University of Illinois at Chicago - Bioengineering Department

http://engineering.uic.edu/2017/02/28/ewh-laminar-flow-hood-certified/

Students Build Medical Device for Vietnamese Hospital – UIC College of Engineering (EWH) use engineering skills to develop solutions for improving healthcare around the world. Their latest completed project—a laminar flow hood—was built to help the Nhi D**g 1 Pediatric Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, reduce hospital-acquired infections.

Congratulations, Sarita!

http://engineering.uic.edu/2017/03/27/uic-engineering-student-wins-gates-cambridge-scholarship/

UIC Engineering Student Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship – UIC College of Engineering Bioengineering senior Sarita Deshpande is one of 36 American students to win the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship for graduate studies at the University of Cambridge. She is the fourth UIC student to win one of the scholarships since the program was established through a $210 million donation...

http://engineering.uic.edu/2016/11/18/miss-chicago-chinatown-uses-platform-to-promote-girls-in-stem/

Miss Chicago Chinatown uses platform to promote girls in STEM – UIC College of Engineering Bioengineering student Christine Vi is busy preparing for the end of the semester and post-graduation plans. Unlike her peers, however, she’s also preparing for her next big pageant as Miss Chicago Chinatown.

Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue Using the plant like scaffolding, scientists built a mini version of a working heart, which may one day aid in tissue regeneration.

http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-skin-could-help-prosthetics-imbue-sense-of-touch/

Solar-powered skin could help prosthetics imbue sense of touch Engineers from the University of Glasgow have developed a synthetic skin that could help amputees regain their sense of touch.

Jaqueline Rojas Robles, a senior bioengineering student at UIC, was awarded first place in the oral presentation category at the Emory University STEM Research and Career Symposium. Jaqueline was one of only 10 undergraduates invited to give an oral presentation and she won in a group that included doctoral students. Her talk focused on some of her recent efforts to understand how water repellant surfaces might be used to inhibit bacterial adhesion. She has also contributed to a paper that we recently published in Langmuir. Congratulations to Jaqueline!

http://www.gs.emory.edu/uploads/diversity/STEM-Brochure-2016-v04.pdf

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Congratulations UIC 2016 Bioengineering graduates!

Hello UIC Alumni!

The Richard and Loan Hill Department of Bioengineering is hosting its very first Bioengineering Industry Day and you're invited. This event is exclusively for current UIC Bioengineering students interested in pursuing a career in industry. If you are interested in speaking with students or know someone in your current organization that would be, please let us know!

Interested parties should contact Sam Dreyer at [email protected]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/01/scientists-discover-how-to-download-knowledge-to-your-brain/

Scientists discover how to 'upload knowledge to your brain' Feeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe. Researchers claim to have developed a simulator which can feed information directly into a person’s brain and teach them new skills in a shorter a…

If you are a students interested for summer internships, check this out:

http://blog.backyardbrains.com/2016/02/2016-summer-internship/?utm_source=Backyard+Brains+Customers&utm_campaign=602f158609-Internship_Newsletter_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ec2ea6929a-602f158609-142907253

blog.backyardbrains.com Do you have an interest in neuroscience? Electrical, Mechanical or Computer engineering? Want to develop your own experiments and publish your results? Learn to communicate with the public? Maybe even all of the above? Then you’re in luck!

Brain wrestling or battle of minds! Check out the amazing work of students at BioE 575 course in collaboration with BMES student club at UIC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qRkPhOwSjA&feature=youtu.be

UIC BMES EEG Arm Wrestling The capstone project for one team as part of Neural Coding 2, a graduate level course offered at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This project is part ...

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20143010-26427.html?utm_content=buffereacba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

New technology shows nurses where your veins are The Australian Red Cross is trailing world-first technology that will help nurses find the vein first time.

