News

Nine of this year's 23 Double Hoo Research Grants have one or more UVA Engineers on the team. Some students will continue research they have already started; for others, it will be an opportunity to start something new.

Ashe Allende (BME '18) is an unsung contributor to the exciting work described in this UVA Today story, "Pioneering New 3-D Cancer Model to Speed New Treatments." It was his fourth year Capstone project!

UVA Today profiled the top undergraduate scholars in the Class of 2018, and four are UVA Engineers.

Helmke Becomes the Inaugural Director of Undergrad Research

Dr. Helmke brings his long track record of fostering a strong undergraduate research program in BME to all of UVA Engineering.

Meet the New Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education

William Guilford, Associate Professor of BME, has accepted a three-year appointment as UVA Engineering Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education

UVA Outpaces 81 Public Engineering Schools, with 83 Percent of Students Earning Engineering Bachelor’s Degrees in Four Years

UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science leads all public engineering schools in a survey of four-year graduation rates. The survey found that 83 percent of students who...

It Takes a Village to Reach the 100 Patent Milestone

This April, John Hossack, professor of biomedical engineering, earned U.S. Patent 9,949,722—his 100th U.S. Patent overall, and his 29th as a faculty member at UVA.

Fibroblasts: The Arbiters of ECM Remodeling

Bringing together the fibroblast and the extracellular matrix biology communities to explore current research and theoretical concepts in fibroblast biology.

$10 Million in Promising Ideas

UVA is in many ways the ideal home for this initiative. Only eight universities have top-40 engineering and medical schools located within a mile of each other. UVA is in that...

Establishing a New Therapeutic Platform

UVA leadership in focused ultrasound is not a coincidence, and the BME department has been instrumental to the University’s success.