biomedical engineering
![Researchers in the College have worked with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University to create an unpowered exoskeleton that adds an extra spring to each step a person takes and modifies the structure of their ankles.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/step1.png)
Adding a little spring to your step
![Student researchers](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/joint-degree2.png)
Department of Biomedical Engineering establishes joint undergraduate degree
![DR. ZHEN GU, One of MIT Technology Review's INNOVATORS UNDER 35](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ZhenGu-Postcard-Fall2015.png)
Biomedical engineer tapped for MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35
Researchers disguise drugs as platelets to target cancer
New Tech Automatically ‘Tunes’ Powered Prosthetics While Walking
![Zhen Gu in his lab on NC State University's Centennial Campus.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/zhen-gu.jpg)
Gu Named a Top Innovator Under 35
![Engineering students, from left, Josh Giron, Morgan Kaman, Mattia Muller and Kyle Vey created a discreet way to help women remember to take their birth control pill.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Purple-Sticker.jpg)