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Washington University in St. Louis

Biomedical Engineering

Summer 2023

Dear colleagues, students and faculty,

PhD mentors

We’ve concluded another successful spring semester and now welcome the beginning of summer. The activity doesn’t stop as our students pursue research and professional development opportunities, and we welcome undergraduate students to our summer research programs.

Wishing everyone a productive and restful summer,

Lori A. Setton
Professor and Chair


BME Day 2023

The department’s annual BME Day celebrates student design groups and graduate student research, outreach and leadership.


Student design and innovation honored Student design and innovation honored

Student projects, research and service were recognized at the department’s annual BME day event celebrating research and innovation.


Congratulations to the Class of 2023! Congratulations to the Class of 2023!

"Remember that solving complex problems is only a part of what makes us great engineers. It is our ability to be compassionate and considerate that truly sets us apart." - Neha Damaraju '23


Meet the Class of 2023 valedictorians Meet the Class of 2023 valedictorians

This year, McKelvey Engineering celebrates 20 valedictorians, which is among the biggest cohort of valedictorians in the school’s history.


Class Acts: Carolyn Duncan Class Acts: Carolyn Duncan

Energized by St. Louis startup scene, Duncan will work for a bioscience firm with WashU roots.


Biomedical engineering students win Rice360 global health tech design competition Biomedical engineering students win Rice360 global health tech design competition

The team won first place at the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies’ annual Global Health Technologies Design Competition.


VIDEO SPOTLIGHT

A day in the life of a BME student

Meet Emily Chen, a junior studying biomedical engineering. Follow Emily for a day as she shares what it means to be a WashU engineer.

A day in the life of a BME student

ALUMNI & GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

McKelvey Engineering students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

BME students, alumni win awards at ORS conference

BME students, alumni win awards at ORS conference

Doctoral students earn awards at SPIE conference

Four alumni honored at Emerging Leader Awards

Four alumni honored at Emerging Leader Awards



BME by the numbers
No. 10
Among private university BME
graduate programs
35 %
of faculty members
are women
11.3 M
BME research support

Department of Biomedical Engineering
McKelvey School of Engineering
bme.washu.edu
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