Bioengineering MAB team wins Climate Action Prize at Environmental Innovation Challenge
A team of UW MAB graduate students has been recognized for their innovative solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare settings.
Imaging pioneer Ruikang Wang to deliver Inaugural Fujimoto Lecture
UW Bioengineering professor Ruikang Wang has been selected to deliver the Inaugural James G. Fujimoto Award Lectureship.
UW Bioengineering Ph.D. student Arjun Kumar awarded inaugural Pfizer Oncology Fellowship
Arjun Kumar, a Ph.D. student at UW Bioengineering, has been named one of the inaugural recipients of the Pfizer Oncology Fellowship.
Bioengineering teams shine at the 2025 Science & Technology Showcase
Three groups of Master of Applied Bioengineering students stood out for their innovative work in medical diagnostics, therapeutics and healthcare automation.
UW Bioengineering faculty recognized with Society for Biomaterials awards
Three UW BioE faculty members have been recognized by the Society for Biomaterials for their outstanding contributions in leadership, service and research.
Brain-machine interface pioneer Amy Orsborn named 2025 Sloan Research Fellow
Amy Orsborn, UW assistant professor in Bioengineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been awarded a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
Rachel Iritani wins 2025 CNT Best Student Paper Award
UW Bioengineering graduate student Rachel Iritani has been awarded the 2025 Center for Neurotechnology Best Student Paper Award for Neurotechnology Advancement.
Gabriel Lopez honored with the 2025 UW College of Engineering Diamond Award
Gabriel P. López, Ph.D., member of the UW Bioengineering Advisory Board, has been honored with the 2025 UW College of Engineering Diamond Award
Ruikang Wang is recognized for transforming eye care with 3D blood flow imaging
Ruikang (Ricky) Wang, professor of Bioengineering has been awarded the 2025 SPIE Britton Chance Award in Biomedical Optics.
Amy Orsborn and Elizabeth Wayne selected to the Inaugural AIMBE Emerging Leaders Cohort
UW Bioengineering celebrates the selection of Amy Orsborn and Elizabeth Wayne to the inaugural cohort of the AIMBE Emerging Leaders Program.
Kelly Stevens receives the BMES 2024 Mid-Career Award
Congratulations to UW Bioengineering Associate Professor Kelly Stevens for being honored with the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2024 Mid-Career Award.
David Baker awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
David Baker—the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor of Biochemistry, adjunct professor of Bioengineering [...]
Stunning images taken by UW Bioengineering’s students and postdocs
UW Bioengineering faculty and staff have always known how talented our students are; from [...]
Three UW Bioengineering Professors elected to join the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Three UW BioE faculty members have been selected to join the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS): Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan and Ruikang Wang. T
HHMI Gilliam Fellowship highlights the enduring power of mentorship
Sydney Floryanzia, Ph.D. student, and Elizabeth Nance, an associate professor, have been recognized as a 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship student-advisor pair.
Amy Orsborn receives prestigious NSF CAREER award
Amy Orsborn, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to support her research in sensorimotor neural interfaces.
Four Bioengineering professors receive WRF grant for pioneering life-science projects
UW BioE faculty have been awarded major new grant funding by the WRF. Of the six UW teams awarded the grant, four are from UW Bioengineering.
Ayokunle Olanrewaju receives prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awarded UW BioE and ME Assistant Professor Ayokunle (Ayo) Olanrewaju with the Beckman Young Investigator Award.
NIH provides major support to CRBM for advancing reproducible biomedical modeling
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has committed a multi-million-dollar grant to support the CRBM at the University of Washington.
UW Bioengineering Awards 2024
During the 2024 Bioengineering Capstone Gala, 12 students, faculty, postdoctoral researchers and staff were [...]
Six Bioengineering students named to 2024 Husky 100
UW named six Bioengineering students as a part of the 2024 Husky 100. This [...]
Patrick Boyle and Princess Imoukhuede receive 2024 ITHS Awards
UW Bioengineering Assistant Professor Patrick Boyle and Bioengineering Professor and Chair Princess Imoukhuede have [...]
