50 years of engineering better health for a boundless future
2017-18 marked the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Center for Bioengineering at UW, and 20 years since BioE was established as an academic department. Read about UW BioE’s achievements, leadership through the decades and notable dates in the anniversary article.
UW Bioengineering history
Learn how we have advanced bioengineering research, education, leadership and service, from our beginning as the UW Center of Bioengineering in 1967 to today.
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Stories of Impact
BioE Impact Report 2024
The UW BioE impact report presents updates on achievements involving alumni, industry collaborators, colleagues, friends, professors, students and staff.
Bioengineers Connect: An evening of networking and inspiration
Bioengineers Connect, a UW Bioengineering initiative, brought together alumni and students for a networking dinner to share experiences and aspirations.
Impact Built Together
An update on bioengineering’s successes this academic year As the Department of Bioengineering is [...]
Research from the heart
Patrick Boyle, center, with bioengineering Ph.D. candidate Alexander Ochs, left, and junior Jamie [...]
UW News features Valerie Daggett’s groundbreaking Alzheimer’s diagnostic test
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed a laboratory test that can measure levels of amyloid beta oligomers in blood samples.
News & Events
2025 Hoffman Lecture – Paula T. Hammond
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING ALLAN S. HOFFMAN LECTURE PRESENTS: Prof. Paula T. [...]
Olanrewaju earns NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
Professor Ayokunle Olanrewaju has earned a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
MAB alumnus raises $5 million to build autonomous surgical robotics
Georgia Witchel and the team at Louiza Labs has raised $5million to develop the technology underlying simulated FDA trials and autonomous surgical robots.
Two Bioengineering PhD Students Compete at the UW Three Minute Thesis Competition
Join us in supporting two Bioengineering PhD students at the UW Three Minute Thesis Competition (UW 3MT®) on May 22nd.
Building innovation through mentorship
In the rapidly evolving field of bioengineering, the bridge between academic knowledge and real-world innovation [...]
Bioengineering MAB team wins Climate Action Prize at Environmental Innovation Challenge
A team of UW MAB graduate students has been recognized for their innovative solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare settings.