Welcome!

Welcome to the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department! You are invited to explore our newly designed and updated website. Enjoy the adventure as you learn about the exciting research and educational experiences available in our department. Also check out the new Engineering Ambassadors Blog at http://ucengineer.wordpress.com to see what it is like to be a BME student at the University of Cincinnati.

Department Head Search

UCBME is currently seeking outstanding candidates for our open Biomedical Engineering Department Head position. If you are interested, please click here. This will take you to the position announcement and cover letter.

Thank you! UCBME Department Head Search Committee

Congratulations!

- UC Students Earn Top Spots in National Biomedical Engineering Design Competitions please see http://healthnews.uc.edu/news/?/8634/ for more infotmation.

- SurgiSIL does it Again: ASME Innovation Showcase Winners Announced. Read More!

- David Butler is the winner of the College Research Award.  David is nationally known for his work on tendon and ligament repair, a field in which he was one of the pioneers and which has become known as functional tissue engineering. David joined the faculty at UC in 1976, and moved to the College of Engineering in 1983.  His accomplishments have marked him as a leader in the national bioengineering and biomechanics community, earning him three major honors from the Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.  He also won the Gustus L. Larson Award of ASME.  In addition to his research work, Dave was a prime mover in the establishment of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.  He is a founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers and a Fellow of ASME.

-Graduate Poster Forum – March 6, 2009

Congratulations go out to Jen Hurley and Swathi Balaji who won the Outstanding Poster Presentation in Physical & Life sciences and Engineering Category

Also congratulations to Varun Krishnamurthy who won the Best of Show Award in the Poster Presentation

-2009 COE Engineering Tribunal Awards

We are pleased to congratulate  Mary Beth Privitera,  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in being awarded the “Professor of the Year” for 2008!  Professor Privitera was selected by the College of Engineering students and awarded a plaque during the 2009 College of Engineering Tribunal Awards Banquet on Saturday, February 21, 2009 @ the Paul  Brown Stadium, Club West Lounge.

Mary Beth Privitera was also Professor of Quarter of 2008. Mary Beth Privitera encouraged students to actively think and problem solve by offering unique learning experiences in the Biomedical Engineering field.  Students became highly interactive and learned the value of  team building!

-Dr. Christy Holland is the winner of this year's Richard Akeson teaching award. This award was initiated to recognize the contributions of outstanding faulty in graduate programs in the College of Medicine.

-Linda Moeller is the recipient of the 2008 Sarah Grant Barber Outstanding Advising Award

-Please join me in congratulating Kate Hitchcock and Vivek Kaimal on being awarded the Ryan Fellowship for the next two years.  They will receive an increase in their stipend as well as an opportunity to present their research in Woods Hole, MA in the coming spring quarter.