biomedical engineering

Feb 27, 2017

Ligler inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

Dr. Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is one of 15 2017 inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 

Dec 13, 2016

Three NC State faculty named fellows by National Academy of Inventors

Three faculty members at North Carolina State University are being named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The new NAI fellows are B. Jayant Baliga, Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering; Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Frances S. Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor in the Joint NC State-UNC Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

Aug 30, 2016

Allbritton receives national award in chemical instrumentation

Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Kenan Distinguished Professor and chair of the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, will receive the 2016 American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Instrumentation at the 252nd ACS National Meeting and Exposition held Aug. 21-25. 

Aug 9, 2016

NC State boosts efforts to commercialize research discoveries

NC State has announced that seven projects will receive support from its Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) in fiscal year 2017. 

Aug 2, 2016

MAE, BME departments to host annual meeting for American Society of Biomechanics

The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department and UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) will host the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics Aug. 2-5 in Raleigh, NC. 

Jul 6, 2016

This Is What Science Looks Like at NC State: Scott Vu

Scott Vu not only earned four degrees from NC State -- he also learned how to dance. 

Jun 29, 2016

New way out: Researchers show how stem cells exit bloodstream

Researchers at NC State have discovered that therapeutic stem cells exit the bloodstream in a different manner than was previously thought. This process, dubbed angiopellosis by the researchers, has implications for improving our understanding of not only intravenous stem cell therapies, but also metastatic cancers. 

Jun 2, 2016

Dr. Fran Ligler elected as a councillor for the National Academy of Engineering

Dr. Fran Ligler, a core faculty member and Lampe Distinguished Professor, has been chosen as a councillor for the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The academy membership chooses its council members, who serve three-year terms. Six officers (chair, president, vice president, home secretary, foreign secretary, and treasurer) and twelve councillors comprise the NAE Council. 

Jun 2, 2016

Better health monitoring engineered by NC State

NC State engineers are developing wearable, self-powered health and environment monitors to improve individual healthcare.