Category: Campus and Community
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BME Faculty, Research Staff Honored with 2026 EBS Awards
EBS is a cooperative program for the nine U-M Medical School basic science departments, which funds research initiatives, supports faculty recruitment, and issues annual awards such as the EBS Teaching and Research Staff Awards.
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U-M BME Researchers Create an 8D-Model of Cancer Metabolism
In a new study, researchers at the University of Michigan Department of Biomedical Engineering (U-M BME) have harnessed machine learning to successfully predict the metabolic inner workings of nearly 1,000 different cancer cell lines, creating a roadmap that could lead to highly tailored, synergistic combination therapies.
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Building a Better Heart Patch, Fiber by Fiber
Researchers at the University of Michigan Department of Biomedical Engineering (U-M BME) are working to engineer functional, living cardiac tissue grafts that can restore heart function.
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Congratulations to BME Faculty on Promotions
Learn more about our faculty promotions, which become effective later this summer and early fall 2026.
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RSVP Now for Engineering in Cardiovascular Medicine–a BME Summer Workshop @ Michigan
The two-day event will be geared towards delivering high quality presentations, poster presentations, workshop-wide activities for engagement and networking, as well as focused sessions on building bridges between clinical and engineering trainees.
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2026 BME Symposium with Glenn V. Edmonson Lecture Highlights Research and Community Across Campus
This year’s event featured a mix of faculty and student research talks, poster presentations, networking opportunities, and recognition of outstanding student achievement.
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U‑M Biomedical Engineering Celebrates 30 Years as a Department, Building on a Foundation that Began in 1962
While BME’s history as an official academic department spans 30 years, Michigan’s biomedical engineering influence can be traced far earlier to the 1960s—beginning with a bold experiment in graduate education.
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Project MESA brings portable gynecological care to rural communities
Project MESA began in August 2010 as a U-M engineering student effort within M-HEAL, a student organization focused on improving access to healthcare in underserved settings.
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Register Today for May 13’s BME Symposium with Glenn V. Edmonson Lecture
This event is intended to build the BME community across campus and honor the legacy of the first graduate chair of the Biomedical Engineering program.
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BME 419/519 Art Fair Spotlights the Beauty and Creativity of Human Physiology
Held on the final day of class, the event encouraged students to choose any physiological system covered during the term and interpret it through an original art piece made using any medium.