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Biomedical engineering
Design Day
Student engineers perfect their pitches
Published May 8, 2017 Video
In annual year-end Design Day showcase, students present their research, projects, and prototypes
Three students pose with an oversized check for $15,000
Biotechnology
Winning idea for eye surgery
Published April 28, 2017
Treyetech team, made up of 8 undergrads, develops novel device for transplanting, unrolling corneal tissue
Individual Biomedical Research Award winners (from left) Samuel M. Alaish, Jill A. Fahrner, and Ho Lam Tang
Biomedical research
3 recognized for research that improves children's health
Published April 25, 2017
Samuel M. Alaish, Jill A. Fahrner, Ho Lam Tang among 12 to receive Hartwell Foundation awards
Members of team Rain Rain Go Away pose with their invention and a man who uses a wheelchair
Hackathon
Inspired design
Published April 17, 2017
Students win contest with inverted umbrella that deploys with the flip of a switch to help keep wheelchair users dry
Faculty honors
Nine selected for AIMBE College of Fellows
Published March 20, 2017
Members are considered among the top two percent of the country's medical and biological engineers
Biomedical engineering
DNA inspector gadget
Published Feb 23, 2017
New open source gene sequencing software could aid in early detection, treatment of cancer
Brain science
Ultrasound delivery
Published Jan 24, 2017
In rat experiment, sound waves trigger release of drugs encased in nanoparticles 'cages' in brain / Hopkins Medicine
Gulotti (left) holds and examines a model of a vertebral bone while Manbachi observes.
Gap year
Medical device design program
Published Jan 12, 2017
In first program of its kind, med students learn about biomedical design, translation
The Cryoablation team who competed at the Collegiate Inventors Competition (from left) Bailey Surtees, Sarah Lee, Yixin Clarisse Hu, and Serena Thomas.
Undergrad research
JHU team takes bronze
Published Nov 7, 2016
Students place third at Collegiate Inventors Competition with low-cost cryotherapy system to treat breast cancer
Biomedical engineering
A stand-up CT machine
Published Oct 27, 2016
Weight-bearing scanner gives doctors a way to see bone breaks that may have gone undetected