@CaltechMedE

MedE at @Caltech @CaltechEAS places a strong emphasis on the development of translational medical technologies and devices.

 Pasadena, California
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Joined July 2024
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Origins: How the Department of Medical Engineering Was Born — Caltech Magazine

Ten years ago, Caltech became the first institution in the country to launch a department with the name “medical engineering.” On its 10th anniversary, the department has become a leader in the...

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Sweat Sensor Enables Continuous Noninvasive Measurement of Cholesterol

The stick-on patch outfitted with microfluidic technologies works in combination with machine learning to estimate lipid levels found in the blood

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Mory Gharib Awarded NAI Certificate of Distinguished Service

Mory Gharib Receives NAI Award

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Stretchy, Soft, and Sticky: Advancing the Next Generation of Wearable and Implantable Sensors

Wei Gao and his lab have developed a flexible interface for medical sensing that moves with the body and a closed-loop therapeutic platform that can adhere to wet tissue.

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Simple New System Keeps Microscopes in Focus Automatically

The new autofocus technique could eliminate much of the labor involved in high-throughput microscopy

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Scanning the Body with Sound

Caltech researchers have developed a system that can perform deep ultrasound imaging on whole cross-sections of the human body.

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Stretchy, Soft, and Sticky: Advancing the Next Generation of Wearable and Implantable Sensors

Wei Gao and his lab have developed a flexible interface for medical sensing that moves with the body and a closed-loop therapeutic platform that can adhere to wet tissue.

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New IBMS10 Award Honoring Mory Gharib

New IBMS10 Award Honoring Mory Gharib

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Lihong Wang Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Wang, a leader in developing novel imaging technologies, is among 100 newly named members of the advisory academy.

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New "Smart Capsule" to Study the Health of the GI Tract

PillTrek offers a swallowable way to monitor a variety of biomarkers in the complex environment of the gut

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AI-Assisted Technique Offers Safe, Effective, Painless Breast Imaging Alternative

The method, which has now been tested on human patients, performs comparably to mammography and MRI without any of the risk or discomfort

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John Dabiri and Wei Gao Elected 2025 AIMBE Fellows

John Dabiri, Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, and Wei Gao, Professor of Medical Engineering; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute, have been elected to the...

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Smart Bandage Clears New Hurdle: Monitors Chronic Wounds in Human Patients

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions

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Four Faculty Members, Four Alums Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Election to the academy is considered amongst the highest professional honors for scientists.

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3D Printing In Vivo Using Sound

New technique for cell or drug delivery, localization of bioelectric materials, and wound healing uses ultrasound to activate printing within the body

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Smart Bandage Clears New Hurdle: Monitors Chronic Wounds in Human Patients

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions

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Printable Molecule-Selective Nanoparticles Enable Mass Production of Wearable Biosensors

Wei Gao's lab has developed a way to print nanoparticles like ink, creating inexpensive sweat sensors that can continuously monitor multiple molecules.

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Postdoc Inho Kim selected as the 2024 Innovator of Material Science by the MIT Technology Review:...

Postdoc Inho Kim selected as the 2024 Innovator of Material Science by the MIT Technology Review: 35 Innovators Under 35

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Congratulations to Inho Kim, postdoc in Professor Wei Gao's Lab, for being selected by the MIT Technology Review: 35 Innovators Under 35 as the winner of the "2024 Innovator of Material Science." Topic: Inexpensive artificial muscle fibers for wearable assistive devices.
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Two New Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators Named

Viviana Gradinaru and André Hoelz are among 26 newly selected HHMI investigators who will receive flexible funding to pursue "discoveries that will change our world for the better"

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New Computational Microscopy Technique Provides More Direct Route to Crisp Images mede.caltech.edu/news/new-co…
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