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
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.
Prof. Joan Sanders featured in UW Today
Written by: Kiyomi Taguchi and James Urton UW News - October 13, 2022 [...]
Hope and Healing
Reprinted here. Original story One researcher combats cancer with the help of UW [...]
News & Events
BioE Impact Update 2026
A team from across the Department of Bioengineering and College of Engineering developed this [...]
Turning off liver cancer’s lights
UW Bioengineering Professor Mike Averkiou and his collaborators received a grant from the Andy [...]
New approach to gene therapy shows promise for muscular dystrophy treatments
Professor Hichem Tasfaout’s collaboration with a UW spinoff company publishes findings in Science Translational [...]
Wet lab improvements to enhance learning for hundreds of undergraduates
As part of the inaugural round of Engineering Program Enhancement Fee investments, the UW [...]
AIMBE Regional Advocacy Event demonstrates impact of UW Bioengineering and federal funding
Lawmakers, educators, researchers, and members of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering [...]
Autumn 2026 enews
Department of Bioengineering A collaboration among Professor Wendy Thomas, BioE alumnus Casey Kiohara, and Professor [...]