UW Bioengineering is proud of all our faculty, staff and students, and the many awards they earn for their work in teaching, mentoring and improving lives through bioengineering research and innovations.

Faculty Award Highlights

  • 29 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows
  • 13 members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences
  • 14 past and current UW CoMotion Presidential Innovation Fellows
  • Six members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
  • Six AAAS Fellows
  • Five National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Student Award Highlights

  • 18 current National Science Foundation Fellows
  • Four Fulbright Student Fellows, one Gates Cambridge Scholar, one Rhodes Scholar, one Luce Scholar, and nine Goldwater Scholars as of 2020
  • 8 Levinson Emerging Scholar awards
  • Multiple awards from NASA Space Grant
  • Multiple awards in business plan competitions from UW Foster School of Business
  • Fellowships from American Heart Association and Washington Research Foundation
  • More Amgen Scholars than any other UW department; 31 since 2007
  • Over 400 Mary Gates Scholarships

Featured Awards and Recognition

  • Professor of biochemistry and Bioengineering adjunct faculty member David Baker

David Baker awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 9th, 2024|

David Baker—the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor of Biochemistry, adjunct professor of Bioengineering and the director of the Institute for Protein Design—has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein [...]

  • BioE Images

Stunning images taken by UW Bioengineering’s students and postdocs

September 18th, 2024|

UW Bioengineering faculty and staff have always known how talented our students are; from their research breakthroughs, contributions to the bioengineering field and commitment to the BioE community, we are continually impressed by our [...]