Biomedical Engineering news

Rao’s new project is part of her overall research to develop neuroengineering techniques to study the nervous system and neurological and psychiatric disorders.

UMass Amherst selects College of Engineering students Lauren Brown, Lauren Kelly, and Tergel Molom-Ochir for the fall 2022 class of Rising Researchers.

The teams will receive seed grants and abundant logistical aid from the ADVANCE program to help them apply for external support based on their funded research.

Chen’s research aims to slash the number of deaths from lack of viable kidney transplant matches and to drive down the number of failed kidney transplants.

Yu Chen is working with a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to partner with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to improve pulse oximeters.

Cornelison, Gao, Jiménez, and Kulkarni become UMass ADVANCE Fellows working to improve the equity, inclusion, and success of faculty members in engineering. 

Sun’s grant will enhance brain organids, which are powerful tools to study fundamental mechanisms underlying human brain development and neurological disorders.

Two Research Experience for Undergraduates ran at UMass Engineering over the summer of 2022 and a third has recently been approved for NSF funding.

Beginning in September of 2022, 8 skilled academics are arriving on campus to strengthen the exceptional faculty at the College of Engineering. 

Cathal Kearney, an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, has been awarded a grant of $1.91 million from the NIH.