Students
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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 boundless applications.
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BME Senior Design Teams Showcase Innovative Projects
From novel gene guns to biodegradable mesh sutures to training devices and protective shields, the 2025-26 senior design teams in the Department of Biomedical Engineering showcased an array of innovative projects that helped address real-world problems.
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BME Seniors Go Out with a Bang
BME alumni Pailin Beller, Aaron Boehm, Kilian Linder, and Jack Rittler’s gene gun increases gene modification throughput sevenfold over the industry standard—and decreases costs.
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Senior Design Teams Create Pediatric Chest Tube Trainers for College of Nursing
Two senior design teams in the Tickle College of Engineering developed prototypes of pediatric pneumothorax chest trainers that can be used to help train UT nursing students.
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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 students.
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Millet’s Undergraduate Students Publish in ‘Biosensors’
Students Joshua Hilner and Allison Turner worked with Dr. Lary Millet to refine and publish a reusable method to monitor pH before or during cell digestion protocols.
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BME Students Receive National Conference Invitations
BME graduate students Nafis Arefin and Demitria Poulos were recently selected to attend reputable national conferences.
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Rangoon’s Kuchipudi Skills Inspire Engineering Success
Sai Rangoon’s experience with Kuchipudi continually gives her the confidence and skills to succeed as a biomedical engineer.
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McQueen’s Hearing Impairment Drives Summer Research
Ophelia McQueen took part in an internship program at USC that allowed her to create a study for cochlear implant users like herself.
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Co-op Experience Gives Goodbred an Image of the Future
Internship and co-op experiences helped Logan Goodbred realize what engineering career path he wants to pursue: medical imaging.