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Manu Platt, associate professor in the Coulter Department, won the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award.
Six BME Faculty Honored at Georgia Tech’s Annual Faculty and Staff Awards Event

Georgia Tech recognizes top faculty members for the 2018-19 academic year
Bilal Haider (center) is flanked by his co-researchers, grad students Joseph Del Rosario (left) and Anderson Speed (right).
How to Influence Perception

Research from Haider lab demonstrates that visual behavior is impacted by the moment-to-moment state of activity in the primary…
William (Bill) W. George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, delivered the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering’s distinguished lecture at the Academy of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Pictured with BME chair Susan Margulies.
BME’s 2019 Distinguished Lecture Delivered by Bill George

Former CEO of Medtronic Focuses on Innovation Leadership in Biomedicine
Lizzy Kappler and Yahia Ali of Libi Medical, a student team from Georgia Tech, took top honors in the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health’s design competition March 29 for their fetal heart-monitoring technology. (Photo by Jack Wang)
Georgia Tech BME Team Wins Highest Honor at Rice 360⁰ Design Competition

Team Libi Medical Won First Place and the People’s Choice Award
The activity sensor illustrated in reddish-pink with small, green attachments is shown here in its application to detect organ transplant rejection. T cells secrete the enzyme granzyme, here in gray, which kills cells but also severs the fluorescent green signal molecules from the activity sensing nanoparticle. The green signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Credit: Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studios work for hire / press handout
Urine Test to Evaluate Immunotherapy Success Gets $1.8 Million NIH Research Grant

Immunotherapy can eradicate cancer or fall down trying, and this sensor monitors that success or failure.
After intramuscular injection, isolated tissues were examined at the cellular level via confocal microscopy and flow cytometry.
New PET/CT Scanning Approach Could Help Accelerate mRNA Vaccine Development

The non-invasive approach combines radionuclide and near-infrared imaging
Susan Margulies is a GRA Eminent Scholar and the chair of the top-ranked Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Susan Margulies Wants to Protect Your Brain

Georgia Research Alliance Interviews Susan Margulies, Ph.D.
New AIMBE Fellows from the Coulter Department are (L-R): Mark Borodovsky, Manu Platt, and W. Robert Taylor.
BME Faculty join Medical and Bioengineering Elite

Mark Borodovsky, Manu Platt, and Bob Taylor inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
Cheng Zhu is a Regents Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Credit: Allison Carter
Mediating from the Middle

From the lab of Cheng Zhu: Integrin, vital proteins that play a major role in hemostasis and thrombosis, biomechanically…
Image shows the view through the PR2’s cameras showing the environment around the robot. Clicking the yellow disc allows users the control the arm. (Credit: Phillip Grice, Georgia Tech)
Seeing through a Robot’s Eyes Helps Those with Profound Motor Impairments

An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a…
Ethos Medical Wins 2019 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize

Leading-edge medical device takes 1st place in 2019 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize.
Three engineering graduates constructed a handheld medical device to help guide the placement of needles used for spinal tap procedures. The goal is to make the procedure safer by providing a tool to assist medical professionals in placing the injection correctly without having to guess or repeat to find a precise location.
2019 InVenture Finalist: Ethos Medical

The three members of Ethos Medical have been building a device that could someday touch millions of lives, and they’ve been doing…
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Georgia Tech and Emory is ranked #3 in U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking of the nation’s top graduate biomedical engineering programs for 2019-2020.
Biomedical Engineering Ranked #3 in U.S. News Graduate Rankings for 2020

Biomedical engineering graduate program among top three in latest U.S. News rankings
TremorTrainer is a therapeutic glove that implements counter-weight technology in order to enable those suffering from hand tremors to regain their ability to perform any everyday task.
2019 InVenture Finalist: TremorTrainer

TremorTrainer is a therapeutic glove that implements counter-weight technology in order to enable those suffering from hand…
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Eberhard Voit Named an SMB Fellow

