Medtronic prototype

Mechanical engineering students develop a soft robot to improve lung examinations

April 15, 2022

The seniors are working with Medtronic to design a soft robot that would give physicians more control as they examine the deepest part of a patient's lung and make the procedure less abrasive for the patient.

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Computer-simulated heart flow model could help treat pediatric heart disease patients

March 9, 2022

Research from Professor Debanjan Mukherjee and a collaborative team of biomedical engineers, physicians and researchers could enable significant advances for the 40,000 pediatric congenital heart disease patients (CHD) born each year.

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Research on manipulating endoskeletal droplets with acoustic radiation published in Nature

Feb. 21, 2022

The collaborative work could boost health and drug advancements by giving researchers a better understanding of primary and secondary radiation forces in multiphase colloidal systems – such as emulsions, foams, membranes and gels.

Michael Lewis

Alumni Spotlight: Michael Lewis - From mechanical engineer to heart surgeon

Feb. 3, 2022

Alumnus Michael Lewis (MechEngr’00) took an interdisciplinary education to the next level. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and working at Boeing for a year, he discovered another way to help people – through medicine.

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Video: Emergent behavior in fire ants

Jan. 6, 2022

Studying emergent behavior has long fascinated engineers, and researchers at the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ just uncovered a distinct behavior in colonies of fire ants cooperating in flood situations.

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Lynch among AB Nexus grant program fall 2021 award winners

Dec. 9, 2021

Seven new grants have been awarded to advance a wide range of projects; momentum builds as AB Nexus continues through its second year.

Tissues

Nuclear deformation research could advance artificial tissue engineering

Dec. 2, 2021

Professor Corey Neu and Benjamin Seelbinder's (PhDMech’19) work, now published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, looks at how cells adapt to their environment and how a mechanical environment influences a cell. Their research has the potential to tackle major health obstacles.

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High-Tech Tattoos May Help Prevent Skin Cancer

Nov. 15, 2021

Four years ago, Professor Carson Bruns set out to create a new kind of tattoo — today, he's created a new kind of programmable ink used to lower the risk against skin cancer.

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¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ spinoff company develops technology that could treat COVID-19 complications

Oct. 22, 2021

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

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Calve, Ferguson awarded grant to study mechanisms that lead to tissue degradation

Sept. 20, 2021

Professors Sarah Calve and Virginia Ferguson's tissue engineering project is one of three space-based experiments that recently received a NSF grant to help patients on Earth.

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