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
- 6 members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- Six AAAS Fellows
- One National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Student Award Highlights
- 13 current National Science Foundation Fellows
- Two Fulbright Student Fellows, one Gates Cambridge Scholar, one Rhodes Scholar, one Luce Scholar, and eight Goldwater Scholars as of 2016
- 5 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 100 Mary Gates Scholarships
Featured Awards and Recognition
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.