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

  • Drs. Charles Murry and Francois Baneyx

Charles Murry, François Baneyx named AAAS fellows

December 2nd, 2013|

UW Bioengineering professor Dr. Charles Murry (joint in Cardiology and Pathology) and adjunct faculty Dr. François Baneyx (professor of Chemical Engineering) are among 5 UW faculty members recently named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows.

  • UW Bioengineering student Cameron Nemeth receiving BMES Undergraduate Design and Research Award

Senior Cameron Nemeth receives BMES award, WRF fellowship

October 11th, 2013|

UW Bioengineering senior Cameron Nemeth, a member of UW Bioengineering assistant professor Deok-Ho Kim's lab, receives BMES award, Washington Research Foundation fellowship.

  • UW Bioengineering faculty Ying Zheng

Ying Zheng receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

September 30th, 2013|

UW Bioengineering assistant professor Ying Zheng has received an NIH Director's New Innovator Award to recognize her work creating organ-specific microenvironments for regenerative medicine and therapeutic development.

  • UW Bioengineering faculty Deok-Ho Kim

Deok-Ho Kim Receives Young Investigator Award from KSEA

September 26th, 2013|

UW Bioengineering Assistant Professor Deok-Ho Kim is a 2013 recipient of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) Young Investigator Award.