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
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 Center for Entrepreneurship and Soraya Bailey/UW Bioengineering Seven teams involving UW BioE students were among 22 teams to compete [...]
Outstanding Academic Title – Hidden in Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain Sight is chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Professor Albert Folch’s book, Hidden in Plain Sight: The History, Science, and Engineering of Microfluidic Technology, was selected by Choice as [...]
UW BioE students receive scholarships and fellowships
We are proud of our students who have been honored with scholarships or fellowships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Levinson Emerging Scholars Award The Levinson Emerging Scholars Award supports talented and highly [...]
UW biosensor research wins prestigious innovation honor
Andre Berndt is recognized by the 2022 McKnight award for work that “fundamentally changes the way neuroscience is conducted.” Andre Berndt checks a plate with bacterial cultures expressing a protein sensor library with [...]
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 need for repeated larger doses. Researchers at the University of Washington are working to develop an injectable biodegradable hydrogel for [...]
Albert Folch elected member of the Institute for Catalan Studies
The Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC), based in Barcelona, Spain, has named UW Professor of Bioengineering Albert Folch as a member of its Science and Technology Section. Folch was recognized with the honor during [...]