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Dr. Park’s study in Bioengineering, titled “Substantial differentiation of human neural stem cells into motor neurons on a biomimetic polyurea (DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201570032)”, was featured as a frontispiece in Macromolecular Bioscience. In … Continue Reading Park’s study featured as a frontispiece in Macromolecular Bioscience
Angela VanDijk, who has served as the bioengineering undergraduate program coordinator and advisor since 2013, is the Department of Bioengineering’s new Director of Student Services. In this newly created role, … Continue Reading VanDijk named BIOE director of student services
Richard Benninger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded two NIH Research Project (R01) grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). These … Continue Reading Benninger receives $3.5M in NIH research grants to study diabetes
The fourth annual College of Engineering and Applied Science Year-End Celebration took place on Friday, May 15, at Ninth Street Park on the Auraria Campus. Nearly 200 people from the … Continue Reading Year-End Celebration Slideshow and Recap
Daewon Park, assistant professor of bioengineering, received an R21 grant from the National Eye Institute with his research titled “A Functional Reverse Thermal Gel for Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration.” … Continue Reading Park Awarded 3rd NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research (R21) Grant
Bioengineering undergraduate student, Adam Rauff was awarded a 2015-2016 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant. Adam will be working with Dana Carpenter, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, … Continue Reading Adam Rauff awarded Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant
Emily Gibson, assistant professor of bioengineering, and colleagues with the CU School of Medicine and CU Boulder have created a miniature, fiber-optic microscope that can look deep inside a living … Continue Reading Gibson’s research featured in Denver Post
Ryan Brody, an undergraduate student in the Department of Bioengineering, received an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) grant in the amount of $1,200. This fund will support his summer research titled “Synthesis … Continue Reading Ryan Brody, bioengineering undergradaute, awarded UROP grant
Congratulations to Michal Schafer on his recent 1st place award for his oral presentation at the 2015 Annual Conference of The Western Society of Pediatric Cardiology in Vail, CO. Michal … Continue Reading Michal Schafer receives 1st place award at the Annual Conference of The Western Society of Pediatric Cardiology
Bioengineering graduate students, Melissa Laughter, David Lee, and Anna Laura Nelson have each been awarded a $500 Travel Grant from the Graduate School to present at the Society for Biomaterials … Continue Reading Bioengineering graduate students receive travel grants from the Graduate School!
Richard Benninger, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a $72,495 pilot project from the Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (a cooperative study group formed … Continue Reading Dr. Benninger receives a pilot project award from the Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (CSGADP)
On February 5, the Tivoli Turnhalle buzzed with enthusiastic engineering students on the hunt for internships and jobs. Twenty-one companies attended the third annual Engineering Job and Internship Fair, which … Continue Reading Third Annual Engineering Job & Internship Fair a Success
Richard Benninger has been selected for the 2015 Young Fluorescence Investigator Award, to be presented at this year’s Biophysical society annual meeting. The Young Fluorescence Investigator Award is given to … Continue Reading Benninger to receive 2015 Young Fluorescence Investigator Award
The January issue of 5280 magazine includes a piece about research incubation, which highlights the bioengineering program and the new Bioscience 2 building on the Anschutz Medical Campus, slated to … Continue Reading Bioengineering program featured in 5280 magazine
Non-invasive device enables better monitoring of esophageal disease and inflammation. AURORA, Colo., January 6, 2015 – EnteroTrack, LLC and the University of Colorado (CU) have executed an exclusive license agreement … Continue Reading EnteroTrack Commercializing Device for Non-Invasive Inflammation Monitoring
The CU Technology Transfer Office is pleased to announce that researchers from CU’s Anschutz and Denver campuses have been awarded a patent for an implantable device to treat dry-eye and … Continue Reading Shandas shares patent for drug delivery to the eye
Although Assistive Technology Partners (ATP) is a program of both CU Anschutz (the School of Medicine) and CU Denver (the College of Engineering and Applied Science), it is located on … Continue Reading Dr. Bodine and Assistive Technology Partners featured in CU Connections
The CU Technology Transfer Office is pleased to announce that researchers from CU’s Boulder, Anschutz and Denver campuses have been awarded a patent for improved shape memory polymers, a ‘smart … Continue Reading Shandas among three to share patent for new smart material
Cathy Bodine, associate professor in bioengineering and executive director of Assistive Technology Partners, has received a five-year, $4.75 million Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Grant. The grant will support three research … Continue Reading Bodine receives Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Grant
Nikki Farnsworth, a postdoctoral fellow mentored by Richard Benninger in the Department of Bioengineering, has been awarded a 3-year F32 fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney … Continue Reading Nikki Farnsworth receives F32 Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
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