Faculty
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TCE Team Launches Project to Make Hand Prosthetics More Intuitive
Tickle College of Engineering Associate Professor Dustin Crouch (BME), Professor Jindong Tan (BME), and ADVANCE Professor Nicole McFarlane (EECS) have…
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PhD Students from BME, UT-Austin Publish in Nature Materials
PhD student McKayla Torbett-Dougherty is the second author on a Nature Materials paper describing a 3D-printable, tissue-like material with nearly…
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Ren ‘Shaking Up’ Biofilm Research
Department Head Dacheng Ren is engineering active biomaterials that inhibit biofilms, a dangerous type of bacterial infection that can form…
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BME Welcomes New Faculty to Growing Department
Three new faculty members are joining the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the fall 2026 semester, bringing new expertise in…
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Good and Crouch Investigate Biomarkers of Fontan Failure
Assistant Professors Bryan Good and Colleen Crouch are hunting for early signs of Fontan failure, a lethal condition in adults…
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From Running to River Tables, Ren’s Hobbies Keep Him Balanced
Biomedical Engineering Department Head Dacheng Ren recently completed his first Boston Marathon in a personal best time. Running is just…
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Faculty, Staff, and Students Honored at BME Awards Banquet
In April 2026, the Department of Biomedical Engineering held its inaugural awards banquet to celebrate their outstanding faculty, staff, and…
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Million Dollar NSF Grant Helps Tan Develop ‘Smart’ Surgical Camera
BME Professor Jindong Tan is using a $1 million NSF grant to try and develop a fully insertable wireless robotic…
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Easton Wins Pitch Award at Scipreneur Challenge
Katrina Easton won the pitch competition at the Scipreneur Challenge for EndoThumb, a prosthetic she is helping develop.
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One Glass-Ceramic Sandwich, Extra X-Rays
UTSI researchers patented a new glass-ceramic scintillator configuration that improves medical imaging without increasing radiation dosage.