BME Research Assistant Professor Virginie Papadopoulou was recently selected for a 2022 Carolina Women’s Leadership Council Faculty Mentoring Award. Sponsored by the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council (CWLC), the Faculty Mentoring Awards recognize outstanding faculty members who go the extra mile … Read more

A student team of BME juniors wins 2nd place in the PDMA Carolinas student innovation competition with a design concept for a healthcare need that they identified through the BME design classes. The team, consisting of Hannah Myatt (Team Leader), … Read more

At this year’s UNC Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony, BME Assistant Professor Andrea Giovannucci received the Student Undergraduate Teaching Award for his time and effort to improve UNC undergraduate students’ education. The Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards (SUTASA) were established in … Read more

In April, BME Assistant Professor Yevgeny Brudno received both the NC State Outstanding Teacher Award and the Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award from the Alumni Association. The Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes excellence in teaching at all levels. Recipients of the Outstanding … Read more

We are proud to announce BME student winners at this year’s eGames, NC State’s largest entrepreneurship competition with over $100k in cash prizes. Student teams compete in two categories — “Think” and “Do.” The “Think” category is for teams in the … Read more

BME recipients of the 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are: graduate students Austin Mituniewicz, mentored by Professor Helen Huang; Sanika Pandit, mentored by Ashley Brown; and Sarah Howard, mentored by Assistant Professor Rahima Benhabbour. BME … Read more

Earlier this month, BME PhD student Noah Rubin represented the Joint BME Department at the 15th Annual NC State Graduate Symposium, where his poster won 3rd place among 34 abstracts in the Engineering section. Advised by BME Distinguished Professor He … Read more

BME Assistant Professor Rahima Benhabbour, who is also adjunct professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, recently received the 2022 Controlled Release Society (CRS) Member of the Year Award. The CRS grants this honor to a member who has … Read more

Researchers led by BME Assistant Professor Yevgeny Brudno have developed an implantable biotechnology that produces and releases CAR-T cells for attacking cancerous tumors. In a proof-of-concept study involving lymphoma in mice, the researchers found that treatment with the implants was … Read more

Given that the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is part of two campuses, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State, there are two days to support BME: today March 23 at NC State’s Day of Giving, and GiveUNC next Tuesday, March … Read more