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Focused Ultrasound Opening Brain to Previously Impossible Treatments
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Richard J. Price, who holds joint faculty appointments in UVA’s schools of Medicine and Engineering, is using focused soundwaves to overcome the natural “blood-brain barrier,” which protects the brain from harmful pathogens. His approach aims to breach the barrier only where needed, and only when...
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The Professor who Brought BME Courses Online this Spring is Recognized for Teaching and Service
Read MoreBrian Helmke's Nomination Cited Effectiveness, Forward-Thinking and Enduring Impact
Brian Helmke, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has earned UVA Engineering's Harold S. Morton Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Prize. The Morton Prize is...
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Chair's Letter: We were a community before the pandemic emerged, and that has made all the difference
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What I’ve learned is that the qualities and culture a department fosters during its normal course of business will determine its ability to weather a crisis successfully and to...
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UVA Engineering Student Teams Land Two New ‘Double Hoo’ Awards; Two Receive Renewed Funding
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Five engineering departments are represented in the University’s Double Hoo program, which funds research collaborations between undergraduate and graduate student pairs.
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Class of 2020: For Georgia MacKenzie, Art + Engineering = Design
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Georgia Mackenzie is a University of Virginia cross country and track runner, a newly graduated biomedical engineer, and a painter and illustrator. She sees a connection in all of her pursuits.
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Class of 2020: Biomedical Engineering Graduate Among School's Outstanding Student Award Winners
Read MoreAllison Horenberg's Nomination Cited Creativity, Problem-solving Skills, Communication Abilities and Leadership.
Allison Horenberg earned the award that is given to students who have demonstrated excellent academic performance, leadership and service.
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Class of 2020: Graduating STEM Students Reflect on How UVA Has Shaped Them
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Five fourth year students — all graduating with STEM degrees — share their unique journeys to the diploma they will eventually receive on the Lawn.
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Backed by Money and Mentors, Undergrads Embark on Research Adventures
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Harrison Award recipients receive as much as $4,000 apiece to pursue their research interests, along with a faculty mentor – a process that has gone on every year since 2001. Four awardees are UVA Engineers.
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Engineering Improvements to Patient Care
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Over the summer, BME Clinical Scholars are immersed in the clinical environment at UVA Health. What they learn there is spun off into design cases to explore in the classroom in the fall.
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Major Awards Launch Undergraduate Scientists Toward Research Careers
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Biomedical engineering second year Nikita Sivakumar has earned a Beckman Scholars Award, UVA's largest scholarship for undergraduate research.