecoming Festivities!! Come visit our Biomedical Engineering Department! More information at homecoming.uci.edu

We are delighted to announce that Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou has been awarded the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research. This prestigious award highlights the exceptional research and dedication that Prof. Athanasiou brings to our department and the university as a whole.

At the annual Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, the lab of Dr. Michelle Digman (BME Dept. Chair) presented several posters, including one by Song Zhu (PhD Candidate) biophysics.org/2025meeting#/

Dr. Michelle Digman (BME Dept. Chair) represented UCI BME at the Career and Education fair at BPS2025, where she discussed BME graduate programs with prospective students. biophysics.org/2025meeting#/

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is extremely proud and excited to share that Dr. Kyriacos Athanasiou has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering! engineering.uci.edu/news/2025/2/...

We are truly grateful for the support of Henry and Susan Samueli and we are excited about Professor Chang Liu's launch of the HSSoE Institute for Engineering + Health. We take great pride in his achievements and look forward to his future work! 🙌

Professor Enrico Gratton was honored as a Biophysical Society Fellow at the BPS2025 Los Angeles! Congratulations Enrico! biophysics.org/2025meeting#/

Congrats to our BioENGINE students for creating Move-D, their innovative startup, and successfully securing a licensing deal for their device with a major company! View more here: tinyurl.com/42fec94r

Thanks to the organizers for an amazing #AMPC13 meeting!

Congratulations to Abe Lee and his former PhD student, Xuan Li! Their patent was issued December 31, 2024. This microfluidic trapping array efficiently pairs single cells in isolated compartments in an easy-to-operate manner. Work was funded by NSF. See details here: tinyurl.com/29e5facw

Congratulations to Thuy Khanh Tran Dao, Michelle Lanterman, Daanish Kulkarni for winning awards in last month's CMBE event! We are very proud of your achievements and wish you continued success!

BMES announced next week’s 2025 Industry Night! Find out more on their LinkedIn here: tinyurl.com/4cytjhrr

SLAS2025 is this week, an annual event that celebrates the interconnectivity of technology and discovery, laboratory automation, innovation and analytics. Dr. Elliot Hut will be giving an invited talk about his research Jan 29. See full agenda here: www.slas.org/events-calen...

We're happy to share that Bill Tang’s patent just got published end of last month! Joanne Ly is his former PhD student and Caryn Bradley is his collaborator in SOM. Bill and Caryn started NeoCare Innovations. For more information visit here: tinyurl.com/mvvnwy8z

Two BME undergrads received NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduate awards through the Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics. Congratulations to Giovanni Tam and Houston Nguyen. REU: tinyurl.com/3h4msjfd CADMIM: tinyurl.com/a7zzdbf4

In 2019, our BioENGINE (BME 180 Senior Design) students were tasked by Dr Sharief Taraman at CHOC to find a solution for Dylan, a cerebral palsy pediatric patient, who wanted to be able to write and perform daily tasks better given his tremors.

The Master of Engineering Program is a Professional Master’s program that includes a 6-month Capstone project with a company. One of the sponsoring companies this year is Inari Medical.

Congratulations to BME Distinguished Professor Dr. Kyriacos Athanasiou for receiving the UCI 2024-2025 Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research! senate.uci.edu/distinguishe...