BE Seminar Series: February 27th with Michael Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D.

Our next Penn Bioengineering seminar will be held this Thursday. We hope to see you there! Speaker: Michael Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D. The Krehbiel Endowed Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Room 337, Towne Building Title: “Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering”   Abstract: The field of …

BE Seminar Series: February 6th with Kara Spiller, Ph.D.

We hope you’ll join us for our next Penn Bioengineering seminar! Speaker: Kara Spiller, Ph.D. Associate Professor of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems Drexel University Date: Thursday, February 6, 2020 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Room 337, Towne Building     Title: “Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Limb Salvage” Abstract: Diabetes and peripheral arterial …

Jason Burdick Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Jason Burdick, Robert D. Bent Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an award of high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors. Elected Fellows have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on …

Student Spotlight: Katie Falcone

Next up in our student spotlight series is graduate student Katie Falcone, a second-year Master’s student Bioengineering. Originally from the Philadelphia suburbs, Katie did her undergraduate degree at Drexel University’s Biomedical Engineering program and has been living in the University City area for almost nine years.       What drew you to the field …

Penn Engineering Announces Four New Scholarly Chairs

Penn Engineering is pleased to announce the names of the recipients of four scholarly chairs: Drs. Danielle Bassett, Russell Composto, Boon Thau Loo and Mark Yim. These are all well-deserved honors and we celebrate the privilege of having each of these scholars among us. Two of the recipients, Drs. Bassett and Composto, are members of …

BE’s Jason Burdick Receives the 2019 Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal

by Sophie Burkholder The Department of Bioengineering would like to congratulate our very own Jason A. Burdick, Ph. D., on being awarded the Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal. Dr. Burdick is the Robert D. Bent Professor and a member of both the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) and Center for Engineering Mechanobiology …

BE Grace Hopper Lecture: Powering Tumor Cell Migration Through Hetergeneous Microenvironments

We hope you will join us for the 2019 Bioengineering Grace Hopper lecture by Dr. Cynthia Reinhart-King. Date: Thursday, April 4, 2019 Time: 3:30-4:30 PM Location: Glandt Forum, Singh Center, 3205 Walnut Street Speaker: Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D. Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engienering Vanderbilt University Title: “Powering Tumor Cell Migration …

Dr. LeAnn Dourte Appointed Practice Associate Professor

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania would like to congratulate LeAnn Dourte, Ph.D. on her recent promotion to Practice Associate Professor. Formerly a Senior Lecturer, this promotion reflects Dr. Dourte’s innovative approaches to pedagogy since arriving at Penn in 2011. The title of Practice Associate Professor reflects exceptional accomplishment in teaching, leadership, …