Humans of BioE: Kayla Hogan
Kayla Hogan discusses her volunteer experience at a homeless shelter and at Children's Hospital, and her plans to continue volunteering after graduation.
Humans of BioE: John Buchholz
John Buchholz discusses his experience in Dr. Pollack's lab and traveling abroad to complete a research internship in Australia.
Humans of BioE: Bella Spielmann
Bella Spielmann discusses discovering bioengineering after volunteering in a children's hospital Cambodia while she was in high school, and how this experience led her to her current research developing low-cost diagnostics for global health with the Lutz lab.
Humans of BioE: Philip Walczak
Philip Walczak discusses his experience managing rowing with bioengineering and plans to pursue a D.D.S./Ph.D. after graduation.
Humans of BioE: David McIntyre
David McIntyre discusses his experience with Engineers Without Borders and his global health research passions.
2017 Rushmer Lecture – Wolfgang Knoll
"Sensing Smells" Wolfgang Knoll, Ph.D. Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria
Humans of BioE: Jerusalem Kifelew
Jerusalem Kifelew discusses her experience participating in campus organizations committed to diversity, her research studying Alzheimer's disease with stem cells in a neurology lab, and her plans to pursue a career in consulting after graduation.
Humans of BioE: Michael Butler
Michael Butler shares how a math academy summer camp led him to discover the BioE major, and pursue a double major in Applied and Computational Math Sciences. He talks about his experience studying abroad, his and his plans to teach English in Spain after graduation, and later pursue a career in industry and graduate school.
Humans of BioE: Joanna Sun
Joanna Sun talks about exploring interdisciplinary solutions for medicine in the BioE major, her research in ultrasound and her plans to pursue a career in industry after graduation.
Humans of BioE: Atrina Gharai
Atrina Gharai discusses her motivation to study bioengineering and neurobiology as a premed and her research in the Kim lab, and offers advice for students to explore their interests through extracurricular activities.
Humans of BioE: Chrissi Nhan
Chrissi Nhan talks about her decision to pursue a career in consulting after she graduates, and how she has fit an internship, study abroad in Paris and exploring her academic and research interests into her time in the BioE major.
Humans of BioE: Karl Manner
Undergraduate Karl Manner discusses how bioengineering led to his interest in drug development, and future plans to work in biotechnology industry to focus on real-world applications of research.
Humans of BioE: Namratha Potharaj
Namratha Potharaj talks about exploring her passion for global health in BioE and Bioengineers without Borders, and her hope to, one day, apply her engineering skills as a physician.
Humans of BioE: Bill Koski
Bill Koski talks about his path to bioengineering through neurobiology research, and how the major sparked his interest in entrepreurship.
Humans of BioE: Connor Tsuchida
Undergrad Connor Tsuchida talks about his experience in leadership with BMES and student journal Denatured, and offers advice to prospective students.
2016 Hoffman Lecture – Kinam Park
“Drug Delivery Systems: Accelerated Evolution for the Future” Kinam Park, Ph.D., the Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering & College of Pharmacy, Purdue University.
2015 Hoffman Lecture – Molly S. Shoichet
“Engineering Personalized Medicine” - Molly S. Shoichet, Ph.D., University Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
2015 Rushmer Lecture – Joseph M. DeSimone
“Breakthroughs in Imprint Lithography and 3D Additive Fabrication” Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone, the Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University and of Chemistry at UNC.
2014 Hoffman Lecture – David A. Tirrell
"Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: from Polymers to Proteomics" David A. Tirrell, Ph.D. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
2014 Rushmer Lecture – Paul Yock
"The (radically) changing landscape in biomedical technology innovation" Dr. Paul Yock, the Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy) and Founding Co-Chair of Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University
2013 Hoffman Lecture – Nicholas A. Peppas
"Hydrogels, Intellegence and Therapeutic Systems: Is there a Future?". Nicholas A. Peppas, Fletcher S. Pratt Chaired Professor in Chemical, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin.