Overview
Department Highlights
Annual Spring Celebration
In the spring 2024 semester, the department hosted its third annual Spring Celebration in the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center. The department celebrated and recognized the accomplishments of our outstanding alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of Bioengineering!
Commencements
Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 graduates celebrated commencement ceremonies in person! This academic year, we awarded 99 bachelor of science (BS) degrees, 25 master of science (MS) degrees and 10 doctor of philosophy (PhD) degrees in biomedical engineering.
Distinguished Bioengineering Seminar Series
During the 2023-24 academic year, the UT Dallas Bioengineering seminar series featured speakers from across the globe. Students, faculty and staff gained insight into the latest research innovations advancing biomedical engineering and healthcare.
Thursday Talks
In the spring 2024 semester, our department collaborated with faculty to bring you the BE Thursday Talks. This interactive platform was designed to provide a supportive environment for students to refine presentations as well as building communication skills. Students eager to present have the opportunity to work with a dedicated faculty coach, who offers constructive feedback to help enhance their talks, preparing them for conferences.
At a Glance
#5
RANKED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
AMONG TX PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES (USNWR)
#80
RANKED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE PROGRAM
(U.S. News and World Report)
#1
MS DEGREES AWARDED TO WOMEN
(AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION ’23)
$7.6 MILLION
RESEARCH EXPENDITURES
(FY 23)
94
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
ENROLLMENT AND DEGREES
Faculty Recognition
Dr. Leonidas Bleris, Associate Department Chair of Graduate Studies, Professor, Fellow, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science
NIH /CNI R01 Bromodomain and extra-terminal motif (BET)inhibitors in Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT)
Ti Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Outstanding Professor
Site-specific Drug Delivery to the Brain by Engineering the Blood-Brain Barrier
Katherine Brown, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE
Outstanding Lecture Instructor
Dr. Chen Cao, Assistant Professor
NIH: Decoding the Dynamics and Regulation of Parental Allelic Expression at Single-cell Resolution
CPRIT
Dr. Stuart Cogan, Professor
Univ. of FL: Engineering the Neuronal Response to Electrical Microstimulation NIH Brain Glucose Deficiency: Mechanisms and Modulation
Dr. Yichen Ding, Assistant Professor
Outstanding Assistant Professor
Dr. Dave Dingal, Assistant Professor
NIH: Natural and Synthetic Mechanisms of Ligand Formation
SEED SPIRe: Rational Design and Evaluation of New Proteases Targeting Amyloid Beta
Dr. Baowei Fei, Professor, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science
Novel Short Wave Assessment Tool in Texas (SWATT) to Enhance Burn Tissue Viability AssessmentTRC4
Real-time, Label-free, Micro HSI Device and Transformer-based Attention Networks for Oral Cancer Imaging Cancer Prevention & Research Inst of Texas
Hyperspectral Imaging Device for Cancer Detection CPRIT
UTSW: IAC: Development of Hyperspectral Laparoscopic Imaging Methos for Surgical Applications
NIH: A Real-Time Hyperspectral Laparoscopic Stereo Imaging System for Robot-Assisted Surgery
Federal Research Innovation and ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND).
Dr. Yongsheng Gao, Associate Professor
A Polyrotaxane-based Systemic Hemostatic Agent Funded by Trauma Research and Combat Casualty NFRS: Activated-platelet-targeted nanoparticles for Postoperative Glioblastoma Therapy
Dr. Heather Hayenga, Associate Professor
NIH: Targeted Plasticity Therapy for the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Dr. Seth Hays, Assistant Professor
Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine (awarded by the Journal of Molecular Medicine)
Targeted Plasticity Therapy for the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative
Dr. Caroline Jones, Assistant Professor
UTD: PREP: Neutrophil Dysfunction in Ventricular Assist Device Patients
NSF: QuSeC-TAQS: Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing for Four-Dimensional Live-Cell Imaging
NSF CAREER Award: A systems approach to create multiplexed microfluidics to study human immune cell dynamics
Gu Kang, Assistant Professor
American Society of Biomechanics
Junior Faculty Research Award
Dr. Brian Kim, Assistant Professor
NSF: Simultaneous High-density Mapping of Synaptic Neurochemical Transmissions and Action Potential in a Large Neural Network
Dr. Steve Levene, Professor
SBIR: Novel Technologies to Isolate and Analyze Extrachromosomal DNAs
Dr. Leo Li, Assistant Professor
NIH: Vector Flow Velocity Imaging of Human Placenta using Angle-resolved Ultrasound and Deep Learning
Dr. Kristin Miller, Associate Professor
NSF: Elastic Fibber Regeneration Potential During Postpartum Healing
CoBRA: Determining the Key Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Pelvic Floor Structural Integrity in Pre and Post-Menopausal Women
Dr. Katie Myers, Associate Professor of Instruction
UTD CTL Instructional Improvement Award
Outstanding Lab Instructor
Dr. Girgis Obaid, Assistant Professor
Establishing the Stroma-Modulating Potential of a Clinical Near Infrared-Responsive Antibody Conjugate in Pancreatic Cancer
Dr. Joe Pancrazio, Vice President for Research, Professor
NIH: Deploying Intracortical Electrode Arrays to Record and Stimulate in a Tissue Volume
Establishing the Stroma-Modulating Potential of a Clinical Near Infrared-Responsive Antibody Conjugate in Pancreatic Cancer
NIH Brain Glucose Deficiency: Mechanisms and Modulation
Shalini Prasad, Department Head, Professor
Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Graduate Research Mentoring
NSF Convergence Accelerator Track L: HEADLINE – HEAlth Diagnostic ELectronic NosE
Real-time monitoring of Inflammatory Responses to Food in Children with Crohn’s Disease University of Glasgow
EnLiSense LLC: IBD AWARE: A Wearable Action for Real-Time Elevations in IBD Markers
Dr. Danieli Rodrigues, Associate Professor
SEED: SPIRe: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide and Nicotinamide Riboside Resorbable Implants: Potential Candidates for Anti-inflammatory Therapy UTD
Dr. Christian Rivera, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Best Undergraduate Teaching (non-tenure track)
ECS award
Dr. David Schmidtke, Associate Department Chair of Joint Program, Professor
UTD: PREP: Neutrophil Dysfunction in Ventricular Assist Device Patients
NSF: QuSeC-TAQS: Nanodiamond Quantum Sensing for Four-Dimensional Live-Cell Imaging
Dr. Shashank Sirsi, Associate Professor
Outstanding Associate Professor Site-specific Drug Delivery to the Brain by Engineering the Blood-Brain Barrier