Author: Michele Santillan
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BMES at Michigan: Building skills and fostering community
U-M’s BMES chapter provides skill- and community-building opportunities for students seeking professional development and networking.
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Beta Mu Epsilon fosters professionalism, mentorship, service, and design among Michigan BME students
Student-led organization connects undergraduates through professional development, outreach and a signature Innovation Day competition.
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Machine learning platform predicts how microbes may influence colon cancer drug response
U-M BME researchers developed an interpretable AI framework to identify drug combinations that may work better or worse depending on the bacteria present in the tumor microenvironment.
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BME’s Recent Summer Workshops @ Michigan Highlighed Engineering in Cardiovascular Medicine
This two-day workshop brought together leaders in cardiovascular tissue engineering, computational modeling and AI, targeted therapies, and medical devices to advance collaboration across engineering and clinical care.
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U-M BME to Expand AI Engineering Education with New Master’s Pathway
A new Master’s of Engineering degree in Artificial Intelligence Engineering will prepare biomedical engineers to apply AI and machine learning to real-world challenges in health, medicine, and biotechnology.
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U-M engineers advance a new way to “listen” for light inside the body
A scalable optical ultrasound sensor array could help make photoacoustic imaging sharper, smaller and more clinically practical
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Nanoparticle Therapy May Help Steer Immune Cells Toward Healing in Pulmonary Fibrosis
New research from U-M researchers suggests that nanoparticles delivered through the bloodstream can influence circulating immune cells called monocytes, encouraging them to enter the lung and adopt behaviors associated with resolving fibrosis rather than intensifying it.
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Nanoparticles Can Prevent Scars and Spark Nerve Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injuries
By deploying targeted therapeutic nanoparticles, the research team has successfully reprogrammed immune cells at the injury—not just halting damage, but actively driving a pro-regenerative response that prevented scar formation and stimulated nerve regrowth.
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Jan Stegemann Receives ASEE’s Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award
The award is the highest conferred by the Biomedical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and recognizes significant contributions to biomedical engineering education.
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Following the Fibers: Uncovering a Vascular Clue in Lung Fibrosis
A new study published in Advanced Science, led by Dr. Brendon Baker, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, examines a long-understudied participant in this process: the lung’s extensive network of blood vessels.