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.

  • 2014 UW Business Plan Competition 2nd place prize recipient, FluFinder

PhD candidates Gina Fridley, Carly Holstein lead Team Flu Finder to 2nd place in 2014 UW Business Plan Competition

Team Flu Finder receives second place prize ($10,000) and Best Innovation prize ($2,500) at the 2014 UW Business Plan Competition. The team, led by UW Bioengineering PhD candidates Gina Fridley and Carly Holstein and involved UW Foster School of Business MBA students. Flu Finder aims to improve current flu diagnosis tests with a new type of diagnostic device that is accurate, inexpensive, and can be administered by anyone, anywhere, with results in less than 20 minutes.

  • UW Bioengineering student Hani Mahmoud

Senior Hani Mahmoud selected as Fulbright Student, will study diabetes in Kuwait

UW Bioengineering senior Hani Mahmoud is selected as a Fulbright Student and becomes the first-ever student in the department's history to receive the internationally renowned fellowship. Hani will travel to Kuwait to investigate the rising prevalence of type-2 diabetes in that country at Dasman Diabetes Institute.