U-M BME’s Mert Oral is Featured on the Michigan Athletics Website
Oral discusses his studies in U-M BME throughout the article.
A recent story on the Michigan Athletics website highlights U-M BME junior Mert Oral, who plays on the U-M men’s tennis team.
Oral discusses his studies in U-M BME throughout the article, noting, “My project team is working on developing a drug-eluting bypass graft, which could be used to treat peripheral artery disease. There isn’t a device that exists like that in the real world.”
The article lists several of his academic awards, including the ITA Scholar-Athlete Award in 2023 and Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2024. “Although Oral has already accomplished a lot as a junior, he remains excited about the classes he has selected for next semester, including an elective called AI in BME,” the article said.
“I don’t have too much experience with coding or machine learning or artificial intelligence, but I think that will be a great exposure to how AI can be leveraged in biomedical engineering,” Oral noted. “I think the future of medicine is headed in an increasingly technological and AI-aided direction, so being able to get any exposure possible to AI as it intersects with biomedical engineering and medicine in general is going to be really rewarding.”