{"id":910,"date":"2026-05-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?p=910"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:05:21","slug":"faculty-staff-and-students-honored-at-bme-awards-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/news\/faculty-staff-and-students-honored-at-bme-awards-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty, Staff, and Students Honored at BME Awards Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 27, the Department of Biomedical Engineering held its inaugural awards banquet to celebrate their outstanding faculty, staff, and students.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BME Award Recipients<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Faculty and Staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best BME Professor<\/strong>: Sara Hanrahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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Raymond and Eva D. 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Mahfouz Scholarship:<\/strong> Demitria Poulos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Demitria-Poulos-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Demitria-Poulos-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Demitria-Poulos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Demitria-Poulos-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Demitria-Poulos.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maltry Scholarship:<\/strong> Jane Franz and Lindsay Ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Jane-Franz-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Jane-Franz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Jane-Franz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Jane-Franz-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Jane-Franz.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Lindsay-Ball-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Lindsay-Ball-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Lindsay-Ball-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Lindsay-Ball-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/Lindsay-Ball.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Outstanding Academic Promise Award:<\/strong> Ophelia McQueen (Not pictured.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathy Williams (<a href=\"mailto:williamk@utk.edu\">williamk@utk.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2026, the Department of Biomedical Engineering held its inaugural awards banquet to celebrate their outstanding faculty, staff, and students.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,123,134],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-news","category-students","tag-awards-ceremony"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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