How rod-shaped particles might distract an out-of-control immune response
June 18, 2020
When white blood cells don’t know when to stop, an injection of rod-shaped particles may draw them away from a site of excessive inflammation. A long-ignored white blood cell may be central to the immune system overreaction that is the most common cause of death for COVID-19 patients—and University of Michigan researchers found that rod-shaped […]
Read more »Supporting our Community
June 5, 2020
U-M BME Chair Lonnie Shea shared the following message with the BME community on June 4, 2020, about standing up to racism and supporting the Black community. To All Members of the BME Community: Given the events of the past weeks, we wanted to reach out to our UM BME community. Like most of you, […]
Read more »Five BME Core Faculty and Five Affiliated/Associated Faculty Promoted
May 22, 2020
The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a number of faculty promotions at their May meeting yesterday, including five core Biomedical Engineering faculty and five affiliated/associated Biomedical Engineering faculty. Core BME Faculty: Rhima M. Coleman, associate professor of biomedical engineering, with tenure, College of Engineering and Medical School; associate professor of mechanical engineering, without […]
Read more »Events
Bioethics Discussion: The Theory of Mind
September 15, 2020 - 7:00 pm
Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Bioethics Discussion: Artificial Intelligence
September 29, 2020 - 7:00 pm
Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Making a Difference
Biomedical Engineering at Michigan: Looking Back
Michigan has been pushing forward the field of biomedical engineering for over 50 years, with incredible technological contributions like ECMO, the silicon neural probe, and the spherocentric knee, to the world-class education of today’s top biomedical engineering minds.
Biomedical Engineering at Michigan: Happening Now
From an engineered scaffold to aid in the early detection of breast cancer metastasis, to a controlled form of ultrasound to non-invasively destroy bad tissue in the body, to a determined mission to enable neural control of prosthetics, Michigan Biomedical Engineering is developing incredible solutions to the worlds most pressing biological and medical challenges.
Biomedical Engineering at Michigan: Moving Forward
Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan is poised to make incredible impact in the fields of engineering, biology and medicine in the years and decades ahead, from innovations in undergraduate and graduate education to groundbreaking research.