Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering (BME)

08/27/2026

Congratulations to BME's Jana Kainerstorfer for being elected to serve on the board of directors at SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics!

She will serve a three-year term from 2027-2029. SPIE brings engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology.

08/21/2026

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program of long hours in the lab and intensive summer research to bring you the BME Olympics!🥇

Last Friday, teams competed for glory and bragging rights in events including a PPE relay race, a timed micropipette challenge, BME trivia, matching 3D printed brain models to the correct species, and reassembling human organs into a desktop model. Biomedical Engineering grad students, post docs and faculty were rewarded with ice cream after all their hard work, leaving energized for the new semester to begin. Only at CMU!

08/14/2026

⏰ Today is your last chance to submit an abstract for consideration in the poster presentation competition at the Sept. 25 Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering! Don't miss this opportunity to share your work and connect with leading experts in the field.

👇 Submit by 11:59 p.m. tonight! https://www.cmu.edu/bme/bmeforum/submission.html

08/10/2026

You asked, we listened! The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering has been extended to August 14. The pre-recorded poster presentation competition is a chance to share your work, learn about advances in BME, and expand your network.

Submit your abstract today! https://www.cmu.edu/bme/bmeforum/poster_awards.html

08/06/2026

You might be an engineer if...you find yourself sneaking home journal articles on nerve-electrical interfaces. Check out this relatable story from BME's Steve Chase.

Biomedical Engineering's Steve Chase talks about what inspired him ...

08/04/2026

Proud to celebrate our faculty award winners from BME, Keith Cook and Tzahi Cohen-Karni! They were recognized by Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering for excellence in mentoring and research, respectively. Congratulations also go to Noelia Grande Gutiérrez and Katie Whitehead, who hold courtesy appointments in BME. Way to go!

We are excited to recognize our 2026 Engineering faculty award winners! Congratulations to Peter Adams, Tzahi (Itzhaq) Cohen-Karni, Keith Cook, Kaushik Dayal, Katherine Flanigan, Noelia Grande Gutiérrez, Valerie Karplus, P. Chris Pistorius, Patrick Tague, and Kathryn Whitehead!

07/31/2026

Great to see BME's Jana Kainerstorfer highlighted by 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR news station! Work has already begun on her federally funded project to develop a wearable monitoring system that will transform care during labor and delivery.

This uniquely collaborative project brings together experts across CMU and other academic institutions, maternal-fetal medicine specialists and technology developers. Patients, clinicians and health systems have been involved in the design process from the very beginning.

Carnegie Mellon University is leading a team of institutions to improve how clinicians monitor fetal health during labor. Researchers were awarded $39.3 million from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to develop a wearable monitoring system that better identifies fetal distres...

07/30/2026

You won't want to miss the 8th Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering on September 25, 2026! This highly anticipated event will take place virtually, featuring keynote addresses from world-renowned experts in the field of biomedical engineering as well as a pre-recorded poster presentation competition highlighting the latest advancements in the field.

Learn more about our keynote speakers, how to register for the free event, and guidelines for submitting an abstract for the competition (due August 7).
https://www.cmu.edu/bme/bmeforum/

07/23/2026

Join us at the 8th Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering, held virtually on September 25!

Are you a student, postdoc, or resident working at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and health? Submit your abstract by August 7 for a chance to participate in the pre-recorded poster presentation competition at the forum. The event will provide an opportunity to share your work, learn about recent advances in BME from leading experts, and expand your professional network.

Learn more, and submit your abstract here: https://www.cmu.edu/bme/bmeforum/submission.html

04/27/2026

Researchers from Xi (Charlie) Ren's lab have co-created a miniature airway organoid model that more accurately reflects real lung biology by pairing lung-derived biomaterials with an “apical-out” design, allowing scientists to better study infections, environmental exposures, and respiratory disease. Go to the link in our bio to learn more!