BioE News

May 2004 The Department of Bioengineering congratulates the following students for getting involved and wanting to make a difference in the College of Engineering community! From a very competitive application pool, these FOUR bioengineering students were selected to serve on the faculty run committees.

March 2004  The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Ryan Doan for being selected as this year’s Departmental Citation Award winner. Ryan was nominated by Prof. Tony Keaveny.

February 2004 The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Tyler Hillman – BioE senior – for having his work published in Genome Biology titled: “An unappreciated role for RNA surveillance” by R. Tyler Hillman, Richard E. Green, and Steven E. Brenner.

January 2004 Prof. Dick Karp, Ph.D., University Professor of Computer Science, Bioengineering and Mathematics recently received the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science in recognition for his remarkable contributions to the understanding of computational complexity.

August 2003 It’s with great sadness that we say goodbye to one of our bioengineering family member Professor Werner Goldsmith. Goldsmith, Professor of the Graduate School-Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of the Graduate School-Department of Bioengineering and recently Professor Emeritus Appointment in Bioengineering died Saturday, August 23, 2003 of complications from leukemia.

April 2003 The Berkeley-Stanford Innovators’ Challenge is a design contest in which engineering and science students from Berkeley and Stanford present their research to prominent industry leaders, famous technologists, and venture capitalists to compete for $25,000 in prize money. This year, we have 14 teams from Berkeley in the finals — most are Ph.D. projects, with…

April  2003 Last week, Guidant Corporation, a leader in the design and development of cardiovascular medical products, presented the Berkeley Bioengineering Department with a $70,000 check to support the Guidant Summer Research Program.

March  2003 The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Nathaniel Huebsch for being selected as this years Departmental Citation Award Winner. Nathaniel was nominated by Prof. Kevin Healy to receive this award.

April 2002 The Spring 2002 Poster Session Solve that Problem: Engineering & Science kicks off Tuesday, April 23 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. The session will be held in the Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall and is open to all engineering and science students. The poster session allows students a chance to be creative by designing…