Posts Tagged ‘awards’
Li named BMES Fellow
Professor Song Li has been elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Class of 2014 Fellows. Fellow status is awarded to members who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field of biomedical engineering, and a record of membership and participation in the Society.
Read MoreBioE receives computational biology curriculum enrichment grant
UC Berkeley has awarded a 2014-2015 Presidential Chair Fellows Curriculum Enrichment Grant to the Department of Bioengineering for revision of the undergraduate computational biology concentration.
Read MoreKeasling wins renewable energy prize
Jay Keasling, professor of chemical & biomolecular engineering and bioengineering and CEO of JBEI, has won the 2014 Renewable Energy Prize portion of the prestigious Eni Awards for his achievements in “the microbial production of hydrocarbon fuels.”
Read MoreDueber named new Bakar Fellow
Bioengineering Assistant Professor John Dueber has been named a Bakar Fellow at UC Berkeley.
Read MoreBioengineers win Big Ideas competition
A team of BioE Master of Engineering students took first place in the campus Big Ideas competition for their ENOSE non-invasive blood sugar monitoring system, while BioE undergraduate capstone teams took 3rd place and an honorable mention.
Read MoreRobert Chen, new Whitaker International Program Fellow
Congratulations to BioE undergrad Robert Chen, who will receive a grant enabling him to work with Dr. Tom Ellis of Imperial College London on a genetic engineering project that he proposed.
Read MoreBioE finalist for University Medal
Bioengineering major Brooke Liang is among the five finalists for the University Medal, the top award for a graduating undergraduate student at UC Berkeley. Congratulations Brooke!
Read MoreArkin wins Lawrence Award
Professor Adam Arkin has been named one of six recipients of the 2013 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award by U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. The E.O. Lawrence Award, the Department of Energy’s highest scientific honor, recognizes Arkin “for his work advancing biological and environmental sciences.”
Read MoreMTM “SmartDerm” team wins $70K from UCSF CTSI Catalyst Award Program
MTM project “SmartDerm: A Monitoring System for Decubitus Ulcer Prevention” received $70,000 from UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute to support early translational research.
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