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 See [...]
Hope and Healing
Reprinted here. Original story One researcher combats cancer with the help of UW [...]
News & Events
Death by a Thousand Clicks
A multidisciplinary team with Master of Applied Bioengineering students at its core is building WiseMind.
Boyle named UW Bioengineering Vice Chair of Operations
Professor Patrick Boyle has been promoted to Vice Chair of Operations in the University of Washington’s Department of Bioengineering.
Meaningful Personally and to Society
PhD student Lily Torp earned a Kirchstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes [...]
BioE Impact Report 2026
A team from across the Department of Bioengineering and College of Engineering developed this report [...]
DeForest, Stevens, and Yazdan to co-chair upcoming international conferences
BioE Professors Cole DeForest, Kelly Stevens, and Azadeh Yazdan to co-chair upcoming international conferences
Congratulations to Our Bioengineering Champions
The UW Bioengineering community celebrates a historic season as both the Men’s and Women’s [...]