Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain

Why do some people learn faster than others? Professor Byron Yu works on solving these and other mysteries in his BME laboratory.

Exploring Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering

The Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering will be held on September 20, 2019, on CMU's campus in Pittsburgh. Save the date!

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Designing Molecular Disorder

Prof. Chris Bettinger and collaborators published an article in Science.

Prof. Adam Feinberg has been elected to serve in ARMI

The Leadership Advisory Committee advises BioFabUSA regarding policies, strategic guidance, objectives, etc.

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Why do some people learn faster than others? Professor Byron Yu works on solving these and other mysteries in his BME laboratory.

Six BME students are named ACS Scholars.

Prof. Bin He elected Chair of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering.

Message from BME Dept. Head Bin He

"Biomedical engineering can be pushed from biomedical sciences or from engineering, and CMU is the ideal place to advance biomedical engineering through engineering innovation."

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The Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall

A building designed by OFFICE 52 Architecture, is as visually stimulating as it will be essential to interdisciplinary research initiatives at the university.

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Prof. Bin He elected Chair of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering.

Alyssa Siefert, ChemE/BME, 2009, is currently the Engineering Co-Director for CBIT (Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology) at Yale University.

BME Ph.D. student Diane Nelson, advised by Prof. Keith Cook, is developing a method of emulsifying lung medications into oxygen-saturated perfluorocarbon liquid (PFC).

What Makes Us Unique

CMU is the place to create — to generate the future new knowledge — to define what a new field is going to be...

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David L. Kaplan, PhD

Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering
Professor and Chair, Department of
Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished University Professor
Tufts University

Thursday, March 7, 2019
10:30–11:30 AM
Posner Hall A35

Bioengineered Silk Proteins for Regenerative Medicine

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