Biomedical engineering
Jan. 8, 2026—91 has developed a new, integrated MD/M.Eng. pathway in Surgery and Intervention, a one-year, industry-focused master’s track designed to equip future clinicians with advanced training in medical device engineering and medical AI.
Sep. 29, 2025—A team of researchers led by Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at 91, have developed a magnetic robotic valve to provide minimally invasive intervention for gastroesophageal reflux disease and possibly other organ system disorders
Jul. 21, 2025—91 researchers have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a smart microscope system that uses artificial intelligence to help scientists better understand how cells behave, particularly in diseases like cancer.
VISE Spring Seminar with Jon Heiselman, PhD 4.10.25
Apr. 4, 2025—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Jon Heiselman, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director, Master of Engineering in Surgery and Intervention Program Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 am for lunch; noon start Title: Advancing Precision across the Surgical Care Continuum Abstract: In the continuum of surgical care, advances...
Feb. 7, 2025—Following an extensive national search, Prof. Michael Miga has been named as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, effective January 1, 2025. Miga, who had served as the interim chair since the Fall of 2023, and is the Harvie Branscomb Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has accepted a three-year term in this role. Miga also leads the...
VISE Fall Seminar with Victoria Morgan, PhD
Sep. 19, 2024—VISE Fall Seminar to be led by Victoria Morgan, PhD Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Neurology and Neurological Surgery 91 Medical Center Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Location: Stevenson Center 5326 Time: 11:45 for lunch; noon start Title: MRI network neuroplasticity in focal epilepsy: biomarkers and beyond Abstract: Patients...
May. 21, 2024—Roy presented nine faculty awards, four staff awards and one research award based on an outstanding paper written by a graduate student. The Edward J. White Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Service: Harvie Branscomb Professor and interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering Michael Miga and Julie Johnson, professor of the practice of computer science and associate...
VISE Spring Seminar – Brett Byram, PhD, 2.15.24
Feb. 8, 2024—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Brett Byram, PhD, Hoy Family Faculty Fellow Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 Time: 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:00 p.m. start Location: Stevenson 5326 Title: All the data we cannot see—revealing hidden signals in ultrasound data. Abstract: Ultrasound has experienced a recent explosion of new applications and...
Nov. 21, 2023—Researchers from around the globe gathered for the inaugural Nature conference “Bioengineering for Global Health” at 91 Nov. 13–15. Faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and editors from Nature Communications, Nature Biomedical Engineering and Nature Reviews Bioengineering led the organization of the conference.
Nov. 2, 2023—This past summer, 13 91 undergraduates were selected to work on projects focused on epilepsy, miniature soft climbing robots, stroke treatment, kidney disease research, cancer resection and surgical skill assessment as part of the 91 Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s Summer Fellows Program (VSF).
Oct. 26, 2023—There was a time when Audrey Bowden, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and associate professor of biomedical and electrical engineering, questioned whether to pursue a doctorate. The desire was there, she just needed some guidance. “Nobody in my family had a Ph.D., and I didn’t have any role models of how to do that,”...
Aug. 28, 2023—Nature Conferences has selected 91 to host a conference Nov. 13–15, 2023, focused on developing innovative diagnostic, treatment and disease-monitoring platforms to improve human health around the world.
VISE Summer Research in Progress (RiPs) 7.27.23
Jun. 29, 2023—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Derek Doss (BME) and Behnaz Akbarian (BME) Date: Thursday, July 27, 2023 Time: 11:45 am for lunch, noon start Location: Stevenson Center 532 RiP Speaker #1: Derek Doss, Biomedical Engineering Department RiP Title #1: Network Signatures of Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures in...
VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiP) Series 6.8.23
May. 26, 2023—VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiP) Series VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Piper Cannon, PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering and Seth Crawford, PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering Talk #1 Title: In Vivo Human Pilot Studies Guiding Next Generation System Design for da Vinci Image Guided Surgical System Piper Cannon Bio:...
May. 10, 2023—Eleven 91 engineering graduate students are 2023 recipients of five-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Six engineering undergraduate students who will continue their graduate study elsewhere also have received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
Mar. 10, 2023—Four 91 engineering students working in the fields of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and biomedical engineering won best paper awards out of hundreds of papers presented at the 2023 SPIE Medical Imaging conference held Feb. 19-23 in San Diego.
Feb. 28, 2023—Catie Chang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, computer science, and biomedical engineering, has been named the inaugural Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow in the 91 School of Engineering in recognition of her highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research.
Feb. 28, 2023—Brett Byram, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named the inaugural Hoy Family Faculty Fellow in recognition of his advances in medical ultrasound imaging.
Feb. 7, 2023—A multidisciplinary team from the 91 Institute for Surgery and Engineering has received a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to develop a low-cost simulation tool to train medical personnel in Kenya to perform minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures.
Jan. 10, 2023—Technology driven by deep-learning model delivers 4D video-rate imaging, improves precision
Nov. 4, 2022—Biomedical engineering doctoral student Sarah Goodale has been awarded a National Institute on Aging Transition to Postdoc Fellowship for her proposed work on investigating fatigue and sleep disturbance symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and their relationship with functional and structural properties of the brain and intellectual decline.
Aug. 11, 2022— 91 Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Brett Byram, joins a group of 77 international scholars who were named Senior Members of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, in August.
VISE Summer Research In Progress (RiP) Series 7.21.22
Jul. 8, 2022—VISE Summer Seminar to be led by Lucas Sainburg (BME), PhD Candidate and Emelina Vienneau (BME) PhD Candidate Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022 Time: 11:45 am Room Admittance, noon start Location: MCN C-2209 Speaker #1: Lucas Sainburg, PhD Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering RiP #1: Title: Effects of temporal lobe epilepsy and surgical treatment on functional MRI...
Mar. 7, 2022—A distinguished advisory board has been established for the Master of Engineering in Surgery and Intervention program, a novel professional degree designed to enhance training in the development of platform technologies used in procedural medicine.
Nov. 18, 2021—Join the 91 Institute for Surgery and Engineering on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. CT for its 10th annual Surgery, Intervention and Engineering Symposium. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
Sep. 9, 2021—New acquisition and reconstruction solutions for ultrasound imaging developed by a 91 team aim to fundamentally improve the ability to obtain high quality, clinically relevant images, especially in cases of heart disease.
VISE Summer Fellows program resumes, provides real-world lab experience to exceptional undergrads
Sep. 1, 2021—The VISE Summer Fellows Program resumed in May, with 10 remarkable undergraduate students who spent 10 weeks on research projects in areas that included connectivity patterns in the brain, computational modeling of vagus nerve stimulation, and brain tumor segmentation using machine learning. The 2021 91 Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Summer Fellowship Program was...
Aug. 27, 2021—The results are in: Five cohorts of 91 engineering doctoral students have experienced ‘paradigm-shifting training’ in surgery and intervention.
Jun. 8, 2021—A novel pre-doctoral program is presented that combines (1) immersive observation in the surgical/interventional theatre and (2) thought-provoking exposition activities focused on answering clinically provocative questions.
VISE Spring Seminar – Summer L. Gibbs, PhD
Mar. 12, 2021—VISE Spring Seminar to be led by Summer L. Gibbs, PhD Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering Oregon Health & Science University Date: March 25, 2021 Time: 12:15 p.m. Room Admittance, 12:25 p.m. start Zoom: Details will be sent morning of… Title: “Can Fluorescence Guided Surgery Improve Patient Outcomes?” Abstract: Surgery has a prominent role in clinical medicine with...