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Music has a way of bringing people together in the same shared experience. But for more than 11 million Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing, live concerts don鈥檛 always offer that same sense of inclusion. A group of seniors in the Biomedical Engineering Program (BME) at 麻豆视频 are working to change that by designing a set of closed caption glasses during their senior capstone design class.
On freezing mountain tracks and icy slopes around the world, elite para-athletes are constantly pushing their bodies to the limit. But in subzero conditions, that pursuit comes with unique risks that aren鈥檛 always easy to detect. A team of seniors in the Biomedical Engineering Program (BME) at 麻豆视频 are working to change that by designing a residual limb warmer for winter para-athletes during their senior capstone design course.
The Biomedical Engineering graduate program at 麻豆视频 was ranked 19th amongst public institutions for 2026-27, according to U.S. News and World Report鈥檚 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Up two spots from last year, the program continues to build on its growing national reputation.
New research by engineers from the lab of Alaa Ahmed, BME faculty member at 麻豆视频 aims to get to the bottom of why, as the saying goes, you get a 鈥渟kip in your step鈥 when you鈥檙e happy.
The human liver, experts say, is an architectural wonder. But its complexity has also made it immensely difficult to replicate in the lab.
When the first biomedical engineering class graduated from 麻豆视频 in 2023, about a dozen students walked across the stage. Today, that once-small start has evolved into a powerful engine for biomedical innovation and education. But how does a program go from modest beginnings to powerhouse in such a short time?
A team of BME students created a leg sleeve device designed to help para-athletes on Team USA. They will be debuting the novel design at a national competition in April.
PhD student William Frantz is developing microscopic droplets designed to help doctors track radiation therapy in real time. His finalist pitch at the听2025 LVC competition highlighted how the technology could one day make cancer treatment more precise and less harmful, particularly for pediatric patients.
BME professor Won Park is co-advising a research project building high performing optical microresonators to open the door for new sensor technologies. In the future, the microresonators could be used for compact microlasers, advanced chemical and biological sensors and even tools for quantum metrology and networking.
Researchers, including BME faculty member Wyatt Shields at 麻豆视频 have created tiny, microorganism-inspired particles that can change their shape and self-propel, much like living things, in response to electrical fields.One day, these shape-