Meditation for mind-control

Prof. Bin He and his team have discovered that mindful meditation can help subjects learn and improve the ability to mind-control BCI

How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making

Profs. Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former PhD student Ben Cowley, have recently published their research in Neuron

A remote control for neurons

Prof. Cohen-Karni teamed up with other researchers to create a novel material for controlling human neuron cells

Analyzing cells for future biomedical devices

Prof. Yu-li Wang and his team have been awarded a five-year research grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

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Graduate Application Enrollment Open for Spring 2021!

Graduate Application Open for Spring 2021

Prof. Yu-li Wang Elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering

Prof. Conrad Zapanta Elected a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society

BME Professors Elected to AIMBE

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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