Bioengineering http://www.be.seas.upenn.edu/ In The Headines Video: Jordan Miller explains a 3D-printing technique in "3D Printing a Revolution Across Delaware Valley" http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=9081573 May 2, 2013 Kenneth Foster comments on EEG signals and gaming in IEEE Spectrum's "Loser: Mental Block" http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/gaming/loser-mental-block April 26, 2013 Kate Miller, freshman in BE, is featured in "Engineering student award benefits middle school girls" http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2013-04-11/latest-news/engineering-student-award-benefits-middle-school-girls April 11, 2013 Jennifer Gillard, Communications and Outreach in BE, is featured in "A Life-Changing Trip Through a Changing India" http://www.fels.upenn.edu/news/life-changing-trip-through-changing-india February 19, 2013 Kenneth Foster is quoted in "'Suspect' journals take scientists for a ride" http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/features/-suspect-journals-take-scientists-for-a-ride.html January 22, 2013 Kenneth Foster comments on the field of biomedical engineering in "What It Takes to Be a Bioengineer" http://theinstitute.ieee.org/career-and-education/career-guidance/what-it-takes-to-be-a-bioengineer December 7, 2012 Penn iGEM team wins American East Regional Jamboree prize http://www.thedp.com/article/2012/10/penn-igem-team-wins-american-east-regional-jamboree-prize November 1, 2012 Jordan Miller, a postdoctoral researcher in BE, is featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer "In a North Philadelphia hacker space, cool ideas take shape" http://articles.philly.com/2012-08-31/news/33500330_1_term-hacker-bulletin-board-speakers September 20, 2012 Chris Chen collaborates with MIT to develop "Light-activated skeletal muscle" http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/30/light-stimulated-muscles August 31, 2012 Research by Robert Mauck and Jason Burdick featured in "Composite Nanofibers Developed by Penn Scientists Next Chapter in Orthopaedic Biomaterials" http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/08/composite/ August 9, 2012 Research by Chris Chen and Jordan Miller featured in "At Penn lab, scientists take first steps toward building human organs" http://articles.philly.com/2012-07-29/news/32907415_1_human-organs-cells-sugar July 30, 2012 Dan Hammer leads research to "Convert a Natural Plant Protein Into Drug-delivery Vehicles" http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-engineers-convert-natural-plant-protein-drug-delivery-vehicles July 26, 2012 Video: LA Times features "Sweet technique makes blood vessels using sugar and 3-D printer" http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-new-technique-makes-blood-vessels-from-sugar-using-3d-printer-20120702,0,156169.story July 9, 2012 Penn Bioengineers Improve Living Tissues With 3D Printed Vascular Networks Made From Sugar http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-researchers-improve-living-tissues-3d-printed-vascular-networks-made-sugar July 2, 2012 Alumnus Jay Parekh featured in Forbes.com "6 Entrepreneurs Who Turned Service Into a Career" http://www.forbes.com/sites/katetaylor/2012/06/18/6-entrepreneurs-who-turned-service-into-a-career/ June 26, 2012 Ravi Radhakrishnan Recognized for Improving Nanotech Design Principles http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-researchers-recognized-improving-nanotech-design-principles May 17, 2012 Research by Dan Hammer featured in Popular Mechanics' "Lab-Created Cells Could Target Tumors and Deliver Drugs" http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/breakthroughs/how-lab-created-cells-could-target-tumors-and-deliver-drugs-7698240 March 30, 2012 Benjamin Garcia, associate professor, appointed as the University's first Presidential Term Professor http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n27/garcia.html March 27, 2012 Andrew Tsourkas featured in "Penn Engineers Develop More Effective MRI Contrast Agent for Cancer Detection" http://www.healthcanal.com/cancers/24552-Penn-Engineers-Develop-More-Effective-MRI-Contrast-Agent-for-Cancer-Detection.html December 14, 2011 Alumnus Jay Parekh featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer's "GreenSpace: A winning idea for a water bottle" http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20111128_GreenSpace__A_winning_idea_for_a_water_bottle.html?page=1&c=y November 28, 2011 Brian Litt conducts research to develop a "More Flexible Window Into the Brain" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111113141405.htm November 14, 2011 Global Biomedical Service Program: Engineers work across borders http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/engineers_complete_service_abroad October 27, 2011 Student team takes silver medal in iGEM competition http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/penn_igem_team_places_second_in_competition October 14, 2011 Students take bioengineered cells to the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/students_to_enter_cell_design_in_igem_competition October 6, 2011 Jason Burdick and Robert Mauck in "Check Up: University of Pennsylvania researchers regrowing cartilage in lab" http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20110822_Check_Up__University_of_Pennsylvania_researchers_regrowing_cartilage_in_lab.html August 22, 2011 Daniel Hammer and graduate students Neha Kamat and Laurel Moses colaborate to develop color-changing stress sensor http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818190655.htm August 22, 2011 Ravi Radhakrishnan discusses the image he and his postdoc created for the cover of the latest issue of Biophysical Journal http://biophysicalsociety.wordpress.com/ July 20, 2011 Brian Litt featured in the New York Times "The Then and Now of Memory" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/health/05memory.html?