Valerie Daggett receives the University Faculty Lecture Award
Valerie Daggett, UW professor of bioengineering, received the 2023 University Faculty Lecture Award. Valerie Daggett will deliver a campus-wide lecture in 2024.
Princess Imoukhuede honored with the Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Princess Imoukhuede, Chair and professor in Bioengineering, received the (AIMBE) Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
BioE’s Piezo-Pulse and ACT-NIRS awarded prizes in the 2024 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge
This year, six BioE teams competed in the HHIC finals, with two teams taking home top prizes awarded by the judges.
UW Bioengineering Celebrates Women’s History Month
The BioE community nominated female faculty and staff who stand out as leaders, advocates and mentors.
Six BioE teams to compete in the 2024 Health Innovation Challenge finals
Congratulations to the six UW Bioengineering-related teams competing in the 2024 Hollomon Health Innovation [...]
Advancing knowledge of vascular calcification for better human health
About the NHLBI Outstanding Investigator Award The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) [...]
Nancy Allbritton elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Nancy Allbritton, dean of the University of Washington College of Engineering and professor of bioengineering, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
UW BioE students receive scholarships and fellowships
We are proud of our students who have been honored with scholarships or fellowships [...]
Kim Woodrow granted the Partners in Safety Award
Congratulations to Bioengineering Professor Kim Woodrow for receiving the Partners in Safety award from [...]
Paul Kinahan and Cross-Organizational Team Awarded ARPA-H Funding
In an important development for biomedical imaging research, Paul Kinahan, joint professor of Bioengineering [...]
Amy Orsborn receives distinguished faculty fellowship
Amy Orsborn, the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and [...]
Ayokunle Olanrewaju honored with the Rogel Faculty Support Award
Ayokunle (Ayo) Olanrewaju, assistant professor for UW Bioengineering, has been awarded a Rogel Faculty [...]
Patrick Boyle honored with CMBE Young Innovator Award
UW Department of Bioengineering Assistant Professor Patrick M. Boyle will be honored at the 2023 [...]
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 [...]
Ruikang Wang is 2023 UW Medicine Inventor of the Year
Ruikang (Ricky) Wang, UW professor of bioengineering and ophthalmology, received the 2023 UW Medicine [...]
UW Bioengineering Awards 2023
The UW Department of Bioengineering recognizes the commendable contributions of the following faculty, staff [...]
Eric Chudler’s BrainWorks receives a 2023 Northwest Emmy® Award
Eric H. Chudler, Executive Producer of Brainworks Article updated June 5, 2023. [...]
Three BioE students receive prestigious fellowships
UW Bioengineering Ph.D. students Ryan Ressmeyer, Murial Ross, and Ioana Veras-Tobos are recipients of [...]
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 [...]
Seven Bioengineering students named to 2023 Husky 100
The UW recognized seven students from the Department of Bioengineering for the prestigious 2023 [...]
Sanders lab awarded innovation prize for their development of a self-adjusting prosthetic leg
Joan Sanders, professor of UW Bioengineering, and her team received the Bryan and Joyce [...]
BioE undergraduate, Zoe Chau, receives scholarship to study breast cancer therapeutics in Japan
Zoe Chau, a senior bioengineering undergraduate student, received a MEXT scholarship to study in Japan [...]
BioE employees are nominated for the 2022-2023 Distinguished Staff Award
Five BioE staff employees have been nominated for the UW Distinguished Staff Award (DSA). [...]
Endozene, LegUp Prosthetics and Piezopulse win top prizes at the 2023 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge
Winning BioE team members and some of their work. Credit: Matt Hagen/UW Buerk [...]
Outstanding Academic Title – Hidden in Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain Sight is chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Professor [...]
UW BioE students receive scholarships and fellowships
We are proud of our students who have been honored with scholarships or fellowships [...]
UW biosensor research wins prestigious innovation honor
Andre Berndt is recognized by the 2022 McKnight award for work that “fundamentally changes [...]
Bryers lab awarded $3.1M to develop self-replicating mRNA vaccine for staph infection
The project will generate a biomaterials vaccine technology that is given once, eliminating the [...]