Spring 2023

UCI Biomedical Engineer Kyriacos Athanasiou Wins $6 Million CIRM Grant

Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering and Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering, leads a UCI research group that recently won a $6 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

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Grabbing the Golden Goose

Tibor Juhasz, UCI professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering, won a 2022 Golden Goose Award for helping to develop a now widely used LASIK surgery device.

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Highlights

Fan-Gang Zeng Elected to National Academy of Engineering

The professor of otolaryngology and biomedical engineering and director of the UCI Center for Hearing Research, has been elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors for those in engineering and technical fields.

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Athanasiou’s Research Contributions Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

UCI Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, will be awarded the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).

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Accolades

UCI Biomedical Engineer Named NIH New Innovator

Fangyuan Ding is awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award; she is the sixth UCI biomedical engineering faculty member to receive this recognition since the award was established in 2007.

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Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship Awarded to BME Postdoctoral Researcher

Biomedical engineering postdoctoral researcher Helen Hobbs received the Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship to support her research on protein evolution, a building block for advancing therapeutics for diseases and synthesizing new drugs and biofuels.

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Industry

Med/Tech Industry Panel Addresses the Future of Health Care

An overflow crowd of around 300 people attended the UCI Department of Biomedical Engineering 20 year anniversary celebration Nov. 4, 2022. The event kicked off in the morning with a Med/Tech Industry Panel in the ISEB auditorium.

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Industry Networking Night Connects Students with Potential Employers

The Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Industry Networking Night drew more than 30 medical technology companies and more than 120 students for a successful evening of engagement.

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