Second-year biomedical engineering student Julia Sutedjo recounts her day with Dean Richard L. Corsi as a participant in the UC Davis Leadership Job Shadow Program.
The Biomedical Engineering Society at the University of California, Davis, provides students with a platform to leverage their classroom knowledge to tackle real-world challenges its annual Make-a-Thon competition.
A new initiative from the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Health, Equity and Wellness Committee provides a safe place for students, staff and faculty to openly discuss the unique issues women and historically excluded minorities face in biomedical engineering.
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, the University of California, Davis, College of Engineering recognizes women in engineering, their journey to and in the field, and how they promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive world.
Meet some remarkable women in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and learn how they inspire inclusion in engineering.
Meet Emily Arana — a fourth-year student majoring in biomedical engineering at the University of California, Davis, recently recognized with a Cadence Diversity in Tech Scholarship from over 300 submissions.
The Department of Biomedical Engineering redesigns its Quarter at Aggie Square program to offer a robust toolkit for students interested in the biomedical device industry. Students now take manufacturing and entrepreneurial classes alongside clinical immersion opportunities.
Not long after Quarter at Aggie Square launched in fall 2020, students quickly found success through the immersive, undergraduate academic experience. Some participants were admitted to prestigious graduate programs and others earned competitive internship opportunities. This year, one team of undergraduates found success by creating not one, but two innovations as a result of their Experience last fall.
Biomedical engineering seniors at the University of California, Davis, have received the 2023 Sandia Engineering Design Award for a capstone project that may transform how doctors treat elevated intracranial pressure, a severe condition where pressure continues to develop in someone’s head due to a tumor, brain infection or neurological injury.
UC Davis doctoral graduate Abby Niesen, M.S. '21, Ph.D. '23 is arguably one of the most productive doctoral students in the history of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and quite possibly the College of Engineering, according to faculty who have been associated with UC Davis for nearly 50 years.
PLASMA is a competitive, twelve-week program for students to grow their technology startups at the University of California, Davis. Biomedical engineering undergraduates made up the majority of its 2023 cohort, with one of their teams winning second place for its business idea.
Between maintaining A+ grades as a biomedical engineering major, earning a provisional patent and co-authoring a research paper at the University of California, Davis, Neeraj Senthil's weekly activities have included cuddling sick babies at the university’s medical center and teaching math at local schools.
Navigating the demanding academic and research responsibilities of an engineering student can be overwhelming at times. However, Joyce Lin, a fourth-year biomedical engineering major, has found respite in pursuing a minor in music.
University of California, Davis, College of Engineering students were big winners at the 23rd annual Big Bang! Business Competition on May 23, taking home $64,000 in prizes with their innovations in food and agriculture, education, energy and sustainability, health and social enterprise.
The power of a pill to alleviate a headache or fight against cancer is undeniable. Yet, there may be a more potent substance inside us waiting to be unlocked: extracellular vesicles, or EVs, a mixture of nanoparticles released by our cells to carry messages across the body.
If engineering is the translation of science, then Shahin Shams, a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Davis, adds another level of complexity to that maxim: "capable of bringing pathbreaking ideas to life."