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.

Six BME Students Named ACS Scholars

ACS Scholars are undergraduate seniors who embody Carnegie Mellon’s high standards of academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership, etc.

Remembering Hilda Diamond

A former BME Administrator and Associate Head, she helped to shape the Department and create opportunities for women.

BME Students Shine in Three Minute Thesis Competition

BME doctoral students captured three of the five prizes at the Three Minute Thesis Competition

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Remembering Hilda Diamond

BME doctoral students captured three of the five prizes at Three Minute Thesis, open to doctoral students from across Carnegie Mellon

Six BME students are named ACS Scholars

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).