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In animal study, implant churns out CAR-T cells to combat cancer

biomedical engineering

Downtown Raleigh skyline rises up behind the Memorial Belltower.

Nov 9, 2022

NC State researchers receive $2.25 million interdisciplinary grant from Department of Energy

The proposed project will improve the researchers’ ability to observe molecular turnover and metabolism. 
Aerospace engineering students work in the nearly completed hypersonic wind tunned lab. The students are working under Dr. Venkat Narayanaswamy.

Nov 7, 2022

Meet NC State’s 2022 NSF GRFP recipients

Eight College of Engineering alumni and current students explain their research funded by the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program. 
Students sit around a study table at Hunt Library.

Oct 12, 2022

Integrative Sciences Initiative: fostering cross-discipline collaboration at NC State

The Integrative Sciences Initiative and Integrative Sciences Building will bring together students and scholars across various disciplines to transform STEM research and education. 
Photo of bare feet walking on top of circular diagrams.

Oct 3, 2022

BME’s Franz awarded $2.7M NIH grant to enhance foot and ankle function in older adults

Jason Franz, Associate Professor in Joint BME, has received a 5-year, $2.7M R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health titled “A framework for feasible translation to enhance foot and ankle function in aging and mobility”. 
human heart

Aug 2, 2022

Joint BME project wins prize in American Heart Association heart failure data challenge

Melissa Caughey, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of North Carolina / North Carolina State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering and Vishal Rao, M.D., cardiovascular disease research fellow at Duke University School of Medicine won third place in the American Heart Association® heart failure data challenge. 
Robert Kobrin, second from right, and fellow researchers on the first day of summer research at ICN2.

Jul 28, 2022

Spotlight on our students: Robert Kobrin

The University Honors Program (UHP) interviews Robert Kobrin about his research on nanobiosensors at the ICN2 lab in Spain this summer. 
David Anderson, left and wife Allison each hold one of their two children while standing on the beach.

Jul 20, 2022

Engineering alumni establish new endowment for Caldwell Fellows program

The Caldwell Fellows Program is excited to celebrate the establishment of a new endowment by two of our alumni with a unique story. Allison Anderson (BS Biomedical Engineering ’05; MS Industrial Engineering ‘07) and David Anderson (BS Mechanical Engineering ’05) met during their time in the Caldwell Fellows Program. It had such a significant impact on their lives, that they decided to establish a new named fund that will honor this impact and benefit students in the program. 
Logo of Abilihand team (a light blue circle with a white handprint in the center; white text above and below hand within the circle).

Mar 29, 2022

EEP team represents NC State at the 2022 ACC InVenture Prize Entrepreneurship Competition

Meet the team representing NC State and competing against 14 other ACC schools at this Shark Tank-style competition being held at Florida State University on April 2, 2022. 
Artist rendering of CAR-T cells.

Mar 25, 2022

In animal study, implant churns out CAR-T cells to combat cancer

In an animal study, the implants were faster and more effective than conventional CAR-T cell cancer treatment.