UC Irvine biomedical engineering doctoral student Trisha Mendoza has received a predoctoral research fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in support of her work to help individuals living with epilepsy.👏
The University of California, Irvine, BME Department will be at the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2025) in San Diego, CA, October 8 – 12, 2025. Come see us at Booth # 816 and learn about our Ph.D., M.S., and Master of Engineering programs! #BMES2025
The BME department is proud to share that amongst the recipients of the 2025 awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Dr. James Brody has won the Excellence in Digital Learning category! Congratulations Dr. Brody and all other winners and honorees!
We were proud to sponsor #BIC2025 at UC Irvine! Sandra Miller led a stellar Industry Panel with leaders from @UCIrvine, @venavitals, @JNJNews, and @GileadSciences. A day full of biotech breakthroughs, career connections, and future leaders in medtech. 👏🔬
Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student Ashley Urrutia Avila, whom received the 2024–2025 Samueli School of Engineering Victoria Alegria Tracy Endowed Graduate Student Award!🥳👏
Tibor Juhasz, BME Professor, was highlighted in an article published online by UCI Beall Applied Innovation, which describes ViaLase, his startup built around a femtosecond laser system that treats glaucoma with a procedure so precise, patients feel like nothing happened.
Congratulations to all the student teams who presented their work at the BioENGINE Symposium June 5, 2025. Many thanks to instructor Dr. Christine King for organizing this great annual event!
Check out all team websites here: https://t.co/UQfvk7Si7q
Congrats to the teams who won awards at BioENGINE Symposium! Awards co-presented by Dr. Christine King and Dr. Michelle Digman
Alcount - https://t.co/ZjLdcklQHt
VeinGuard - https://t.co/V01SOcdqZ3
Alygators - https://t.co/CthB4MAHX7
Nasocoustics - https://t.co/IwiZN8pOKf
Take a look at the new publication from the Botvinick laboratory and collaborators in Biomaterials Research: "Label-Free Prediction of Fluorescently Labeled Fibrin Networks | Biomaterials Research":
https://t.co/lQTQf5k8tG
On May 28, Abraham Lee gave his keynote presentation "Of the Cell, By the Cell, and For the Cell – How Cell Engineering is the Key to Restoring Health." at the annual Bioengineering Day hosted by the Bioengineering Department at UCSD.
Congratulations to Neha Muvvala for winning the BME undergraduate student of the year award at the University of California, Irvine, Engineering Student Council at their 52nd Annual Awards Banquet!
Congratulations to Dr. Christine King for winning the BME Professor of the Year Award at the University of California, Irvine, Engineering Student Council at their 52nd Annual Awards Banquet!
Last Friday (May 9) BME faculty and Executive Advisory Board (EAB) members participated in the UCI Chief Executive Roundtable Venture Showcase at the Beall Applied Innovation, part of OC Innovation Week. EAB member Vas Bailey (President & Co-founder of Hologen and UCI BME alum)
moderated the “Scaling Up – The Path to Value Creation” panel, which featured BME Professor Michelle Khine (Co-founder of 6 start-up companies). EAB member Stan Rowe (CEO and Founder of NXT Biomedical) moderated “The Lifelong Entrepreneur” panel.
On 4/26, Doc. Elliot Botvinick gave his keynote presentation "Subcutaneous Continuous Multi-Analyte Sensing For Type 1 Diabetes And Trauma" at the SoCal Association of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Advancements, Orange County/LA Chapter 17th Biomedical Forum at the Beckman Center!