
Anahita Khojandi and Xiaopeng Zhao have been selected for the AAAS 2024-25 Science & Technology Policy Fellowship.
Xiaopeng Zhao was selected to receive an a2 Pilot Award from AITC for his work in music intervention for Alzheimer’s patients.

Xiaopeng Zhao’s former student, healthcare roboticist Fengpei Yuan (PhD ’24), has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

UT hosts Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge, a program providing STEM learning experiences for students and teachers located in the Appalachian region.

A biomedical senior design team created a paracentesis task training model that is cheaper and more functional than current models. It will be tested this summer at the UT Health Science Center and UT Medical Center.

Nicole Beautz (MABE ’22) has been named one of Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 professional and philanthropic leaders for 2024 by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation TN Chapter.

Nylan Alexander will graduate on Friday with a degree in biomedical engineering. The dynamic senior has developed skills as a researcher, teacher, and leader while at UT.

MABE held their annual awards banquet at The Foundry to honor their top students, outstanding faculty and staff, and to recognize an accomplished alumnus.
Undergrad Jasmine Conner learned all about robots in the medical field under the mentorship of Tony Schmitz through the Student Mentoring and Research Training program.

MABE Associate Department Head Jindong Tan has been named interim BME program director and will begin his new role on August 1, 2024.
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