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.
Rachel Shi receives 2023 Fulbright Study/Research Award to study in Germany
UW bioengineering M.S. student Rachel Shi has received a Fulbright fellowship to study the use of biopolymer coatings for biomedical devices at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) in Mainz, Germany. [...]
BioE graduates gain hands-on experience in cardiovascular science and engineering
A patient specific cardiac model with a breakdown of the machine learning identified features which depict why this patient may have had recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation. Image by Savannah Bifulco Five UW graduate [...]
Three BioE students receive prestigious fellowships
UW Bioengineering Ph.D. students Ryan Ressmeyer, Murial Ross, and Ioana Veras-Tobos are recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in National Science Foundation-supported science, [...]
BioE’s Endozene wins Best Health/Wellness Impact Award at the Dempsey Startup Competition
Article updated June 9, 2023 UW Bioengineering team Endozene won the Karr Tuttle Campbell Best Health/Wellness Impact Award for their endometriosis diagnostic kit in Dempsey Startup Competition. Hosted by the UW Foster School’s Buerk [...]
Seven Bioengineering students named to 2023 Husky 100
The UW recognized seven students from the Department of Bioengineering for the prestigious 2023 Husky 100, an honor awarded to extraordinary juniors, seniors and graduate students who are making meaningful contributions at the University [...]
2023 UW BioE Capstone Symposium
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE AND HEALTH Bioengineering Design Showcase May 22, 2023, 2:30 - 5:30pm PDT, Foege North Building· 2:30pm | Opening remarks by Professor Princess Imoukhuede, Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair of Bioengineering· [...]
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 [...]