BME Winter 2025 Graduation Celebration December 13, 2025 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Engineering Centers Building Atrium 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States The Biomedical Engineering Department is hosting a graduation celebration for fall 2025 graduates and their guests. Graduating students will receive an email with information about how to RSVP and about... Free
BME Bay Area Meetup January 15 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Steins Beer Garden & Restaurant 895 Villa St, Mountain View, California, United States We're headed to the California Bay Area to kick off a new year of innovation. You and your guests are invited to join fellow Wisconsin BME alumni and friends for... Free
BME Seminar Series: Lennon Rogers, PhD January 26 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Prototyping with Purpose Lennon Rodgers, PhDDirector, Grainger Engineering Design Innovation LabCollege of EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract:What do high-speed motorcycles, zoo animal feeders, spacecraft and medical supplies have in common? They are all challenges I’ve tackled using rapid prototyping as my primary engine for design and innovation. In this talk, I’ll take you behind the scenes...
BME Seminar Series: Salman R. Khetani February 2 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States From Engineering Predictive Human Tissue Platforms to Advancing the Impact of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering Salman R. Khetani, PhDProfessorAssociate Department HeadActing Associate Dean for Graduate StudiesDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Illinois Chicago Abstract:The convergence of patient-specific human cell sources, microengineering, and data science is accelerating the adoption of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) that reduce reliance on...
BME Seminar Series: Wally Block, PhD February 16 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States *Speaker Change Gene Therapy for Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases: RARE will get us there Wally Block, PhDProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringUW-Madison Rare monogenic neurological diseases affect about 0.5% of Americans at birth and are estimated to account for up to 40% of the workload in hospital pediatric practice. Current drug delivery methods struggle to overcome the Blood...
Lean Green Belt Training February 20 - February 22 IISE is hosting in-person Lean Green Belt Training on campus! Open to ALL students, this is a fantastic opportunity to add an industry-recognized certification to your resume.
BME Seminar Series: Shawn M. Gomez, EngScD February 23 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States From Cellular Networks to Therapeutic Predictions: A Data-Driven Approach to Precision Medicine Shawn M. Gomez, EngScDProfessor and Associate Chair for ResearchCo-Executive Director, FastTaCS, NC TraCS InstituteLampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University Abstract:Precision medicine aims to tailor prevention, diagnosis, and therapy to individual patients' biological states. We pursue this...
BME Seminar Series: Ankur Singh, PhD March 2 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Revolutionizing Immunotherapy: Bioengineered Immune Organs and Nanoscale Technologies Ankur Singh, PhDCarl Ring Family ProfessorGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory MedicineDirector, Center for Immunoengineering at Georgia TechGeorgia Institute of Technology Abstract:The human immune system is a complex and vital defense network, yet its dysfunction...
BME Seminar Series: Wan-Ju Li, PhD, FIOR March 16 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States From Development to Repair: Using Skeletal Development Principles to Advance Stem Cell-Mediated Cartilage Regeneration Wan-Ju Li, PhD, FIORAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Orthopedics and RehabilitationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract:Why does cartilage regeneration still fall short despite major progress in stem cell engineering? In this seminar, I will argue that one important reason is that cartilage repair strategies are...
BME Seminar Series: Christopher Konop, PhD March 23 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States How Serious Fun (and Mild Panic) Led Me from Academia to Venture Innovation Christopher Konop, PhDInnovation and Commercialization SpecialistIsthmus ProjectUW Health Abstract:Most scientific careers don’t follow a straight line—and mine certainly didn’t. I’ve moved from academia to startups, consulting, and eventually venture innovation. I’ll share a few brief stories from building WiSolve, stepping into life‑science...