BioE keeps climbing — our undergraduate program has moved up another notch in the annual US News & World Report ranking to #7 in the nation!
Chian Gong
Investor, Reach Capital
B.S. Bioengineering, Minor IEOR, 2009
MBA Wharton, 2015, MPA Harvard Kennedy School, 2016
I’m an early-stage investor in education technology companies. I spend my time meeting with entrepreneurs, evaluating potential investments, and supporting our portfolio companies with everything from recruiting to product strategy.
“I’m very thankful for the analytical and problem solving skills that were an integral part of the Bioengineering program. One specific course that deeply shaped my career was the Capstone course with Professor Amy Herr.”
Ori Hoxha
Research Associate, Protein Fluidics, Inc.
BS Bioengineering, 2016
My role is to provide an interface between the different realms that need to be crossed to take our device to market, namely the biochemistry and the microfluidics.
“Berkeley Bioengineering enabled me, through hands-on research experience and by being able to take classes across different departments, to create a balanced profile, something critical for being constructive in a small start-up.”
2011 The Branched Thoracic Catheter; Efficient Hemothorax Drainage Through Localization Targeting
Gary Chan, Albert Lan, Kathleen Lo, Tiffany Truong
The Capstone team introduced a device that allows for constant drainage of a hemothorax in trauma patients requiring a thoracostomy.
2011 Point of Care CellScope Diagnostics for Tuberculosis
Raymond Lee, Aleo Mok, Jessica Wen, Elaine Su
In conjunction with the CellScope team at UC Berkeley, this Capstone team developed a low-cost, portable device to generate consistent and high-quality sputum samples for the diagnosis of tuberculosis via cell phone based imaging.
2011 Improve Breastfeeding Latching Assessment
Saba Khalilmaji, Brian McRae, Chengwin Saephanh, Libing Wang
The Capstone team created an electronic sensing device for direct and continuous assessment of breastfeeding mechanisms as a means to aid physicians in correcting nonproductive behaviors.
2011 A Home Monitoring: Early Detection of Asthma Flares
Charvi Shetty, Vinidhra Mani, Jay Kumar
The team introduced an in-home, portable asthma monitoring device with components for airflow and chemical measurement.
2011 Portable Assessment of Hemoglobin Levels in Resource Poor Settings
Philippe Decorwin-Martin, Austin Kwong, Xin Xin Lin, Nawal Siddiqui
The Capstone team worked with Jacaranda Health to create portable means to accurately assess human hemoglobin levels in a resource-limited setting using commonly available mobile telephone technology and WHO anemia standards.
2011 Transforming Patient Handling
Bryant Chu, Hoaming Huang, Eric Johnson, Jessie Tung
To address rising injury rates with an aging population, this Capstone team developed a safer, more efficient system to move hospital patients to and from beds/tables to minimize risk of injury to both the patient and caregiver.