Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering
Highlights, Achievements & Initiatives
print | email | feedback | increase font size text size decrease font size

Select Highlights and Achievements

  • $195,000 from the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
  • $2M National Science Foundation (NSF) award (one out of only 12 awarded nationally
  • $2.9M Department of Defense award (one out of only 9 awarded nationally)
  • Call Me Doctor fellowship program, to be launched in Fall 2008
  • IBIOE spinoff company/licensed IP – Kiyatec (IBIOE bioreactor technology - awarded 2007 Five Ventures innovation award) 

Ongoing Training Initiatives

  • SC Life Teacher Training
  • Boston Museum of Science Teacher Training
  • Call Me Doctor™
    • Partnering minority engineering/science doctoral fellows with education students to bring cutting edge science/engineering concepts to the classroom.
    • For more information, email Dr. Karen Burg