The semester-long exchange program, completed at Politecnico di Milano, is designed for BME students to travel during the spring semester of their junior year. >>
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Spring 2018
FEATURES
Nova-like explosion of spinning live bacteria explained

Suspensions of live bacteria in a viscous liquid do not act as expected when spun at certain speeds and now a team of researchers know why the bacterial aggregation appears to explode when the spinning stops. "The behavior of these bacteria look like the explosion of a star going nova," said Igor Aronson, Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics, Penn State. >>
Extracellular vesicles could be personalized drug delivery vehicles

Creating enough nanovesicles to inexpensively serve as a drug delivery system may be as simple as putting the cells through a sieve, according to an international team of researchers who used mouse autologous - their own - immune cells to create large amounts of fillable nanovesicles to deliver drugs to tumors in mice. >>

Student-designed lead vests could protect surgeons, improve patient outcomes

Doctors need to wear lead vests because radiation imaging is used frequently during minimally invasive surgeries, such as heart or vascular procedures. The imaging allows doctors to get visual feedback during surgery, but the technology also poses a radiation risk. To mitigate the exposure, surgeons wear heavy vests during any procedures using radiation imaging.  >>
 
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
  • College of Engineering receives AHA Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award >> 
  • Vidt and Simon to begin project funded by Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants program >> 
  • An elastic skin-like liquid bandage wins FDA approval >>
  • Invent Penn State names James Adair 'Inventor of the Year' >>
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Riley named biomedical engineering student marshal for 2018 spring commencement >>
  • Randolph awarded Harold K. Schilling Dean's Graduate Scholarship >>
  • Mickolajczyk receives Alumni Association Dissertation Award >>
  • College of Engineering students show off their projects at the Capstone Design Project Showcase >>
  • Randolph to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting >>
  • Female students "take over" the Learning Factory on Ladies' Night >>
ALUMNI NEWS
  • Gregory Riggins receives Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award >>
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