Biomedical Engineering
Solving important challenges at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and the life sciences for the benefit of humanity
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BME 500 Fall Speaker Series Connects Students with Research Leaders
Held in person every Thursday afternoon throughout the fall semester as part of the BME 500 course, the sessions will introduce students to current and emerging research topics in biomedical engineering.
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U-M Team Receives SIF Grant to Develop Low-cost, at-home Biomarker Sensors
Strategic Initiative Fund project brings together six engineering and clinical teams to adapt integrated photonics for monitoring inflammatory bowel disease and bipolar disorder.
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Kevin Zhou Receives MICDE Catalyst Grant to Advance 4D Imaging for Neuroscience
The U-M Biomedical Engineering assistant professor will develop scalable computational methods to reconstruct the movements of freely behaving fruit flies and connect behavior with neural activity.
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Select BME Videos:
Edge in Tech Athena Awards
The EDGE in Tech Athena Award for Early Career recognizes promising young STEM leaders in industry, academia, or the public sector. Nominated by Mark Saltzman, Celeste Nelson, and Taylor Feehley, the award was presented to Dr. Alexandra Piotrowski-Daspit, a distinguished figure in the fields of biomedical engineering and internal medicine. Her research, notably in three-dimensional cell culture models, has significantly advanced our understanding of tumor development and mechanics.
Engineering 100 Section 510
Course Description:
Interested in BME or the healthcare industry? This section could be for you! Join us for a deep dive into the high-stakes world of technology and human health. Biomedical engineers design, redesign, and test devices that improve the treatment, diagnosis, and monitoring of important health challenges facing humanity today. This section will let you experience this process hands-on with real medical devices. We will explore:
- Stakeholder analysis (e.g., interviewing clinicians and patients)
- Ethical, legal, social, environmental, and economic implications that underlie every decision a biomedical engineer makes
- Statistics, regulatory bodies (e.g., FDA), and patent law to understand bringing a new device into the world
Learn about Histotripsy, a process used to treat cancer that was pioneered at U-M BME, through this video produced by Reuters.