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UC Irvine biomedical engineering doctoral student Trisha Mendoza has received a predoctoral research fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in support of her work to help individuals living with epilepsy.👏
The University of California, Irvine, BME Department will be at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2025) in San Diego, CA, October 8 – 12, 2025. Come see us at Booth # 816 and learn about our Ph.D., M.S., and Master of Engineering programs! #BMES2025
The BME department is proud to share that amongst the recipients of the 2025 awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Dr. James Brody has won the Excellence in Digital Learning category! Congratulations Dr. Brody and all other winners and honorees!
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We were proud to sponsor #BIC2025 at UC Irvine! Sandra Miller led a stellar Industry Panel with leaders from @UCIrvine, @venavitals, @JNJNews, and @GileadSciences. A day full of biotech breakthroughs, career connections, and future leaders in medtech. 👏🔬
Thank you to everyone who attended the 25th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium last week at UC Irvine!
Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student Ashley Urrutia Avila, whom received the 2024–2025 Samueli School of Engineering Victoria Alegria Tracy Endowed Graduate Student Award!🥳👏
Tibor Juhasz, BME Professor, was highlighted in an article published online by UCI Beall Applied Innovation, which describes ViaLase, his startup built around a femtosecond laser system that treats glaucoma with a procedure so precise, patients feel like nothing happened.
Congratulations to all the student teams who presented their work at the BioENGINE Symposium June 5, 2025. Many thanks to instructor Dr. Christine King for organizing this great annual event!
Check out all team websites here: projects.uci.design/
Congrats to the teams who won awards at BioENGINE Symposium! Awards co-presented by Dr. Christine King and Dr. Michelle Digman
Alcount - alcount.uci.design
VeinGuard - veinguard.uci.design
Alygators - alygators.uci.design
Nasocoustics - nasocoustics.uci.design
Take a look at the new publication from the Botvinick laboratory and collaborators in Biomaterials Research: "Label-Free Prediction of Fluorescently Labeled Fibrin Networks | Biomaterials Research":
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133…
See UCI SOE's story regarding BME undergraduate students Devin Johnson: lnkd.in/edQWjxVw
This year’s theme is “TrAIlblazing Bioengineering, celebrating the transformative emergence of Artificial Intelligence in Bioengineering.”
On May 28, Abraham Lee gave his keynote presentation "Of the Cell, By the Cell, and For the Cell – How Cell Engineering is the Key to Restoring Health." at the annual Bioengineering Day hosted by the Bioengineering Department at UCSD.
Congratulations to Neha Muvvala for winning the BME undergraduate student of the year award at the University of California, Irvine, Engineering Student Council at their 52nd Annual Awards Banquet!
Congratulations to Dr. Christine King for winning the BME Professor of the Year Award at the University of California, Irvine, Engineering Student Council at their 52nd Annual Awards Banquet!
