http://www.bme.engineering.uiowa.edu The primary news feed for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa's College of Engineering. engineering-adm@uiowa.edu en-us The College of Engineering will hold its annual Family Weekend Tailgate Open House from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2010, in the Second Floor Lobby of the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences. The event welcomes Engineering alumni, friends, and parents of College o http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=446 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=446 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 University of Iowa News Release About 70 first-year engineering students in the course "Engineering Problem Solving-1" will test their automotive design skills when they attempt to build and race model cars made entirely of fruits and vegeta http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=445 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=445 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 University of Iowa News Release "nbsp; The UI Student Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World will host a 350.org 3.5 mile bike ride through downtown Iowa City on October 24 as part of the http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=437 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=437 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Yi Xing, Ph.D., UI assistant professor of internal medicine and biomedical engineering, has received a junior faculty award from the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation. The one-year $60,000 grant was effective Oct. 1, and Xing is eli http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=433 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=433 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 In India, cancer is taboo. People in rural areas don't have access to medical treatment that could save their lives. And even if they did, many are too bound by cultural stigmas and personal pride to seek out help. But Ali Kee http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=430 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=430 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 UI News Release "nbsp; The University of Iowa College of Engineering will hold its Fall 2009 Engineering Career Fair from 1-6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the second-floor ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. The fair provides an opportunity for engineering students and http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=425 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=425 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 UI News Release "nbsp; "Sustainable U," a new, college-wide 2009-2010 seminar series established by the College of Engineering, will begin with a 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. Thursday, October 1 talk by Jean Sweeney, vic http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=422 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=422 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 A five-year, $5 million grant to establish a Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss was awarded to the Iowa City Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center by the Veterans Affairs Division of Rehabilitation Research and Development. The center will involve researchers fr http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=421 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=421 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 University of Iowa News Release "nbsp; The University of Iowa College of Engineering Student Ambassador Program recently announced the names of 16 students who will serve as student ambassadors for the 2009-10 acad http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=416 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=416 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Biomedical Engineering student Alexandra Keenan has been named one of Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women in the national publication's annual competition."nbsp; The competition honors budding leaders in a variety of fields. Keenan is the featured college leader in Glamour's October 200 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=411 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=411 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Thanks to the generosity of University of Iowa supporters, talented Engineering student Ali Keenan is helping make the world a better -- and healthier -- place. Her story is told in the August 2009 issue of Iowa Alumni Magazine."nbsp; Go to www.engineering.uiowa http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=406 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=406 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 University of Iowa News Release "nbsp; The University of Iowa has received a $598,500, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will enable doctoral students in 22 existing UI doctoral programs to receive http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=403 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=403 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Lindsey Knake, a sophomore in biomedical engineering from Bellevue, IA, is one of nine University of Iowa undergraduate students that have been granted the Stanley Undergraduate Awards for International Research. The awards, ranging from $2,000 to $3,000, are awarded to outstanding UI undergradua http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=390 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=390 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 319 undergraduates in the College of Engineering were among 3,800 undergraduate students at The University of Iowa named to the Dean's List for the 2009 spring semester. That is 8.4 percent of the total. Engineering undergraduate enrollment represents 6.2 percent of the total UI undergraduate enr http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=388 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=388 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Gaining valuable experience on student project teams is one of the key objectives of the College of Engineering. Following on a long history of students working together on common design objectives -- many tied to area corporate partners -- the College has completed another successful acade http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=366 http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=366 Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500