Ryan O’Boyle, a senior Biomedical Engineering undergraduate, shared the 1st place prize for best poster by an undergrad at the Northeast Regional IDeA Conference in August. He received a certificate and a gift card for $500 for his poster titled “Effect of cell culture substratum anisotropy on vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype”. Ryan performed his research in Robert Akins’ lab at the Nemours – Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
- Bio-inspired innovationsApril Kloxin has been inducted to the 2024 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
- Doctoral Dissertation Defense – Margo DonlinBME PhD Candidate Margo Donlin will be defending their dissertation: Adaptive Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation Methods To Increase Propulsion
- Doctoral Dissertation Defense – Michael DonzantiBME PhD Candidate Michael Donzanti will be defending their dissertation: A Multi-Faceted Approach for Addressing Poor Drug Transport Into the Lymph Node
- Kiick and Price labs awarded R01 from the National Institutes of HealthThanks to a five-year, $3 million research grant, a team of UD engineers will develop approaches to improve delivery of therapeutics to treat post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
- Orthopedics in actionUD Engineering’s Jenni Buckley develops orthopedics curriculum for high school students.