Please join us if you are at BMES this year.

http://bioengineer.org/mimicking-brain-cells-to-boost-computer-memory-power/

Mimicking brain cells to boost computer memory power | BIOENGINEER.ORG Researchers have brought ultra-fast, nano-scale data storage within striking reach, using technology that mimics the human brain.

http://www.medgadget.com/2014/10/team-invents-sensor-that-uses-radio-waves-to-detect-subtle-changes-in-pressure-video.html?utm_content=bufferd4157&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Stanford Scientists Build Tiny Implantable Sensor to Detect Blood And Intracranial Pressures (VIDEO) A lot of patients can benefit from continuous blood pressure monitoring, but inflatable arm cuffs are currently the only reliable method to do so. Attempts

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2014/press.html

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release Nobelprize.org, The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize

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TV shoutout sparks donations to women’s engineering group Chicago Tribune - City

BIOE Newsletter:

https://www.cs.uic.edu/pub/BIOE/BioeNewsLetter/uic_bioe_newsletter_sp14.pdf

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http://www.ted.com/talks/david_sengeh_the_sore_problem_of_prosthetic_limbs?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2014-04-10

The sore problem of prosthetic limbs What drove David Sengeh to create a more comfortable prosthetic limb? He grew up in Sierra Leone, and too many of the people he loves are missing limbs after the brutal civil war there. When he noticed that people who had prosthetics weren’t actually wearing them, he set out to discover why — and to...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403212615.htm

Off the shelf, on the skin: Stick-on electronic patches for health monitoring Wearing a fitness tracker on your wrist or clipped to your belt is so 2013. Engineers have demonstrated thin, soft stick-on patches that stretch and move with the skin and incorporate off-the-shelf electronics for sophisticated wireless health monitoring. The patches stick to the skin like a tempora...

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Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've done... In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates—then engaged—took a walk on a beach in Zanzibar, and made a bold decision on how they would make sure that their wealth from Microsoft went back into society. In a conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundati...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331153606.htm

Self-healing engineered muscle grown in the laboratory Living skeletal muscle that contracts powerfully and rapidly, integrates quickly into mice, and for the first time, demonstrates the ability to heal itself both inside the laboratory and inside an animal has been grown in the lab by biomedical engineers. "The muscle we have made represents an import...

http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/wearables-sweet-sixteen-a-device-to-evaluate-gait-vs-seizure-alert-and-tracker/ #.UzhX8-DQy1U.facebook

Wearables Sweet Sixteen: A device to evaluate gait vs. seizure alert and tracker This wearables matchup includes a design company and a medical device producer that approach their patient populations in two different ways. Biosensics’ LegSys device is made for evaluating the way…

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/26/3d-printed-skull

Neurosurgeons successfully implant 3D printed skull (Wired UK) A 22-year-old woman from the Netherlands who suffers from a chronic bone disorder has had the top section of her skull removed and replaced with a 3D printed implant

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/health/easing-epilepsy-with-battery-power.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=HL_EEW_20140325&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1388552400000&bicmet=1420088400000&_r=1

Easing Epilepsy With Battery Power A long-awaited device, implanted in the skull, offers hope of controlling seizures for those who cannot be treated with drugs or surgery.

http://bioengineer.org/revolutionary-membrane-can-keep-heart-beating-perfectly-forever/

Revolutionary membrane can keep your heart beating perfectly forever - Bioengineer.org Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new device that may one day help prevent heart attacks. Unlike existing pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that are one-size-fits-all, the new device is a thin, elastic membra...

Amazing work by UIC BIOE Alumni:

http://bioengineer.org/credit-card-sized-device-help-diagnose-pancreatic-cancer-minutes/

Credit card-sized device help diagnose pancreatic cancer in minutes - Bioengineer.org Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease. At least 94 percent of patients will die within five years, and in 2013 it was ranked as one of the top 10 deadliest cancers. Routine screenings for breast, colon and lung cancers have improved treatment and outcomes for patients with these di...

http://uanews.org/story/tomorrow-s-pacemakers-batteries-not-included

Tomorrow's Pacemakers: Batteries Not Included | UANews Tiny power generators developed by the University of Arizona and the University of Illinois could eliminate the need for batteries in medical devices.

http://www.nature.com/news/3-d-printed-windpipe-gives-infant-breath-of-life-1.13085