Departmental News

This fall, bioengineering students, faculty, and staff are occupying the laboratories, classrooms, and offices in Rhodes Annex. The 29,000-square-foot addition to Rhodes Research Center is dedicated to advancing basic and translational biomedical research.

Several professors are incorporating the university-wide initiative to engage students in ongoing research; in bioengineering, the projects are now part of the curriculum.

The NSF awarded MRI grants to Drs. Bruce Gao and Jiro Nagatomi for development of a laser microbioparticle separator and acquisition of a nano-to-microscale 3D live-cell imaging system, respectively.

Clemson University Newsroom articles feature bioengineering research by Drs. Ted Bateman and Frank Alexis. Bateman’s work on radiation-induced bone loss is being applied to both cancer patients and astronauts. Meanwhile, Alexis is using nanoparticles to develop targeted drug delivery systems.

Senior Anita Smalls tied for second place in the Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-SCAMP) undergraduate research conference poster competition.

Student and professional speakers presented research, career advice at the Madren Conference Center.

Students spend summer restoring medical machinery in developing countries.

Program hosts young engineers.

Undergraduates study abroad in Brussels during a five-week, six-credit summer program.

The University awarded the B.S. in Bioengineering to members of the department’s inaugural class on May 8, 2009. The 24 graduates received the Bachelor of Science in either the bioelectrical or biomaterials program.

Bioengineers were recognized at the 2008-2009 Spring Awards Banquet on Monday, April 6.

Dr. Prakash Kara was published in Nature this year for his study on how imaging technology has uncovered a micro-architecture of brain cells that process visual information.

The Sigma Xi Clemson chapter has awarded Dr. Xuejun Wen the Junior Researcher Award for his application of bioengineering to human tissue regeneration.

Bioengineering professor becomes deputy director of the Institute of Biological Interfaces of Engineering.

Dr. Anand Ramamurthi was awarded an NHLBI R01 to study vascular aneurysms.

Vince Beachley, a student in Dr. Xuejun Wen’s lab, has been awarded an AHA Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Predoctoral Fellowship for two years to study nanofiber vascular implants.

Laura Datko was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which includes tuition, fees, and a stipend to study effects of fluid flow on cell differentiation.

Dr. Delphine Dean was awarded an NIH K25 Career Developmental Award, which will fund five years of research and training.

Dr. Alexey Vertegel received a grant from the NIH to fund three years of research on piezoresponse force microscopy for electromechanical imaging of live cells.

Student spends summer restoring medical machinery in Central America.

Michael Lemus, a PhD student in Dr. Ted Bateman’s lab, was awarded an HHMI Exceptional Research Opportunity for summer work with Dr. Eva Nogales at UC, Berkeley.

Carmen E. Gacchina, a student in Dr. Anand Ramamurthi’s lab, was awarded a second-year extension on her NHLBI T32 predoctoral fellowship to study delivery systems for elastogenic therapeutics to treat aneurysms.

Dr. Dan Simionescu’s research on heart valve replacement is featured by SC EPSCoR/IDeA.

Carmen E. Gacchina, a student in Dr. Anand Ramamurthi’s lab, was awarded a summer internship at the National Institute of Aging to perform translational cardiovascular research in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Talan.

In BBSI and NASA REU summer research programs, undergraduates work in faculty labs to design and test biomaterials and medical devices.

The 2009 South Carolina Governor's Award for Scientific Awareness recognized Dr. Martine LaBerge, department chair, for outstanding contributions to the field.