Author: Michele Santillan
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BME-in-Practice: Iterative curriculum design
Employers benefit from BME job candidates who have acquired a set of capabilities rare among BME programs.
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Findings in mice show pill for breast cancer diagnosis may outperform mammograms
A new kind of imaging could distinguish aggressive tumors from benign, preventing unnecessary breast cancer treatments.
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‘Nightmare bacteria:’ Michigan Engineers discuss how to combat antibiotic resistance
Drug-resistant bugs are on the rise and new approaches are needed.
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No sponge left behind: tags for surgical equipment
A simple, easy-to-implement technology could prevent the debilitating injuries that can occur when organs are damaged by surgical tools left in the body.
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Carlos Aguilar wins highly competitive 2018 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award
The 3M award recognizes outstanding faculty on the basis of research, experience, teaching and academic leadership.
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A Better Way to Connect Arteries
How Coulter’s Newest Licensed Product Is Making Its Way from the Classroom to the Clinic
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Empowering Neural Engineering
A group of innovative, accomplished faculty is driving the field forward, working side-by-side with clinicians in the U-M Medical School to focus on translational applications to improve the lives of patients.
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Root causes: Bioelectronics to restore organ function
Bruns directs the U-M Peripheral Neural Engineering and Urodynamics (pNEURO) Lab, which develops bioelectronic interfaces with the peripheral nervous system to understand systems-level neurophysiology as well as to restore autonomic organ function.
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Kevlar-based artificial cartilage mimics the magic of the real thing
In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength
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New funding for high-fidelity nerve mapping research
NIH’s SPARC program seeks to research and develop how nerves interact with organs in order to develop treatments and therapies for diseases, including hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, and gastrointestinal disorders.