The UC Davis professor of biomedical engineering and surgery has been elected to the 2026 class of Biomedical Engineering Society Fellows. The honor is reserved for members who demonstrate outstanding achievement and have made significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and the BMES community.
Cheemeng Tan, a professor of biomedical engineering, leads an interdisciplinary and multi-campus research team working on a method for room temperature storage of cellular therapies, aiming to make the life-saving potential of these therapies much more accessible and cheaper than ever before.
The professor of biomedical engineering and surgery will advance collaboration among engineering students, clinicians and industry professionals for the M.Eng. in Medical Device Development, a nine-month degree integrating hands-on prototyping experience with clinical immersion and entrepreneurship coursework.
Two M.D./Ph.D. students with a biomedical engineering focus have been awarded grants from the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine. The grants support leading-edge research aimed at improving patient care and advancing health equity.
When biomedical engineering students walked into a room full of clinicians at UC Davis Health, they carried two medical device prototypes. One was an alum’s late-night sketch, while the other was theirs. What unfolded in that room over several hours became the basis for First Bite, a medical device designed to safely secure breathing tubes for infants.
Development engineers and a biomedical engineering graduate student from the University of California, Davis, were part of a study granting scientists a rare glimpse into how the human brain navigates space. This research could be the foundation of future treatments for debilitating conditions like dementia.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering invites applications from qualified candidates for part-time Junior Specialist positions in the laboratory of Professor Karen Moxon. The successful candidate will join the Neurorobotics Lab, led by Professor Karen Moxon.
The Cube³ Lab at UC Davis is looking for a part-time junior specialist to assist in qualitative or quantitative engineering educational research, depending on the candidate’s qualifications.
As part of their senior design project, five biomedical engineering students developed First Bite, a medical device that includes headgear and an external guard with a built-in adjustable cable to hold the endotracheal tube in place.
In its first year, the UCOP Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Awards seek to advance the university’s commitment to the scholarship and creative activity of early career faculty across all 10 UC campuses. Engineering professors Hyoyoung Jeong and Jie Zheng help make up the inaugural cohort.
For a moment of pause and community building, the Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted “Art in Science,” an event to highlight the creativity and visual beauty that emerge from its community’s research.
As chair, Sivasankar wants to build on the department’s distinctive strengths to expand its visibility and impact, including its clinical and industry partnerships and presence at Aggie Square, the UC Davis innovation district in Sacramento.
University of California, Davis, researchers have received a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop the world’s first standardized method for measuring and describing the neurotoxicity of nanoplastics inhaled as part of air pollution.
Meet the engineering undergraduate students working at UC Davis Tech Foundry. In this Q&A, Allen Cooke, David Kou and Haelie Tweet share how they are gaining technical skills while helping transform ideas into real-world solutions. Together, their experiences reflect a new chapter for a space that is actively growing.
This position sits at the boundary of biomaterials, synthetic biology, and cell-based therapeutics. The work is fast-moving, and scholars will have access to a large translational team, industry-facing development, and visibility across institutions.
