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Alumni Updates
BME Alumni Merit Award Winners
- 2023 – Auresa Thomas McGill
- 2022 – Victoria Augustine
- 2020 – Jeffrey Jamison
- 2019 – Jon Rowley
- 2018 – Lisa Kurek
- 2017 – Predrag Sukovic
- 2016 – V. Kadir Kadhiresan
- 2015 – Dianna Cody
- 2014 – Scott Merz
- 2013 – Timothy Kriewall
- 2012 – Barry Bochner
- 2011 – Monique K. Mansoura
- 2010 – James Pipe
- 2009 – Patrick Crane
- 2008 – James W. Albers
- 2007 – Spencer Bement
- 2006 – Mark Sutter
- 2005 – Gregg E. Trahey
- 2004 – Robert G. Radwin
- 2003 – Burks Oakley
- 2002 – Steven A. Goldstein
- 2001 – David A. Vogel
- 2000 – Alfred L. Nuttall
- 1999 – Gregg K. McPherson
- 1998 – William J. Heetderks
- 1997 – Walter H. Olson
Homecoming Events Honor 2023 BME Alumni Award Recipients
Congratulations to BME alumni Daryl Kipke, PhD; Scott Merz, PhD; and Auresa Thomas McGill, PhD, who received Michigan Engineering and BME alumni awards on Friday, September 22, 2023. Dr. Kipke received the Michigan Engineering Alumni Medal- the highest honor presented to an alum in the College of Engineering. Dr. Merz received the Michigan Engineering Distinguished Alumni Service Award, and Dr. McGill received the BME Department Merit Award.
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Alumni Perspectives
“Having an advanced engineering education had been an incredible tool for me to help see problems from all angles and to jump in and solve them.”
— Andrew Scott, Program Manager – Michigan Energy Department Improvement Collaborative
U-M BSE Materials Science and Engineerings, 2001; MSE Biomedical Engineering, 2001; MHSA Health Management and Policy, 2016
“I started doing research when I was a freshman at U-M through the UROP project and continued in the lab I was in through my second year. During my third year, I received the Sarah Maria parker Fellowship and worked in a lab that worked on developing multi-functional nanoparticles for drug delivery applications. I fell in love with the research and lab and decided to stay for my PhD. I was originally a pre-med student, but i really liked research and teaching and decided to become a faculty member.
— Sahar Rahmani, Research Scientist
Gilead Sciences U-M BSE Biomedical Engineering, 2010; MSE Biomedical Engineering, 2011; PhD Biomedical Engineering, 2015
“There were several graduate projects that were helpful to me. First and foremost was my time in BME’s graduate medical device product development course (AMPED). I presented this project during my job interview, and I’m certain it was key in securing my job. It provided me with the strong background in understanding how products, not just medical devices, are developed and prepared for the processes used.”
— Rachel Sun, R&D Leadership Associate – Pall Corporation
U-M BS Cellular & Molecular Biology, 2018; MSE Biomedical Engineering, 2019