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 [...]
Albert Folch elected member of the Institute for Catalan Studies
The Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC), based in Barcelona, Spain, has named UW Professor [...]
Yazdan awarded AHA funding for innovative stroke treatment
Yazdan's approach stimulates effective connectivity across multiple networked brain regions.
Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad receives 2022 COE Junior Faculty Award
Award recognizes exemplary scholarship, innovative research and commitment to students.
Two BioE undergrads receive Population Health Recognition Awards
Sophomore Fang-Hua (Flora) Hu and senior Rachel Shi win honors.
BioE faculty win FACET Awards, nominated by students
Faculty honored for their positive influence on student career development.
Three BioE students named to 2022 Husky 100
Molly Mollica, Joey Liang and Suchitra Gopal: improving accessibility, equity.
Alexander Yan and Isiac Orr receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
Ph.D. student Alexander Yan (Yager lab) and senior Isiac Orr.
BioE student Joy Chen receives UW Libraries Scholarship
The sophomore is also a volunteer ambassador with HuskyADAPT.
Asst. Professor Kelly Stevens and Prof. Paul Kinahan named AIMBE Fellows
Honor rare in early career; represents top two percent bioengineers
Nancy Allbritton receives 2021 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award
Dr. Allbritton honored Oct. 7 in Orlando, Fla.
Stevens named to National Academies New Voices cohort
Kelly Stevens to provide new perspectives to National Academies.
Kathleen Abadie receives 2021 Fulbright to study immunotherapy in Israel
Ph.D. student will study immune cell dynamics in cancer.
Fulbright fellow Hannah VanBenschoten checks in from Sweden
VanBenschoten studying how COVID has affected reproductive, sexual health services.
Four BioE students receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
Congratulations to Chelsea Gibbs, Nicole Gregorio, Samantha Koplik, Susana Simmonds!
BioE members win teaching, staff, student research awards
Congratulations to the winners and nominees!
BioE’s Alejandro Diaz and Parker Ruth receive Dean’s Medals
Coveted honor recognizes two exceptional UW Engineering students.
Three BioE students named to 2021 Husky 100
Lauren Holbrook, Jolie Phan and Nadia Siddiqui exemplify Husky Experience.
Nancy Allbritton to Receive 2021 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award
Congratulations to Nancy Allbritton on this premier recognition!
NSF Graduate Research Fellows tackle cancer therapies, drug delivery, artificial organs
Clinton Heinze, Trey Pichon, Olivia Prado are 2020 NSF Fellows.
Undergraduates win Best Idea prize at Health Innovation Challenge
Device improves disease testing along with health access and disparities.
Dan Ratner, Kim Woodrow Elected to AIMBE
Honor represents top two percent of medical and biological engineers.
Student invention to better diagnose tuberculosis wins NIH prize
A team of UW bioengineering and mechanical engineering undergraduates won second place overall – and took home a $15,000 prize – at the National Institutes of Health’s 9th annual Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge.
Buddy Ratner wins Bioelastomer Award
Biomaterials expert Buddy Ratner, joint professor in UW Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, will receive the 2021 Bioelastomer Award
Buddy Ratner, dialysis team win prize for synthetic graft
UW bioengineer Buddy Ratner and his collaborators at Seattle’s Center for Dialysis Innovation (CDI) captured one of six prizes in a national contest to develop new solutions for dialysis care.
UW Bioengineering eNews | Spring/Summer 2020
In an unprecedented year, UW Bioengineering celebrates achievements in research, education and outreach. Our department is known for our culture of openness and collaboration. Let’s continue to build on that to create a more equitable, inclusive and compassionate community together.
Favour Orji Receives Gilman Scholarship
Favour Orji, a UW senior working on a dual degree in bioengineering and sociology, has received the highly competitive Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.
Bioengineering alumna Jane Grande-Allen receives 2020 UW Diamond Award
UW Bioengineering alumna Jane Grande-Allen (Ph.D. ’98) has received the UW College of Engineering’s 2020 Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia.
Bioengineering students finish in top 3 in Microsoft Imagine Cup
Two bioengineering students were part of a team that finished in the top three of Microsoft’s 2020 Imagine Cup, a global technology competition for student developers.
Three UW Bioengineering students receive 2020 Fulbright awards
UW Bioengineering undergraduates Sarah Slack and Vidhi Singh, and Ph.D. student Hannah VanBenschoten, were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year.
Alyssa Taylor Honored with 2020 UW Distinguished Teaching Award
UW Bioengineering Senior Lecturer Alyssa Taylor has received a 2020 UW Distinguished Teaching Award, which recognizes UW faculty for outstanding dedication and innovations in teaching, mentoring and service to others.
UW Bioengineering’s Parker Ruth Named a 2020 Goldwater Scholar
UW Bioengineering senior Parker Ruth is one of three students from the University of Washington and among 396 nationwide to be named Goldwater Scholars for 2020.
Seven Bioengineering Students in 2020 Husky 100
The UW recognized seven students from the Department of Bioengineering for the 2020 Husky 100, an honor awarded to extraordinary juniors, seniors and graduate students who are making meaningful contributions at the University of Washington and beyond. Undergraduates Anna Craig, Sofia Jepson, Amanda An Nguyen, Parker Ruth, Vidhi Singh and Eric Yang, and Ph.D. student Trey Pichon Students are among 100 students selected.
Students Recognize BioE Faculty with FACET Awards
Three UW Bioengineering core faculty members are being honored by the 2020 Faculty Appreciation for Career Education & Training (FACET) Awards program for positively impacting their students' career and professional development.
BioE Alumna’s Nanodropper Startup Gets Boost from Accelerator Program
Nanodropper, a company co-founded by University of Washington Bioengineering alumna Mackenzie Andrews, MS ’19, has completed this year’s Jones + Foster Accelerator program and received $25,000 in seed funding.
Concentric wins Second Place Prize at 2020 Health Innovation Challenge
A team from UW Bioengineering took home the second place prize at the 2020 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) March 5 on the UW Seattle campus. Concentric, a team of students in the Master’s of Applied Bioengineering program, won for their low-cost, portable screening device for corneal disease.
BioE graduate student Alyssa Schul wins Grand Prize at Science and Technology Showcase
UW Bioengineering graduate student Alyssa Schul took home the $1,000 Premera Grand Prize at UW’s 2020 Science and Technology Showcase Jan. 29. A
NESAC/Bio wins 2020 SFB Technology, Innovation and Development Award; Cole DeForest wins 2020 Young Investigator Award
University of Washington bioengineers have won two awards from the Society for Biomaterials and will receive the honors in May 2020. The NESAC/Bio team of Buddy Ratner, David Castner and Lara Gamble have won the 2020 Technology Innovation and Development Award, and Cole DeForest won the 2020 Young Investigators Award.