_r=2&ref=benedictcarey July 7, 2011 Ken Foster, lead review author, addresses the question "Is Heat From Radiofrequency Exposure Damaging Human Health?" http://www.wflx.com/story/15025715/is-heat-from-radiofrequency-exposure-damaging-human-health July 6, 2011 Ken Foster comments on "Radiation Risk: Are Some Cellphones More Dangerous Than Others?" http://ca.news.yahoo.com/radiation-risk-cellphones-more-dangerous-others-201602351.html June 24, 2011 Research by Jason Burdick and Robert Mauck profiled in NIBIB's "Filling the Holes - Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Quality Cartilage" http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/eAdvances/31May11 June 3, 2011 Research by Daniel Hammer in "Researchers Create Janus Dendrimer Assemblies for Drug Delivery" http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=17625 May 4, 2011 Brian Litt weighs in on "An Up-Close View of Seizures" http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37227/?mod=chfeatured&a=f&a=f March 31, 2011 Dennis Discher develops "New Vector Designed For Gene Delivery" http://biomedme.com/general/new-vector-designed-for-gene-delivery_37443.html March 10, 2011 Haim Bau comments on cell research in "Freeze-Frame: Tricks for Probing a Cell's Moving Parts" http://www.the-scientist.com/2011/2/1/56/1/ February 15, 2011 Christopher Fang-Yen co-authors study to "Control Minds of Worms" http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/1/19/leifer-neurons-worms-elegans/ January 19, 2011 Dean Eduardo Glandt and faculty member Beth Winkelstein spotlighted in "Glandt Hitting Stride As UPenn's SEAS Continues Expansion, Innovation and Leadership" http://www.flyingkitemedia.com/features/eduardoglandt0111.aspx January 12, 2011 Casim Sarkar collaborates to "Uncover Inherent Properties of Cell Signaling Pathways" http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1138176.html January 10, 2011 Bioengineering alumnus Edward Botchwey receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers http://www.thestate.com/2010/12/30/1624725/researcher-rock-hill-native-receives.html January 3, 2011 Chris Chen's research highlighted in "New Technique Allows Researchers to Study Cell Forces in 3-D" http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-technique-cell-d.html November 24, 2010 Penn Bioengineers Awarded DOD Grant to Study the Neuronal Effects of Blasts, Tackles and Collisions http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-bioengineers-awarded-dod-grant-study-neuronal-effects-blasts-tackles-and-collisions October 14, 2010 Andrew Tsourkas authors a Nanotechnology Thought Leaders op-ed entitled, "Nanoparticles for Molecular Imaging" http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleId=2680 September 7, 2010 Christopher Chen's group gives "New Insights Into How Stem Cells Determine What Tissue to Become" http://www.sciencemagnews.com/new-insights-into-how-stem-cells-determine-what-tissue-to-become.html September 2, 2010 Bioengineers Create Simulator to Test Blood Platelets in Virtual Heart Attacks http://www.sciencemagnews.com/bioengineers-create-simulator-to-test-blood-platelets-in-virtual-heart-attacks.html August 30, 2010 Kenneth Foster, who studies the health and safety of electromagnetic fields, comments on, "Wireless phones cause cancer or other maladies. Or not" http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20100813_CELLPHONEOSCOPY.html August 13, 2010 Christopher Chen: Mechanical regulation of cell substrates affects stem cell development, adhesion http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/mechanical_regulation_cell_substrates_effects_stem_159132.html August 2, 2010 Brian Litt's Better Brain Implants featured in "Better Living Through Implants" http://www.pcworld.com/article/201203-2/better_living_through_implants.html July 15, 2010 Kenneth R. Foster reviews "Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System" http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/ethics/book-review-taming-the-beloved-beast July 1, 2010 Scott L. Diamond and Manash S. Chatterjee part of a team to create a vitual heart attack simulator to test blood platelets http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100620155745.htm June 20, 2010 Research by Susan S. Margulies, "Biomechanical implications of low-height falls in toddlers," uses a biofidelic anthropomorphic surrogate. http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100619/Biomechanical-implications-of-low-height-falls-in-toddlers.aspx June 19, 2010 Penn-Led Collaboration Mimics Library of Bio-Membranes for Use In Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery http://www.physorg.com/news193582386.html May 20, 2010 Penn Bioengineers Say Cellular Workouts Strengthen Endothelial Cells' Grasp http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100513162757.htm May 13, 2010