Students in the News
UW Bioengineering students excel in research, leadership and service. Read on to learn how our students are inventing the future of medicine.
Bridging the STEM diversity gap through mentorship and outreach
Bridging the STEM diversity gap through mentorship and outreach. A lack of diversity in the workforce can impact innovation, productivity and entrepreneurship.
BioE’s Piezo-Pulse and ACT-NIRS awarded prizes in the 2024 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge
This year, six BioE teams competed in the HHIC finals, with two teams taking home top prizes awarded by the judges.
2024 Bioengineering Capstone Symposium
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE AND HEALTH Bioengineering Design Showcase
Six BioE teams to compete in the 2024 Health Innovation Challenge finals
Congratulations to the six UW Bioengineering-related teams competing in the 2024 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) February 29. The Bioengineering students are part of 22 regional finalist teams facing off in the competition. Five [...]
UW BioE students receive scholarships and fellowships
We are proud of our students who have been honored with scholarships or fellowships for the 2023-2024 academic year. Levinson Emerging Scholars Award The Levinson Emerging Scholars Award supports talented and highly [...]
UW BioE rowers share their musings about rowing and bioengineering
Teamwork, resilience and excellence UW BioE rowers share their musings about rowing and bioengineering By Arden Clise Rowers say there is magic in eight oars plunging into and exiting the water at the same [...]
Humans of BioE
The student-led Humans of UW Bioengineering project offers an inside perspective of the department’s student experience, direct from students themselves.
HUMANS OF BIOENGINEERING: Wing Yun Au
Senior Wing Yun works on optogenetics in Azadeh Yazdan's lab.
HUMANS OF BIOENGINEERING: Laura Lyu
Undergrad JEDI volunteer plans for dental school after BioE degree.
HUMANS OF BIOENGINEERING: Marissa Shumaker
Active volunteer and mentor aims for medical school.
HUMANS Of BIOENGNEERING: Osvaldo Arias
UW Bioengineering undergraduate student Osvaldo Arias is a junior currently doing research in the Stayton Lab with Patrick Stayton, UW Bioengineering Distinguished Term Professor and director of the Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute. The lab [...]
HUMANS OF BIOENGINEERING: Jamison Siebart
Jamison Siebart, who hails from Uniontown, Penn., is going into his senior year as a UW bioengineering undergraduate student. His focus is on nano- and molecular engineering. Jamison’s area of research is in the field [...]
HUMANS OF BIOENGINEERING: Luke Thurber
Luke Thurber is a Husky through and through. From Edmonds, Wash., Luke received his bachelor's in bioengineering from the UW and graduated in June 2021 from the Master of Applied Bioengineering program (MAB) in UW [...]