Pioneering researcher in computational systems biology earns rare honor
A T cell, here in purple, makes contact with a transplant organ cell, here in reddish brown. The T cell secretes the enzyme granzyme B, here in gray, which attacks the organ cell. But granzyme B also severs fluorescent signal molecules, in green, from the rejection detecting nanoparticle, in light pink. The signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studio (work for hire, all rights GT, free for distribution).
Urine Test Detects Organ Transplant Rejection, Could Replace Needle Biopsies

New nanoparticle makes urine glow as soon as T cells initiate an attack on transplanted organs
The Project ENGAGES community gathered to celebrate its graduating seniors. (Credit: Sean McNeil, Georgia Tech Research Institute)
Georgia Tech Project ENGAGES Striving for Excellence

National thought leaders help high school program celebrate seniors at Petit Institute
Cassie Mitchell, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory.
P is for Predictive Healthcare

Big data helps doctors treat, cure and improve patient outcomes
Lena Ting, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech  (Photo by Tony Benner)
Engineering Training Helps Emory-Georgia Tech Researcher Treat Movement Disorders

Lena Ting named a 2018 Health Care Hero Award winner
BME Celebration: Pictured are (left to right) Wilbur Lam, Susan Margulies, Leita Young, and Julie Babensee.
BME Spring Celebration of Community

Coulter Department launches new program recognizing faculty/staff accomplishments
Left to right: Zackory Erickson, a PR2 robot, and Charlie Kemp
Robot Teaches Itself How to Dress People

A robot at the Georgia Institute of Technology is successfully sliding hospital gowns on people's arms
The Next Frontier in Biomedical Engineering

Michael Davis changes the landscape of pediatric cardiology with stem cell therapies and 3D printing
Team Neuraline and Dr. Rains: Pictured are (left to right), Professor of the Practice James Rains, and Capstone students Cassidy Wang, Dev Mandavia, Marci Medford, Lucas Muller, and Alex Bills. They visited the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, to make their Capstone presentation.
Mayo Clinic Taps Tech Capstone Team

BME and ME students collaborate on novel device to improve epidural procedures
Oliver Daliet was recently named a Fulbright Fellow for 2018-2019. 
Oliver Daliet Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Biomedical engineering student to study prevention of ACL injuries in Iceland
BME undergraduate award winners
BME Honors Undergraduates

Coulter Department recognizes the next generation of leaders
A miniature blood vessel, formed on agarose/gelatin hydrogel. Green represents VE-cadherin, a protein that glues cells together, and blue is nuclei. Courtesy of Yongzhi Qiu.
Mini-vessel device probes blood interactions in malaria, sickle cell disease

Improvement in the study of blood vessels
Graduate students were honored at this year’s fourth annual BME Graduate Awards event hosted by the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory. Eric Snider, not pictured, was unable to attend last night's ceremony.
BME Graduate Award Winners 2017-2018

Outstanding graduate students recognized with annual awards
BME Team Kit Cath members are Kathleen Jordan, Lemou Tieyam, Diana Yunda, and Alexa Schlein. They won the overall prize. 
BME Team Takes Home Top Capstone Prize

Kit Cath and other winners find success by reducing waste, cost, and improving efficiency for sponsors
Gabe Kwong, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory
Kwong Lab Opens the Gates

Research team designs new DNA nanotech platform for cell sorting
Robert Mannino and Prateek Mittal holding their $100,000 Cisco check. 
Mannino Wins Cisco Global Problem Solver Prize

Smartphone app that measures blood hemoglobin levels takes $100,000 prize in Rice University Business Plan Competition
Three T-cells attack a cancer cell in this artist's depiction. Source: Getty Images / rights not transferable / not a press handout
Remote-Control Shoots Laser at Nano-Gold to Turn on Cancer-Killing Immune Cells

A near-infrared light, similar to that of a TV remote, combines with gold nano-particles to flip a gene switch in T-cells to…
Hanjoong Jo, professor in the Coulter Department at Emory and Georgia Tech, delivering the conference welcome remarks.
International Symposium Attracts Vascular Experts

Researchers that study biomechanics in vascular biology and cardiovascular disease converge at Emory