Robert F. Rushmer Endowed Lecture – 2026
Robert F. Rushmer Endowed Lecture Lee Huntsman, PhD “Those Who Invent a New Method” Reflections on Innovation in Research Thursday, January 29, 2026
2025 Hoffman Lecture – Paula T. Hammond
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING ALLAN S. HOFFMAN LECTURE PRESENTS: Prof. Paula T. [...]
2024 UW Bioengineering Graduation Celebration June 6, 2024
Save the date: Thursday Morning, June 6, 2024, 9:00am Kane Hall - Room 130 [...]
2024 Bioengineering Capstone Showcase
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE AND HEALTH Bioengineering Capstone Design Showcase
2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
Join UW Bioengineering for several BMES 2023 events taking place October 11 to 14 [...]
2023 Hoffman Lecture – Buddy Ratner
Allan S. Hoffman Endowed Lecture Presents Buddy Ratner, Ph.D. Joint Professor of Bioengineering and [...]
Kelly Stevens, Azadeh Yazdan to present 2023-24 Science in Medicine Lectures
Kelly Stevens, associate professor of bioengineering and of laboratory medicine and pathology, and Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad, [...]
UW BioE hosts workshops during the 2023 BMES annual meeting in Seattle
The 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting will be held in Seattle October [...]
2023 UW Bioengineering Graduation Celebration Thursday, June 8, 2023
Thursday, June 8, 2023 Doors open: 9:00am Start time: 9:30am Estimated End time: 11:30am [...]
2022 Hoffman Lecture – Daniel Cohn
Allan S. Hoffman Endowed Lecture Presents Daniel Cohn, Ph.D. Professor, Institute of Chemistry, The [...]
2022 Rushmer Lecture – Edwin G. Lindo
30th Robert F. Rushmer Endowed Lecture Edwin G. Lindo, JD Associate Teaching Professor, Department of [...]
2022 UW Bioengineering Capstone Symposium
On May 23 BioE students will present their outstanding projects!
2021 UW BioE Graduation
Join us in celebrating graduates of the Class of 2021!
2021 UW Bioengineering Capstone Symposium
Join us May 24 as we celebrate our students' achievements!
Spring Seminar Series 2021
Register for the online seminars open to the public.
Amplified: Race and Reality in STEM
Led by Patrick Stayton, Distinguished Career Professor of Bioengineering, the UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences [...]
Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE) Lectures
What is WiSE? The WiSE program recruits and supports women of all ethnic backgrounds in [...]
Register now for muscle research symposium Nov. 30-Dec. 1
The 2020 UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) Annual Symposium will be held online [...]
2019/2020 Bioengineering Industry-Sponsored Student Capstone Projects
Stryker, the medical technology company, sponsored two UW Bioengineering capstone projects in the 2019-20 academic year. Read about both projects on the College of Engineering industry page.
2020 UW Department of Bioengineering Graduation Celebration.
2020 UW Department of Bioengineering Graduation Celebration. The UW Department of Bioengineering celebrates the graduates [...]
2020 BIOENGINEERING CAPSTONE SYMPOSIUM:
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE AND HEALTH June 1, 2020 2:30 - 4:00 P.M. Please RSVP [...]
2019 Hoffman Lecture – Kristi S. Anseth
“Dynamically Tunable Hydrogels through Bio-click Reactions and their Applications in Regenerative Biology” Kristi S. Anseth, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Department Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado
2018 Hoffman Lecture – Stuart Cooper
"50 Years of Polyurethane Biomaterials: The Search for Blood Compatibility and Biostability" Stuart L. Cooper, Ph.D., the Distinguished College of Engineering Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio State University.
2017 Hoffman Lecture – Allan S. Hoffman
The 2017 Biomaterials Showcase and Hoffman Symposium, held in conjunction with UW BioE’s 50th anniversary. Featured Presenter, UW Bioengineering Professor Emeritus Allan S. Hoffman.
2017 Rushmer Lecture – Wolfgang Knoll
"Sensing Smells" Wolfgang Knoll, Ph.D. Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Vienna, Austria
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.