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Johns Hopkins BME junior Jackson Morris receives Truman Scholarship

Junior Jackson Morris has been named a 2024 Truman Scholar, marking the first time in five years that a Johns Hopkins University student has received the prestigious scholarship.

Hopkins BME undergrad wins Fulbright Award to India

Vasu plans to develop a low-cost creatinine sensor to measure kidney function in patients at risk of kidney disease.

Hopkins BME undergrad Kyra Bowden awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Bowden aspires to use machine learning and image analysis to study disease and injury and optimize outcomes for orthopedics patients.

Improving medical care on many fronts

As a biomedical engineering major, Erick Rocher is immersing himself in wide-ranging research, from improving surgical outcomes and innovating training for robotic surgery to harnessing nanotechnology to deliver better cancer treatment.

Student Spotlight: Christine Wang

Growing up, Christine Wang ’24 had a deep fascination with space exploration and dreamed of being an astronaut. Her passion for all things space has since led her to Johns Hopkins, where she is studying biomedical engineering with the goal of integrating biomedical technologies with space science.

Six from Hopkins BME receive Provost Undergraduate Research Awards

Six biomedical engineering undergraduates from Johns Hopkins University received the Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) to help fund their research projects over the coming year.

Hopkins BME undergrads named runners-up in Collegiate Inventors’ Competition

A team of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate biomedical engineering students were named runners-up in the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

A BME summer abroad in Uganda

Ishir Sharma, a third-year biomedical engineering student, spent two months this summer pursuing a clinical engineering-based healthcare service project in Uganda.

Student entrepreneurs among Collegiate Inventors Competition finalists

The team developed the Bronchosleeve, a novel catheter to improve a common chest surgery procedure.

Johns Hopkins team wins NIH prize for hemorrhage diagnostic tool

The team won for DioTeX, a fast, accessible, and accurate hemorrhagic diagnostic tool for combat care.

A new device for fetal therapy

Biomedical engineering third-year student Selena Shirkin and her team are working to prevent membrane rupture during emergency in-utero surgery.

Three from Hopkins BME win Goldwater Scholarships

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering students Sheila Iyer, Erick Rocher, and Nathan Wang have received Goldwater Scholarships, which recognize students for their research and achievements in the STEM fields.

Eight Hopkins BME affiliates receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to eight current students with ties to Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering. They have been selected for their outstanding work in science, technology, engineering, or math fields.

Seven from Hopkins BME receive Provost Undergraduate Research Awards

Seven undergraduate students studying biomedical engineering received the Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) to assist with independent research, scholarly and creative projects over the summer.

Sense of identity

Two biomedical engineering students share how they were able to maintain, define, and redefine their sense of identity at Johns Hopkins.

PneuTech wins $20,000 grant and advances to next stage of VentureWell E-Team Program

The Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering student innovator team, PneuTech, was recently selected to advance to the next stage of the VentureWell E-Team Program.

BME student interns at NASA Johnson Space Center

Fourth-year biomedical engineering student Rene DeBrabander spent his fall semester interning with NASA Johnson Space Center’s Applied Injury Biomechanics team, designing experiments to test motion-capture gloves.

News Brief: Hopkins BME course featured in Washington Post

Johns Hopkins undergraduates win runner-up award in Collegiate Inventors Competition

Two Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students and a recent graduate won the undergraduate runner-up award and a $5,000 prize Thursday in the annual Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Johns Hopkins team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition

The team of Johns Hopkins engineering students developed a simpler and more comfortable brace to treat kids born with clubfoot.

Vital tech with a fatal flaw

The pulse oximeter is now a staple in hospital rooms and personal medicine cabinets. But a major flaw in its design could prevent people of color from receiving the care they need.

Device makes ‘Daddy Duty’ easier for new father

Like many expectant fathers, Josh Basile envisioned the day his son, Calder, would be born. He imagined holding, feeding, and...

News Brief: Former BME Design Team wins innovation grant

They’ll have the chance to collaborate with 11 other student science & tech innovator teams from institutions across the US...

Eight from Hopkins BME receive Provost Undergraduate Research Awards

Eight biomedical engineering undergraduates from Johns Hopkins University received the Provost Undergraduate Research Award to help fund their research projects over the coming year.

Johns Hopkins undergraduate team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition

A team of Johns Hopkins University students are among the finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition for inventing a device to reduce pain from nerve damage in people with amputations.

Hopkins BME holds No. 1 spot in ‘U.S. News’ ranking for best undergraduate BME program

The Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering has once again been named the nation’s top undergraduate program in BME by U.S. News & World Report, the longest-running and most widely cited assessment of U.S. colleges and universities.

Three from Hopkins BME join new class of Fulbright grant winners

After the announcement of a record-breaking 48 finalists earlier this spring, Fulbright grants have been awarded to three students and alumni of the Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering in the face of a pandemic and limited availability of placements.

Innerva wins $10,000 “Cure It!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

The Innerva team, made up of undergraduate students from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, were awarded the 2021 $10,000 “Cure it!” Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for their work with peripheral nerve injuries.

Two Hopkins BME juniors named Goldwater Scholars

Two juniors studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for their research and achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math

DioTeX earns $10,000 from Draper Competition

Cassandra Parent, a third-year student studying biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins, was recently named a track winner in the Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs, earning a prize of $10,000.

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